u/Jen-Jens

It’s also a surprisingly beautiful game, but that’s not really relevant.

Everyone feel free to post meta content today. Anything tangential to the sub’s purpose will be acceptable. It does not have to be posts pointing out examples of dehumanising language today.

Meta Monday will consist of vaguely related topics (without needing to find examples of dehumanising language to post) but you will need to use the new Meta Monday flair for any off topic posts. We are going to test this out using GMT/BST to start with and would prefer if people try to keep to this so far. This is a test to see engagement and feedback from users. Enjoy your first Meta Monday!

The concept of Meta Monday means we can post things outside of the typical callout posts. We can discuss issues like other mistreatment besides this language, post about positive interactions where change has happened in language, or even show each other feminist music that exemplifies our feelings about living in this world that clearly has a bias against women. For this context, meta refers to both self referential as well as posts outside the convention of post expected here.

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So I joined a subreddit with an existing rule that was made to reduce the amount of people who join to start issues and post negatively about the community. It’s one specific word we don’t use because it would make us hypocrites. Unfortunately there has been a large number of people verbally attacking me for trying to enforce this rule. A rule they had been mostly following for months without issue until I specifically asked them to respect that rule.

Does anyone know of a way to deal with this? I’m getting almost 100 downvotes any time I try to explain why the rule exists or the purpose in enforcing it. So much I even had an anxiety attack after being accused of being a misogynist and a Nazi for trying to enforce a rule I didn’t even make. I know it’s a very unusual situation, but does anyone have any suggestions or advice on how to deal with this community hatred I’ve suddenly encountered?

So I’ve had chronic abdominal pain since my early 20s that started out with doctors thinking it was just bad period pain (because it became constant). And that as well as a cartilage issue in my knee I inherited from my mum (Chondromalacia Patellae we believe) has made it difficult for me to leave the house.

I have a once every few weeks walk with a healthcare person and while I can definitely walk further than when I started with her, it’s always really painful. I use a walking stick because my knees are weak (started with dislocations then subluxations and now just sitting wrong can cause my knees pain to get significantly worse). And when we walk I end up with my hip feeling really bad (could be fibromyalgia or something else) and if I slump or try to force myself to move too fast with the stick, I get a neck pain that feels as bad as when I got whiplash.

So I was wondering if anyone else has these kinds of issues and if so, how do you manage that kind of pain while also trying to do what you need to do daily? I don’t leave the house most days but I still have to leave at least once a week to see my parents or help my husband do the shopping. I’d love some fellow commiserations or suggestions for managing this specific kind of pain. And I hope everyone who reads this is having a good pain day, where it’s as low as can be for you.