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Those are describing symptoms, though, and could be any number of things. No, there are not other terms currently. That’s why I’m asking you, what do you propose? You are the one that sees there being an issue with this that you want to resolve, what terms do you propose that will describe these conditions, distinguish them from other similar but unrelated conditions (a form of dementia vs stroke vs concussion, etc), isn’t insulting, and is easy to remember?

I’m not saying to completely replace it either, but what are examples of words or phrases you think would be a good “shorthand” for dementia? Anything I can think of is either infantilizing or not actually simpler, just different. And needing to learn a new word might be just as difficult, or might be difficult for other people for different reasons.

I can empathize with patients being embarrassed because they can’t pronounce or remember the name of their own condition, but I feel that the condition itself would pose the same issue with other, substitute words as well. It’s sad and tragic, but I don’t think it can be fixed by a change of language.

I agree, you can get brand new DDR4 32gb at 3200MHz for like $50 when it’s on sale, $60 for DDR3 is insane

I’ve never heard it pronounced any other way?

And my point is that being exposed to the word dementia, and taught what it means and how to say it, is no different than being taught how to say Teflon. When you first learn it, it will be a bit awkward. The more you and people around you use it, the more familiar it will become. That just how language works.

What do you propose we use instead of dementia? How would that be a better solution? I’m not against helping people with better accessibility, I just don’t see where this is a problem that can be solved by changing the words used. Especially since to me it seems like we already do what is being suggested in the title post. We already usually have a general term in common conversation in place of the full medical term used by medical professionals.

How is “dementia” harder than any other word? If they are suffering from brain/memory disorders, wouldn’t any new or novel word have the same issue? I think the opposite would be better, and normalizing simplified forms of the medical terminology (dementia instead of frontotemporal dementia) in every day language allows those words to have deeper roots in someone’s memory, making it less novel and more resilient to certain memory issues.

Garlic is generally a “ward against evil”, which means between the anticoagulant properties and the curse breaking, eating garlic makes blood flow easier for a vampire, basically letting them drink more poison faster!

So this is going to go after everyone wearing a flag as/on clothing, right? Or have tattered flags flying on the back of their truck? Or leave a flag up in the rain? Or add extra lines to the flag? Or use it for marketing?

Unless I have a connecting flight, I also am usually pretty relaxed in getting off the plane. I’ll allow other people to get off before me (unless I’m blocking someone else in my row) and I generally don’t rush.

That said, when I am ready to get off the plane, I get off the fucking plane. I don’t take my time, I don’t rummage around. I make sure I know what I need to grab, and prep as much as I can before hand. Either wait in your seat, or get off the plane.

This is how you identify a Bodysnatcher

My take of it is that this is for the same demographic of people that gobble up the shit the conservative outlets produce, trying to catch the people who follow that stuff just for the entertainment parts. I’m for it if it gets some diversity in what those people listen to, but it’s not my thing, for sure.

Updooting for Max Miller

It probably more is the difference of lust vs desire. Lust implying sinful attraction, or excessive attraction.

Also note, I don’t think that way about those words personally, but it was the first reason I could think of for why it would be included in the negative stuff.

OSHA-chan just wants to make sure you get home to your plushies every night

It’s not exactly breaking the mold…

Only missing putting it back on heat after drying with a paper towel to boil off any residual water

Support UBI, then meaningless jobs don’t matter.

At self checkout, I pack while I scan, and then I have control over the order of scanning and packing.

It does suck that places are opting to have self checkout in exclusion to checkout lanes, but for the people that don’t like self checkout just don’t use it when you have the choice.

So sad it had to come to this

Oof, didn’t expect it right in my heart reading these quotes