▲ 114 ▼ How do you do, fellow adults? (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://archive.is/2026.05.05-214835/https://fortune.com/2026/05/05/gen-alpha-using-makeup-to-pass-age-verification-tech-online/
[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Discriminating against midgets? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago* (1 child) hmm surprised it isn't in the slur filter, but "midget" is offensive to little people with dwarfism. I know this because one of my childhood friends is a little person and I sort of on again off again was seeing some with dwarfism. Anyway not sure if you know but it is what it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) People with dwarfism is their term I should use? Because it would feel wrong to call them dwarves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) "Little People" dwarfism is weird because it's the medical term permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kefla@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago As always the correct term is whatever the individual person you're talking about prefers, which is 99% of the time just going to be their name unless there's a really good reason to discuss medical conditions I've met some who find the term "little person" really condescending. Personally my default is either "short/really short people" since that's just using the terms by which we refer to everyone else, or person with dwarfism if there's a specific reason to have to discuss the group of people with the medical condition. Really to me it seems like there's only one wrong answer, and that's the one oliveoil went with lmao permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago* (1 child) hmm surprised it isn't in the slur filter, but "midget" is offensive to little people with dwarfism. I know this because one of my childhood friends is a little person and I sort of on again off again was seeing some with dwarfism. Anyway not sure if you know but it is what it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) People with dwarfism is their term I should use? Because it would feel wrong to call them dwarves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) "Little People" dwarfism is weird because it's the medical term permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kefla@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago As always the correct term is whatever the individual person you're talking about prefers, which is 99% of the time just going to be their name unless there's a really good reason to discuss medical conditions I've met some who find the term "little person" really condescending. Personally my default is either "short/really short people" since that's just using the terms by which we refer to everyone else, or person with dwarfism if there's a specific reason to have to discuss the group of people with the medical condition. Really to me it seems like there's only one wrong answer, and that's the one oliveoil went with lmao permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) People with dwarfism is their term I should use? Because it would feel wrong to call them dwarves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) "Little People" dwarfism is weird because it's the medical term permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kefla@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago As always the correct term is whatever the individual person you're talking about prefers, which is 99% of the time just going to be their name unless there's a really good reason to discuss medical conditions I've met some who find the term "little person" really condescending. Personally my default is either "short/really short people" since that's just using the terms by which we refer to everyone else, or person with dwarfism if there's a specific reason to have to discuss the group of people with the medical condition. Really to me it seems like there's only one wrong answer, and that's the one oliveoil went with lmao permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) "Little People" dwarfism is weird because it's the medical term permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kefla@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago As always the correct term is whatever the individual person you're talking about prefers, which is 99% of the time just going to be their name unless there's a really good reason to discuss medical conditions I've met some who find the term "little person" really condescending. Personally my default is either "short/really short people" since that's just using the terms by which we refer to everyone else, or person with dwarfism if there's a specific reason to have to discuss the group of people with the medical condition. Really to me it seems like there's only one wrong answer, and that's the one oliveoil went with lmao permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago As always the correct term is whatever the individual person you're talking about prefers, which is 99% of the time just going to be their name unless there's a really good reason to discuss medical conditions I've met some who find the term "little person" really condescending. Personally my default is either "short/really short people" since that's just using the terms by which we refer to everyone else, or person with dwarfism if there's a specific reason to have to discuss the group of people with the medical condition. Really to me it seems like there's only one wrong answer, and that's the one oliveoil went with lmao permalink fedilink source parent
