[-] ignominous_wombat@lemmy.ml 23 points 13 hours ago

"Woman," "she," and "her," because we apparently still can't possibly conceive of a female individual with a male-coded gender presentation or identity despite hundreds of years of examples.

I suppose we'll never know for sure, but it's not even mentioned in the article as a possibility.

[-] ignominous_wombat@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I actually prefer XMPP. It's also less of a hassle to set up than Matrix and the protocol is much more mature. There are still issues, but it's rather functional for audio and video calls (if you're using a supported client).

Edit: For clients, I use Cheogram on Android and Profanity (which is a TUI) or DinoX (for calls) on Linux.

[-] ignominous_wombat@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

I am able to "visualize" the spatial distance between objects. I put it in quotes because it's generally blurry 2D lines (top down, like a schematic) or purely based on the relationship between those objects (i.e., I don't "see" anything, it's based on memory and spatial awareness of an environment I experienced using all of my senses).

These "visuals" are static and can't really be manipulated in any way except to zoom in or rotate a little, maybe 45 degrees max. This is also why, during reasoning assessments for jobs, I take forever to answer those questions where they show you a shape, then disassemble the shape and ask you to select which set of faces it's based on. It's excruciating.

In real life I don't have much of a problem; in fact, I have an excellent sense of direction that my wife envies because she's the opposite (great mental visualisation and vivid dreams, but no idea where she is most times).

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