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  • We call it microdosing now

  • Ah yes, no one bats an eye at the female dominated fields of "nursing, teaching, therapy or veterinary medicine". The grunt work of the patriarchy.

  • I appreciate the example and I think I see your point. I agree with the underlying logic, in general, but applying it to the N in NPD seems an over extension.

    Dictionary definitions for the two terms, as records of common usage, are notably different. Autism refers solely to the condition so your example sentence would be an inappropriate use. Acceptable and understandable in the language, but an uncommon application of the word. On the other hand, narcissism is used for general egoism and self importance first and for NPD second.

    This of course doesn't invalidate your feelings when hearing the word or desire to protect others from the same, but maybe this can offer some comfort if the most common usage is not intended or even understood as a slur or even a reference to folks with NPD.

  • Serious question: isn't the word separate from the disorder though?

    We can describe people doing antisocial, paranoid, or dependent things even when they don't have the associated personality disorders. We can also describe someone generally as antisocial or paranoid if they display those traits regularly, regardless of any underlying diagnosis. Is it different with NPD?

  • No need to nitpick. We are two humans communicating so obviously this is a social activity. A community theater is social media by the loosest definition, but the term "social media" now commonly means the big centralized commercial product platforms of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

    There are worlds of difference between the manipulative ads and algorithms of social media and the activity feeds on Lemmy. It's the difference between a shopping mall and a community yard sale.

  • Right on! We won the game. 🍻

  • Then I'm the third half and I have a friend that makes the 4th half. I feel like okcupid's early days was peak dating tech before the enshittification set in.

  • Left of most American left. Co-ops, labor unions, UBI, wealth tax, and universal healthcare, but also reparations, general strikes, land back, etc.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    Do any countries genuinely appreciate American immigrants?

  • THIS

  • The promise of Jenkins and all the much more modern CI/CD tools when the job is ultimately just maintaining an aging Jenkins server.

  • To be fair... 65% of households haven't been able to afford a ski trip since the 1960s.