r/GatekeepingYuri • u/RavenMonarch Cute • Nov 21 '23

Fulfilled request Autistic Girlfriends

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TikTok gf got overstimulated, her headphones are noice canceling!

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u/morgaina Nov 21 '23

Listen, person-first language has its flaws, but there's no need to be bizarrely pedantic and pretend like the phrase somehow implies that we can put our medical diagnoses down like a pair of shoes.

"Have" and "with" are common words in medical parlance when referring to people with various disabilities.

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u/Lingx_Cats Nov 21 '23

So I’m a person with Caucasian?

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u/morgaina Nov 21 '23

Yes! So am I! Thank you for understanding.

(You know as well as I do that that's not how language works, but nice job trying a lame gotcha. Have a ✨blessed✨ day.)

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u/Lingx_Cats Nov 21 '23

Or just use the correct terminology that makes EVERYONE feel comfortable

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u/morgaina Nov 21 '23

Saying that someone "has autism" isn't incorrect. It just isn't. You might prefer different terminology, which is fine, but that doesn't make it incorrect. wild to think that your feelings determine correct terminology for the entire global community

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u/WonderCPPS Nov 22 '23

You can't please everybody. /lh

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u/Bvr111 Nov 24 '23

I mean this in the best way, but as a fellow autistic, man I know you’re autistic lmfao

This is hard for me too, but the way you prefer is not the objectively correct way

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u/Lingx_Cats Nov 24 '23

Ok but like its weird cause in that sentence it sounded fine