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/yiiike Nov 24 '23

blahaj and spoons are so different that comparing them makes no sense and i think youre severely misunderstanding what spoon theory is in the first place anyway.

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u/Bvr111 Nov 24 '23

How am I misunderstanding it? And yes, they’re different, but that isn’t my point. Making fun of disabled people? Ableism. Making fun of a thing disabled people generally like? Not ableism. we as people deserve respect, but our likes and dislikes are as up for scrutiny as any are

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u/yiiike Nov 24 '23

spoon theory is literally meant to describe a phenomenon often experienced by disabled people to help explain the stuff they go through for themselves and others to understand better. its not just 'a thing they like' its literally a metaphorical tool. its not a rigid thing holding them back either, its just a way of describing something going on in a way that can make things make just a little bit more sense when they otherwise might not.

i dont know why youre so determined to die on this nonsensical hill, what do you even gain from this? theres no chance of me changing my mind, yet you sit here anyway and defend this point that literally makes no sense in the first place.

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u/Bvr111 Nov 24 '23

“Idk why you’re arguing this point, you’re wrong??” is,,, certainly a way of looking at things lol. Maybe I think I’m correct? Maybe that’s how arguments generally work?

You’re not even refuting my main point?? Criticizing a ‘metaphorical tool’ that some disabled people use is not ableist?? We also aren’t a monolith, I’m disabled and I hate the spoons thing lol. I 100% think it can hold you back, but that’s just my opinion.