#generalization

[tangents-within-tangents]

Yellow = yellow

Bananas are yellow, does this mean that yellow = banana?

No, yellow = yellow

Yellow =/= banana, does this mean bananas aren't yellow?

Lemons are yellow, does this mean lemon = banana?

Lemon =/= banana, does this mean lemons aren't yellow?

Some apples are yellow, does this mean yellow = apple?

Some apples are red or green, does this mean apples can't be yellow?

Some apples are red, some apples are yellow, does this mean red = yellow?

Lemons and apples are round but bananas aren't, does this mean bananas aren't yellow?

Apples and bananas are sweet, does this mean lemon's aren't sour? Or that sourness is bad?

Bananas, lemons, and apples are fruit, does this mean mustard isn't yellow?

No, yellow = yellow

A category groups things that share a commonality despite their differences. The differences coexist within that commonality without redefining the category.

Other similarities coexist within, and without, the commonality without redefining the category either. The fact that it doesn't redefine the category does not mean those similarities don't hold significance of their own.

If not for the commonality, it wouldn't be a category. If not for the differences, it wouldn't be a category either.

Okay? Cool

Asexuality = experiencing little to no sexual attraction

[lesbianamalvada]

media written by men: all the best and most complex characters are male, one-dimensional female characters or complex female characters are mistreated by the narrative, fandom obsessed with male characters and ignores female ones.

media written by women: all the best and most complex characters are male, one-dimensional female characters or complex female characters are mistreated by the narrative, fandom obsessed with male characters and ignores female ones.

[howifeltabouthim]

So she is capable of this, is she? David might have thought, taking mental notes for the heroine in his novel, or maybe he didn't think that at all. Who knows how it is with men, their mental system of connections? They could be thinking of anything at all: an ignored stock tip, an unresolved problem, a cold pale ale, a plump pair of lips, a way to untangle themselves from a complicated situation.

Irina Reyn, from What Happened to Anna K.

[jadedwoman]

Today feels like a rambling day so here's some ramble: I absolutely 100% am fine with like jokes and stuff generalizing y'know, like calling all boys waistlines slutty (albeit even that I could question) but I hate when a post meant to be positive or something, just makes sweeping generalizations. Like I saw a post imply that if a girl feels safe she'll just send nudes and like, no????? I'm sure there are a lot of girls on here that might send nudes like that if they felt safe and respected, but to just claim 'girls' do that always frustrates me. I'm asexual, I might like text fantasy and others images, but I do not ever wish to make it more than that, fantasy, so no, even if I'm comfortable around you, there will not be any nudes, and despite what my brain wants to say, I'm not sorry

[normystical]

I'm literally crying. Of course Reddit crapped out where I needed it to work the most. Someone was degrading another user for having Valentino as their comfort character. They also used "narcissistic" as an insult. I told them that that was ableist, and to knock it off, and they said that it wasn't ableist because Val was "clearly narcissistic" (??? tf) and to go bother someone else. I seriously can't handle this amount of rage inside my body, I wouldn't wish this emotional pain on my worst enemy. What the actual fuck is wrong with that person?

[wendi-bnkywuv]

Reasonable/rational misanthropy? UPDATED

I'll keep the original text up to show my original thoughts, but I thought I'd update this after giving it time.

I say misanthrope in a very broad sense. It's not so much humanity I hate as much as it is just the sole nature of being. I am probably not alone in this idea. I use misanthrope because that is what I've been lead to believe it means. According to dictionary.com it means "hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind".

Since humans can be forced to do things that are vile under threats, brainwashing, cultural upbringing, myself included, THAT is where "misanthropy" came from. According to the definitions provided on the internet, that was the phrase that best fit, but in reality, it's a dislike for how nature of evolution works in general that I disapprove of, and it's not just limited to humans.

Now to the original text.

So I've been going back and fourth on my calling myself a misanthrope. I DO NOT LIKE THIS LABEL!!!! I don't hate ALL humans, nor all of humanity.

I love my human father. I love my counselor. I love my niece. I love my nephews.

I hate CERTAIN humans. I hate certain ASPECTS of human nature. If a nonhuman animal emulates something that I find distasteful in humans, I do not hate that animal or species, but I do hate the fact that it reminds me of the cruelties of so many humans I've been forced to endure. Thus, I hate the aspect, but not the animal.

Basically, I see myself as a victim of animal abuse. I am an animal. An animal human. A human animal. An animal that was forced to see itself as human. A primate. A great ape.

It's natural for animals raised improperly by their own species to latch on to other species for support and belonging. Other primates will bond with humans if they were neglected or abandoned by their own species. Cats too, and dogs as well. This isn't just a human thing. Many social animals do this very same thing. It's a social mechanism for survival.

Upon doing some thinking, I realized something. My maternal unit would (and STILL does) scream at me for saying that I'm not human, or not human in the same way she wants me to be. She gave me misanthropic thought patterns by generalizing the word "human" to make me see myself as one, and needing to stop being my version of human.

This gave me a very bleak and distorted view of what humanity is. I am a very strange human indeed. I had to learn to view myself as human, and had to learn to care about being a stereotypical human, and through highly traumatic means.

Dehumanization lead me to think that in order to be what I am, I MUST be something nonhuman, right? Maybe I'm more human instead, so why don't I feel more than human? I HAVE TO BE nonhuman! If I was nonhuman she wouldn't be giving me shit for any of this...ah ha! That explains EVERYTHING! I am not human! I am a mutant monkey! A mutant ape! A mutant suminia...and of course I'm not my paranthrotype with all of it's abilities! I AM A MUTANT VERSION OF THEM DUE TO MY BEING A PRIMATE, A HUMAN! YES! THIS IS IT!!!!!

If my imaginary species were classified as humans, I'd be all for it, embracing every single fucking aspect of humanity! If bonobos were considered humans, again, I'd fucking LOVE that! If my imaginary creatures were what humanity would evolve into, again....FUCKING WIN!!!! If humans were not doing all of the nasty vile things they do, I'd love ALL of humanity. I'm just MUCH more prone to notice the bad instead of the good due to my trauma and forced generalization.

[hale-my-nathan]

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[theonlyuniverseofcolorfulsoul]

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일반화는 1=100이라고 하는 것과 다르지 않다.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Although we have described the merging of possible histories in the context of only a couple of specific examples, this way of thinking about quantum mechanics is general.

"The Fabric of the Cosmos" - Brian Greene

[properantagonist]

I'm so tired of the generational discourse. There are all kinds of people in all generational groups, you're not all of a sudden different because you were born a year earlier.

Sure, there are certain things in common that people share due to the reality of living around the same time frame, but these are a small percentage of their entire personhood. Generations also vary with their technological and media experiences depending on the area of the world they were brought up in (some countries are obviously slower to adapt to globalised progress).

I'm tired of people blaming an entire generation for things done by all generations to some extent, or blaming it for something only a chunk of them do/did.

I saw a tweet claiming that "gen z bullied an artist to the point of near suicide for drawing a character wrong". Yeah, the whole generation is responsible. The entire generation is doomed because Something Bad ™ happened. I guess GIs were entirely responsible for WW2, right?

[philosophybitmaps]

[thelocalmuffin]

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

[mityenka]

when you grew up as a lonely uncool girl it will never stop haunting you by the way. you will meet a cool person at a bar or the train station or at a friend's party and you can wear your most stylish outfit and striking eye makeup and you will swear that they can see through all of the facade and see the lonely terribly insecure teenage girl you used to be who desperately wanted to connect and you will swear that they know that there is like an insurmountable gap between you. this will happen forever

[catmask]

i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping

[victusinveritas]