I'm sorry but what? I'm not OP but that is a record scratch. End of story. There is no ableism even in the vicinity of OPs statement without someone shoehorning it in there.
Everytime I see or hear "woke" I mentally replace it with compassion/ate to get a true gauge of what the speaker really feels.
I spent 6 months in the hospital dying faster than normal. My spouse was there to visit me nearly every day and we often got into fights about, in retrospect, supremely stupid shit. This is all to say that we experienced a traumatic event from two very different viewpoints. You're partner is afraid about what could potentially go wrong and so are you. But you both aren't afraid in the same way; you just can't be and there is nothing wrong with that. But good news! Nothing's gone wrong other than a stupid fight.
My advice to you is to be there to see him off and be there for his recovery. He's scared and being an ass. You were scared and were an ass. You've been together 5 years. You need to be by his side even if he says you don't have to or that mom can take care of it all.
After all, he's your partner.
Fuck this guy, fuck his producers, and fuck his viewers.
"Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness."
Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World
This is definitely the right move for this community.
It struck me yesterday as I was scrolling through through all communities how much crap there is and how the quality of community engagement is...lacking.
When I engage with content and community through the lens of beehaw, I want it to remain pure to that ideal. But I don't want that to always be my experience. If that means creating another account, well, that makes sense. Different accounts for different experiences.
Will it be annoying to switch between them? Slightly. But that's life at its best: slightly annoying.
Banning banning things is my kind of freedom!
There's a lot to unpack in this scenario, but without knowing anything about previous trust issues in your relationship or any shame or other feelings your partner may have towards food/weight/body image, I think it comes down to that we are all need private moments in our lives to maintain our sanity.
Final Fantasy VI, AKA Final Fantasy III, as it was called stateside when I first played it in the 90s (I bought it at Media Play, anyone remember that?).
Great cast of recruitable characters that isn't too large, in my opinion, and the Esper system is pretty great. Also, for me, one of the most impactful JRPG storylines of all time.
Have fun, whatever you choose! It's a great genre, but time consuming. If a game doesn't click for you within 15 or so hours, it may not be one for you.
I have a sinking feeling that these moves are not about money, but more about power and manipulation. If you squeeze these user bases such that the savviest users are forced out, those more likely to ask "Why?" about damn near anything, you will own access to a group of people that can be influenced to think/do/buy whatever the top management and/or majority shareholders want. If you lose a few million users, what does it matter if they were dissidents to your goals?
This librarian is a damn hero. Standing up to intolerance is full of risk, but for every one that has their life or livelihood endangered there are others that are heard and met with little or no resistance, and for those wins it must continue to be done. She took a stand knowing full well that it could cost her her job.
Many residents of Gillette will feel no shame for doing this today, but I hope they do one day very soon.