• @[email protected]
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    5 days ago

    If the original tweet was for the general audience, just replace with “energy”. That’s it. The term is more understood in our bubble only. You are suffering from bias.

    Jargon is usually used to make oneself feel “in”, but it by design excludes everyone else from the conversation.

    • @[email protected]
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      54 days ago

      I come from a mental health background and spoons is excellent for anyone. It needs explaining, sure, but neurodivergent people can use spoons to explain the cost of their executive dysfunction, people with depression can use spoons… hell, people free from illness can use this expression, too!

      I get being bitter about jargon but it’s an extremely versatile and easy-to-understand metaphor. I think the aim here should be to share it more, rather than try to label it as improper to include.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 days ago

        Yes, if you have the chance to explain. If you can’t, talking about spoons just confuses people.

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        4 days ago

        I get that spoons are a tangable and limited resource, and that part provides for a better example. But the part that doesn’t work well is that spoons have a specific value and use case. Like, you could still operate pretty normally without a spoon.

    • Norah - She/They
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      15 days ago

      Go read the origin post I commented elsewhere in this thread. I think it helps explain why “energy” doesn’t work as well.