as small as a world and as large as alone

3:26am September 16, 2014

theaubisticagenda:

lgbtlaughs:

No sorry you can’t be gay you’ve already used up your Minority Power slots. if you want to be gay you’ll have to replace one. Maybe get rid of being black or disabled?

Didn’t youneedacat come up with the “different slot” analogy?

Oh wow, no, no I didn’t.  I sometimes get too much credit for other people’s work.  :-(

And I feel horrible right now because I can’t remember the name of the woman who did.  I really, really liked her, too, so not remembering her name is embarrassing.  She was an Autism Hub blogger, and she was from Sweden, if that helps any.  

Oh yes, her Internet handle was elmindreda.  As in, like in the Wheel of Time novels, but with a lowercase e.  She’s from way back, as I am, from when lots of people had Internet handles where it mattered whether the first letter was capitalized or not.  So always call her elmindreda, even if the word starts a sentence, never Elmindreda.  Shows your respect of her as an old-school geek, and your respect for what her name is and is not.  Elmindreda with a capital E looks wrong to me now, even though I once made that mistake myself.  Only once, though.  elmindreda is what it’s been ever since, in my mind, once I realized.

Here is her post on the difference slot:

The Difference Slot

http://www.elmindreda.org/reflections/slot.html

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