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> I'm not pointing out folks with disabilities. I'm talking about perfectly healthy adults who seem to have no sense of awareness around them. Careful. It's ea

> I'm not pointing out folks with disabilities. I'm talking about perfectly healthy adults who seem to have no sense of awareness around them. Careful. It's easy to overlook disabilities that may not be immediately externally visible. I have a friend who's heavily dyslexic. You'd never know it if you ran into her on the street; she's quite successful in her career. Yet she uses voice dictation when sending text messages because it's an order of magnitude less time and cognitive effort for her to write something out that way. I tend to think the world would be a better place if we were all just a little bit less judgemental of things we see others doing that we can't immediately explain.

geuis 3y ago
That's a very fair criticism. I hope no one reading my parent comment thinks I'm disregarding people like your friend. I'm not. I'm referencing people who also think it's fine to loudly play music or have entire conversations with the phone speaker on in public.
robocat 3y ago
> I'm talking about perfectly healthy adults who seem to have no sense of awareness around them. There's also a few DSM5[1] diagnostic categories that could cover that behaviour. However, it is a somewhat cultural behaviour - you see it more in some countries or places within a country - some people are just jerks. Perhaps they could just add "arsehole" as a new diagnostic category to cover highly inconsiderate people. Just needs better wording. [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dsm5 https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dsm5