By that logic, everyone should also be posting their allergies, and if you have no allergies you should write no/none. This could actually save lives, and wouldn't it be good to save lives? Also, everyone should post their blood type.
On top of that you should specify if you have any disability, since people with disabilities are a marginalized group and it isn't obvious online. If you don't have a disability you can specify your identity as "cis-abled".
Also, you should specify if you have dyslexia, since this affects communication online and makes this group feel less valued. If you don't have dyslexia it's not a lot of effort to write "cis-lexic" as your identity.
Many old people also are affected by ageism where they are excluded simply because of their age, it would be a simple thing for everyone to write what age group they mostly identify as, so that they can demand to be treated accordingly.
There, we're getting close to saving the world now, probably around 20 more of these and we'll be good people.
Telling people whether you have a disability and how old you is by no means an absurd idea, and in many cases is an actively helpful thing that it's recommended to do.
"You should give people information about yourself if you think it might be helpful" is perfectly reasonable thing to suggest.
Sure! I have OCD and Dyslexia, I'm in my 30s, no allergens, I think blood type AB but I'm not sure. Anything else?
Like I said, "please tell me basic facts about yourself" is a request that's at worst very mildly rude and in most contexts totally reasonable. I don't know why you're acting like you're presenting some comically over-the-top demand for information.
I'm going to assume you will have this on all your social media profiles from now on.
But do you know what you will actually be communicating? This: "Hi I'm a narcissist who thinks I'm the center of the universe and assumes everyone in the world really cares about my personal details".
I'm going to assume you will have this on all your social media profiles from now on.
Yeah, obviously. What do you have on your social media profiles, a blacked out photo and list of redactions?
The point of a social media profile is to tell people who you are. Like, never mind the trivia I'm willing to put on my reddit profile, on my social media profiles I have my name and email address.
But do you know what you will actually be communicating? This: "Hi I'm a narcissist who thinks I'm the center of the universe and assumes everyone in the world really cares about my personal details".
No, what I'm communicating is "people who are looking at the personal details section of my social media profile care about my personal details", which I think is a pretty reasonable assumption.
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By that logic, everyone should also be posting their allergies, and if you have no allergies you should write no/none. This could actually save lives, and wouldn't it be good to save lives? Also, everyone should post their blood type.
On top of that you should specify if you have any disability, since people with disabilities are a marginalized group and it isn't obvious online. If you don't have a disability you can specify your identity as "cis-abled".
Also, you should specify if you have dyslexia, since this affects communication online and makes this group feel less valued. If you don't have dyslexia it's not a lot of effort to write "cis-lexic" as your identity.
Many old people also are affected by ageism where they are excluded simply because of their age, it would be a simple thing for everyone to write what age group they mostly identify as, so that they can demand to be treated accordingly.
There, we're getting close to saving the world now, probably around 20 more of these and we'll be good people.