LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoNot just me surely?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1492
arrow-up1492imageNot just me surely?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square66linkfedilink
minus-squarenovember@lemmy.vglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up90·1 month agoBegging the internet to stop using “emotional labor” to mean “thinking about things”.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 month agoAnd “mental gymnastics”! Stop fucking up terms that have a useful consensus meaning that helps us communicate concepts.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoHow are people misusing that term now?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 month agoYeah, I’m ADHD af, but I have never experienced “emotional labor” about watching a TV show lol
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou cannot perform emotional labour except for another person.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoMaybe this person’s job is to watch and react to TV shows and they’re tired of the emotional rollercoaster of Kdramas and just want to watch some Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood.
minus-squareNovaNine@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago“Emotional labor” means feeling cringe, fear or shame when a tv character feels fear or shame.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI’m sure they’ll think about it.
Begging the internet to stop using “emotional labor” to mean “thinking about things”.
And “mental gymnastics”! Stop fucking up terms that have a useful consensus meaning that helps us communicate concepts.
How are people misusing that term now?
Yeah, I’m ADHD af, but I have never experienced “emotional labor” about watching a TV show lol
You cannot perform emotional labour except for another person.
Maybe this person’s job is to watch and react to TV shows and they’re tired of the emotional rollercoaster of Kdramas and just want to watch some Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood.
“Emotional labor” means feeling cringe, fear or shame when a tv character feels fear or shame.
I’m sure they’ll think about it.