[eep_opp]

This has been a strange year. Some people that pointed out "victim culture" were demonized for it earlier this year. It's strange to see that the idea has caught on.

The 'victimhood' culture was only a very small minority of people found online that praised each other for things like being neurodivergent and handed out encouragement for not seeking medical help. It was crazy to see ideas like 'manspreading' being taken seriously outside of those (not so small after all) communities. Have they already overstayed their welcome?

The terrible part is that some legitimate complaints are being mistaken for the usual whine.

[SolaceQuantum]

Neurodivergence as a movement started out of functional people with managed symptoms being forced into abusive 'cure' therapies from intolerant parents. It is still by and far the go to movement to discuss the stigma of being mentally ill despite functionality and lack of distress.

[Lawtonfogle]

What happens if the distress is over other's reaction to the condition, but not due to the condition itself.

[SolaceQuantum]

That's also in neurodivergence afaik, unless we're talking about trans folk, they're their own category.

[omginternets]

> manspreading

Was this really taken seriously outside of the communities you're referring to? I got the sense that an overwhelming majority of people rolled their eyes.

[eep_opp]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/nyregion/MTA-targets-mansp...