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FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM to Chronic Illness@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

She's right

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She's right

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FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM to Chronic Illness@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    Could’ve just said effort or energy and i would’ve understood the intent of this post, I am now clued into spoon theory now though

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      Neither of those terms are quite interchangeable though. Everybody has low energy days, that’s relatively normal. But the word spoons is a shorthand for explaining a precious, and much more finite resource, as a way to distinguish the experience for disabled people.

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        But it’s not a vital nor precious resource. It’s just tangable and limited. I think that’s the disconnect.

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          But it’s not a vital nor precious resource.

          I’m sorry, are you trying to argue that spoons aren’t a vital, nor precious, resource for disabled people? Because I disagree vehemently. Please go and read Christine Miserandino’s original post:

          https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

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            I did, and the point was about general translation.

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              You know what, nevermind, I’m done wasting my spoons arguing this point with people in this thread.

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                  The fact you can’t respect that I ran out of spoons for arguing the point, kind of just proves my point that you don’t understand the term, doesn’t it?

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