LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoNot just me surely?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1486arrow-down124
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minus-squarenovember@lemmy.vglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89arrow-down6·6 days agoBegging the internet to stop using “emotional labor” to mean “thinking about things”.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·6 days agoAnd “mental gymnastics”! Stop fucking up terms that have a useful consensus meaning that helps us communicate concepts.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoHow are people misusing that term now?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 days agoYeah, I’m ADHD af, but I have never experienced “emotional labor” about watching a TV show lol
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoYou cannot perform emotional labour except for another person.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days 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-up1arrow-down2·4 days ago“Emotional labor” means feeling cringe, fear or shame when a tv character feels fear or shame.
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.
I’m sure they’ll think about it.
“Emotional labor” means feeling cringe, fear or shame when a tv character feels fear or shame.