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Re:People with blindness can read again after retinal implant by pcthrowaway on Saturday October 25, 2025 @09:45AM (#45703855)
To tag onto this, how do you feel about using "blind" in the figurative sense? Like "People born with various kinds of privilege are often blind to the ways they subtly benefit from that privilege on a daily basis"
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Re:People with blindness can read again after retinal implant by lynx97 on Saturday October 25, 2025 @10:00AM (#45703979)
Well, it's not always nice to realize that your condition is casually used as a negative conotation in everyday language. OTOH, there are worse things in life, so I mostly blink and move on... There are other hills to die on.
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