Theres a quote from Metal Gear V:
"It is no nation we Inhabit, but a language. Words are what keeps our world alive, conquer the world, not by taking man lives but taking their tongues. Everything are stolen from them , their country ,their family , their identity , words can kill"
"My masters changed along with the words they made me speak. With each change - I changed too. My thoughts, personality, How I saw right and wrong... Words Can Kill."
"Time and again the country was ruled by a foreign tongue. When he was a young boy he lost his native language. The bedrock for any developing child. His country, His family, His face - His identity. Everything was stolen from him."
I commented last night that I'm gonna owe my favorite authors (trad, fanfic, serials all) a huge thank you because their works kept me functional last time, and the pattern is already repeating.
Sadly I see that there are (presumably) intelligent people who don't understand this, either because they're invested in *not* getting it or because their worldview doesn't encompass all the ways in which it applies.
I was in that position once; having things be not-political is *easy*.
I dont write main genre romance, though I do like to add it as subplots...as a lesbian I've decided to never diversify my romance again. Until our community feels safe again Im only writing LGBTQ+ couples in as mains. 😤 Our people will never be hidden.
Real, I have a book I always wanted to write and it will also be a comic too (doing both at the same time) and yes it has queer couples and I'm gonna just go for it!
Seems like we have gotten away from the original post (political action) and are now into acessability. This is my current column. Hard to see how any kind of political action comes into play. Or could.
Okay, sure. You accurately describe the way the caps work. You say..."The threads allow the cap to be removed and resealed by the end user."
Do you see the inherent biases about who the end user is? How would you write that differently if you were including people who *can't* open this type of cap?
For acessability it should be available to anyone in the world with internet access. If they don't speak English, DeepL will translate it into most languages. If they are blind, text to speech will read it to them.
I've been pretty lucky in my writing career. My monthly magazine column is about packaging machinery. I have pretty much absolute freedom to write whatever I want (350-450 words) Other than typos and occasionally syntax, whatever I write gets published in the magazine
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"It is no nation we Inhabit, but a language. Words are what keeps our world alive, conquer the world, not by taking man lives but taking their tongues. Everything are stolen from them , their country ,their family , their identity , words can kill"
So, good heavens yes. Thank you.
I was in that position once; having things be not-political is *easy*.
:p
https://www.packagingdigest.com/machinery/how-roll-on-pilfer-proof-cappers-work
Do you see the inherent biases about who the end user is? How would you write that differently if you were including people who *can't* open this type of cap?
The article is about how to close (or "apply", ist that jargon?) the cap.
Oh, well.
Tough shit
The capping and closing book will include a section on the need for easy opening while maintaining integrity (a hard line to walk)
That might address your concern.
If it was, I'd need 50-100 words to discuss it minimally. What 50-100 words should I replace?
Caps are a problem for many, including my wife.
Swapping out a single word would allow you to do a tiny, tiny bit to remind people that not every end user is the same. It might not change anything.
But it might spark someone to think about making a change.
I'm curious how it could be any more accessible.
Pretty hard to work any political action into that and I wouldn't even if I could