One of my tricks is to try to describe someone's actual problematic behavior rather than resorting to blanket terms that often have ableist roots.
"Bob is such an idiot!" vs
"Bob is so inconsiderate of others!" Also in some circumstances it's more helpful in conveying specific information.

Forcible institutionalization is so popular but literally any of us at any time for about a billion reasons including OUR BRAINS JUST DOING THAT can become extremely severely mentally ill in like a heartbeat

The US is so ableist & eugenicist & genocidal at its core that we DO THIS TO OURSELVES

So people don't always understand that the name of a federally recognized tribe is a government label, often chosen a long time ago. This is often different from how they refer to themselves. When in doubt, ask them.

There is a spa here that bills itself as a "glacial salt cave" and has a whole wall made of that pink salt you can vibe with and you can get massages etc. I've never been, but I'm of the opinion that they can irradiate me with whatever spice they want as long as I'm getting my back worked on.

Alt text since I can't seem to get it to work on videos: Short looped video of a tuxedo cat lying on her back on a blue quilted sofa cover and fuzzy blanket. She looks relaxed and impassive while a hand rubs her fuzzy widdle black and white tum-tum.

Gotcha. I have just been that person who wasn't in on a joke and felt bad later. Also yeah the extent to which people I know IRL are using it as a substitute for actual mental health and health care is frightening to me.

While I agree with your sentiment 1000%, I think this was a Mystery Science Theater 3000 joke reference.

My ignorant ass didn't realize that Natives living on the rez in New Mexico didn't have voting rights until nineteen sixty-fuckin'-five. Jesus.

Remember, babies are only people *before* they're born