Lynnrael

I'm starting to think that a job where you become a representative of the state's monopoly on violence is almost always going to attract people who want power and enjoy violence

not enough to force it on people who find it extremely uncomfortable. honestly, i almost never make eye contact and can still pretty effectively communicate at work.

so it's a long distance polycule? nice

the thing is, there are autistic people who talk that way, that's just a part of it becoming less stigmatized. in fact, it's entirely possible that kid was actually autistic, and it wasn't possible to tell because he's high masking. there's no real way to know for sure, which is why i push back on people saying that it's trendy or assuming that people who aren't autistic are claiming to be. it's a spectrum, and it affects people in an incredibly wide variety of ways, many of which are not easily noticeable or clear, especially to allistic people. there is, also, not actually anything wrong with people who aren't autistic thinking they are, or finding parts of autism relatable. it doesn't harm autistic people. the real harm almost always comes from people who police the behaviors of others, and who don't like when folks aren't "normal" without a "legitimate" reason. people who enforce arbitrary social norms in others (like eye contact) because it makes them more comfortable are also usually the biggest bullies autistic people face. that and outright ableist bigots.

it's not, but there are large communities online that like to discuss being neurodivergent because we're almost always forced to mask and hide it in most spaces. the stigma is going away, but it's still very much present. usually you can hear the stigma coming from people who say "everyone's autistic these days, must be trendy"

you can just ask if they're autistic, but if you're not also autistic and it's not relevant (and i don't see how it would be here) it's probably inappropriate to ask anyways

like the style of sandwich? that's amazing

it's actually named for an extinct species of fish that was found in lakes in Oklahoma before the dust bowl. when people started migrating to California through Oklahoma the lakes were overfished and killed off and i totally made all of that up, was it convincing?

Unless a talking donkey makes you waffles its not authentic enough. I will settle for nothing less than the real deal.

what a terrible fucking day to have a nose how the fuck can one person be so unpleasant in so many fucking ways this is not ok i want to be nice. I want to be a good and kind person who isn't mean to people for merely being annoying, but holy fucking goddamn shit is it getting difficult.

I'm not paying that bill stop calling!