👁️ autosurveillant 👁️ @pee_zombie@schelling.pt
huh, I'd been parroting this idea for years, not really sure where I got it I guess
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RT @ESYudkowsky
Your annual reminder that there is no such thing whatsoever as a legal duty for a corporation's Board or management to maximize its profits. This is just a complete myth. Legally, you have a duty "not to loot the company" and "not to do stuff that's totally nuts", basically.
https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1464791289434558474
the ADHD-trauma urge to act on every impulse the moment you get it bc you're afraid if you don't you'll forget about it & suffer the rest of the day trying to remember, unwilling to let go the phantasm of the forgotten task
coddling language helps no one but those too soft to be honest with those who need it. raw honesty, to those who are ready for it, is the kindest thing one can do for another.
if a single older weirdo had pulled me aside and gave me a tough love speaking to, clearly explaining the purpose of social norms, seemingly meaningless rituals, and the role of boundaries in interpersonal interaction, it would have saved me so much suffering.
I recognize that this isnt the softest kindest way I could phrase this, but young me would have benefited greatly from someone being this honest w/ me; instead my personal growth was hampered by those who would coddle me w/ meaningless platitudes about how it's ok to be different
it's on each of us weirdos to introspect and overcome our own disabilities, to expend that extra effort to transcend our self-imposed limitations and learn how to mask and fit in; masking is a good thing, and not at all to be avoided. everyone masks.
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RT @pee_zombie
there's a flip side to this, however; that initial disability, forcing intentional efforts, gives you a huge step up once overcome; having learned how to Do The Thing, y…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1402299726557503488
ok, well, that's not true, on second thought: the middle ground is social quarantine, where you can only interact with other socially disabled autists, who pretend that norms and eye contact are frivolous and unnecessary. but this is not a good option. I've been there. it sucks
there are only two options: either you are capable of learning and adapting to the norms (yes, thru more effort than an NT person needs to exert), or you're actually disabled and need professional help, such as institutionalization. there's no middle ground here, sorry.
and, contrary to many people's beliefs, we are responsible for doing this! you can't just expect the world to conform to your own weird idiosyncrasies; absolutely no one gives a shit about why you're weird, and they shouldn't have to; that's a you problem. this is all excuses.
using our divergences as an excuse for not acting right is just that, an excuse. ironically, it's an instance of the same thing the thread advocates against, namely patronizing and excusing autists. we're (mostly) perfectly capable of learning and adapting to social norms
yeah, I was awkward as fuck as a teen and constantly made people uncomfortable and didn't understand why, for similar reasons as those in this thread. but the answer wasn't to "educate and inform" people, but learn WHY I was turning people off and learn to behave properly!
this is the same problem I have w/ many other explanations of ND behaviors; yes, we have reasons for acting the way we do, but those reasons don't excuse not trying to align w/ the norm. norms are good! we don't just get a pass for having different neurology. we need to try.
great thread on the overlaps between autistic behavior and perceived creepiness. much of it hits home regarding my own experience, especially the QT; I went thru a hard-line feminist phase as a reaction to the same confusion
don't agree with much of it, however
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RT @MaxieMoosie
I learned what past behaviors of mine were legit creepy and which were legit people not understanding autistic behavior. Why? Because I developed a special …
https://twitter.com/MaxieMoosie/status/1464390011260833795
sorry not sorry this is an animepoasting account now, same as it ever was
I think @dagenkima put me onto it? thanks bruh this shits wild
whomstve watching Berserk? ik I'm late to the game on this one but the vibes are absolutely immaculate, valence off the charts
when she watches your anime recommendations you know you're gunna ani-make it
this is the tragedy of the conspiratorially-minded; they so deeply need the universe to be fundamental Good, filled w/ intrinsic meaning & order, that it drives them to perceive agentic phantoms, w/ tendrils pervading every sphere
better an all-powerful enemy than none at all
whats even more terrifying, for many, is that there might not even really BE any Good or Evil, that the world is but shades of gray; that mostly everyone does what they think is good for them and theirs, that there is no grand conspiracy of Evildoers
better to deny such a world
how does go about dealing w/ a dysfunction fractally pervade every layer of society? how to ensure good outcomes when there is no one in charge?
accepting this requires accepting that there is no sure-fire way for Good to defeat Evil; that there is no one battlefield, even
