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Recent content by Autistic Yoda

  1. Autistic Yoda

    Do you like being autistic?

    My list of limitations always seemed trivial and petty when compared to those completely unable to walk or see. If the way other people treat us is the top metric- then yes, autism is much rougher than mobility impairment. You can all boost your charisma scores, find out which mistakes you're...
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    Do you like being autistic?

    I just came across the most counterintuitive statistic. Being completely blind or paraplegic looks a hell of a lot more depressing than what we go through, right? Turns out, people with those conditions have much lower rates of depression and suicide than those on the spectrum. And those with...
  3. Autistic Yoda

    Public Announcement about what autism is and is not

    I've seen autism grouped in with ADHD under the neurodiverse umbrella, but never with LGBTQ. Academia is the head of the stream for all woke nonsense, and that sounds like fancy college-type thinking.
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    i can do it and i will!

    Am I correct in stating that goats are herd animals who require the company of their own kind? I learned this lesson the hard way by keeping a different species of social animal as a solitary pet without realizing this was cruel and unacceptable.
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    i can do it and i will!

    Goats are herd animals. They require the company of other goats, and become unhealthy when their social needs are not met. It needs a companion of its own kind, or it suffers. Secondly, autism or not, we all need human contact and are not designed to be hermits. The Unabomber (autistic) never...
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    Do you like being autistic?

    Well, not in the same sense as being epileptic, severely asthmatic, morbidly obese, paraplegic, or immunocompromised. Because those disabilities provide no silver linings and give nothing back. The list of people who've used their autistic minds to accomplish great things for humanity is quite...
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    Do you like being autistic?

    Just wondering...
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    Antidepressant for Social Avoidance/Anxiety?

    Same experience. Zoloft reduces shyness.
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    Handshakes: How to Achieve a Lifetime Exemption.

    I didn't even despise handshakes until my first wedding, when I experienced my first obnoxiously crushing handshake- the kind you don't recover from until the next day. Really sours the mood. Confronting these hand crushers doesn't seem to change them. They just play innocent every time. This...
  10. Autistic Yoda

    Still Using Windows 10 Beyond Oct.14th 2025 ?

    Maybe within a year Macrohard OS will be available. Switching to Linux for someone who's only ever used Microsoft appears quite painful from the outside.
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    Handshakes: How to Achieve a Lifetime Exemption.

    I get it. But handshakes aren't usually a form of attack. You've probably heard that they originated as a way for men to 'prove' they're unarmed. But the real reason behind it is that NT's actually get an endorphin release from touching each other. Like you'd get from touching someone you're...
  12. Autistic Yoda

    Handshakes: How to Achieve a Lifetime Exemption.

    If I was willing to use awkwardness as a tool, I wouldn't need clever devices to smooth things out. Saying "I'm more of a fist-bump guy" and then just putting out partially works in many settings. If I can get away with it, I'll just say "We don't have to". It's actually more insulting if I...
  13. Autistic Yoda

    Handshakes: How to Achieve a Lifetime Exemption.

    I wouldn't expect it to be noticed. But when they reach in, I just hold out the tattoo in a wave-like gesture and say something like: "Lifetime exemption!"
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    Handshakes: How to Achieve a Lifetime Exemption.

    When you come prepared, refusing unnecessary ritual dude touching is no longer insulting or personal to a guy just trying to be appropriate. Wedding or conference? I'm always wearing an ace bandage. They'll just assume your right hand is too injured, and you don't have to put out. Thing is...
  15. Autistic Yoda

    Does this annoy you too?

    Here's another pattern everyone should know: Whenever you get a phone call that begins; "Hello (your name), I am X from Y company. How are you doing today? *pause*"... Just hang up! Even if you're already doing business with that particular company, one fact will be true, a hundred percent of...
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