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Interesting way of putting it (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/autism@lemmy.world

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[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

for me it's more like being a robot or alien that can't relate to neurotypicals

[–] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you watched Resident Alien? You should, it’s so spot on.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And for the robot (technically Cyborg) front, The Murderbot Diaries. The main character is a cyborg who has trouble relating to humans.

spoiler

But also has no desire to be human itself.

[–] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yup. That hits too.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Nah. They’re the aliens. We’re the ones on this planet approaching things logically.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

We're all humans, just with slightly different parameters. Your statement is bordering on aspie supremacy.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

If only they'd understand....

[+] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu -11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If you're the minority, you're the alien.

E: downvoting the truth is petulant and childish. So much for being the "logical" ones.

[–] stingpie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The double-down is so much worse than the original statement.

[–] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Neither is wrong. Deal with it or not, what do I care.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first one is factually incorrect.

The second one is factually incorrect because it relies on the correctness of the first one.

You could perhaps argue common usage/colloquialism, then you'd be subjectively incorrect, but that would be my opinion not a fact.

[–] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It is not incorrect, as always, politically motivated people ignore context when quoting. I was replying to someone calling everyone other than those on the spectrum "aliens", as they argued that every person on the spectrum was more "logical" (whatever that means, it's its own can of worms).

So as I replied to them, I explained that whatever they were trying to say, the alien in question would be the one who made up the smallest % of population, as I was following the definitions of "alien" which say:

"strange and not familiar" as well as "coming from a different country, race, or group", which you conveniently ignored. (same link as yours, btw, so don't bother arguing a lack of source)

So stop trying to be intellectual, it's clearly a failure.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And as posted in the link, the definition of alien has nothing to do with % population.

If something doesn't align with the facts, its factually incorrect.

I'm not sure how I'm politically motivated by pointing that out.

“strange and not familiar” as well as “coming from a different country, race, or group”, which you conveniently ignored.

I didn't ignore them, strange and unfamiliar also don't have anything to do with % population.

It seems you want to ignore logic and facts to complain about people ignoring logic and facts.

That seems exhausting to me, but you seem to enjoy it, so have at it i suppose.

also: something ....downvotes...childish...something

[–] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, apparently downvotes are childish, who knew.

Anyway, if you can't connect the dots between "coming from a different [...] group" as well as "strange and not familiar" with autism being a smaller % of the total population than those not on the spectrum, I'm afraid your dishonesty goes even further than I thought it did initially.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh noes, proven to be a hypocrite for doing the thing i said was childish......wait....that never happened.

I must be thinking of someone else :

Anyway , my apologies i hadn't realised i was competing with an olympic level mental gymnast (you should really put that in a flair or something so people know upfront).

I defer to your gymnastic prowess.

[–] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And you're back down to your usual drivel. Didn't take long.

Enjoy the false sense of superiority, it's all you'll get, clown.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] gaybriel_fr_br@jlai.lu -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, it turns out downvotes are useful when they make a troll mad. The typical troll never gives up on the last word either.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

The typical troll never gives up on the last word either.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

More like the soul of a grumpy grandpa and the nervous system of a LLM with few guardrails