@yourautisticlife given the rejection sensitivity from my childhood, I feel similarly about the "just do it" idea. The traumatic experiences that have been cemented in and being told "just apply for a job "knowing about the guaranteed failure or "just go out and be social to make friends" when I keep freezing up.
I would, like you, actually like to see such people who claim "just do it" experience what it's like for one month when issues arise and are dismissed.
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Dr. Daniel Jackson (Stargate)
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I can make arguments for each of these characters as being coded autistic
* Jack (30 Rock)
* Hiccup (How to Train a Dragon)
* Leon AND Matildè (The Professional)
* Matthew Murdock (Daredevil)
* Napoleon Dynamite
@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics I've seen so many cases of #3!
Mine was an odd journey. I spent my whole life feeling like a weirdo, and having people assume it was just because I was "gifted" -- or innumerable other less complementary assumptions about my personality. Then, when I was 26, I saw a TV special on Daniel Tammet. I was captivated because I saw so much of myself on the screen, which had never happened for me before. And they mentioned Asperger's. First thing I did was hit Wikipedia. And by the end of the day, I had a word for what I am. 13 years later, I finally got a formal diagnosis.
Most people have probably already forgotten that several months ago, the Biden admin stopped a nationwide rail strike (over sick days) that might have screwed the economy. This made unions and union supporters very unhappy, and few believed the President when he said heβd get them their sick days. But with the help of Bernie Sanders, he has done it. They got the RR workers what they needed AND avoided a crippling strike. This is a big win for everyone that will probably go unnoticed. http://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid
I'm named after an astronaut. When I gave the attendant at Kennedy Space Center my credit card to pay my entry fee, she made a squee noise. Both the first time someone recognized my name for what it is, and the first time I've heard someone squee.
Both Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin were βrebellious,β the white and black establishment BOTH looked down on them, and neither was the first Black person to refuse to give up their seat for a white passenger in Montgomery. The fight for equality and injustice was long and difficult and it was a collective struggle, not an individual one.
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re: mention of drugs
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I did that once, several decades ago. The timing was unfortunate, the location was less than ideal, but I felt myself spiraling into something ugly, sat myself in front of the TV and found an Audrey Hepburn movie to watch. I remember her in Paris, dancing with Fred Astaire in a field of flowers.
Compensate for it by raising taxes on personal income (all personal income, from whatever source) over $10,000,000 per year to 110%.
You want to be a greedy bastard? Fine, but you'll pay for it.
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.