Lmao, that "I didn't pay Quasi, all the money went to his lawyers" shit is so retarded. When he gets a gift card for Amazon for Christmas does he think that's a gift for Amazon because they're the only ones who get the money?
Also, regarding ADHD and low IQ. Yeah, I in some ways do agree with Pat here, ADHD is a bullshit diagnosis, and he likely doesn't have it. I don't go as far as some (Peter Hitchens for example used to write a lot about it) in saying that it's all completely fake I just think it is very very overdiagnosed, like I think maybe one in fifty people who either think they have it, or have even been diagnosed with it actually do. Psychiatry in a medical setting is just kind of fucked, the brain is just an organ like any other but the psyche and patterns of behaviour very much are not and the current approach of throwing pills at problems until it seems like they go away (especially when kids are involved) is entirely untenable. I think in fifty years we will look back at the mass prescription of SSRIs and ritalin for young people as just as horrific and backward as we think lobotomies or shock therapy are now.
I also don't think Pat is 76 IQ, he's definitely dumber than he estimates himself to be and as obstinate as a brick wall but I don't think he's at the level where he would legitimately fail the breakfast question. He's probably just bang about average, he can read books but nothing too tricky like academic papers or philosophy or challenging literature. He can articulate opinions about politics but it's very shallow "my side good, your side bad" shit and regurgitating news media talking points, he wouldn't be able to abstract his thought to ideology or view things through historical or economical analysis outside of shitty "gotchas" he's picked up on Twitter and he certainly couldn't grasp the constitutional or other legal nuances of his own country or state. He can articulate thoughts on "the science" but it's clear where he's pulling from for this authority is shit he sees on TV, or fiction authors, pop-sci rags and Wikipedia. You know damn well he's never read beyond the abstract on a JSTOR article in his life. He writes full length fiction books but, based on the excerpts posted here and opinions of those who have read further, it's not exactly stellar stuff, I've seen nothing of his that indicates it would eclipse what you might find on a fanfiction website.
I think, bottom-line, Josiah is right, his shrink mom fucked him up. He was fed delusions about being a special boy golden child who was just too smart for school and other authority figures and it's defined his fat life ever since.
