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My retirement-age father-in-law is a good guy, but he's also obviously an undiagnosed autist. Earnest but very dorky, bad at picking up social queues, and super obsessive about nerdy hobbies like model trains and board games

A lot of people who are on the spectrum but high-functioning can be a little weird, but otherwise functional members of society, because in the past they were effectively peer-pressured into success and a degree of normalcy. This doesn't seem to be the case any longer and now the spergs who used to obsess about fixing pocketwatches or whatever are allowed to spiral out of control and become chris-chan

None of that means he's autistic lol

Shoving anyone who is awkward socially, or is a dweeb, or has a "nerdy" hobby they are VERY into, or any combination of the three, into "autism" is lazy, narrow, and helps the medical industry's own obsession with diagnosing as many people as possible with something to make money off 'treating' it

Being a dweeb =!= autistic
Bad at picking up social cues =!= autistic
Being a mega dweeb about X =!= autistic

A key symptom of being on the spectrum is problems with education and employment. If you're a mega dweeb who is bad at parties but you're successful in school and can hold down a job, yeah, you aren't autistic. You're a mega dweeb is all

If he is obsessed with model trains and board games, but it isn't ritualistic behavior where he freaks the fuck out if he can't get his model trains and board games fix, he isn't autistic. Does your father-in-law have a rigid regularity of playing with his Lionel trains / Risk (or whatever)? If something comes up that interrupts his model trains and board games, or makes it so he can't play with them at all today, does he throw tantrums or cause a lesser scene about it?

Not does he get irritated, does he act like a bit of a jerk about it. Does he lose control of himself to any degree (and like every time, not just he's had his hobbies interrupted a million times in the last six months, other things are stressing him out too, so he finally vents a little, like everyone does from time to time)? If he isn't giving a disproportionate response, he's almost certainly not autistic

 

[HOMO FOR LIFE RETURNS]

One thing for sure. Republicans aren't going to sit and let Democrats steal the election blindly like last time.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

One thing for sure. Republicans aren't going to sit and let Democrats steal the election blindly like last time.

If Trump wins, I expect the TDS threads here to swell up with posts about election fraud.

 

[BULLY HUNTER_78]

Oh boy I can imagine democrats and the media defend the cartels unironically whenever stories of them get drone striked comes up

In all fairness, the cartels would literally start assassinating our politicians if we started drone striking them. That policy is likely out of self-preservation.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

In all fairness, the cartels would literally start assassinating our politicians if we started drone striking them. That policy is likely out of self-preservation.

Not true. Cartels are scared to death of US military intervention because they know that's the end of their gravy train.

Cartels turn in their own members all the time when it involves the US government.

 

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In all fairness, the cartels would literally start assassinating our politicians if we started drone striking them. That policy is likely out of self-preservation.

Criminals never want to get into confrontations with authorities, unless the authorities are weak and corrupt. There's no percentage in it for the criminals. That's why the cartels have bought off Mexico's government, so they don't have to worry about the Mexican military ever seriously coming after them. The cartels know they can't buy off the US government to any effective degree, and that trying to confront the US in a fight would be a horrible massacre

 

[UnKillFill]

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Where's the joke? This is what they legitimately believe.

 

[nigel p poppycock]

I don't have time to go through the thread right now so rate me late and exuberantly colorful if I'm repeating something.

LOL, last thing I expected was Kick Vic being your origin story in the farms.
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Right? I blinked twice when I read that, in a good way.

wow that's a lot of aids

Bush, Romney, and McCain camps acknowledging uniparty status is so validating.

I think this absolutely belongs in this thread, considering RFK Jr. literally running his Presidential campaign on health, vaccines, and Big Pharma.

Personally, while I have developed a whole new level of skepticism about vaccines since covid, autism is generally a thing that is being diagnosed more frequently because our "knowledge" of it has grown over the years.

Autism is a relatively "new" medical term, especially when talking about the spectrum, so it's being diagnosed and spotted more frequently now. That makes me not want to jump on the "vaccines cause autism!" bandwagon. I'd like to see more data on this (but, we probably won't).

The only "connection" I see between vaccines and autism is that more vaccines are being developed, and autism is being diagnosed more now that we all know more about it. I haven't seen any data to convince me that one is the cause of the other.

As far as I know the screening tools for autism have not largely changed in recent years but rates are still increasing - but I might be wrong on that.

Spoiler: Rambling Autism Ahead

I won't power level so choose to believe or not, but @Amelia Troonheart is correct--screening tools haven't changed much. Thirty or so years ago you had the quirky kids who mimicked Asperger tendencies, leaving only a tiny, tiny fraction of kids that were truly autistic--nonverbals, low IQ, drastic social adaptability problems, etc. Those were the ones who received services.

Then about fifteen plus years ago, autism boomed, and not just the quirky kids. Sure there's more of the Asperger type now because of how education is managed, environmental factors, fractured home lives, things that have already been mentioned. But the uptick in moderate to severely autistic children is real, and does coincide empirically with the increase in vaccinations. I doubt there will ever be hard data on this anytime soon because vaccines are such a money maker and most of the medical community are true believers in them. I'm not anti vax (except Covid) but I do think kids are over vaccinated and that it has contributed to autism rates. Not exclusively, but I wouldn't count it out. (How's that for being definitive?)

On the flip side--autism is definitely over diagnosed. So here's the problem--how can medical professionals and educators identify not only true autistic children, but also adults who slipped through the cracks back in the day? How do we make sure those are the kids/adults that get the supports they need, and not the ones who decide to be autistic on MWF and normal the rest of the week? When there's no transparency and lots of greed involved, once again the people that need help the most aren't getting it because resources are spread needlessly thin.

I'm rambling and probably not making a lick of sense because it's difficult to parse it out accurately. It's also a shame.

 

[BULLY HUNTER_78]

Not true. Cartels are scared to death of US military intervention because they know that's the end of their gravy train.

Cartels turn in their own members all the time when it involves the US government.

Interesting. Is it possible that this was done out of some sense of honor?

No source on this, since it’s just a rumor I heard from a family member that went on a Mormon mission to Mexico. He said since they were extremely polite, served the local community, and (most importantly) weren’t involved in the local drug trade, the cartels left them alone. In fact, one day their bikes were stolen and they had to walk around for a few days until their bikes were suddenly returned. He kinda suspected some petty criminal didn’t realize the cartels had designated them as “off limits” and one of the cartels returned the bikes.

Criminals never want to get into confrontations with authorities, unless the authorities are weak and corrupt. There's no percentage in it for the criminals. That's why the cartels have bought off Mexico's government, so they don't have to worry about the Mexican military ever seriously coming after them. The cartels know they can't buy off the US government to any effective degree, and that trying to confront the US in a fight would be a horrible massacre

Interesting point but isn’t it just as easy to buy a US politician? They arguably sold out the entire country to the world’s largest drug cartel, Pfizer.

Maybe they already own our politicians, which is why they’ll never bring themselves to seriously consider drone striking the problem.

 

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Interesting point but isn’t it just as easy to buy a US politician? They arguably sold out the entire country to the world’s largest drug cartel, Pfizer.

Maybe they already own our politicians, which is why they’ll never bring themselves to seriously consider drone striking the problem.

I dunno, ask all those cartel upper management boys who keep ending up in federal court in New York if the DEA is bought off

 

[Jacques1194]

I don't think the united states can survive 16 straight years of uninterrupted democrat corruption and looting of the system. Hell, I'd be surprised if we made it to the end of Kamala's hypothetical first term without balkanization.

Either balkanization happens or the U.S will end up like Brazil or maybe South Africa. Honestly I have a friend who said this, regardless of what one thinks of Trump, the point is that he is suppose to buy time. I personally think the U.S is done for because demographics will eventually make the U.S a one party controlled country unless hispanics for some reason decided to overwhelmingly vote republican and another trump like figure comes along. (which is doubtful.)

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

Interesting. Is it possible that this was done out of some sense of honor?

These are people who will video themselves beheading others with chainsaws. The reason why your family member was not bothered is because that community paid off the cartels. It's called a protection racket and, in lieu of effective law enforcement and laws, it works.

 

[marvlouslie]

What a fucking CUNT. What's the point you're trying to make, Joyless? You're not making any point at all, just mocking the poor. Why the fuck does she still have a job?

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

What a fucking CUNT. What's the point you're trying to make, Joyless? You're not making any point at all, just mocking the poor. Why the fuck does she still have a job?

I hope this woman finds Jesus, because otherwise she is fucked.

 

[Jacques1194]

Criminals never want to get into confrontations with authorities, unless the authorities are weak and corrupt. There's no percentage in it for the criminals. That's why the cartels have bought off Mexico's government, so they don't have to worry about the Mexican military ever seriously coming after them. The cartels know they can't buy off the US government to any effective degree, and that trying to confront the US in a fight would be a horrible massacre

I know a mexican woman from El Paso, Texas and she feels frustrated that most Mexicans don't vote for Trump simply because they've been brainwashed into believing trump is a racist that wants to kill everyone who isn't a "straight white male". She believes that if Trump is elected that he can come up with a solution to the cartel problem that benefits everyone. EDIT: Point being is that she believes democrats have made things worse for america with their open borders policy which only made the cartels more powerful. That's why she believes in the conspiracy that they're secretly working together.

 

[marvlouslie]

I hope this woman finds Jesus, because otherwise she is fucked.

I don't. I hope she continues her downward spiral and continues to post it online so we can all laugh at her for being a fucking moron.

 

[Cemetery Support]

Interesting. Is it possible that this was done out of some sense of honor?

In the article, they mention “protecting the lives of the innocent.” I don’t buy that bullshit for a second. If they really gave a fuck about the innocent they wouldn't recruit children into their ranks. They’re tribal animals.

I know a mexican woman from El Paso, Texas and she feels frustrated that most Mexicans don't vote for Trump simply because they've been brainwashed into believing trump is a racist that wants to kill everyone who isn't a "straight white male". She believes that if Trump is elected that he can come up with a solution to the cartel problem that benefits everyone.

Thats actually a perspective I’ve never heard before. I’m under the impression that a lot of hispanics lean towards the right due to their emphasis on a strong family unit, and being fed up with gang shit.

 

[Shinkai]

If Trump wins he will have much less problems going hard as this would be his 2nd term so he has little to lose politically. Driving deep in the swamp and doing as much damage as he can to slow the oncoming train wreck of globohomo is about the

Forgive my ignorance I'm not from US but is it just a total no for someone ever having a third term? Even if it was separated by other presidency after the first term? I'm guessing it's constitutional level.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Counterpoint. Samoas are worth the free child labor.

Counter Counter Point : All of those fucking Cookies are trash, bake your fucking own.

 

[Thomas Talus]

Forgive my ignorance I'm not from US but is it just a total no for someone ever having a third term? Even if it was separated by other presidency after the first term? I'm guessing it's constitutional level.

22nd Amendment limits to 2 terms.