Autism is not a superpower - ...and I'm tired of people pretending that it is. (aka Vyse bitches and moans for a little bit)

[Osama Bin Laden]

OP is autistic

 

[Gatdam Animal Person]

Don't know what you're talking about, being legally eligible for extra trudeau-buxx during COVID is DEFINITELY a super-power.

Hans Asperger did nothing wrong. Anyone saying otherwise are niggers.

 

[Nacho Man Randy Salsa]

Just be yourself.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

i'd try to get on neetbux tbh

 

[Peaches the Wonder Cat]

I will never know the feeling of being in love.

It's possible. It's not easy, and it takes the right partner.

 

[Norbert the Tiger]

Hello @Vyse Inglebard

Neither I nor anyone can tell precisely how severe your situation is. I would caution that autism is wildly overdiagnosed (as are all of these disorders, because people make money off of it). The autism bit is the joke that it is because it is so often conflated with being smart and introverted. It is hard for smart people to relate with others.
Beyond that, and taking your diagnosis at face value, I would simply suggest that like many other things it is more akin to a difficulty setting in a video game, then a hard fast barrier, or at least it is a lot of the time.

I will never be able to form a palpable connection with another human being (aside from close family, that is). I will never have real "friends", the closest they'll be are acquaintances. I will never know the feeling of being in love. The simple act of socializing is physically draining and as a result, I will never "enjoy" events/trips the way normal people do.

And this is the quote that struck out at me when I compare it to a harder difficulty setting. Things may be more challening but I am not sure it means they are impossible. I guess it depends on your circumstances, what things you have to offer to offset these eccentricities. There are autistic women out there, some of them not bad looking and have brains and quirkiness to go along with.

One last thing, as far as having difficulty relating with others, also consider that perhaps it just because people are shit and individuals who are not shit, or at least not as shitty, have much more difficulty in dealing with horrible people doing horrible things (or boring, stupid things).
I hope this helps and offers some insight.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

i'd try to get on neetbux tbh

nah, too prideful to do that

 

[Secret Messages]

dont laugh but if you have insurance that covers talk therapy schedule an appointment and just go and say "I am a social retard and don't know how to not be a weirdo around other people." You might get some decent coaching, and an anxiety diagnoses/benzo prescription.

 

[Drkinferno72]

If there's a cure, I would have taken it by now

 

[mofu mofo]

benzo prescription

Farmers in the Jordan Peterson thread know how dangerous that is.

 

[The Last Stand]

OP is autistic

You're not wrong. Through his own admission:

I'm an aspie, and I know something that these #ACTUALLYAUTISTIC UWU people don't: if you have to SAY that you're funny, you're not funny. They have to stop kidding themselves, they're just salty that they're not remotely as successful as Musk, even though they could be if they got up off their lazy asses, stopped posting on Twitter, and actually applied themselves IRL. They won't do that, though, because all they want are asspats, and nothing more.

 

[Squawking Macaw]

Spergs who believe they're the next step in human evolution are either so mollycoddled they haven't experienced the worst of it, or they have and they're just coping by pretending to be better. You'll find that a lot of these "superpowers" are just maladaptations in disguise, an autistic kid using more complex words may be a sign of more intelligence... or it can be a failure to adapt their speech to the situation.

The screeching of the sperg activists shouldn't matter and it saddens me that researches looking for a cure are constantly bombarded with hatred from them, if an autist wants to cure their condition that should be their right alone and nobody else's.

 

[SwanSwanson]

Honestly, I kinda sympathize with spergs, their main issue is their unwillingness to understand arbitrary social rules and this is pretty much a disability for them.

 

[Gatdam Animal Person]

There's not many good places for discussing an good tax-paying adult's experience with their condition, most of :

• Organizations helping parents with autistic children
• Online posers who fakes autism for updoots
• NEETs and potential lolcows
• Unfortunates cases of crippling autism

From experience, if you ever consider joining a friend-making club, keep in mind that most of these people can't keep a job, have deliberating issues with socialising, and at most you'll feel a bit outcast from the rest.

You can keep a job, you are at least self-conscious, you're easily in the top 10% of cases. If you take pills, check with your doctor if that could affect your mood and sanity.

 

[Mary the Goldsmith]

Since you are autistic mind explaining to me why are you guys so obssesed with Sonic the Hedgehog?
Second don't worry too much, you will find love eventually, if Chris Chancould get himself a boyfriend free state mandated GF so can you

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Since you are autistic mind explaining to me why are you guys so obssesed with Sonic the Hedgehog?

it's the first media franchise a lot of autists get "hyper-fixated" on. If it isn't Sanic, it's Thomas, or MLP, or something equally childish and inane.

 

[Geddy Lee's Fee and See]

Frankly, autism is only a debilitation if it actively prevents you from functioning like a normal person and being happy. Sure, you won't make as many friends, but most people are rather shit friends so you lose pretty much nothing. Same thing with girlfriends/lovers; I won't say they are a complete waste of time, but most women are not wife-material or anything close to that and really why fuck around with a woman if you aren't planning to spend your life with her (all things being equal)?

I feel like normalfags cannot ask themselves these questions, not because they are stupid necessarily, but because they are to socially tuned in to the point where they can't form independent thoughts. If anything being a bit autistic is a type of freedom to decide what you value in life and make your life not only your own, but a good life since you aren't tuned into these social channels so you have to compensate with your own model of the world. And the thing is there are normal people that will still love, understand and care for you and treat you with the dignity humans ought to be given and won't see you as a weirdo or a freak. They are rare, but genuinely good people like that exist. Make it a habit to be friends with these people and forgo the vapid friendships and relationships and other social rituals that will just make you frustrated in the end. The more I dropped out of social situations I didn't have to be in and didn't want to be around, the happier I became.


Autism is not a superpower, but at the same time, it's not really a curse. It's just a different way of being. I have a feeling that a good deal of ancient philosophers like Aristotle, Confucius, Aquinas, etc. and an even greater deal of mathematicians and scientists were low-key autistic and they ended up fine for the most part. A lot of them had a wife and kids, which they presumable loved and they all found communities that they all were happy, productive members of society.

 

[Aero the Alcoholic Bat]

Autism is not a superpower, but at the same time, it's not really a curse. It's just a different way of being. I have a feeling that a good deal of ancient philosophers like Aristotle, Confucius, Aquinas, etc. and an even greater deal of mathematicians and scientists were low-key autistic and they ended up fine for the most part. A lot of them had a wife and kids, which they presumable loved and they all found communities that they all were happy, productive members of society.

I've heard some people mention that the past was a better time for autists to grow up in, mainly because there were fewer opportunities to be affirmed in your worst proclivities when you're at your weakest and most vulnerable, and more opportunities to become your best self.

I think Temple Grandin said something along those lines at some point.

The toaster fucker communities, the transgender communities, destroying autists just like crack cocaine and gang culture destroyed black people.

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

Autism is definitely more of a burden than a strength. And even if they have extensive knowledge. It's often for the wrong reasons. (Ex. Unhinged Nostalgia, extreme focus on one topic, extreme fetishes).

 

[Peaches the Wonder Cat]

I've heard some people mention that the past was a better time for autists to grow up in, mainly because there were fewer opportunities to be affirmed in your worst proclivities when you're at your weakest and most vulnerable, and more opportunities to become your best self.

There wasn't any autism awareness. Autism, if people knew about it, was for kids who were severely mentally retarded. Asperger's didn't exist. At most you were the nerdy quiet type.

Today, if I went online searching for autistic communities, which I would if I was diagnosed as a kid, they'd be overrun by groomers. They'd convince me that not being a Traditional Male meant I was a girl, they'd try to lure me to furry conventions because haha cute animals are wholesome, they'd take advantage of poor social awareness. They all know autistic kids are more likely to be raped; we're prime victims.

I'd also be told about how we're victims. Many online autists are on disability because they say they can't work. It's bullshit but since they don't work, they're online all day, and to a kid, what sounds better than the government replacing your parents, giving you a steady check to spend on a shitty apartment, soyslop, and a Gamepass subscription?

I wasn't exposed to online groomers, or online professional victims. It helped a lot. I didn't have an excuse not to go to college and get a degree in a high earning profession.

Life in some ways has gotten worse since I was diagnosed. I'm much more aware of my social shortcomings than I used to be, and don't socialize very much. Those social groups like board game clubs are overrun with repulsive trannies and SJWers, but sometimes it would be nice to just play a game of Diplomacy.

I am very glad to be conservative. Online groups for spergs are all far left, so I have an excuse not to be there.

I'll take being around the true and honest, even online, over what the cult has done to victims of autism any day.