i have a tugboat. ๐Ÿšข How can I not end up like you know who?

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Milyn Faram said:
Don't rape anyone, especially old/mentally incapacitated people.
Don't have sex of any kind with blood relatives, even if you think they really want it.
Don't troon out, even if doctors say it is heckin valid. It isn't.
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Don't have sex, period. If you're too retarded to work, you're too retarded to copulate. God forbid you bring another wretched existence into this world.
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Sentient Computer said:
A lot of you suggesting customer service jobs are ignorant as to the fact that that's 100% the kind of work my disability stops me from.
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You asked for advice on how not to be a fuckup like CWC. Part of not being a fuckup is overcoming your limitations and continuously improving yourself. You may have a lower potential than someone normal, but you should still strive to improve yourself continuously and death is the only reason to stop. A low hour retail job, even a single 4 hour shift a week would help you get better at interacting with people and give you the self respect to know you are at least contributing something, no matter how meagre to your society. A charity/church that knows the score would be more flexible and probably be able/inclined to give you an even shorter shift to start with.
 
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Milyn Faram said:
You asked for advice on how not to be a fuckup like CWC. Part of not being a fuckup is overcoming your limitations and continuously improving yourself. You may have a lower potential than someone normal, but you should still strive to improve yourself continuously and death is the only reason to stop. A low hour retail job, even a single 4 hour shift a week would help you get better at interacting with people and give you the self respect to know you are at least contributing something, no matter how meagre to your society. A charity/church that knows the score would be more flexible and probably be able/inclined to give you an even shorter shift to start with.
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the idiom "contribute to society" makes no sense to me. it assumes a monolithic "society" exists and that anything you do for pay automatically contributes to it.... unless "society" here means social norms, literally trying your hardest to navigate confusing subplots while sending the image to those who may look to you as a role model.

do fast food employees contribute to society? they struggle for their jobs as it is, plus you gotta add the socially confusing norms and behaviors, including controlling your mannerisms and fighting your own nervous system, which might come second nature to many but are a labor in its own right, but how does said labor contribute to society? and how does their product, no matter how delicious, contribute anything other than a convenient, low-quality nutritional ration with a ton of side effects? trust me.

this goes well beyond not wanting to work by the way
 
Sentient Computer said:
the idiom "contribute to society" makes no sense to me. it assumes a monolithic "society" exists and that anything you do for pay automatically contributes to it.... unless "society" here means social norms, literally trying your hardest to navigate confusing subplots while sending the image to those who may look to you as a role model.

do fast food employees contribute to society? they struggle for their jobs as it is, plus you gotta add the socially confusing norms and behaviors, including controlling your mannerisms and fighting your own nervous system, which might come second nature to many but are a labor in its own right, but how does said labor contribute to society? and how does their product, no matter how delicious, contribute anything other than a convenient, low-quality nutritional ration with a ton of side effects? trust me.
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So you want to be outside of society, while simultaneously getting resources from it? Doesn't have to be paid. Notice a couple people suggested you volunteer at a charity as an option too. It pretty much boils down to at least trying to pull your weight and not being a complete parasite. The fact you are unwilling to contemplate even this much, tells me it is precisely about not wanting to work.
 
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Milyn Faram said:
So you want to be outside of society, while simultaneously getting resources from it? Doesn't have to be paid. Notice a couple people suggested you volunteer at a charity as an option too. It pretty much boils down to at least trying to pull your weight and not being a complete parasite. The fact you are unwilling to contemplate even this much, tells me it is precisely about not wanting to work.
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you're missing the point that my condition precludes me from "contributing to society" socially which you seem to define as soft skills. i'm not a parasite. if anything i am a commensal. why does the symbolic act of low-stakes volunteer work matter except as an aesthetic that frankly resembles an ableist take on the protestant work ethic, as if an isolated heartbeat is an affront if not justified in this specific way (customer-facing work, maintaining concentration, processing ambiguity, etc.)

i probably did not take a tenth of a penny out of your paycheck.

i'd actually be a burden on society by being forced or pressured into situations where unattainable behavior is to be expected. i'd be a burden on those i can't fulfill the expectations of. i'd be a burden, aesthetic affront, and wild card to the company, the customers, the corporate culture, the line, etc. it's easier rearrange a circuit schematic into something that goes on a breadboard than it is to maintain conversations with strangers, practice eye contact, all while doing other tasks that require a certain judgement that autism literally means I don't have. it's like expecting someone with auditory processing disorder to just listen harder, or someone with severe joint dysfunction limiting how far they can safely walk to at least try to walk a mile a day to not look lazy.
 
This sounds a lot like excuses to avoid a day of honest work. If you can't put the fries in the bag, you can at least empty the trash cans into the garbage truck.

Edit: Also, why can't you be a cool autist that builds trains or something? You suck even at autism.
 
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YHWH's Strongest Soldier said:
So you're saying that you're morally impaired?
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yes. and i put "honest" in quotes since the way is rather dishonest, and hard to gauge, and hard for people like me to execute. i struggle with meeting people's standards of politeness. sedatives and intensive cognitive battering made doing it in small steps somewhat achievable but i could never read people or know what they wanted, and could not sustain any semblance of masking, plus i had burning out easily on top of it as the sedatives made my adhd worse. you would not want me at any point in my life to be the only cashier at a busy grocery store.
 
Consider contacting an adult services non-profit in your locale, as they may already have a bunch of things for you to do.

The cognitive and physically disabled near me are able to spend all day in an art studio, and I often walk by to watch the crips and tards making art. I bought my coffee mug there and a planter for the aloe in my windowsill.

Good luck, and I hope you find something enjoyable to do.
 
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Sentient Computer said:
yes. and i put "honest" in quotes since the way is rather dishonest, and hard to gauge, and hard for people like me to execute. i struggle with meeting people's standards of politeness. sedatives and intensive cognitive battering made doing it in small steps somewhat achievable but i could never read people or know what they wanted, and could not sustain any semblance of masking, plus i had burning out easily on top of it as the sedatives made my adhd worse. you would not want me at any point in my life to be the only cashier at a busy grocery store.
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Okay, so you're deficient in all categories ranging from purely practical to moral. What can you do?
 
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