disregardable

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[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

There is literally no way they will be able to prevent that from breaking the law.

[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Social media in general attracts autistic people, because it’s much easier to socialize without being judged or excluded.

By definition Autism and ADHD are disabilities that negatively impact your life relative to other people.

It’s important to have a word to label what the issue is in a neutral way, because if you don’t use the word autism, you get called words like “weird,” “creepy,” “stupid,” or the r-word. When none of those things are true. Your brain just doesn’t intuitively understand things the way other peoples’ does.

The ADA defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. Socialization is a major life activity. Loneliness is a major cause of depression of death, and not being able to socialize well impacts your ability to maintain employment. When these issues aren’t managed, your ability to function in society is significantly impaired.

To me, this post is no different from saying “You’re not dyslexic, you just needed to try harder in spelling class.” When people have an issue, telling them it doesn’t exist isn’t helpful.

[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

If it were me, personally, I'd prioritize every effort on putting as many of the people who broke the law in jail as possible, especially via state courts, and remove everyone who acted in an authoritarian fashion who did not explicitly break the law. And when I say prioritize, I mean we're cutting budgets from other departments to fund hundreds of more judges, hundreds of more investigators, hundreds of more prosecutors. Failing to do that was Biden's biggest mistake. He wanted to govern with gentleman's agreements and cordiality like a normal president. But the rules don't exist unless they're enforced, so it's time to enforce them.

 

Voicemail at 4 PM Sunday: Someone dropped out. We have a spot for you off of the waitlist for tomorrow morning, but you'll need to respond very quickly.

Text message 3 minutes later: Yes, as long as [contingency] is ok, I'd be happy to be there tomorrow.

[No response]

Email 15 minutes later: Hey, I sent a text message, but I'm also sending a follow up email letting you know I'd like to come as long as [contingency] is ok.

[No response]

Update: I am good to go. The phone # I texted did not receive texts, so this is a lesson learned to call back when someone leaves a voicemail. Thanks everyone.

[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

no, you do in fact need grains and fruits.

[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think it's a myth that your online accounts can't be connected to you. Even if you're exclusively using burner phones connected through a VPN, people could trace you if they really wanted to. I'm honest online and in person, and I'll accept the consequence of anything I post.