Comment by idiotsecant

Comment by idiotsecant 2 days ago

7 replies

That's an interesting take. Most humans have a viscerally negative reaction to unmasked autistic behaviours, in the same way they might react to a strange spider. A mix of fear and disgust. You quite literally cannot build a life for yourself without masking unless you're already financially independent. Once you have enough power and F-U money, sure, go for it. In the meantime it's not really a realistic solution.

supportengineer 2 days ago

Spiders are good, especially in your house. They are eating something. Whatever they are eating, is worse than a spider.

  • jeremyjh 2 days ago

    It doesn’t matter what is true about most spiders, the point of the comment is about how most people react to the sight of one.

  • idiotsecant 2 days ago

    You're so close to understanding the analogy

    • carlosjobim 2 days ago

      Is it the meme about normal people beating autists, autists beating psychopaths and psychopaths beating normal people?

      • lazyasciiart 2 days ago

        No. It's that it doesn't matter that spiders are good, millions of people will crush them on sight.

  • dooglius 2 days ago

    For example?

    • klausnrooster 2 days ago

      Somewhat orthogonal, but if the spider is not a Brown Recluse (if you live where those are), then it is competition for them.