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  • I'm waiting to see the bubble poping out.

  • You know stories about Hofmann taking some bike trip while being high.

  • It's really a 4D chess period.

  • Yes.

  • I'm not doing diagnosis. But, a psychologist that use "mildly autistic" should not be taken seriously on the topic. There is no level. The DSM 5 TR has level of support. It's very different and these levels can vary from one moment to an other (even in the same day).

    More about this in this journal article by Steven Kapp which is an autistic researcher.

    Profound Concerns about “Profound Autism”: Dangers of Severity Scales and Functioning Labels for Support Needs

    You show "little empathy" in comparaison with what? The neuronormativity? This is already an issue. We don't have to compare to neurotypical. We have to validate how autistics shows empathy, emotions, etc. Often, it's by resolving problems. E.g.: This is making you sad so we resolve the problem and you will be better. Advocating for someone is another. Sounds similar to what you wrote about your wife. It's often called "cognitive empathy". This is entirely valid!

  • First, I didn't write all of them.

    Now on the subject of autism and empathy, empathy is widely misinterpreted and misunderstood in autistics. The lack of empathy stereotype is based on the deficit model of autism and therefore on the lack of theory of mind. This model has roots in eugenic and neocolonialism (also known as neurocolonialism) and is deeply ableist.

    We have great research with good methodology and ethics (the opposite is true for the deficit model) about autistics not lacking theory of mind and being empathetic (often hyper empathetic). They just show empathy differently than the neurotypical. This is in fact true for many stereotypes about autism. Autism is a different cognitive style to process information, communicate (including emotions) and learn.

    It's where the Double Empathy Problem of Dr. Damian Milton comes in. It's the difference and not the lack between two or more individuals/group of individuals that makes the understanding issue.

    We are plenty of autistics on Lemmy.

  • I guess it closes the debate about Musk being autistic. Autistics are more likely to be hyper empathetic.

  • Any great app on Android for mastodon?

  • Does he poop in diapers on this picture?

  • More like dementia. At the beginning, it was surprising and after sometime, people laughed at it.

  • I knew someone who mixed cars and airplanes at the end of his life.

  • As well as with homosexuality. People should definitely learn about the history of sodomite. Gang bangs of pastor were a thing.

  • The markdown makes some pedantry points.

  • Firing the IT people because they cost too much is always a good thing to show you the incompetence.

  • Peugeot and Citroën have their own issues in Europe (and technically in America) with the recall of car due to defective airbags.

  • People should be careful in what they believe and trust. Musk created a belief long ago.

  • I don't like centralized services. I also never pretended the opposite.

    This is for me and my usage. The caveat is that not everyone is in the tech. We can look at the disastrous communication of Mastodon. They focussed and lots of people promoting it focussed too on the “decentralized argument”. This backfired. It was not clear for the public. A good strategy would have been to market Mastodon as an alternative with an easy process to create an account on the general website. Tech people would have chosen another server and do their stuffs. People would learn progressively the decentralization part and move from server to server. This takes time. We have to put great strategies in places and be patient to bring the public to the fedi.

  • We are on Lemmy and some are against everything who is centralized.

  • Don't worry too much, it's the same in France. A whole side of the politic is in denial.