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naem
May 29, 2011

They love trains maybe we could invest in better public transport

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Mar 8, 2013

"so, am I right in understanding that you're a bigot or aficionado of racist humor?




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:lesnick:
They will help thin the herd with inscrutable government healthcare websites.

les fleurs du mall
Jun 30, 2014

by LadyAmbien
Okay we need a crossover thread between this one and the tattoos one because

welcome 2 Clown Town
Aug 1, 2006

GALAXY'S #2 SCULL*!

*scrunt skull

naem posted:

They love trains maybe we could invest in better public transport

the swiss, germans, and japanese are all famous for trains running on time, makes u think

naem
May 29, 2011

We should find some autists obsessed with civic infrastructure and let them have at it

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Autism + Meth = Hitler

Dexters Secret
Jun 19, 2014

Hayburner posted:

wikipedia is pretty great to have so thanks autism

IronClaymore
Jun 30, 2010

by Athanatos

Quickscope420dad posted:

Okay we need a crossover thread between this one and the tattoos one because

Is there a eugenics thread, or a murder thread, or a euthanasia thread? Because then it could be a triple crossover.

I'm not implying anything, just...you know. We were all thinking it.

IronClaymore fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Jul 9, 2014

The Whole Internet
May 26, 2010

by FactsAreUseless

Chris Awful posted:

Why do autists obsess over Sonic while normal people like Mario?

Don't delude yourself, nintendo fans are just as autistic.

psyopmonkey
Nov 15, 2008

by Lowtax
Are there normal healthy people that date/marry autistics?

I cant imagine how awful that relationship must be.

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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RAGE HOLE posted:

In all seriousness it seems there were many brilliant, successful people who likely had autism.
In all seriousness you've been reading a lot of speculative bullshit.

Mulva
Sep 13, 2011
It's about time for my once per decade ban for being a consistently terrible poster.

RAGE HOLE posted:

In all seriousness it seems there were many brilliant, successful people who likely had autism. They tend to be very focused on what interests them, and when that is combined with intelligence or talent, they can go far.

If they were brilliant and successful they didn't have autism, hope this helps.

IronClaymore
Jun 30, 2010

by Athanatos

psyopmonkey posted:

Are there normal healthy people that date/marry autistics?

I cant imagine how awful that relationship must be.

Well, there is that particular disorder that makes people marry others who are sick and need constant care.

Plus, there must be a few autists born to wealthy families, and who stand to inherit wealth, or have already inherited it. It's a considerable time investment, to be sure, but influence their wills and power of attorney, maybe get them to take out life insurance, and: "Oh, mister coroner, he always slept on his stomach, and he slept in a separate room because he couldn't stand to be around people as he slept, even me, so I didn't notice him suffocating on that pillow."

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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:eng101: Autism is a cognitive impairment, not a mutation that turns you into a superhero

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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temple grandin personally examined thomas jefferson's corpse and determined that high functioning autism made him more sensitive than his bros to the plight of his slaves yet also helpless to act on it, paralleling her own struggles against animal slavery. she was found suffocated in her hug machine soon afterward. FACT

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug

THS posted:

autism is the missing link between homosapien and homosingularity

lol

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

IronClaymore posted:

But wouldn't the guy who does nothing but science end up burning out, or coming to some existential crisis, or suddenly discovering girls/drink/sonic/porn/opium, and never doing anything else again? As opposed to someone with balance in their life and emotional maturity? The regular dude who's into science but knows how to come home and relax and have a beer and screw his wife is going to live a lot longer than the autist who can barely talk to people, and he or she will end up doing a lot more genuine work.

dunno, isaac newton and einstein were likely both autismo iirc and it worked out pretty well for them

The Whole Internet
May 26, 2010

by FactsAreUseless

Robo Reagan posted:

dunno, isaac newton and einstein were likely both autismo iirc and it worked out pretty well for them

Were they really though?

The only thing the autistic community, the gay community, and the mormon church have in common is their tendency to baptize the dead.

Sekkira
Apr 11, 2008

I Don't Get It,
I Don't Get It,

Gazpacho posted:

:eng101: Autism is a cognitive impairment, not a mutation that turns you into a superhero

I'd argue for it being a mutation. Mutations don't turn you into a superhero. They're just random genetic gently caress ups that can range from heading towards furthering the species due to making the beings with it better suited to the environment, through unimportant poo poo like red hair and to horrible poo poo like deformed babies that die in the womb.

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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The Whole Internet posted:

Were they really though?

The only thing the autistic community, the gay community, and the mormon church have in common is their tendency to baptize the dead.
90% of mythology about autistic X-men comes from interviews with Borat's cousin

veilo
Jul 17, 2010

Never posts
OP, I think you should buy your nephew a :10bux: forum account.

onecircles
May 6, 2009
Someone should make a comic where all the main characters are retarded but in the good, special powers kind of way.

rocket_man38
Jan 23, 2006

My life is a barrel o' fun!!
You went through all that trouble to find and loop a video of some autistic kid laughing? Who really has autism here? Makes you think.

Secks Cauldron
Aug 26, 2006

I thought they closed that place down!
An acquaintance of mine has autism and it won't advance poo poo. He's going to die one day because he decided it was a good idea to skydive while breathing fire and wearing pogo stilts.

roomforthetuna
Mar 22, 2005

I don't need to know anything about virii! My CUSTOM PROGRAM keeps me protected! It's not like they'll try to come in through the Internet or something!

Secks Cauldron posted:

An acquaintance of mine has autism and it won't advance poo poo. He's going to die one day because he decided it was a good idea to skydive while breathing fire and wearing pogo stilts.
Or it will turn out it was a good idea, and in 50 years we'll all be travelling by jumping out of planes or off high buildings, breathing fire and super-high-pogo-ing to our destinations. Advancement!

Maoist Pussy
Feb 12, 2014

by Lowtax
Well, autism might be the factor that motivates us to get our poo poo together and really starting doing eugenics like every day.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
Once everyone is autistic no one will be.

wane tendo
Mar 19, 2005

Buglord
Dogs afraid of fireworks / loud noise, has the rin tin 'tism? Options?

Salacious Spy
May 29, 2010

Well the word got around they said this kid is insane, man
Banged in the mouth and now he's got AIDS, man

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Harime Nui
Apr 15, 2008

The New Insincerity

Gazpacho posted:

temple grandin personally examined thomas jefferson's corpse and determined that high functioning autism made him more sensitive than his bros to the plight of his slaves yet also helpless to act on it, paralleling her own struggles against animal slavery. she was found suffocated in her hug machine soon afterward. FACT

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