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I'm autistic, trans, and was adopted by an aging hermit couple who self-isolated in a desolate Ohio farm town. The only people my age were either junkies, Baptists, sadists, or a combination of the three, and every location was literally miles apart - impossible to go anywhere without a car, so my formative years were spent mostly alone. Something Awful was my main socialization. I felt like there was an active community that, while I very rarely did more than just lurk (as I still do), I laughed harder and invested further than anything I could have at home or school. After each terrifying day in school I would laugh myself to tears on Fashion Swat and Flash Tub, the Better of for Worse megathreads, inside jokes, for many years it was one of my only sources of joy. It was all so fresh and new and MINE, a secret club of like minded people.
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