Basman

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  1. Autism It's genetic. People are too eager to whitewash autism as merely a variant without acknowledging how much of a disability it can be, especially socially. Parents energy isn't going to change a lack of innate motor skills, not being able to hold a spoon without gripping it like a baby for example. Or freaking out over dust. Something like 71% of autistic adults are unemployed and have a reduced average life expectancy. It's a disability to a varying extent.
  2. The point of a diagnosis is to formally treat an issue. If you don't have an issue you don't necessarily benefit from the label.
  3. What are you waffling about?
  4. Depending on the severity autism can be quiet debilitating. I know a number of autistic people and I would honestly describe them as mildly retarded. They are incapable of handling a number of things that's completely natural for neurotypical person.
  5. Unironically. If they acted more tough he'd respect them more. It's because they try to appease him that he thinks that they are beneath them.
  6. Hype is an unserious waste of time.
  7. They should make AI and tech hype against the rules here.
  8. Stage orange consumerism going to look disgusting from a tier 1 perspective. Either too ungodly and shameless or too materialistic and shallow and gross.
  9. People just have less purpose in an increasingly atomizing society with minimal survival pressures. What else are you going to do but geek out over Disney if you don't have crazy ambition or want children? Be careful with projecting your values in a self-biased way.
  10. They should rename Greenland Epstein Island. See if he still wants it then.
  11. Trump doesn't care about any of this. Any talk about national security is purely bogus pretext. Acting like it's coming from a legitimate place is giving credibility to something that is fundamentally not operating with respect to reality. It's true though that empires in decline tend to lose patience with reality and act irrationally and that the US is broadly trading global influence for regional influence.
  12. It was originally supposed to be called Psychoshock. It's a spiritual sequel to Systemshock. I used to have this game but I refunded it because one of the guns where misaligned, but I might pick it up again when it goes on sale.
  13. Distracting from Epstein motivates Trump more than national security. "That horrible Mette Fredriksen. So horrible."
  14. Your overestimating Trump. He's not motivated by strategy, but by feeding his narcisism. It's because it's a big ass island and it that makes good TV. The US already has strategic access to Greenland. This is about planting a flag and holding a big rambly speech afterwards. "It was very very cold, but the special forces, they they, such nice samples, worked so hard. So hard working. That horrible Fredriksen was calling me. She's so horrible. We needed Greenland for national security."
  15. Likes engender group-think and farming. It makes getting likes the goal as opposed to simple discussion. Big reason why Reddit is such a cesspool. Less is more when it comes to forums. On Steam you used to be able to award posts clown awards, usually meant as an insult, but doing so also gave the user steam points which they could use to buy decorations for their profile. You where literally rewarded with points for rage baiting. Lgbt copypasta with too many emojis, begging devs to "add more representation" was everywhere for a while. Clearly the bait of choice.
  16. Sorry, I was making fun of your English.
  17. It's uknown whether or not Greenland is going to be invaded, but it's best to mentally prepare for the possibility. There's not much that can be done if the US does invade and formally sieze the territory. I too have friends and family in Greenland.
  18. Trans is a low stakes social issue for corporations as opposed for example curbing tax avoidance and tax havens. Trans issues are a convenient progressive social signal that's not bad for business despite economic exclusion being a primary social issue. Part of why you see it pushed so much. Amazon makes their workers piss in bottles but their pro trans ✌
  19. I would write something funny here but then Amy Schumer would steal it.
  20. Your private life probably won't change that much if Trump becomes dictator, which is why moving to another country comes off as mostly symbolic instead of practical.
  21. What you lose in an authoritarian society is mostly your public freedoms. If Trump becomes dictator you'll lose the right to publicly decry Trump without consequences. But you'll keep most of your private freedoms and you can live normally for the most part. It's in fact advantegous to dictators that you just live your own life and never think about politics to a certain extend. It will be harder to be poor though since Trump is targeting welfare. Democratic decline isn't unique to America however. The challenges America are facing are also happening in Europe and elsewhere. It's a global wash. Moving to another country is moving somewhere where the problem exists to a lesser degree than the US currently, but exists nonetheless, and is subject to change. Especially if the US does lose its democracy, which would accelerate the decline globally.
  22. Only comedians need to be really creative because people will compare. In private, its fine to steal a joke or two if its funny in the context. The fact that its funny is the goal, not the art.
  23. Australia is an isolated continent so it wasn't until seafaring technology reached a certain point that they had territorial competition. Greenland had three different cultures living on the island until the Thule people settled there. Celtic Britons used to occupy the British Isles until the Anglo-Saxons invaded and pushed them out into Wales and Scotland.