Basically, it’s all about different ways in which neurodivergent people struggle with stronger and/or less controllable emotions. Justice sensitivity for example can be viewed as an overly extreme reaction and connection to distant injustice.

It might be a reasonable response if it was deeply personal, but that response is extended to all injustice that they learn about. Keep in mind that all of these things exist on a spectrum, so I’m only giving an extreme example to make it understandable.

Normally I’m all about education, but I know a lost cause when I see one. A person like that probably won’t be persuaded by information. By telling them that all words are made up, you’d be applying the snark you consider fine.

No, all of these things are fairly common in neurodivergent people.

The response is also just kind of snarky and annoying.

That’s the point. Pretend that my problems don’t exist? Get your bullshit thrown back at you.

Definitely a member of the thighdeology sect

Totally fair. The trick is to meet them where they’re at, and then work from there. The folks you’re thinking about will take a lot of effort, but if union organizers can do it then so can you

I had a coworker randomly suggest that we needed a union one night while we were shit talking the CEO. It intrigued me, but I didn’t actually think much about it. 3 years later I helped form the largest union in our industry.

that’s how I tend to look at it. Condoms in retail are just another product, no need for shame. The cashier does not care at all, unless you bring a combo like a shovel. Even then, they’ll laugh to themselves for 5 seconds before ringing up 3 more customers and totally forgetting your order. The shame you feel is a societal projection, created by like 3 dudes who happened to have money.

Because it’s one of the most vulnerable situations we can be in, so we constantly joke about it but never address it as an important educational topic

At this point I do it just to feel something

It’s also one of the most difficult parts of learning German as an adult, despite being a relatively simple syntactic rule and something we kinda-sorta emulate in English. The other part, at least for me, were false friends. Also sorry to all the lurking Germans waiting to comment, I forgot all of my German the moment I graduated college.

Socialism is the people. If you are afraid of socialism, you’re afraid of yourself.

• Fred Hampton

At least right now he’s waiting to receive his turn with the brain cell

I hope the mouse hunters union has a good deal on chin scratches and sunlit napping spots

You don’t get to end your work day with a peaceful shit? This would be devastating

If you ever need to drive something like this, here’s a tip: go to a scrapyard to buy less bald tires and a replacement hood for like $50

And people say you get nowhere by gooning

This crooked tooth mf never heard of a dentist

I’m prepared to lose both hands to give these 2 belly rubs

I’m choosing to ignore that part /s