So, I have autism and also very bad social anxiety, so I don't have a massive amount of social interactions, so it is easy for me to remember pretty much all of them. This also means that I spend way too much time obsessing over any significant interactions I have, particularly negative ones, which then just make me feel more upset and anxious than I was at the time and sometimes leads to a breakdown. I am also completely unable to deal with conflict

For whatever reason this website, unlike the original subreddit is way more invested in dunking on each other imo. This site has a very hostile atmosphere where it feels like everyone is constantly at each others throats and it makes me just not want to come here at all.

I also want to take exception to some of the recent posts by @TransComrade69 about the Beyond Pink or Blue book, particularly the part in the original post about it only being like 170 pages, so you could read it in like 3 days, so if you don't, it is reactionary. No, one of the symptoms of autism is executive function issues, which I suffer from quite significantly. I could read that book, but it would require me using a lot of energy and necessetitate me neglecting other parts of my life. I struggle hard enough to read books necessary for classes, if I were to try and read that book, it would take months, if not over a year for me to complete it. So, while I understand why @TransComrade69 wants people to read the book and is pushing it, as I am sure there is lots of valuable information within it, I do not at all appreciate the tone that was taken in parts of the original post.

Anyway, I've deleted this account twice already, and I'm doing it for the 3rd and probably final time after this. Social media in general is bad for a lot of these things, but this site kind of takes it to another level.

  • mangrai [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    You can't be like "bullying works, I'm gonna bully people on this site into doing what I want" and then turn around and say IN /C/NEURODIVERGENT that there's no reason for people to be upset.

    "SHOW SUPPORT FOR ME YOU FUCKING SHITLIB "

    "I have a medical issue where being yelled at makes me incapable of functioning"

    "TONGUE MY ASSHOLE"

    This site is ridiculous.

    • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      You can’t be like “bullying works, I’m gonna bully people on this site into doing what I want” and then turn around and say IN /C/NEURODIVERGENT that there’s no reason for people to be upset.

      Good thing I didn't say either of those things

      • mangrai [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        You absolutely said that. "Bullying works" has been the motto of this community for years and every megathread about this stuff is EXTREMELY confrontational.

        Please leave this comm

          • mangrai [comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            "Bullying works" is the slogan of this website and I'm quite sure is literally quoted in those megathreads. By promoting them you are agreeing that "bullying works".

            There’s really no reason to show your whole ass like this.

            This means "there's no reason to be upset".

            So debatebroism is fine when it's against neurodivergent people? Fuck you dipshit.

            • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]
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              3 years ago

              “Bullying works” is the slogan of this website and I’m quite sure is literally quoted in those megathreads. By promoting them you are agreeing that “bullying works”.

              Okay so something other people, not me said.

              This means “there’s no reason to be upset”.

              Showing your whole ass means to go out of your way to show that you are wrong, referring to the fact that our trans comrades specifically went out of their way to make the book accessible to people who may have trouble reading it.

              Debate broism is apparently when someone points out that someone else is demonstrably incorrect

              • mangrai [comrade/them]
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                3 years ago

                Honestly the most insidious thing about this site is the gaslighting. Fuck off, seriously.