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> He is going to go through System Settings, panel by panel, and adjust everything he can adjust just to see how he likes it. He is going to make a folder calle

> He is going to go through System Settings, panel by panel, and adjust everything he can adjust just to see how he likes it. He is going to make a folder called “Projects” with nothing in it. He is going to download Blender because someone on Reddit said it was free, and then stare at the interface for forty-five minutes. He is going to open GarageBand and make something that is not a song. He is going to take screenshots of fonts he likes and put them in a folder called “cool fonts” and not know why. ”Mrs. Jonson, the result are back. You son has autism.”

delis-thumbs-7e 8mo ago
And before I’m lynched, I was that kid too and I agree with the author. It was just funnily written.
- dijit 8mo ago
  I was that kid too, and I probably have Autism (yes, I know we're all on the spectrum somewhere, but a diagnosis is defined as it impacting your life severely, and I think many people would say that I have many autistic traits that are negative).
monkaiju 8mo ago
I mean i did this sort of thing a ton and am not on the spectrum. Idk when being "quirky" meant you are autistic, seems like it was within the last 7-10 years though.
- delis-thumbs-7e 8mo ago
  Let A = quirky, B = spectrum, and AnB =/= AuB. Therefore if x e A, x e B if and only if x e B (and therefore not all x e A -> x e B)
MrDrMcCoy 8mo ago
This is also the sort of obsession that follows ADHD. Source: me
teiferer 8mo ago
Autism is a quite strong diagnosis at the end of a spectrum. Not every tech-loving introvert is autistic. That's the kind of arrogant attitude that marginalizes nerds and on a forum like HN people really ought to know better. As somebody who identified a lot with what's in that article I can say that I haven't just made peace with having been "different" but I love it and wouldn't want it any different comparing my life today with that of the arrogant non-nerds who made fun of us back in school.
- czscout 8mo ago
  Would you give it a rest? It's being used here as a colloquial term that's distinct from an actual medical diagnosis.
  - latexr 8mo ago
    The colloquial use of the word “autism” carries with it a specific connotation and mind image. That primarily negative stereotype is being reinforced by the joke by way of it being delivered as a medical diagnosis (“the results are back”). Your parent comment is arguing against perpetuating the wrong negative connotations and lack of understanding of autism. Not to say the original author was doing it maliciously, I don’t think they were.
  - teiferer 8mo ago
    And it's time that colloquial term is put to a rest. We've left other terms behind us which used to be thrown around mindlessly but were (are) actually hurtful, we will manage with that term too.

delis-thumbs-7e 8mo ago

And before I’m lynched, I was that kid too and I agree with the author. It was just funnily written.

dijit 8mo ago
I was that kid too, and I probably have Autism (yes, I know we're all on the spectrum somewhere, but a diagnosis is defined as it impacting your life severely, and I think many people would say that I have many autistic traits that are negative).

monkaiju 8mo ago

I mean i did this sort of thing a ton and am not on the spectrum. Idk when being "quirky" meant you are autistic, seems like it was within the last 7-10 years though.

delis-thumbs-7e 8mo ago
Let A = quirky, B = spectrum, and AnB =/= AuB. Therefore if x e A, x e B if and only if x e B (and therefore not all x e A -> x e B)

MrDrMcCoy 8mo ago

This is also the sort of obsession that follows ADHD. Source: me

teiferer 8mo ago

Autism is a quite strong diagnosis at the end of a spectrum. Not every tech-loving introvert is autistic. That's the kind of arrogant attitude that marginalizes nerds and on a forum like HN people really ought to know better. As somebody who identified a lot with what's in that article I can say that I haven't just made peace with having been "different" but I love it and wouldn't want it any different comparing my life today with that of the arrogant non-nerds who made fun of us back in school.

czscout 8mo ago
Would you give it a rest? It's being used here as a colloquial term that's distinct from an actual medical diagnosis.
- latexr 8mo ago
  The colloquial use of the word “autism” carries with it a specific connotation and mind image. That primarily negative stereotype is being reinforced by the joke by way of it being delivered as a medical diagnosis (“the results are back”). Your parent comment is arguing against perpetuating the wrong negative connotations and lack of understanding of autism. Not to say the original author was doing it maliciously, I don’t think they were.
- teiferer 8mo ago
  And it's time that colloquial term is put to a rest. We've left other terms behind us which used to be thrown around mindlessly but were (are) actually hurtful, we will manage with that term too.