u/Fabulous-Introvert

The lyric goes “Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me, I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed.”

Or if you prefer, this is from an old-timey cover of that song

“Somebody once informed me the world would overwhelm me, I’m not the keenest spade in the hutch.”

Dear Fellow Autistics, 

Villains exist in real life. Except they’re not always the kind of people you might think they are. They are career criminals, gang members, terrorists, scammers, muggers, robbers, thieves, drug dealers, serial killers, need I go on? These kinds of people enjoy bullying and victimizing us and anyone who’s invisibly disabled because they think we’re somehow an easy target. This may sound obvious, but all these people are the reason why police exist. Which brings me to my next point. 

You might hate police because you think they’re state sanctioned thugs, incompetent, useless to society, and are somehow still part of an old system that doesn’t exist anymore. I don’t hate police generally but the only reason I hate them is because they won’t let me (and to a somewhat lesser extent, anyone who is autistic) be one of them. Do you understand how stupid that is? They’re not open to being as diverse as the kinds of communities they’re interested in serving. And hiring autistic people is so much more cost effective for them than training police who are so NT that their NT-ness hits you in the face as soon as you look at them, to interact with autistic people. That’s months of training compared to years of lived experience they’re choosing to hide from. 

All this being said, we now come to my point. If I cannot become a cop, I implore you to try to become one if you do not have the same disadvantages I have and are ok with having a job that can get autism-unfriendly. I know I said that they don’t let autistic people join but that sometimes is not the case. The future of autistic people depends on you. This could be the difference between whether or not the problems between police and autistic people you’ve heard about or experienced get solved. Hell, you might even get a chance to put your former high school bully behind bars forever. Idk about you, but that sounds like true justice to me. As a victim of such bullying myself, it doesn’t matter to me that my former bully is a law abiding citizen now. That’s never gonna erase what these kinds of bullies put you or me through. In fact, If I could change the laws in my country, I would make it a legal requirement for the bully to pay their victim or victims an apology tax for as long as the victims live so that they and everyone else can see how big a deal bullying is. To me, that kind of bullying should be treated like a serious crime. Also, you might even become better at enforcing laws no matter what unwritten social rules there are that would prevent an NT cop from enforcing them. And you’ll likely have a decent reason to laugh at someone else’s stupidity. 

“Go cry to the winds and pray that they have enough kindness in their heart to lend you every hand they have.”

This is probably the most poetic thing I’ve written. If that is too vague and poetic for you, this is what it’s trying to say

“If you want to know the true kind of person a person is, ask them for something without offering anything in exchange. Their answer will tell you how selfless they are. It’s better to live a life around selfless people than those who wouldn’t do this. Kindness is something people like you and me need more than most. So why hide from it?”

Let’s say you ask about whether or not something you wanted to do was worth doing and someone tells you that it’s not, the reason(s) why, and that someone else is gonna walk away from this scenario with an interesting or funny story to tell?

This has happened to me once or twice. I saw it happening to someone else once and it was kinda painful to see.

If so, what kind of place was it?

For example I pictured an autistic couple giving each other a light slap on the butt or waist to greet each other.

This is an example of what I mean

Say you hear about autistic people having jobs that aren’t exactly law enforcement but involve working with law enforcement or have to do with the law in general. You don’t like the idea of being in their shoes and instead laugh at the thought you having a job like that and have your heart set on becoming one of the few autistic police officers despite how autism unfriendly the job is or can be.

I recently found out that autism is fairly common in California so I was wondering if a willingness to date autistic people was just as common in California.

For example a while ago I had this idea of starting a rap club and to shatter stereotypes surrounding rap, I pictured the club looking for opportunities to make citizens arrests. A commenter chimed in with something like “dog i can’t imagine a random member of this kind of club stopping me and saying ‘I’m placing you under citizens arrest. 😂😂😂😂😂’ “

I recently found out that autism is fairly common in California so I was wondering if a willingness to date autistic people was just as common in California.

These are some examples of what I mean.

The subject of buying homes is one of the most boring things to me. I think that might be because I’ve never felt a need to buy one.

Going to the doctor for any reason short of one that is extremely serious to me is extremely boring and like a waste of time. Also it’s even more annoying when they suddenly ask me about my interests. The main reason I don’t like it when they do that is because they’re likely older than me and probably don’t care about whatever I’m interested in to the same degree I do. I live in the US which might be why I feel this way.

The subject of driving is also like this for me. I think this is because driving is so common where I live that there’s nothing exciting about it. The same can’t really be said for other countries

I’ve only came across one example of this and it’s the first Hidden & Dangerous game where the post WW2 missions are set in Greece and the enemies are Greek

I joined this club at my school and there’s this one member of that club who often says things that get on my nerves and pokes random holes in comments that I make. This is one reason why I want nothing to do with him. Not only that but he also somehow makes the activity the club is revolved around very unfun for me. I told him this once actually.

And if so, is it an autism trait? This is an example of what I mean.

Sometimes when I try to memorize facts, I notice that I find certain facts easier to memorize if they have something to do with how a certain behavior is seen by a group of people or how it looks to them. For example, I had to deliver a presentation for a class and one thing I pointed out in the presentation was a fact about how a certain behavior was akin to “religious sectarianism”

It’s that whenever I come across a very lame inconvenience or have to make a change that feels unfair, I think “I’m gonna bet good money that this is what jail or prison is like.”

DAE have it?

Because I have. I apologize if this sounds like behavior I shouldn’t celebrate because it’s the bare minimum but i fantasized about treating someone this way and then them being my partner partially because people who treat them in such a way are rare in their life. This is actually one of the reasons my ex became interested in a relationship with me.

If so, what was it?

This was the case for me. If you feel like u need an example, this is an example of the last time I felt this

There was a time when i was part of a group for my class and each group had to come up with a group name and I had a group name suggestion that somehow no one seemed to like. It was iffy, like me, I guess u could say. I’m one of the iffiest people I know. And i don’t mean that to say that I’m shady I just mean that I’m very janky, odd, and kinda unorganized.

Let’s say you ask someone something regarding a subject they brought up or a question that doesn’t sound very personal to you and they decline to answer because they don’t feel comfortable answering or because they’re a very private person. Even though I’m kinda a private person, I’m not used to people who are as private or even more private than me.

However, the first time I came across this behavior was with a celebrity I was just reading about when I found out that he’s very “private” about his personal life.

I have. I thought it would end by the time I started going to college. It didn’t but it became a lot less common. I noticed a recent resurgence in it but it was limited to a club I joined that met on campus and this other club I joined that also met on campus.