Comment on Why does it feel like most art museums are for adults and most science museums are for kids?

• CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  By a show of hands, how many here are autistic? Upvote = Yes, Downvote =No.

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  • GreenBeard@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, statistically the individuals most likely to frequent an alternative social media platform are those with a) the technical proficiency to do so, b) Weak social anchoring to the network effects of mainstream platforms, and/or b) people whose past social interactions have led them to no longer have access to those platforms, ergo by self-selection bias there’s a high probability of finding other high functioning individuals on the spectrum on this platform. Lemmy/Piefed’s primary use case is basically socially-awkward-networking.

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    • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is that why I seem to fit in so well here? I was just beginning to think I finally learned how to be normal…

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      • forestbeasts@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well, you ARE normal! With the right people!

        – Frost

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  • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Upvote = Yes, Downvote = Yes, but in denial

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What if you aren’t convinced one way or the other?

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    • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or diagnosed?

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      • CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        …or mildly so. It’s an imperfect system with no fractional voting. It’s our burden to bare.

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    • NannerBanner@literature.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They can upvote your comment! It’s branching binaries, all the way down, until we reach enough possibilities!!

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Better question: how many have declared themselves autistic or even understand the DSM definition?

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    • CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is it fashionable? Or just more common than we think?

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• cynar@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So are a lot of scientists.

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• xSikes@feddit.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ditto

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