Recent content by Megafire

See, at this point I am forced to conclude you are just trying to hurt my feelings. Claiming I'm misrepresenting your stance without actually pointing out how I'm misrepresenting your stance is another one of those status signalling tricks we talked about earlier. This one works on two...

Huh. I haven't heard that term used in that context before. Interesting. Could you tell me where you picked it up? I'd like to learn more about this strangely consistent way of describing it. I mean, you've already stated you have no interest in convincing people that you're right, instead...

I believe he may have picked up 'fire' from the last part of my screen name, and connected it to the anger he imagines I feel and have expressed throughout this conversation. Am I correct in this assumption, insanelich?

Autism is not a disease, and I am not sure why you are so dead-set on treating it like it is. I suppose I could call it an affliction, in my case, but 'disease' is definitely not a term I would use to describe a core part of me. That would imply a sort of self-hatred I just do not have. I...

Oh my god, yes. I tend to hang out with fairly intelligent people, by and large, and they can do a lot of this themselves, but a lot of the time I can see a misunderstanding starting to form. A quick 'I think X actually meant to say [this], right?' fixes that problem remarkably fast. Anyway...

I am also an autistic person. I am quite happy being autistic. I can function normally in life, I am perfectly capable of creating and maintaining friendships with a wide variety of people, autistic and non-autistic alike, and most of the people I hang out with seem to enjoy my slightly odd...

Either that or a very damning statement on the political left.

I just said in a different thread that the Escapist has been a beacon of common decency in this mess, and here you go and prove my point, mister Keefer. Thank you! This was a wonderful read, and your perspective was very interesting. I am definitely on board with seeing where this particular...