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Recent content by StrayCat

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    The Brick in the Conversation

    I certainly begin to have some guesses how it sounded to you and those guesses are terrifying... I kind of hope you will give me some nicer ones.
  2. StrayCat

    The Brick in the Conversation

    Hmm, why did you take that so personally? Where did I say you are a bully?
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    The Brick in the Conversation

    I'm pretty sure people do it naturally and instinctively, not much forethought involved. This is how bullying works, people are more eager to "drop a brick" on someone weak than on someone strong. I think analyzing specific case would be more interesting. How did you got away with dropping a...
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    The Brick in the Conversation

    Hmm, is this just standard social status fight? They made one of the listed mistakes and you try to take advantage of it by openly challenging them and gain some status in the eyes of your audience?
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    Are fairness and honesty detrimental to us regarding employment and life

    That is very broad and vague question though, since it depends on what you want out of life. What is your end goal? General rule of thumb seems to be the less one speaks, the safer it is. The more you speak, the more chances you have that someone will hate you for it.
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    Understanding neurotypical empathy

    Very true, finding similar people to empathize with is the hard part though :catface:
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    We're good for your self-esteem!

    People often reinforce terrible or stupid things, so I don't see it as inherently beneficial. Whenever I get "likes", it's completely pointless, because all it tells me is that I wrote something popular, while I don't care about if at all :catface:
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    We're good for your self-esteem!

    Hmm, maybe I just don't have it then, since it all seems completely abstract. I have to do a lot of "mental gymnastics" to communicate with people in general, even here, since they make little sense. So, hmm, what is that "healthy community" and how is it beneficial to collect "likes" from...
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    We're good for your self-esteem!

    This is what I don't understand to be honest, how is narcissistic supply like that helpful in anything? The biggest help in everyday existence is money. Creepy strangers on the internet can provide useful information of course, but nothing else practical?
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    We're good for your self-esteem!

    I thought this is bad, because it just attracts narcs to this forum? It makes it hard to find useful information in the sea of validation seeking posts... :catface:
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    Feeling like no one can help

    That sounds like disability. ASD is a disability (certainly mine is). While I'm not sure what exactly are you struggling with, maybe you need accommodations, like any other disability? These definitely helped me. While I was privileged enough to only be depressed occasionally, once I got my...
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    NT traits being more recent in homo sapiens evolution

    Maybe I should investigate her, it's certainly in line with my own experiences :catface: I can also see why that would not be popular view, not only it could be potentially dangerous in "social suicide" kind of way, it probably also hurts those huge egos autists tend to have...
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    Understanding neurotypical empathy

    Empathy in normal humans is highly selective. It works well for "in group". But the bullied kid was already framed as outsider (autistic), so empathy won't work there. This is why learning to mask is sadly important survival skill, you cannot let others frame you as an outsider. If you let them...
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    Are fairness and honesty detrimental to us regarding employment and life

    I think what you are looking for is solid dose of hypocrisy? With little bit of grandiose narcissism thrown in? :catface:
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    Introversion: Comfortable with Your Own Company

    Yep, totally. I like being alone because humans are scary. And humans are scary because it's very hard to have positive interactions, while negative are very likely. And even if I manage to get something positive, not only it costs a lot, it's very likely it will have strings attached with...
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