I am Steve

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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • It’s a comforting thought, to believe destroying the world is their goal.

    But no. In truth they simply don’t think about it. Their path to the power and resources that would save them and theirs from the world’s destruction might hasten that destruction. But that doesn’t matter. It’s easier for them to simply not think about it. They’re going to have everything they need to live a comfortable life, no matter the environment it brings about. They’re going to be fine.

    What happens to the rest of us? It’s not even that they don’t care. We don’t matter enough for them to not care about us. We matter so little, our future doesn’t even occur to them.

    It’s not evil. It’s apathy.
    I’m not sure which is worse.







  • I’m 43 now. Had lots of issues my whole life. By mother was a teacher and had me tested for everything in middle school. Was diagnosed with a whole array of learning disabilities. Was granted accommodations for them all. Only actually needed a couple of them.

    My best (really only) friend, suggested I work at the Anderson Center for Autism, where he was a teacher. It took a couple months for me to notice, I understood the kids more than I understood “normal” people. And suddenly my whole childhood made sense.

    Separately, within a couple years, my mother and sister (case worker in a prison) told me they realised the same thing through their own jobs.

    But at this point I have a stable career and life. An official diagnosis wouldn’t do anything for me. Though it may have been helpful in school.