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VGPolyglot on 22 June 2018
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Wow so many forum goers suddenly became literature aficionados in the blink of an eye!

This 1984 comparison is getting really over the top, especially when it's just a forum user asking politely not to use certain words. I'm against censorship and I think this entire thread was a bad idea, I personally don't think we should stop using certain words just because a few forum users dislike it, but this is just getting stupid at this point. Curl isn't an authority figure, and until CGI rules what he and the other mods think should be done we could really use less dramatization of this .... I get that events in the real world with heavy handed "political correctness" might loom over the thread and make it seem worse than it is, but making the situation seem worse than it is won't help.

In my opinion, if calling people racists, sexists, etc. isn't allowed on this site, that calling people autistic should also be forbidden.



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Azuren on 22 June 2018
VGPolyglot said:
Azuren said:

The limits have less to do with speech and more to do with physical safety. Doxxing you on a website of people who dislike you is dangerous. Saying you're acting autistic doesn't.

 

And yes, anyone who displays symptoms of autism, though it specifically refers to Asperger's-style behaviors.

And there are many symptoms of autism, to the point again that it's ambiguous and that it'd just make more sense to use a more specific adjective, unless of course that is the point.

though it specifically refers to Asperger's-style behaviors.



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VGPolyglot on 22 June 2018
Azuren said:
VGPolyglot said:

And there are many symptoms of autism, to the point again that it's ambiguous and that it'd just make more sense to use a more specific adjective, unless of course that is the point.

though it specifically refers to Asperger's-style behaviors.

And what is that supposed to mean? There are multiple symptoms to that, not even considering that Asperger's isn't even in the DSM anymore, it's now consolidated into the Autism Spectrum Disorder.



Azuren on 22 June 2018
VGPolyglot said:
Azuren said:

though it specifically refers to Asperger's-style behaviors.

And what is that supposed to mean? There are multiple symptoms to that, not even considering that Asperger's isn't even in the DSM anymore, it's now consolidated into the Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Holy Jesus, dude, fine, I'll spell it out for you:

 

People who seem to lack any social skills, assume they're the center of the universe, and throw temper tantrums. The term is also often applied to people who would previously be deemed as a "spaz". This is what people are referring to when they use autistic as a pejorative.



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kirby007 on 22 June 2018
Azuren said:
VGPolyglot said:

And what is that supposed to mean? There are multiple symptoms to that, not even considering that Asperger's isn't even in the DSM anymore, it's now consolidated into the Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Holy Jesus, dude, fine, I'll spell it out for you:

 

People who seem to lack any social skills, assume they're the center of the universe, and throw temper tantrums. The term is also often applied to people who would previously be deemed as a "spaz". This is what people are referring to when they use autistic as a pejorative.

Bahahahahahahaha this is gold! Well done



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VGPolyglot on 22 June 2018
Azuren said:
VGPolyglot said:

And what is that supposed to mean? There are multiple symptoms to that, not even considering that Asperger's isn't even in the DSM anymore, it's now consolidated into the Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Holy Jesus, dude, fine, I'll spell it out for you:

 

People who seem to lack any social skills, assume they're the center of the universe, and throw temper tantrums. The term is also often applied to people who would previously be deemed as a "spaz". This is what people are referring to when they use autistic as a pejorative.

OK, so why not just call them by more specific adjectives? Asocial, narcissistic/arrogant, rageful?



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Azuren on 22 June 2018
VGPolyglot said:
Azuren said:

Holy Jesus, dude, fine, I'll spell it out for you:

 

People who seem to lack any social skills, assume they're the center of the universe, and throw temper tantrums. The term is also often applied to people who would previously be deemed as a "spaz". This is what people are referring to when they use autistic as a pejorative.

OK, so why not just call them by more specific adjectives? Asocial, narcissistic/arrogant, rageful?

Because Autistic covers all those points.

 

"Dripping with autism"

Or

"Dripping with anti-social tendencies, an egotistical personality, and unchecked rage"

 

One is better for padding a book. The other is better for making a quick point.



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Metallox on 22 June 2018

So... I wanted to ask curl if he could get a higher quality image of the Stay Fresh girls, make them justice, boy.



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Aeolus451 on 22 June 2018

I think that autistic is okay to use in the example you provided and that you're taking it personally. It's just an expression that's used to characterize behaviour. It doesn't really have anything to do with autism.