naraburns
nihil supernum
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naraburns
nihil supernum
3d ago
Two things. First, it's probably not a good approach to just reproduce an entire blog that isn't your own--a submission statement seems like the better way.
Second, while I don't think that every post about religion necessarily qualifies as "culture war," I do think that maybe this particular blog reaches that level, if only barely. So if you'd like to share this article as a link with a submission statement in the CW thread, that would be fine. But thanks for posting!
naraburns
nihil supernum
4d ago
I've never been diagnosed, but yes, I'm plausibly "autistic" under current use of the concept.
When I was young, only the most severe cases of "autism" were ever diagnosed, and IIRC it was considered by most to be a form of "childhood schizophrenia." I was in my 40s, give or take, when the "spectrum" really sank into the zeitgeist and people first started commenting about me being "on" it. Some of my children (who are all now adults) do have psychiatrically diagnosed autism, based on criteria that would clearly apply to me, so it seems fair to say that I'm genuinely autistic, insofar as any such diagnosis admits of authentication. Specifically, my social interaction norms are deep into "spectrum" territory, while my repetitive behavior and sensory processing tendencies are less severe but still noticeably autistic.
But I am "high functioning," especially verbally, and as an adult it seems pointless to get a personal "diagnosis" for a variety of reasons. Would I get an embossed certificate for my wall? I think that clocking me as autistic sometimes helps other people but I've lived an above-average life by most metrics; if it ain't broke, don't fix it! I do look back at many interactions of my youth and, viewed through the lens of disability, a lot of my suffering was arguably the result of other people genuinely abusing me. But they couldn't have known that any more than I did, and blaming myself (despite never really knowing what I had done wrong) probably developed my sense of agency.
naraburns
nihil supernum
5d ago
This is a very interesting post, and I appreciate the photographs. Thanks!
Here’s a fun one. Did you know that Pizza Hut in China is actually a sit down restaurant?
Some of us are old enough to remember when it was a sit down restaurant in the United States, too. Apparently the company is exploring a possible return to that norm.
naraburns
nihil supernum
6d ago
I've been lurking here for a bit and it was my impression that copy/pasting the essay wholesale was not the way things were done.
Well, not when it's someone else's essay. But yes, generally we don't mind if someone mirrors their blogpost here, and generally we do frown on bare links, so something between "include some commentary" and "make the whole post" is the norm. (It also tests our patience when someone posts their blogs here but then entirely refuses to engage with responses in the comments--obviously no one is under any obligation to reply to everyone, but we are watching for patterns that look more like the user using the site for their own ends, than for its stated purpose.)
But as I said--we haven't developed much in the way of hard-and-fast rules, particularly concerning non-CW posts. Again, welcome!
Yes, @ToaKraka is correct--all front page posts are hidden until approved (otherwise, the site would consist overwhelmingly of Russian spam...). I was just letting you know that I had not approved this one.
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