• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I work with a guy like this. Lead his icebreaker with “I don’t understand people so don’t expect me to interact with you.”

    He’s the most brilliant person I’ve ever worked with. His knowledge is encyclopedic. He will show you how what you’re asking is idiotic in as few words as is necessary. He has no fear of manager or customer.

    He has my eternal allegiance.

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        It helps if your field of fucks is barren and you’ve none left to give. I really love it. My boss told me if I wanna go up in the hierarchy I’ll need some diplomacy training to speak to higher ups and I’m like “do you really think I say those things by accident?!” :,D

  • ronl2k@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Sounds like a man who knows what he likes and doesn’t want social involvement with people he doesn’t like. Why does that behavior have to have a name?

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      11 days ago

      I love how autism has become this fetishized thing that you slap onto all people operating outside of expected parameters.

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          10 days ago

          It is. It refers to things being held in special regard in social arrangements, to an religious extent. The autism discourse, with all the memes and such, does more often than not include a cult-like adherence to beliefs around certain behaviours that anyone could display, shifting focus away from the developmental aspects of autism which are very much real and to diagnostic markers that are less than well defined but are used in clinical settings like: trouble at work/school/kindergarten [Y/N], and certain things the hiveminds of the world latch onto. There I think of people regarding dislike of the “big” light as being an indicator for autism(???).

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      9 days ago

      Absolutely.

      She’s extroverted and has some damage going on. Not nominal to chase people down and ask them if you’re annoying. He’s introverted and is already exhausted by her.

      I’ve known a couple of women like that.

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      10 days ago

      Yes. I’m tall and conventionally good looking. Had almost the same situation happen to me, except for the shouting “yes” part.

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        10 days ago

        I am also above average in heights and looks. A girl would follow me around in high school and harass and make fun of me all the time while still trying to be my friend. I couldn’t stand her at the time but in retrospect she was definitely crushing on me.