21 Jul
2009
21 Jul
'09
8:04 a.m.
Josh Dersch wrote:
On Jul 16, 2009, at 2:57 AM, Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
Ya know, I saw the message, and suffered from a bit of de ja vu.... A
few weeks ago, someone brought up Asperger's on the Rockbox mailing
list, basically saying all the programmers there had it. Of course, war
ensued...
I wonder if Brian is on the Rockbox mailing list.....
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On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 19:15 -0500, Brian Lanning
wrote:
Oh, yes, please -- let's have an argument about Asperger's here, based
on "insightful" quotes from frigging "Fight Club."
Or better yet, no.
Josh Secondly, I think it would serve a lot of us here
if everyone were
aware of Aperger's Syndrome. I have it, and probably a very
significant percentage of people who read this mail list have it as
well. People who have it could have a several opinions about it. You
could for example, believe that you're right and that nothing is wrong
with you, and that you're completely normal, in spite of lacking an
adequate frame of reference with which to compare your experience.
Or, you could accept that you have it, but conclude that you're manner
of thinking, behaving and being is better than that of everyone else
and refuse to modify your behavior in an attempt to better cohabitate
with your neighbors. Or, you could accept that you have it and decide
to work toward learning some people skills in an attempt to at least
partially improve the opinions of the people you meet.
Or, you could accept that Asperger's Syndrome is a load of nonsense made
up by a desperate but unremarkable doctor wanting to make his mark in
his chosen field, and used to excuse an entirely fixable lack of social
skills.
Think you might be an Aspie? Here's some free self-help advice - as
Chuck Pahalniuk might say, "You are not a unique and beautiful
snowflake".