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We lost our sphynx very dramatically two weeks ago, and he was only 10 years old with no prior health issues, so I know how it feels.

You’re not alone.

Me and my partner are still devastated and find ourselves sobbing uncontrollably every day.

It was like losing a child.

Life is on auto pilot these days.

I hope I’ll see a good day again.

There are a couple of studies on this, and the findings are admittedly kind of scattered, but here are some key points.

One study suggests as much as 50% of people on the spectrum have at least four (or more) comorbid conditions (a vast variety of things, e.g. ADD, intellectual disabilities etc).

Another study found that 95% of children with ASD had comorbidities. Again, the rain man trope is rather strongly rooted in our sociocultural reality tunnel.

I’ve met a lot of people on the spectrum in my life (about 1% of the population are diagnosed, after all), and almost all of them have also had either ADD, intellectual disabilities, medical disabilities like Crohn’s disease, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, PCOS, hormonal or chromosomal disorders and/or other psychological conditions like schizophrenia or other schizotypal disorders BPD, bipolar disorder etc.

The fact is that a Sheldon Cooper is kind of a unicorn among autistics.

But truthfully, my observation that most autistics are below average intelligence is almost entirely anecdotal (yet with a rather sizeable sample pool), because admittedly I’m struggling to find any hard data on it.

Some figures I’ve seen say 32% have below 70, 25% have 70-84, 40% have 85-115, with only about 3% being above 115.

But here’s at least one study finding that 55% of autistic kids have an intellectual disability (below 70 IQ).

People still think of autism in like… Rain Man-terms.

As much as people like to think popular depictions (The Big Bang Theory, Abed in Community, etc) of autistic behavioral patterns are somehow furthering “the cause” (whatever that is) - ultimately, they amount to little more than vaudeville and can be incredibly damaging to people who don’t “seem autistic”.

It’s very tiring to assure people that yes, you are indeed autistic, when all they know is Sheldon Cooper and Raymond Babbitt.

Especially annoying if they think you’re some sort of genius, when the average autistic’s intelligence generally is lower than average.

Especially now that so many fucking lunatic autistics are committing atrocities.

If you’re obviously greatly disabled autistic=not threatening High functioning autistic=liability

I was diagnosed 20 years ago, and even I had a very hard time recognizing and accepting that my own partner is also autistic (now diagnosed as an adult).

But then again, it seems to manifest dramatically different in men v.s. women, as well as there not really being any depictions of autistic women in media for the longest time.

And a gigantic part of autistic women no doubt went undiagnosed for a long time (and still are).

I like it, but haven’t played more than a few hours.

The voice acting and (most) character faces feel insanely dated, though. Fantasy just comes off weird in an American accent.

The game runs poorly and doesn’t really look and feel that great considering the processing cost, but that’s just Unreal Engine 5 being shit.

Those are my biggest complaints.

Combat is pretty engaging and I think it’s pretty cool, but it can be kind of health-spongey. Feels like it needs some work to feel better and more fluid.

The story seems okay, although I haven’t gotten far. Kind of generic fantasy akin to Divinity Original Sin 2/Baldur’s Gate 3 or Pillars of Eternity (duh).

Honestly, I like that it’s not just another murder hobo simulator and has a bit more focused story.

It’s a pretty solid 6-7/10, which is fine. Maybe it’ll grow on me, but there’s no chance of it becoming another Cyberpunk 2077.

Hopefully they learned from making this and The Outer Worlds 2 is a lot better than the first one.

But… How is that racist?

It might be stupid, but racist? That’s a stretch.

Just curious, how exactly is that comment racist?

I don’t know anything about what he said, but I can’t condone murder - especially if it was for nothing.

It’s Schrödinger’s vigilantism.

Part of me wants there to be a vigilante hunting down those who prey on the weak by breaking the social contract.

But another part of me doesn’t think the people who would be willing to do said hunting should even be free in society to begin with.

Clearly something(s) has to change, but what?

The Swedish mid-right also ruled out working with the far-right. Until they had to to gain government control.

I’ve been punching nazis and Italian fascists (as well as shooting, crushing skulls with heavy objects, blowing them up etc) in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle since around christmas.

It’s a great time.

I’m autistic, so it’s not a one-for-one; but some similarities to ADHD, and what’s worked for me, is exercise.

Walk 10000 steps a day and go to the gym 3 days a week and lift as heavy as you can.

Use the GZCLP program and you’re golden.

Plus, you get healthier AND you’ll look better naked.

Too young for how old the game is?

The dog paid for all the groceries in cash.

Fucking trash app being steadily more and more enshittified by “AI” and somehow adding another level of subscription every other month.

I’ve been doing Spanish at the same level for over 400 hours.

I learned more about Spanish from 30 minutes of language transfer than in nearly 1000 days of Duolingo.

It’s a trash app if you want to learn another language.

The mega drive version had such dope music. Fantastic game that scared the shit out of me as a child.

Game over, man. Game over!

This reads like an almost unhinged copypasta.

But you ain’t wrong…

I love it.

I think this perspective might be a part of the puzzle as to why this happened.

A lot of people seem to think Trump voters don’t know or understand what their vote goes towards, but I think that they not only do, but want that.

That, and almost half of voting eligible just didn’t show up, for many different reasons.

Although, I’m just some random Swedish dude, so what the hell do I know…

Except the same thing happened/is happening here.

And everywhere else…

Yeah, it definitely seems like change is in order, regardless of what one thinks of the result.

Yeah, it’s not really a secret that things are bad (or at least not good) everywhere, but at least most other countries’ voting doesn’t really directly affect the whole world, in contrast to the American elections.

Well, it averages out with the bigots on top, apparently. Sadly.

Did you ever consider that the American public might just be a bunch of spiteful, narcissistic, racist, misogynistic people?

Not “corrupted” by propaganda or a lack of education, but that you, collectively, made this choice - because you understand the consequences and what’s at stake, and you still made this choice?

Nice. I might actually check this out.

Played it on Sega Mega Drive back in the day. There was also a dope game called Skitchin’ that was like Road Rash almost, but on roller blades…

Loved Carmageddon, Twisted Metal, Destruction Derby, FlatOut etc as well.