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Please refrain from excess venting in this thread. Talking about negative emotions is fine but it's best not to dwell on them for too long. TV Tropes is not suited to deal with mental health situations.
If Oscar Wilde had lived in our time, he would be a /b/tard.
Actually, scratch that. He does, and goes by Jethro Q Walrustitty.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:26 AM
My friend filled out an application for college students to join the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and meet with government officials to discuss the needs of autistics. She told me that I helped her understand the importance of advocacy and fighting for our rights, and in her application, she actually wrote about me, saying "Together we have grown our passion for the importance of autism advocacy work."
This is so awesome. The application asks things like "What people from the autism and disability rights movements do you admire and why?" (which she has no answer to, so she intends to do some research for that one) and "What do you think are the issues that most affect autistics?"
She's come a long way on the importance of autistic advocacy. Before, she wasn't interested at all, figuring she could easily "pass" as a non-autistic. Indeed, I've seen the argument given that many autistics don't want anyone to know they're autistic, but instead just want to learn how to get by without anyone knowing.
But for most of us, that's just impossible. My friend learned the hard way with some unpleasant experiences at a job, where people started to dislike her, and her boss made it clear that if she wasn't hired specifically because he wanted to integrate someone with special needs into the workforce (in other words, he was being charitable), she would likely have been fired. I think that gave her a wake-up call, and helped her want to join the rights movement. Now she sees how important it is, and is actively trying to become part of it.
I think that the Internet has an emotion-amplifying effect. Somebody says something, it gets shared all over the place, and the emotion builds up exponentially compared to the original feeling conveyed with the thing itself.
Like mob mentality or something.
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stayHey guys, I created my own trope! Campfire Character Exploration! :D
Currently writing something. Currently procrastinating.Sometimes you just come across that one glaring hole, and then you lovingly fill it in while getting into sixty-response-long passive-aggressive arguments with people in the YKTTW comments section. And it's worth it.
Currently writing something. Currently procrastinating.

Realization:
I cannot comfortably work unless I start eating a whole lot more.
Which in turn will mean paying a whole lot more.
All the things I'm putting off, dentist appointments, eye appointments, car maintenance, lunch...it's all because I'm so cheap.
Apparently since I didn't die in college I'm going to have to actually start paying for everything myself.
I hate this more than is reasonable.
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay