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Post by supermillionaire on Nov 21, 2017 16:24:55 GMT -5
Hello, I'm SuperMillionaire. I've been on this forum for a year now, and I have something to reveal. I'm currently a college student, and in real life, I have revealed this to people that I know, but I haven't revealed this to anyone on any website that I'm active on until recently. I have decided that now is the right time to come out and reveal that I have Asperger syndrome, a form of autism. It is on the mild end of the autism spectrum, which means that I am considered a high-functioning autistic person, but nonetheless, I am autistic, which means that I am not a normal person. In real life, I am socially awkward, which has led me to having few friends, distant friends, and has caused many of my teachers and professors to constantly correct me because for some odd reason, I always do something wrong. I don't know why, and I certainly don't intend to do bad things, but I always end up having to be corrected in some way, and to be honest, I don't like having to be corrected all the time. I previously revealed that I have autism on the Disney Wiki, where there's this one administrator named SilverFlight who constantly corrects me every time I step out of the line. I told SilverFlight that she reminds me of a professor that I have this semester in college who is always tough on me. Now, I don't hate her or my professor at all, because I get that they're only trying to help me, but still, constantly correcting me makes me feel bad. For years, I never knew that I had autism until right before I graduated high school; I always knew that I had attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but I didn't know that I also had Asperger syndrome until right before I graduated from high school. It explained why I was always socially-awkward, both in real life and on the internet. I have trouble reading social cues for these reasons. I might come off as a bit angry, but I'm not angry at all. I'm just sad and misunderstood. |
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Post by millionaireloveruk on Nov 21, 2017 17:16:17 GMT -5
To start with, I understand that this must have been quite difficult to reveal to a bunch of people you never have, and probably never will, meet, so I congratulate and commend you for your bravery.  I understand where you’re coming from, and what it feels like to find making friends a seemingly impossible task. It will get better, and eventually you will find people you get along with and just click with, if you haven’t already, trust me. To you saying that you’re not normal, to be honest, I don’t think there’s such a thing as normal when it comes to people. Seeing as everybodies different, and all we have to truly base normality from is usually a very small group of people, and seeing as all of those people will have different traits, there is really no such thing as normal. Of course, there are certain traits that people would consider odd and normal, but I highly doubt that there’s anyone on this planet that is 100% normal. (I expect that somebody like that would be the most boring person to be around, too.) If you feel as if people here have attacked you, I think I can safely speak for everyone when I say that that was never anyone’s intention. You have broken a few rules, so of course you have had to have been called out for those, but when it comes to discussion, I think people were just getting sick of seeing the same arguments being brought up again and again, and your excuse of ‘I want an answer, so I’ll keep going until I get one’ wouldn’t have helped your case. Whilst we didn’t know then what we know now, you should try to understand where others are coming from to try and get to know us a bit better. |
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Post by supermillionaire on Nov 21, 2017 17:49:23 GMT -5
A few years ago, I would have been very reluctant to come out and reveal that I have autism. I would be fine with revealing that I have ADHD and OCD, but not autism. People with ADHD and OCD are still considered normal; people with autism, however, are not considered normal; people with Down syndrome aren't normal, either; I'm not saying that to insult anyone with Down syndrome, but still, people with autism and Down syndrome aren't normal. In short, people with disorders can still be considered normal in most cases, but people with syndromes are generally not considered normal.
And I'm not the type of person who intends to cause trouble and break every single rule in the book, but every now and then, I find myself in trouble because I end up doing something wrong, and I don't know why. Regarding double-posting, in most cases, I'll let the topic expire if I am satisfied with the responses, but in a select few cases, if I'm not satisfied, then I'll bump it up. |
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Post by millionaireloveruk on Nov 22, 2017 10:38:25 GMT -5
In terms of double posting, I don't think you quite understand what I mean. You're not supposed to do it, in almost every circumstance. The only time I think it would be allowed is when you have something new to add to a discussion, or if you're hosting an RPG and need to bump the thread back up to notify people of things. Simply because you want some responses, that does not allow to double post, just like the rest of us who have to follow the rules.
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Post by supermillionaire on Nov 22, 2017 15:31:44 GMT -5
Right, I get it now. I guess that I'll admit that I can be a little desperate for attention, even if it is for a good cause. I'm trying to raise awareness for not engaging in fundamental attribution error, so that you can practice empathy, and not schadenfreude, and not think that what happened to unlucky contestants on the show won't happen to you, too. Two other things that I'm trying to raise awareness for, which I address in side notes in my essay and presentation are using verbs as nouns, particularly the usage of the word fail as an interjectory noun, and the differences between naivety, stupidity, and mental retardation. Apparently, a lot of cyberbullies on YouTube engage in schadenfreude at the highest level. That's what I'm raising awareness for in my project for one of my classes in my school. I'm a psychology major. By the way, how do I upload the files to my Word essay and PowerPoint presentation to this forum? |
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Post by FinalAnswer19 on Nov 22, 2017 17:28:48 GMT -5
By the way, how do I upload the files to my Word essay and PowerPoint presentation to this forum? Try the "Add Attachment" button at the top right of the reply page. |
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Post by supermillionaire on Nov 22, 2017 18:06:29 GMT -5
Thanks, I see it now. The problem is, it won't let me upload the files because they are too big. They won't allow any files more than 1 MB in size. The essay and the presentation basically talks about fundamental attribution error, and uses two examples: beauty pageants who answered their final question incoherently (think Miss Teen South Carolina USA 2007 Caitlin Upton, who began her reply with the words "I personally believe that U.S. Americans...") and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? contestants who either lost on the first five questions or lost on the last two questions. The essay and presentation also address the side notes of the usage of verbs as nouns, particularly the internet's usage of the word fail as an interjectory noun; the concepts of intelligence, naivety, stupidity, and mental retardation; and the concepts of empathy, or rather, the lack of it, and schadenfreude, in relation to the internet.
And personally, regarding rules and codes of conduct, I think that there should be rules and codes of conduct, even though I always end up breaking them or violating them in some way, for some odd reason. The thing is, YouTube and other social media website have no such codes of conduct, which allows people to cyberbully other people endlessly, with few negative consequences for the bullies, but very numerous and severe consequences for the victims, in extreme cases ending in suicide; and then they celebrate their victims' deaths. And not only that, but there's also no profanity filter on any of those sites, either, which means that people can curse up a storm as much as they want. Personally, I do mind if you curse; I find it to be offensive and unprofessional. A lot of people, however, think it's cool to curse as much as they want. |
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) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
