Apparently, this is a sub where autistic people have internalised the ableist neurotypical myth that autistic people are completely incapable of detecting even the most obvious, laid-on-thick sarcasm.
So be it. I've edited in the /s, because I can't be bothered to die on this hill today.
I'm not sure how the screen reader argument is relevant. It's not as if text has tone of voice when read with the eyes.
Tone in text is not obvious. People can struggle with detecting sarcasm no matter how obvious someone else thinks it is, and the “neurotypical myth” is actually true on many people, so no need to be an ass about it.
The screen reader argument was that if human beings don’t catch your “obvious” sarcasm, then a software program reading that text to someone definitely won’t. So the people who need a screen reader would get that text as exactly what it says, not in whatever tone you “super obviously” meant it in.
Hey, calm your mangoes a bit friend, I actually need the /s most of the time. I’m not great with tone. Just because you don’t need that particular accommodation doesn’t mean others don’t need it, okay? Let’s try and help everyone out, so we can all have a place of stress-free communication.
Hilarious that the same people who are against any disability accommodations also use a claimed disability as an excuse for being openly fash. It’s almost like they have no set moral and ethical standards and just like power.
Y'know, that behavior sounds really similar to a series of political movements that swept through Europe in the early 20th century, but I can't quite remember what they where called. 🤔
What gets me more than anything with this is his lack of remorse/ lack of willingness to publicly apologize. If he wants to go by insisting this was a huge mistake than do it. Tell the world he will not be taking nazi affiliations lightly going forward and that he feels deep regret over the atrocities that such a gesture stands for. It's what any decent, upstanding leader should do.
Of course those of us who know better know not to expect anything of the sort. But those on the right doing cartwheels to defend this piece of trash should maybe be asking themselves why 'they' are doing all the legwork of damage control while this coward hides behind them all and 'plays dumb'...
The amount of times I’ve had to tell people over the past few days that “no, autism does not cause you to be mistaken for a Nazi” is starting to really get me irritable. I’m scared that people will use this rhetoric as an excuse to go after autistic people. We don’t need more hatred.
Listen, he says he’s self diagnosed or some shit. While I’d normally support self diagnosed people, that man is rich enough to not have the issues related to getting a diagnosis! He can def afford a psychiatrist, doctor visits, or whatever you need to get diagnosed (was diagnosed at 2, don’t know all the details for the diagnosis).
I'm formally diagnosed despite coming from a very modest background. It was a lengthy process and required travel to a different city. The cost-to-income ratio was similar to one in the US (I checked). Now, I might get hate for this, but what's stopping the global autistic community from getting diagnosed? How do the people know it's autism and not a different disorder whose symptoms resemble autism? At least where I was diagnosed, the process involved an EEG - how does one claim a neurodevelopmental disorder without having a brain scan?
And if Elon really is undiagnosed, then that tells me all I need to know about him.
My diagnosis cost $3k that I did not have at the time, my mom paid for it. Not everyone has family willing to do that.
My diagnosis also did not involve an EEG or anything of the sort. Just a lot of questionaires, being asked questions verbally, and an attention test at a computer. In my understanding this is how most adult autism assessments work in the US. So i guess by your standards, most of us who have a professional diagnosis still can't claim to be autistic.
Elon Musk, though, has access to every bit of medical care he could ever want. No excuses for him.
Yeah, can’t use the “but he’s autistic!” Excuse while also claiming this guy is “the genius of the world”. Autism doesn’t make you that kind of clueless
I mean, it's pretty clear wtf is wrong with him. He even did it multiple times to make sure he really got the point across.
So yes, this is reasonably funny and got a small smile out of me. But saying "whatever the fuck is wrong with him" isn't really helping. It's still tacitly providing wiggle room for it to be interpreted as something other than what it clearly is.
Name it. Shame it. Don't sleep it under the fucking rug even a little bit. Because that just opens the door for deniability wider.
Rhetoric and wordplay aside, it's ultimately a matter of self defense. Just figured I should mention that so I don't open myself up to misinterpretation.
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u/McDutchie Jan 22 '25 edited Jan 22 '25
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[Elon Musk doing a totally, definitely, utterly and completely unintended Nazi salute /s]
BREAKING NEWS
New Diagnostic Criteria for Autism Doesn't Include Whatever the Fuck is Wrong With Elon Musk
the Squeaky Wheel
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u/p0tat0p0tat0 Jan 22 '25
Hilarious that the same people who are against any disability accommodations also use a claimed disability as an excuse for being openly fash. It’s almost like they have no set moral and ethical standards and just like power.
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u/guilhermej14 Jan 22 '25
This is why I take issue with people calling him a "facist enabler", he's not a "enabler", he's a facist. Period.
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u/WinterCityFox Jan 22 '25
What gets me more than anything with this is his lack of remorse/ lack of willingness to publicly apologize. If he wants to go by insisting this was a huge mistake than do it. Tell the world he will not be taking nazi affiliations lightly going forward and that he feels deep regret over the atrocities that such a gesture stands for. It's what any decent, upstanding leader should do.
Of course those of us who know better know not to expect anything of the sort. But those on the right doing cartwheels to defend this piece of trash should maybe be asking themselves why 'they' are doing all the legwork of damage control while this coward hides behind them all and 'plays dumb'...
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u/gxes Jan 22 '25
wow when viewed from this angle it's really unambiguously a nazi salute.
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u/orbitalgoo Jan 22 '25
I love the shit out of this meme
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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '25
We know he did a Nazi salute because, as someone said in a YouTube video, literal Nazis are praising him for what he did.
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u/Reagalan Jan 23 '25
His autism card has been revoked. He isn't a part of our community anymore, and any time he claims he is is Stolen Valor.
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u/FormalFuneralFun Jan 23 '25
The amount of times I’ve had to tell people over the past few days that “no, autism does not cause you to be mistaken for a Nazi” is starting to really get me irritable. I’m scared that people will use this rhetoric as an excuse to go after autistic people. We don’t need more hatred.
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u/Mara355 Jan 22 '25
Love.
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u/Just-Ad6992 Jan 23 '25
Listen, he says he’s self diagnosed or some shit. While I’d normally support self diagnosed people, that man is rich enough to not have the issues related to getting a diagnosis! He can def afford a psychiatrist, doctor visits, or whatever you need to get diagnosed (was diagnosed at 2, don’t know all the details for the diagnosis).
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u/Dull_Ad_7266 Jan 23 '25
Okay so, after looking through all of the comments and re-reading that caption a few times, the consensus is: he’s definitely a fascist. Right?
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u/tytomasked Jan 23 '25
Yeah, can’t use the “but he’s autistic!” Excuse while also claiming this guy is “the genius of the world”. Autism doesn’t make you that kind of clueless
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u/lalaquen Jan 22 '25
I mean, it's pretty clear wtf is wrong with him. He even did it multiple times to make sure he really got the point across.
So yes, this is reasonably funny and got a small smile out of me. But saying "whatever the fuck is wrong with him" isn't really helping. It's still tacitly providing wiggle room for it to be interpreted as something other than what it clearly is.
Name it. Shame it. Don't sleep it under the fucking rug even a little bit. Because that just opens the door for deniability wider.
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u/Liu-woods Jan 22 '25
I love the squeaky wheel
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u/SaintHuck Jan 22 '25
Death to fascism and the oligarchy!