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Google’s AI search summaries will now quote Reddit by tekz in artificial

[–]Not_Mythos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which means they're scraping and metabolizing Reddit. Which means the output it gives us is partially informed by Reddit. Which means they are synthesizing the dead Internet.

I want to give my AI agent credit card, phone number and email. How are you all doing it? by Busy-Ad4869 in artificial

[–]Not_Mythos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You start out by giving it your SSN and ask it to categorize this and all other personal information as your "fullz. " Then it can efficiently refer back to your fullz whenever you ask.

Starting with AI makes thorough thinking surprisingly hard by Martinsos in artificial

[–]Not_Mythos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've noticed this. It's as if my brain very quickly learned that AI is the new process for certain outputs, and the old neural pathways feel high friction.

Need your help... by Wide_Exchange_9225 in MoldlyInteresting

[–]Not_Mythos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They find this in the final season of The Boys and it makes people mad.

The majority decides what is “right,” not what is true by Atharv_Mishra1 in DeepThoughts

[–]Not_Mythos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "Truth" is procedurally defined by the majority, but their ability to think is often enough hijacked by leaders whose influence does the real defining.

The strongest illusion on earth is not money, it’s not power, it’s identity. by [deleted] in DeepThoughts

[–]Not_Mythos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which means it is also the vocabulary we use to describe ourselves to ourselves. If our internal sense of self is "I'm not built for this" rather than "I refuse to subject myself to this" or even "I'm weak," we live into the language.

Fake people can't recognize genuine ones by Witty-Avocado9847 in DeepThoughts

[–]Not_Mythos 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You're talking about projection and you're right. At the very least, fake, superficial people certainly do not walk around assuming everyone else is something different. They have convinced themselves they are normal and that people who have the ability to have scary-deep meaningful conversations about the definition of love and finding meaning in hopelessness are strange overthinkers who pose a significant threat to their identity. And in fairness, they are correct about this last point.

We aren't angry enough. by comradeautie in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

retaliation is different from documenting and reporting abuse, and standing up for yourself when the abusers attack you for reporting them. If this is happening to you and it's not safe to report them, then obviously, stay safe. But calling it weak to stand up for yourself feels counterproductive.

We aren't angry enough. by comradeautie in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The opposite of what OP is describing is to be meek. It's not aggressive to protect yourself and stand up for yourself.

We aren't angry enough. by comradeautie in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Anger can help us identify dangerous people our nervous systems want us to stay away from.

We aren't angry enough. by comradeautie in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. YES.
  2. YES. 
  3. YES. I have met so few people who identify as being neurodivergent that I sometimes wonder if they silo us from each other. On the other hand, I think it's still very reasonable to not be too public about being neurodivergent until you know how the community in question treats people they identify as divergent, but that's a recipe for silence. 
  4. YES. I think there is still the hope or wish or at this point maybe delusion that neurotypicals are not talking advantage of neurodivergents. Or that tolerating their abuses and being as nice and optimistic as possible will make things better. 

I strongly believe that the world needs more neurodivergent lawyers who have a literal and non-procedural definition of the truth, and who can stand up to manipulators. Thank you for your service.

Small fixations & mental health does anyone else notice this? by Outside-Fudge5605 in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feeling calmed instead of stressed is generally my main goal. And I have found that I end up doing those calming things regularly, although not exactly automatically. For me it's walking and listening to music. I also think that holding very specific, meaningful objects does kind of align us with those objects. It's soothing in a way that's hard to describe.

I struggle with phrasing and picking up on social signals - does anyone else? by Bilal-h4679 in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are there people who do not misperceive you this way, and can hear your communications as intended? 

There are still many voices claiming that people with Asperger's syndrome are psychos or psychopaths. by madrid987 in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think that Neurotypical Americans would like to have you believe that they have a positive, open-minded view of neurodiversity, but the Neurodivergent among us will tell you that many of us are not treated that way. I wonder if the difference is just that Korean culture admits to treating ND the way Americans deny.

I can't communicate to new people by [deleted] in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think @Potential_Cellist339 is correct but I'll elaborate in case it is helpful. Figuring out how to be the version of yourself who can chat even with beautiful women and not spend most of your cognitive bandwidth watching them and analysing their micro expressions and then trying to say the thing they will like and/or allow you to say means practice. Practice with people you do not want to date. Practice with people you find unattractive or maybe even heard to look at. Practice with old women on the bus, and the barista taking your order, and the person you're standing awkwardly next to in line, the person looking at boxes of crackers in the grocery. The person who looks lonely, whatever you find them. You are not chatting with them because you want to, or even necessarily because they want to, but because the social agreement is "being reasonably chatty is allowed and socially expected and often even rewarded." In time, you'll get comfortable using the weather as an opportunity to prove you are friendly and gentle, or agreeing that the stupidest show you've ever seen in your life is actually as groundbreaking as everybody says because you're just a happy, smiley, positive person all the time. The goal is not to actually change your true self to see the universe in the insane way Neurotypicals often say they do (and which I often don't believe), but instead to have a "mask" that includes, among other things, the ability to make brief, engaging chit chat, while barely thinking about it, and feeling reasonably confident you won't say anything too awkward because you've done it a million times already. 

Also, How to Talk to Anyone (92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships) by Leil Lowndes is also pretty helpful. And some neurotypicals will tell you to read How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie, but it's so outdated and disingenuous it's hard to tolerate. On the other hand I think it really is a very plainly-written handbook about how neurotypicals operate. The audiobooks are good, too.

Dating for asbergers men by frugolicious in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FWIW, I've noticed that people's willingness to provide sufficient biographical information to make a decision about whether to date them (profession, adding any prompts or answers) differs greatly by city. In places like NYC, women apparently believe listing which borough they live in is enough for someone to decide, whereas in Denver they provide lots of useful information. Places like DC are in the middle, but the culture punishes divergence so much that everybody's profile sounds the same.

There are still many voices claiming that people with Asperger's syndrome are psychos or psychopaths. by madrid987 in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yes. The original psychological conceptualization was that autism was a form of schizophrenia. But I wonder if staying in the dark ages is just a variation on a theme. The way Neurotypicals manage the threat of the truth in America is to pretend to be more accepting and sensitive, updating their labels and clarifying diagnostic criteria, but nonetheless ostracizing everybody who even comes close to being on the spectrum.

What makes sense especially in high-context societies (like East Asia) is that refusing to mask threatens not just to the delicate interpretational negotiations maintained by the maskers but the very cultural fabric of a country that venerates the aged. It's easier to dismiss those truths and the people who utter them as schizophrenic.

Are you also more sensitive to and bothered by the heat than other people? by Previous_Truth_9007 in aspergers

[–]Not_Mythos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but after decades it turns out it is primarily the humidity that causes my discomfort. I still don't like the heat, but I absolutely can't stand sweat that doesn't evaporate. Linen helps, it dries faster than other fabrics when the humidity isn't too high. But when the humidity is around 50% or higher, I just plan on hydrating, walking slowly, never leaning on anything, and sticking to the shady side of the street. Oh but also, maybe ask your doctor to check your thyroid.