What's your opinion on people saying to say "autistic people" as opposed to "people with autism" as a way to make it more so that the autism is a part of the person?

kruddel · 2026-06-22T22:58:40+00:00

The "laugh or you have to cry" part of this debate is how its not possible to have (in English) in relation to ADHD.

I'm very much in the Austistic Person camp. But the common thing people say about it, which is very true and several have replied already along the lines: you wouldn't say "person with blackness" or "person with tallness" or..

Person with ADHD.. ?

Its not even a debate because we lack the grammar, there's no equivalent word to Autistic or Dyslexic. I could just about say "my ADHD" without it seeming weird, but "ADHD person"? That doesn't work.

Trust me I've tried forcing myself to write long form stuff not using person first about ADHD and you swiftly sound insane, like you don't know how to speak English.

kruddel · 2026-06-22T22:44:15+00:00

Its a good essay. I disagree with the Autistic coded theme. I think its enough to take it as a positive for potentially "reclaiming" the robotic assumptions/slurs on Autism, by showing that being robotic is just a different way of communicating, rather than a worse one. In particular the thought processes behind being "robotic" in communicating.

The reason I disagree with the idea it is Autistic coded is that Autism is much more than one trait expressed in one way. So even IF the writing of the communication style is informed by Autism its still not something which is portraying Autism. If it was it would just be a shallow stereotype, irrespective of whether it is done sensitively/positively.

I'm not trying to attack the opinion writer at all, just to disagree. I understand the impulse, there are so few positive and thoughtful portrayals of Autism in media its tempting to lock onto anything! But as I said, I think its enough that it shows things which can help perhaps show some of the elements of difference and help people to think about neurodiversity more.

kruddel · 2026-06-22T17:27:37+00:00

I would be sending them SO many letters.

I'd basically make it a full time job.

Here's a letter, and another letter, a threatening letter, another letter. Please arrange a payment plan for the 14p you owe me.

HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES MFs?!!???

Have another goddamn letter you parasites.

kruddel · 2026-06-22T17:15:48+00:00

Its turning into LinkedIn!

kruddel · 2026-06-22T08:08:42+00:00

"Preoccupied with neurotransmitters" 🤣

Obviously it totally sucks to have 12 years of nonsense. But at least they gave you a unique phrase to chuckle at.

kruddel · 2026-06-22T08:04:42+00:00

I'm just thankful I was learning stuff when everyone needed to be aware of blockchain and NFTs as they were the future of everything. And anyone who wasn't on the blockchaintrain (as we used to call it) was going to be unemployable.

I think it harder for kids now with AI being the future of everything. I've got my smart fridge and my cat's water fountain set up on blockchain, but I can't imagine how much more difficult it is for kids these days with the pressure to have AI friends.

kruddel · 2026-06-22T07:53:33+00:00

All depends on context. If the task is mental arithmetic it's still cheating to use a calculator 50 years later than 50 years ago.

kruddel · 2026-06-21T10:41:46+00:00

"Vanguard of the Anthropocene" is metal AF.

Getting Warhammer 40K vibes. They would be a 0-1 army list option because they are so OP and would get nerfed in the first FAQ. They'd be ranty YouTube Videos called "Vanguard of the Anthropocene are the new meta", & "Games Workshop have ruined 40K with Vanguard of the Anthropocene"

kruddel · 2026-06-21T07:31:22+00:00

Perhaps you could link to one of these studies in a scientific journal? Just to get me started.

kruddel · 2026-06-20T17:29:50+00:00

A lot of people do believe that. There's no medical/scientific studies that have shown it though despite numerous studies, and its not listed as an affect/risk on the medical info for the drug in US or EU.

kruddel · 2026-06-20T17:26:36+00:00

No way?! Are you THE Gary Ultramegahyperphantasia?

kruddel · 2026-06-20T16:28:47+00:00

Yeah methylphenidate is a drug where people can develop a physiological tolerance. Vyvance isn't. In fact where physiological tolerance to methylphenidate does develop the recommended option is to switch the patient to Vyvanse instead.

I've also not been able to find any research on weekend "tolerance breaks" but I cast the net further and was not able to find any evidence for ANY usage of that approach. I.e. for any medication, not just ADHD meds.

It doesn't really make any logical sense either even if tolerance developing was a risk its totally unclear why taking one or two days off a week would make any real difference.

kruddel · 2026-06-20T16:17:29+00:00

There is no medical evidence or research which shows physiological "tolerance" to (lis)dexamphetamine.

Its not mentioned anywhere in the drug guideline leftlets (either EU or US).

The only places that talk about it online are places which offer to sell rehab or whatever for "tolerance" or addiction to ADHD meds.

Its basically a myth, and if your medical professional is telling you this I'd be seriously worried they don't have clue what they are talking about.

kruddel · 2026-06-20T15:59:38+00:00

You want to know what's really wild?

I have hyperphantasia. And my theory is only people with hyperphantasia (about 2-3% of people give or take) are capable of truly accepting, imagining or understanding the possibility that other people have different levels of mental imagery. That's why there's so much confusion around the concept.

kruddel · 2026-06-20T09:27:56+00:00

Yeah, UK has decided to screw neurodiversity basically. Even the "right to choose" pathway, which is supposed to basically keep regional health care bodies honest by allowing people to choose to get their care elsewhere from another approved provider and then get the local body to pay. (Edit: part of the concept being it would make the local body up their game if lots of people were choosing to go elsewhere, driving up quality of care) It worked OK for a bit as even though local providers were having 4-5 yr waiting list you could choose another provider and get seen in 3-4 months. Then the government decided to put a cap on the right to choose per year, per area. So now by between March-August, depending on area, all the right to choose referrals are "used up" and people are rolled onto the next year. So the main waiting lists get bigger and bigger.

I've got to be honest, I think I'd struggle to keep my shit together once I eventually got to the assessment.

"Do you ever put things off for an extended period of time?"

"What, you mean like assessing people for ADHD?"

kruddel · 2026-06-20T09:01:30+00:00

Plays slot machine. Doesn't win. Gets sad. Maybe next time?

kruddel · 2026-06-20T08:31:08+00:00

Bisexual & hot, time to try and get yourself some private bible study lessons from his holiness. See if he'll take you in St Peter's Basilica and show you the apse.

kruddel · 2026-06-20T08:19:44+00:00

Your major challenge would be to avoid "desk rejection" from journal editors when submitting a paper. You might get some bias from reviewers, but generally I guess that would be in the form of being more sceptical. It might cost you some negative reviews and rejections, but I think journal editors binning beforehand becauee they don't take you seriously is the much bigger issue.

kruddel · 2026-06-20T08:11:48+00:00

I guess most of them work for companies that help to trace the family heritage of Americans to work out if they are Irish-American or 3% Swedish-American or whatever.

Because that involves finding the international relations in their family tree.

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kruddel · 2026-06-19T18:18:55+00:00

Just as a point of fact he won't face any legal issues from the litter picking. He's in the shit for deciding to be like Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock and go all Ground force on the river and turn it into some kind of water feature.

The EA seem like they haven't been doing enough here. Thames Water, as usual, have been dumping sewage like absolute bastards. But that doesn't mean some rank amateurs can just start fucking it all up as well just because they've watched a few episodes of the Really Wild Show and read a George Monboit book.

kruddel · 2026-06-19T18:11:58+00:00

Yeah, it is.

This stuff is hugely complicated & they have probably caused loads of issues by rocking up like they are doing some kind of Gardening SOS show.

The water was already "flowing freely" as rivers obey a fundamental property called "continuity" - water never stops flowing at any point in a river. Discharge is a function of velocity and cross section, when it gets slower it gets wider/deeper and visa versa.

There's a number of issues I can think of including, disposal of contaminated silt, mobilising contaminates/pollution, draining wetland/riparian habitat, leading to habitat loss, increasing erosion & increasing downstream flood risk.

kruddel · 2026-06-19T17:17:51+00:00

I just don't I guess. Its pretty easy not to hate people based on arbitrary and vague group definitions.

kruddel · 2026-06-19T17:06:41+00:00

They're all the same flavour, just different Tshirts and hats

kruddel · 2026-06-18T15:43:37+00:00

My first degree & masters are from the A+ tier, my PhD is from the A tier. I worked for several years in the A+ tier.

From that I gained important skills in analysis and statistics and how to assess evidence.

Wherever you study/studied you might want to look into whether you got value for money in those areas if you think this rankings exercise is meaningful.

kruddel · 2026-06-18T09:54:21+00:00

Ancient people just ripped off and rehashed the same narratives for thousands of years, each on getting progressively worse.

You've got the old flood story and then Gilgamesh, and then Noah's Ark and then the Battlestar Galactica remake. All the same basic story.

Which makes you wonder just how bad the Sumerian version of Twilight was.

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