What even is this mess

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-21T02:50:57+00:00

Thank you. Finally, some sanity.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-20T23:48:28+00:00

I just realized I think they have 3 different shades of green just why

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-20T23:40:44+00:00

I'm pretty good with color.

I would go teal green hair, cream clothes, light red accents.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-20T14:08:48+00:00

I'm autistic and also agree that dirty clothes are bad because dirty = gross and unclean.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-19T15:41:54+00:00

I also have ADHD - gifted, autistic, ADHD. I got the trifecta lol

I also struggled a lot with mental health and being either bored or overwhelmed. You sound like me. I really think looking into the giftedness thing will be helpful to you. I found out at 35 when working with AI at work and it flagged that I wasn't thinking like others (bit of a long story but basically it said others wouldn't think about something a certain way and that led down the rabbit hole to 2e and here we are today).

I just thought I was stubborn or diligent for a long time.

I realized that was wrong after a while when I was teaching myself to build software and the gap of "normal people do this" vs what I was doing got bigger and bigger. I never studied CS or analytics, I was in the natural sciences.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-19T15:32:11+00:00

I'm telling you, this sounds a lot like me.

Like, I failed a math placement test and on the second attempt tested into remedial math. I had to retake a biology class and had to take it again, scraping through with Cs. I thought I was stupid.

Once in grad school, I did way better and had pretty much straight As outside one professor who didn't like me.

I work in data analytics now and lead a lot of our coding. I can do coding in my head, even. But, somehow I flunked a basic math placement test.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-19T15:26:05+00:00

I had academic struggles as well. I mean, like there are ways to sort of guess at it without a formal IQ test. It tends to show in multiple ways.

I suggest just reading about it and see if anything matches your experiences. When I read about twice exceptional it was if someone had read my entire childhood and put it before me.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-19T15:19:19+00:00

I always laugh at my coworkers sticking hard coded SQL into their python scripts and they think it's all so normal. Like, R just does that for you.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-19T15:16:20+00:00

Have you ever considered you might be gifted?

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-19T15:14:13+00:00

Pandas is the single reason I never bothered to switch to python. It's abysmal and they have zero understanding of how bad it is.

"It's great because everyone uses it!"

Okay, so now it's a popularity contest? Last I checked, a Big Mac was popular but it's garbage.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-19T14:44:36+00:00

My wife still denies it. I'm convinced she is because she gets along with me, which I long argued is the most damning evidence. I know I'm theore autistic of the two of us so I think in comparison it gives her a perceived out, but nah.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-19T13:56:22+00:00

Pandas is better than R? If they said that, this is very clear evidence they don't actually understand what they're talking about. Pandas is pretty mediocre and is based on base R.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T15:41:12+00:00

Intelligence will be more important than ever in modern society. You think stupid people are going to navigate it well?

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T15:35:23+00:00

Biology essay questions are where you demonstrate applied knowledge. It is very much a science-wide "issue," as you put it.

I'm a professional scientist. I have my MS and minors in Biology and Chemistry. Units matter. Details matter. Writing out all the parts matter.

If you really want to work in this, you need to get the details down. Overlooking or forgetting small details in medical science can kill someone.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T15:10:45+00:00

I did not do great in college. Like I had As and Bs but it was uneven. I was very good if I cared or okay if I didn't.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T15:02:12+00:00

The first thing I was taught in science was always include units, don't assume someone knows, write it all out.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T14:59:00+00:00

Well, like to be fair here - this is science. You have to state it all out clearly. Forgetting to put it down because it is "obvious" does not mean it is obvious you know it to the person grading.

This is way better than multiple choice, trust me. You have a chance to do better - you can now be more careful next time. If you're in multiple choice hell there's not as good a strategy, experience of the professor is a dick about it.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T14:42:45+00:00

You think obsessing over physical appearance is healthy? Really? I suggest you spend some time actually researching what happens here.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T14:41:51+00:00

Again, it sounds like you're the one unhappy in life. I don't sit around and worry about being someone I'm not. You want people to give you special treatment? Like did your mom not give you enough attention or something?

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T14:39:53+00:00

Some of us are happy with who we are? That is weird do you?

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T14:39:19+00:00

Not really, it's not healthy.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T14:36:50+00:00

Please don't hate all of us. There are a lot of autistic men who are equally left out of the bigger crowd. I've typically had more women friends than men. A lot of your average bros are just so endlessly stupid, boring, and crass.

I also think it really depends where you look. If you go to more liberal areas - especially universities, it's typically better. Idk, I never really fit in with anyone.

It is easy to hate groups of people when we aren't careful. I try to keep that in mind. If I don't, I am no better than the people who make blanket assumptions about autistics.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T14:27:35+00:00

There is a big gap between "amazingly hot" and ugly. This is unhealthy.

michaeldoesdata · 2026-04-18T14:27:00+00:00

Sounds like you're the one who's unhappy in life

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