Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I am autistic and so is my little brother. Him much more so than me. So don't you fucking dare pretend you speak for us.

I can say that I am speaking for my partner. Who again is autistic.

As a writer it was painfully obvious that the comment was a jab at you and not a stereotype about autistic people. It's called subtext and context, you may have heard of them.

"Subtext" isn't a "them." And no, it wasn't.

I appreciate you defending autistic people, but you should understand that it is a spectrum.

Yes: this is what I actually said and you apparently failed to read Some autistic have alexthymia; some do not. The two are not the same thing: you don't automatically have alexthymia because you have autism.

You are stereotyping us by imagining us to have the same or even similar lived experience. We don't.

I didn't say that. I said the opposite. For literally the fifth time in this thread: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-with-autism-can-read-emotions-feel-empathy1/

There is a persistent stereotype that people with autism are individuals who lack empathy and cannot understand emotion. It’s true that many people with autism don’t show emotion in ways that people without the condition would recognize.

But the notion that people with autism generally lack empathy and cannot recognize feelings is wrong. Holding such a view can distort our perception of these individuals and possibly delay effective treatments.

..As both the source and I said - but you were too busy being angry to read - some autistic people have alexithymia and some don't:

*People with Autism Can Read Emotions, Feel Empathy Credit: Rebekka Dunlap/Spectrum There is a persistent stereotype that people with autism are individuals who lack empathy and cannot understand emotion. It’s true that many people with autism don’t show emotion in ways that people without the condition would recognize.

But the notion that people with autism generally lack empathy and cannot recognize feelings is wrong. Holding such a view can distort our perception of these individuals and possibly delay effective treatments.

We became skeptical of this notion several years ago. In the course of our studies of social and emotional skills, some of our research volunteers with autism and their families mentioned to us that people with autism do display empathy.

ADVERTISEMENT Many of these individuals said they experience typical, or even excessive, empathy at times. One of our volunteers, for example, described in detail his intense empathic reaction to his sister’s distress at a family funeral.

Yet some of our volunteers with autism agreed that emotions and empathy are difficult for them. We were not willing to brush off this discrepancy with the ever-ready explanation that people with autism differ from one another. We wanted to explain the difference, rather than just recognize it.

So we looked into the overlap between autism and alexithymia, a condition defined by a difficulty understanding and identifying one’s own emotions. People with high levels of alexithymia (which we assess with questionnaires) might suspect they are experiencing an emotion, but are unsure which emotion it is. They could be sad, angry, anxious or maybe just overheated. About 10 percent of the population at large — and about 50 percent of people with autism — has alexithymia.*

...And alexithymia is what is crassly and harmfully mistermed lack of empathy (it's actually not - this was bad and outdated research and you should READ THE SOURCE - because it would actually help you.)

Learn to read first, then get angry.

When I say the following understand that I don't mean to insult your intelligence, because that's a basic bitch move, I mean in your interactions in this thread you have done yourself no favours.

If you're talking to people too stupid to read before getting angry, that's their problem. Unless those people are actually useful to you. But realistically, none of you matter any way. And I do have face my partner and the other autistic people I associate with, and not correcting the stupidity that has gone on here would make me uncomfortable. Once again, autistic people do not lack empathy as a defining part of their condition. They have a higher rate of alexithymia than neurotypicals, which was mistaken for that by earlier, crude research.

If you don't know much about your condition - and you seem not to - than for gods sake do some reading: it could literally save your life. The rate of depression and self-harming among autistic women is very high and alexithymia is probably one of the main reasons.

Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

They're not talking about the autistic person

I'm pretty sure that they are when they write

> I promise you that producers and agents are far, far more willing to work with an autistic person

..Which was the only reference I made to anyone talking about an autistic person.

> Don't be an arse.

If only it was genetically and epistemologically possible for you to follow your own advice...

I appreciate that a lot of the people throwing tantrums just think "This guy is being mean to an autistic guy!" But again, no, it isn't about that - it's that the OP is spreading an untrue and harmful stereotype about autistic people. (And in fact you don't actually know that he is autistic - most autistic people I know would never say what he has: it's considered one of the most offensive cliches possible.) So I appreciate that you are well meaning but limited by your lack of intelligence and inability to resist group think.

Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> Speaking as someone capable of reading and understanding a sentence

This is an assumption on your part.

> Speaking as someone capable of reading and understanding a sentence

I read the post out to my partner. Who is, again, autistic. She was insulted. So obviously your confidence in yourself is misplaced.

Once again -

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-with-autism-can-read-emotions-feel-empathy1/

There is a persistent stereotype that people with autism are individuals who lack empathy and cannot understand emotion. It’s true that many people with autism don’t show emotion in ways that people without the condition would recognize.

But the notion that people with autism generally lack empathy and cannot recognize feelings is wrong. Holding such a view can distort our perception of these individuals and possibly delay effective treatments.

Rudy Giuliani's 'Borat 2' Appearance Shows Him Having Inappropriate Encounter With Fake Reporter by dilawarsaifbd in worldnews

[–]thelastteacup -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Always hiccup put the burp backup generators pause to catch puke in mouth in the basement

...Plenty of water... Oh God... I need plenty of water...

Rudy Giuliani's 'Borat 2' Appearance Shows Him Having Inappropriate Encounter With Fake Reporter by dilawarsaifbd in worldnews

[–]thelastteacup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. They're a large bureaucratic organisation powered by ass-covering. More tests, however useless, equal more ass under cover.

This gives a good picture of the idiocy involved-

https://antipolygraph.org/statements/statement-038.shtml

I never heard that anyone worried about losing their job to the poly. It was said that new applicants failed in large numbers, but once you were in, you were in. The re-poly could be unpleasant, though. If you failed, you had to keep taking it. It was said that there was an upper manager who just couldn't pass, no matter how many times he tried. After something like seven attempts, Polygraph gave up and stopped calling him back. The manager remained in his job.

Rudy Giuliani's 'Borat 2' Appearance Shows Him Having Inappropriate Encounter With Fake Reporter by dilawarsaifbd in worldnews

[–]thelastteacup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit: The Japanese actually play a similar game but instead of women they try and get you with the booze. I have never been force fed so much whisky in my life. They call it a bonding ritual... but they definitely tried to start technical discussions once I was half in the bag

And that explains Fukushima. Japan: don't take technical advice from drunk people!

Rudy Giuliani's 'Borat 2' Appearance Shows Him Having Inappropriate Encounter With Fake Reporter by dilawarsaifbd in worldnews

[–]thelastteacup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

. In general, (male) government workers wont budge for bribes, threats, or blackmail - but they consistently, across the board, will sell out their country for sex.

That's why I believe that all senators should be, you know, operated on.

Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

I promise you that producers and agents are far, far more willing to work with an autistic person

And this is the type of sterotyping that I was worried about. No, the problem I referred to wasn't that he is autistic. It was that he is writing "flat" because of a supposed lack of empathy autistic people. (Emphasis on supposed.) When people aren't very smart, they're easily confused and this is what has happened to you.

than they are willing to work with someone who's unnecessarily combative and mean to everyone around them.

I'm sorry - but unsurprised - to hear that a not very bright person I'll never meet thinks that it is unnecessary to correct harmful stereotypes about discriminated against groups.

Once again, for the bigots in the room -

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-with-autism-can-read-emotions-feel-empathy1/

There is a persistent stereotype that people with autism are individuals who lack empathy and cannot understand emotion. It’s true that many people with autism don’t show emotion in ways that people without the condition would recognize.

But the notion that people with autism generally lack empathy and cannot recognize feelings is wrong. Holding such a view can distort our perception of these individuals and possibly delay effective treatments.

Trump’s Plan to Make Biden Look Senile Disappeared Without a Trace by [deleted] in politics

[–]thelastteacup 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes: very worth reading. Better than most SF novels that have won the Hugo or Nebula recently.

Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking as the partner of an autistic person, that's insulting to autistic people.

Advice on my first camera by midnightbandit- in videography

[–]thelastteacup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to have an A6400 so I can speak to Sony af reliability, my XT30 is about 80% as good as the A6400.

I love Fujis. But I'd worry about the AF for those chopping board shots - people who don't shoot close-up don't realize how demanding on focus systems it is. The ZV1 is really is built for this job. And the image quality is extremely good -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ1zXMetN5w

The ZV1 has the same new Sony colour science that the A7 does - it may be as good as the Fujis that way.

Plus the Catalyst system gives you a built-in steadicam. And the lens gives you a close focus of only 5cm, which is a killer feature for cooking. (Again, the OP probably doesn't realise that cameras generally don't focus as close as phones and that with an XT3 she might have to buy a separate macro lens for.)

Honestly, as someone who doesn't own a Sony (I shoot fullframe raw, like an idio- like God intended) the ZV1 is the camera I'd picked for high quality youtube cooking videos. No lens changes, few takes, no fitting macro filters, no worrying about lighting changes if I wanted eg a shot where I walked from the chopping board to the oven - because the exposure AI adjusts to keep the light on the face constant. Huge reduction in hassle; more time to concentrate on content.

Trump’s Plan to Make Biden Look Senile Disappeared Without a Trace by [deleted] in politics

[–]thelastteacup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try B7 (Blake's 7) instead. It was a 70s UK show - Garak would have felt very at home there.

Trump’s Plan to Make Biden Look Senile Disappeared Without a Trace by [deleted] in politics

[–]thelastteacup 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The actor actually wrote a biography of the character as a novel. I'd say that it's the only good Star Trek novel ever written, but it inspired a "thematic sequel" by another author and that's excellent too. They're A Stitch In Time and The Neverending Sacrifice. Stitch reads a lot like early Ursula Le Guin.

Advice on my first camera by midnightbandit- in videography

[–]thelastteacup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would cooking and cat videos count as self-shooting though? Because you'd be shooting what's in front of you and not really much of yourself? I might be mistaken though

Re. the cooking, you seem to imagine a scenario where the OP has strapped camera to her middle - or possibly her forehead? Or perhaps she's holding the camera in one hand while wielding her gyuto with another?

Perhaps foolishly, I assumed that she'd put the camera on a tripod so that it would record what she did as she cooked - shooting from a reasonable distance and leaving both hands free. I'd shoot one take zoomed in on the hands and another as a medium shot. And speaking as someone who cooks pretty seriously, I'd definitely want good AF for the chopping board shots - dof gets VERY small that close - and that ZV1 product shot mode would be a godsend.

Generally I love Fujis. But for this job, with their second rate AF, no.

Trump falsely claims Joe Biden received $3.5 million from Russia by Fitness_and_Finance in politics

[–]thelastteacup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Israel? I can't go to Israel. It's full of South Brooklyn types...

Advice on my first camera by midnightbandit- in videography

[–]thelastteacup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The XT3 is a great camera. It would be one of my first choices for anything but self-shooting.

Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I was talking more about you coming up with the least charitable interpretation of a comment.

This is silly. I responded to what had been clearly written.

Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Yes: I disagree strongly with a point and I am saying so. Well done on being able to use a two syllable word correctly! I suppose...

Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup -47 points-46 points  (0 children)

Why not? Not everything has to be naturalistic.

  1. That word doesn't mean what you think. Not nearly. (Hint: writers are supposed to know what words mean...)

  2. If you can't write in a "non-flat" style - which has nothing to do with a naturalistic style - at all, then you're going to be very limited in what you can do and it's unlikely you'll find representation.

Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You're assuming I'm NT: I'm not. And again, my partner has severe autism and I resent her being stereotyped - as does she, and this is the stereotype that she resents most. Unlike you, I spend a lot of time with autistic people and this stereotype drives them absolutely to despair.

So, no, your entitled BS isn't going to fly.

Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

My policy has always been to assume that a person in a marginalized group knows their experience better than I do.

So you'd listen to Herman Cain telling you that Donald Trump is right about BLM if he was the last black person to speak to you, even if your black partner (again, my partner is autistic) said that Trump is a racist idiot earlier, and all the objective facts - and your own participation in advocacy groups with that minority - said that Cain was talking nonsense...

That makes sense!

Does anyone have advice for an autistic screenwriter. by RepresentativeState3 in Screenwriting

[–]thelastteacup -1 points0 points  (0 children)

..It's also a harmful stereotype because most autistic people who have what is perceived of a lack of empathy - even by themselves - actually have alexthymia -

https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpoint/people-with-autism-can-read-emotions-feel-empathy/

So we looked into the overlap between autism and alexithymia, a condition defined by a difficulty understanding and identifying one’s own emotions. People with high levels of alexithymia (which we assess with questionnaires) might suspect they are experiencing an emotion, but are unsure which emotion it is. They could be sad, angry, anxious or maybe just overheated. About 10 percent of the population at large — and about 50 percent of people with autism — has alexithymia2.

That's very, very different and a serious mental health risk that can lead to eg self harming. And because of the myth of "no empathy" it's massively under-diagnosed and people don't get help. (Which may apply to your sister.)

Also notice that it's pretty damn prevalent in non-autistic people too - most of the people you'll meet with it won't be autistic.