The Maelstrom of Violence

[pbrower2a]

(09-21-2017, 12:52 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(09-20-2017, 11:32 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: If I had known about Asperger's when I was young I would have had a very different and much more-rewarding life. If I could get away with Asperger's (and the one good thing about America is that it does reasonably well for people with handicaps) I would probably have a good job, a wife (probably with Asperger's) and children. Adopted, of course. They probably wouldn't look much like us... but at least they would not have the Curse.  People like me are typical fathers of children who end up institutionalized for autism.

There are a lot fewer female aspies than male aspies, so you'd be unlikely to have a wife who was also an aspie.

Also, Asperger's is a gift, not a curse.  I'm thrilled to have two of three kids who are likely aspies.  Aspies interact fine with other aspies; it's the neurotypicals that are the problem.

There are good things, like being able to listen to classical music and appreciate counterpoint because I cannot stand the sound volume at a rock concert.  But struggling to get and hold jobs because one muffs job interviews and losing jobs because one responds to little calamities the wrong way isn't so great. In an economic order that shows no mercy such is awful.

But if I knew I would be protected with ADA when I needed it. I would have not made some of the career mistakes that I made. I might have gotten a teaching degree. Paraplegics, quadriplegics, the deaf, and the blind know that they have a proble. Aspergers when I was a young adult had no clue. Back then the people getting attention were those who ended up before the criminal justice system.

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(09-20-2017, 12:04 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:

(09-19-2017, 09:44 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(09-19-2017, 09:33 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: Unlike with you, I think in his case it is the latter since he rarely if ever makes new arguments.

I think you've got that backwards.  Most people have to encounter new ideas more than once if they are counter to a lifetime of propaganda exposure - especially when the propaganda specifically includes simplistic ways to reject those ideas.  In addition, I believe, he has a vested interest in the welfare system.  Get him a job that takes him off welfare for a few years, and he might suddenly become open minded.

The last paying job that I had was as a substitute school teacher -- so I know how rough poverty can be on students.

If you are talking about a low-paying job in retail, as in a convenience store -- such would really radicalize me.

We've discussed this before.  I'm talking about the $80k/year programming job that you could probably get.  Asperger's is a big asset in programmers.

That would have been good. Back in my young-adult times the programming jobs had fierce competition awaiting anyone applying.