Keying cars

Post Reply New Topic

Don't worry Tyri0n, I can't bear seeing people ganged up on so if I see it I will try to defend them. I hope you feel I have defended you. Justice and fairness are very important to me.

Sexual harassment is very serious and horrendous to go through, I have been through it myself.

Just to make you feel better, if the photo of the blonde guy in the red t-shirt on your sound cloud thing is you, you are a handsome guy.

Hope that's boosted your self-esteem.

PS there definitely are things wrong with society!

I don't think it was stated anywhere that Fnord did harrass the receptionist; he was just accused of doing it by her

More details were asked for, which he didn't provide, but I never accused him of doing it and there wasn't sufficient evidence
to prove anything either way imo

Now not keying cars is a social thing and an empathy thing?

This thread is pissing me off, blaming destruction on autism now?


*leaves thread in rage and is through with it*

If you don't believe in private property rights, why are you upset by people without permits parking in your lot?

I strongly disagree.

The guy broke the rules, in the most absurd of the ways.

Dude truly does deserve stigmatization from WP community.

This is crossing a line, a real line, not just some emotional thing.

By simply rationizing it out to emotional dysfunction is an extreme moral hazard for this site.

And basic logic swoops in.

Really though the fact that anyone is supporting him in this by some absurd justification that he is autistic is puzzling.

And people who engage in blatant sexual harassment should be stigmatized also?

Interesting. I would also suggest that it has nothing to do with autism. I would say that it has to do with being a bit of a jerk. I'd also say it's perfectly understandable.

I remember that I would get off a long shift, head home to my apartment, and have to park at the school across the street. It was inconvenient. When I was exhausted after unloading trucks for eight hours, it was downright infuriating. Never keyed someones car, though. Certainly thought about it. May have stuck a nail in someone's tire when drunk. Not proud of it.

The fact is, there is nothing about autism that says we are more or less susceptible to kind of being sociopaths, or behaving like them. I have seen many posts in my short time here that indicate that many of the people on this site have difficulty understanding others' perspectives, or stepping outside themselves. With the proper mentality, that could certainly be a decent basis for behaving like that.

Maybe simpler would be saying people are jerks. We all screw up. We all do wretched things. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Sure, you may not have keyed someone's car, but think back. You ever been a jerk to someone for no reason? Ever been cruel? Ever put yourself ahead of others? Spoiler: Answer's yes.

So no, having ASD doesn't make you more or less prone to sociopathic behavior. Being human does.

...have you been diagnosed with bipolar disorder or cyclothymia?
I'm wondering, because you describe these cycles, and your "high" cycles have these traits:
--Hypersexual
--High energy
--Risk-taking behavior
--Anger
--Reduced need for sleep
--Elevated mood

And they alternate with depression.

Now, I'm not saying you're ridiculously manic, but that looks like hypomania to me (as an absolutely unqualified, total neophyte to psychology, without even a bachelor's degree). I can't slap a diagnosis on you, but I can say that it might make sense to get this checked out. What if you were able to stabilize your moods somewhere in the middle, so that you'd be neither depressed nor anti-social? I think it would be worth a try.

By the way: I'm not blaming your keying cars on any hypomanic state you may be in. I still think that's a decision you're making, and need to stop making. But it may still be easier to make the right choice if your moods get straightened out.

It's not the same thing: The people who got accused of sexual harassment didn't actually want to harass anybody; their poor social skills and poor ability to judge someone else's "back off" signals just meant they were perceived as "creepy". Most of the time when they find out they're either mortified or angry that someone would accuse them of doing something so horrible.

I said the same thing a while ago but I'm sure it will be listened to now you've said it

I don't condemn someone just for breaking rules. I would condemn being as as*hole though. From the description in the OP sadly I'd have to conclude that he was being an as*hole when he did that. He had no idea what the circumstances of the owner of every car he keyed was. He just assumed they deserved it. I've parked illegally before because I had to visit somewhere at an hour of the day when there's absolutely no legal place to park and if I wander around for an hour looking I'll be late for my appointment. I'm willing to take responsibility for the risk of getting a parking ticket. As if I'm not stressed enough at not being able to find a place to park if I found my car keyed I'd be pretty irate.

Actually, you claim that it is other people's fault that their cars get keyed. They have it coming because they are rich and live in gated communities.


You don't know if the cars were owned by "rich" people. Rich people don't deserve to have their cars scratched. That is allll in your mind.

It can be easier to deal with the fact that you've done something nasty if you try to rationalize it as "they deserved it". I don't think Tyrion is delusional or anything.

I also don't think he's an irredeemable jerk. We have all done things that were mean; we've all broken rules. Even the naturally rule-following Aspies have probably managed to make some mistakes. You can decide to do something nasty; you can also decide not to do it. I recommend the latter.

Yeah, maybe coming from two independent observers it might look more worth checking into. Bipolar/cyclothymia is not exactly rare.

Depeneding on how the car is insured you could
be doing somebody a favor.
We had cars in the shop where every last panel
had been keyed.
An entire paint job for the prise of the deductable.
Same thing with windsheilds too.

Heh, don't bet on that. It's like going, "Hey, I can rob this guy; he's got insurance!" Still a hassle to get the thing fixed, and many people don't have insurance that covers damage of that sort.