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nessa238
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27 Apr 2013, 11:18 am

It's not the same kind of dramatics though at all in my opinion

Theatrical behaviour is over the top but still socially acceptable; autistic meltdowns/temper losses are not socially acceptable.



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27 Apr 2013, 12:06 pm

I don't find the joke itself that bad, but I often find that the sort of people who play "games" like that are not the sort of people I like to be around. It often turns into a highly judgmental and malicious exercise, and I can't stand being around people who think themselves to be so self-important.



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27 Apr 2013, 12:17 pm

If I understand it correctly, people were saying that it's offensive to compare people to autistic people, and you were offended that people were saying that it's offensive to compare people to you?

Yes, that makes sense.



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27 Apr 2013, 1:12 pm

It sounds more like they were saying autistic people don't have talent and that it was like calling theatre majors dumb and talentless. What you posted wasn't offensive at all.



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27 Apr 2013, 1:42 pm

Anomiel wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
Get you're stereotypes right!


http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clip ... tereotypes
The joke is at 01:19 :D


This video is not accessible outside the US.



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27 Apr 2013, 3:19 pm

rapidroy wrote:
Its hard to be offended when I don't even understand the joke, I feel more like confused.


Yeah . . . :?:



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27 Apr 2013, 3:22 pm

UDG wrote:
Anomiel wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
Get you're stereotypes right!


http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clip ... tereotypes
The joke is at 01:19 :D


This video is not accessible outside the US.


That video is funny XD



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27 Apr 2013, 5:59 pm

UDG wrote:
Anomiel wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
Get you're stereotypes right!


http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clip ... tereotypes
The joke is at 01:19 :D


This video is not accessible outside the US.


It is.



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27 Apr 2013, 6:03 pm

Drehmaschine wrote:
It sounds more like they were saying autistic people don't have talent and that it was like calling theatre majors dumb and talentless. What you posted wasn't offensive at all.


Also, there are autistic people in theater, and they are not talentless.



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27 Apr 2013, 6:58 pm

Mirror21 wrote:
UDG wrote:
Anomiel wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
Get you're stereotypes right!


http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clip ... tereotypes
The joke is at 01:19 :D


This video is not accessible outside the US.


That video is funny XD


Eugene Mirman is very funny :D And coincidentally this is a much funnier joke involving Asperger's:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVSQ25Q4Uw4[/youtube]