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22 May 2021, 2:32 am

If everyone knew all about you and you didn’t know them, if you were infamous how would you feel?

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22 May 2021, 5:23 pm

I'd feel a lot better than I do now. I wouldn't have to justify that I'm trans or on the spectrum.

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23 May 2021, 7:30 pm

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If everyone knew all about you and you didn’t know them, if you were infamous how would you feel?

If one person knew me even 50%, I might be able to answer.

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23 May 2021, 11:17 pm

Technic1 wrote:

if you were infamous how would you feel?

Am unable to answer that question since I can't even begin to relate to being infamous ...

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from The Century Dictionary.
Of ill fame; famous or noted for badness of any kind; notoriously evil; of vile character or quality; odious; detestable: applied to persons or things.
Involving or attributing infamy; branded, or that brands, with infamy: as, an infamous crime;

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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable
adjective Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree
adjective (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime.
adjective Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.

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24 May 2021, 12:47 am

I think I'll wait for clarification - does the OP really mean "infamous" ?

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24 May 2021, 2:07 am

The first thing the topic title brought to my mind was how back in elementary school everyone seemed to know who I was, but I only knew my own class and some people from one class above and one below me... maybe I was the odd one out simply because of my prosopagnosia, which I knew nothing of at the time, and everyone else really did know everyone at least by name... it was a small school, so it's possible.

As for everyone knowing a lot about me because I was famous, I think I could live with that since then I'd know why they know so much about me even though I know nothing about them.

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24 May 2021, 3:58 am

ToughDiamond wrote:

I think I'll wait for clarification - does the OP really mean "infamous" ?

Infamous or famous or telepathy...

Thank you.

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24 May 2021, 4:13 am

No change.
For better or for worse.

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24 May 2021, 4:57 am

might save some explaining

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24 May 2021, 10:23 am

Technic1 wrote:

ToughDiamond wrote:

I think I'll wait for clarification - does the OP really mean "infamous" ?

Infamous or famous or telepathy...

Thank you.

It greatly depends on what I did or did not do to get to that form of recognition by others.

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24 May 2021, 11:51 am

QuantumChemist wrote:

Technic1 wrote:

ToughDiamond wrote:

I think I'll wait for clarification - does the OP really mean "infamous" ?

Infamous or famous or telepathy...

Thank you.

It greatly depends on what I did or did not do to get to that form of recognition by others.

That would include the "inaction" of being the victim of malicious gossip.

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24 May 2021, 2:03 pm

Technic1 wrote:

ToughDiamond wrote:

I think I'll wait for clarification - does the OP really mean "infamous" ?

Infamous or famous or telepathy...

Thank you.

Thanks. I'm still struggling to know quite what the question is, but I'll have a go at making a reply.

I don't think I'd like to be famous, because generally speaking I'm not fond of famous people, so I think I'd rather dislike myself. I object to the inequality of fame, I'd prefer a world in which we were all pretty much equally known and understood. And I don't think famous people are often known very accurately.

But on reflection, I suspect that what you're wanting to know is how people here would feel if everybody else understood them. Personally I'd prefer it to be mutual. And I don't think I'd like it if I couldn't conceal at least some of myself from others. The idea of them knowing all about me and me knowing nothing about them, I'd feel like I was a zoo animal or something. I wouldn't want to trust strangers with all that information about me.

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24 May 2021, 2:05 pm

I would set up a GoFundMe account for myself and ask everyone to donate a dollar.

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24 May 2021, 2:08 pm

I mean....really.....this "autism as leprosy" thing is just ridiculous.

How would one be "infamous" for having autism????

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24 May 2021, 2:12 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

I mean....really.....this "autism as leprosy" thing is just ridiculous.

How would one be "infamous" for having autism????

I didn’t mean infamous for Aspergers, I meant infamous with Aspergers?

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24 May 2021, 3:50 pm

The first time Feynman fielded a 'phone call from a reporter, he was surprised to hear his roommate respond "Ah, publicity's a b***h."
I have been mildly celebrated in my field, and out of over a dozen interviews, was only quoted with full accuracy once. Keeping up with feeding the media can be a lot of work and it may be a waste of time. Fame can easily create a public persona that sells ads but has little to do with the real you, just cherry-picking what it can use.
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