How do you feel about the autism creature?

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18 Nov 2023, 11:00 pm

Make it a bit more cat like and ironically a little feminine, then MAYBE I'd incline to like it. :lol:

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18 Nov 2023, 11:01 pm

^cats are the ultimate autistic creature.

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18 Nov 2023, 11:03 pm

Its eyes are way too expressive for an autistic person, or at least for me.
I could only hope to portray that much emotion.

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18 Nov 2023, 11:03 pm

Raleigh wrote:

^cats are the ultimate autistic creature.

Maybe that's why I have five.

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18 Nov 2023, 11:19 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:

Its eyes are way too expressive for an autistic person, or at least for me.
I could only hope to portray that much emotion.

It's learned to mask, but just a little.

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18 Nov 2023, 11:25 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

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IsabellaLinton wrote:

Never heard of it.

Its a cute creature.

But WTF does it hafta do with autism?

I mean...in what way does it represent/portray autism?

I think it's one of those things that happened mainly by accident, as a lot of memes do. Based on the contexts I see it portrayed in, some people seem relate to its intense but non-threatening stare (it can give the impression of someone who's either really focussed on something they find interesting, or of someone who is feeling disconnected in a social environment, depending on where you put it). I don't think most people think about it too deeply though- it's a bit of a silly character

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18 Nov 2023, 11:27 pm

I love the autism creature. He's quite the no-nonsense lad. We need a no-nonsense creature to represent us.

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19 Nov 2023, 7:37 am

It's creepy. The first time I saw it I thought of 'The Wall' by Pink Floyd.

I hate memes in general, though. They're a lazy and shallow replacement for actual communication.

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19 Nov 2023, 3:32 pm

I don't relate to it at all.

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19 Nov 2023, 7:28 pm

Raleigh wrote:

^cats are the ultimate autistic creature.

I would have thought it would be a lama. I mean, read the Tao Te Ching or anything on Cha'an, and it's pretty clear that they were trying to create autistic people, just with somewhat more internal awareness of what our needs are.

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19 Nov 2023, 8:06 pm

I'll vote for the cats.

I was 64 when I first saw that book. I was stunned that it mentioned some things that:
(a) were true about me
(b) I would never have guessed had anything to do with Autism.

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20 Nov 2023, 6:11 pm

Raleigh wrote:

^cats are the ultimate autistic creature.

They're good role models. None of this trying to fit in nonsense.

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