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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago

Mostly I was just a weirdo for most of my life, but to be fair I was a teen in the early 1980s, and mental illness was assumed to mean wielding a machete at Silver Lake.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

People react with DUHHHH, "really??" Or 'i never noticed' and to these latter i have some pamphlets for you.....

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Mine are more like Justin Long's doctor character in Idiocracy.

"Don't worry, scrote. There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick-ass lives."

[–] EliYeet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

When I am in my field of expertiece I apparently Start actin like Dr House

[–] AccidentalLoop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Everyone, including myself, said the same thing. We already knew that.