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[–] Steve@startrek.website 21 points 6 days ago
[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

'sharks don't get cancer' - same train of thought.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The inside of RFK Jrs head be like…..

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Don't insult Brain like that! He is legitimately smart and does what he can given his circumstances (he is a literal lab rat in a lab that he has to escape from every night... and his only companion is barely functional).

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[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Everyone in Donald’s Admin is fucking stupid. Donald blaming dei… as everyone else is saying merit.

It must be A1. It’s all computer!

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

yes, he absolutely CAN be this stupid

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[–] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The worm ate deeply _ although I doubt there was much to eat.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 12 points 6 days ago

So, how old is the ol' muskrat?

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Coming from Silicon Valley, I can assure RFK, my friends with autism are absolutely crushing it out here.

I look at their homes and families and think “fuck, carve me off a slice of that spectrum.”

[–] straightjorkin@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

All someone on the spectrum needs to be successful is to get a special interest in a lucrative field.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Respectfully, this is a vast oversimplification. There are many successful people on the spectrum in tech, but that doesn't always translate to success or money. Communication is a huge part of a development job and communication with others is usually fraught for autistic people.

That being said, a bunch of folks on the milder end of the spectrum have certainly had great success in the field, myself among them.

[–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

communication with others is usually fraught for autistic people.

You should read about the double empathy problem. It has empirical proofs and explain well the issue.

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's this thing called the internet:

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[–] GorGor@startrek.website 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

THIS MAN HAS A WORM IN HIS BRAIN.

How we allowed him to lead the HHS is beyond me.

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[–] thespacecowboy@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Unfortunately lots of old folks think this way, actually today in the morning this same topic was brought up at breakfast by my mom, she was not being disrespectful necessarily but still is incredible how she cannot see that herself might be autistic and just never got a diagnosis

[–] plantmoretrees@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)
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