this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
1563 points (99.1% liked)
Autism
6933 readers
399 users here now
A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance. All neurotypes are welcome.
We have created our own instance! Visit Autism Place the following community for more info.
Community:
Values
- Acceptance
- Openness
- Understanding
- Equality
- Reciprocity
- Mutuality
- Love
Rules
- No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments e.g: racism, sexism, religious hatred, homophobia, gatekeeping, trolling.
- Posts must be related to autism, off-topic discussions happen in the matrix chat.
- Your posts must include a text body. It doesn't have to be long, it just needs to be descriptive.
- Do not request donations.
- Be respectful in discussions.
- Do not post misinformation.
- Mark NSFW content accordingly.
- Do not promote Autism Speaks.
- General Lemmy World rules.
Encouraged
- Open acceptance of all autism levels as a respectable neurotype.
- Funny memes.
- Respectful venting.
- Describe posts of pictures/memes using text in the body for our visually impaired users.
- Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
- Questions regarding autism.
- Questions on confusing situations.
- Seeking and sharing support.
- Engagement in our community's values.
- Expressing a difference of opinion without directly insulting another user.
- Please report questionable posts and let the mods deal with it. Chat Room
- We have a chat room! Want to engage in dialogue? Come join us at the community's Matrix Chat.
.
Helpful Resources
- Are you seeking education, support groups, and more? Take a look at our list of helpful resources.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Image Transcription:
X/Twitter post by user merlot mami @KendrasUsername reading: It's our hilarious interns last day. He's autistic and a super straight shooter. My VP asked him in front of everyone on his way out "you gonna miss this place & the people at all?" and he said "Um..no" and walked out.
[I am a human, if Iβve made a mistake please let me know. Please consider providing alt-text for ease of use. Thank you. π]
Good human
Thank you, fellow human. π€
Hehe, calling it "X/Twitter" now. Nice way to address the complaints while keeping reference to the new branding.
I still prefer Twitter, but I can respect that.
I was listening to NPR yesterday and the reporter kept referring to it as "X, now rebranded Twitter." What else can you do? If you just say "X" nobody knows what the devil you're talking about. It's like "the artist formally known as Prince." Forever awkward.
The New York Times actually referred to it as βthe service formerly known as Twitterβ. I love it, we should all follow suit!
I'd rather call it something else (I'm enjoying Xitter, pronounced Shitter), but for the purpose of ease of use I transcribe it as X/Twitter so as to hopefully confuse people as little as possible.
In casual conversation I call X posts Xcrements