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We lost our sphynx very dramatically two weeks ago, and he was only 10 years old with no prior health issues, so I know how it feels.

You're not alone.

Me and my partner are still devastated and find ourselves sobbing uncontrollably every day.

It was like losing a child.

Life is on auto pilot these days.

I hope I'll see a good day again.

There are a couple of studies on this, and the findings are admittedly kind of scattered, but here are some key points.

One study suggests as much as 50% of people on the spectrum have at least four (or more) comorbid conditions (a vast variety of things, e.g. ADD, intellectual disabilities etc).

Another study found that 95% of children with ASD had comorbidities. Again, the rain man trope is rather strongly rooted in our sociocultural reality tunnel.

I've met a lot of people on the spectrum in my life (about 1% of the population are diagnosed, after all), and almost all of them have also had either ADD, intellectual disabilities, medical disabilities like Crohn's disease, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, PCOS, hormonal or chromosomal disorders and/or other psychological conditions like schizophrenia or other schizotypal disorders BPD, bipolar disorder etc.

The fact is that a Sheldon Cooper is kind of a unicorn among autistics.

But truthfully, my observation that most autistics are below average intelligence is almost entirely anecdotal (yet with a rather sizeable sample pool), because admittedly I'm struggling to find any hard data on it.

Some figures I've seen say 32% have below 70, 25% have 70-84, 40% have 85-115, with only about 3% being above 115.

But here's at least one study finding that 55% of autistic kids have an intellectual disability (below 70 IQ).

People still think of autism in like... Rain Man-terms.

As much as people like to think popular depictions (The Big Bang Theory, Abed in Community, etc) of autistic behavioral patterns are somehow furthering "the cause" (whatever that is) - ultimately, they amount to little more than vaudeville and can be incredibly damaging to people who don't "seem autistic".

It's very tiring to assure people that yes, you are indeed autistic, when all they know is Sheldon Cooper and Raymond Babbitt.

Especially annoying if they think you're some sort of genius, when the average autistic's intelligence generally is lower than average.

Especially now that so many fucking lunatic autistics are committing atrocities.

If you're obviously greatly disabled autistic=not threatening High functioning autistic=liability

I was diagnosed 20 years ago, and even I had a very hard time recognizing and accepting that my own partner is also autistic (now diagnosed as an adult).

But then again, it seems to manifest dramatically different in men v.s. women, as well as there not really being any depictions of autistic women in media for the longest time.

And a gigantic part of autistic women no doubt went undiagnosed for a long time (and still are).

I don't understand why these Google alternatives don't lean hard on actually replacing Google's services.

Myself as an example; if Notesnook had collaboration, I'd switch in a heartbeat.

Thr main use-case for an app like this for me is in things like grocery lists, to-do lists etc, all of which are impossible or annoying to do with Notesnook.

For general offline notes that need to be encrypted there are other solutions I'd rather use. I'd like if I could just use one app for it.

Me and my partner would HAPPILY pay for an app to get out of Google'S clutches.

There's money on the table, but they ain't counting it yet.

Why?

I like it, but haven't played more than a few hours.

The voice acting and (most) character faces feel insanely dated, though. Fantasy just comes off weird in an American accent.

The game runs poorly and doesn't really look and feel that great considering the processing cost, but that's just Unreal Engine 5 being shit.

Those are my biggest complaints.

Combat is pretty engaging and I think it's pretty cool, but it can be kind of health-spongey. Feels like it needs some work to feel better and more fluid.

The story seems okay, although I haven't gotten far. Kind of generic fantasy akin to Divinity Original Sin 2/Baldur's Gate 3 or Pillars of Eternity (duh).

Honestly, I like that it's not just another murder hobo simulator and has a bit more focused story.

It's a pretty solid 6-7/10, which is fine. Maybe it'll grow on me, but there's no chance of it becoming another Cyberpunk 2077.

Hopefully they learned from making this and The Outer Worlds 2 is a lot better than the first one.

But.. How is that racist?

It might be stupid, but racist? That's a stretch.

Just curious, how exactly is that comment racist?

I don't know anything about what he said, but I can't condone murder - especially if it was for nothing.

It's Schrödinger's vigilantism.

Part of me wants there to be a vigilante hunting down those who prey on the weak by breaking the social contract.

But another part of me doesn't think the people who would be willing to do said hunting should even be free in society to begin with.

Clearly something(s) has to change, but what?

The Swedish mid-right also ruled out working with the far-right. Until they had to to gain government control.

Well see, that's a real mistake.

I can take or leave the others, but New Vegas is special. It has plenty of shortcomings, but it's still the last good Fallout.

I've been punching nazis and Italian fascists (as well as shooting, crushing skulls with heavy objects, blowing them up etc) in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle since around christmas.

It's a great time.

I'm autistic, so it's not a one-for-one; but some similarities to ADHD, and what's worked for me, is exercise.

Walk 10000 steps a day and go to the gym 3 days a week and lift as heavy as you can.

Use the GZCLP program and you're golden.

Plus, you get healthier AND you'll look better naked.