wtfffff. even for my American butt, that sounds crazy. a government forcing its citizens to conduct a year of national service strikes me like some medieval or fascist level stuff.

WRONGGGG!! No one would be using an MS Office version that is 21 years old.

that guy aint gonna do anything with that 50 cal. the amount of time and effort he has to go thru to be able to use that against you effectively is too much considering how close you are to him. mess up the belt right near the firearm and he might be able to get 1-2 shots off at most if he even gets a chance to. additionally, he would have to rack it unless he’s insane enough to be driving around with that thing already racked without anyone manning it.

basically, this guy is prolly the least threatening guy out there because he’s so over the top with threatening others; he did a loop back to the other end of the continuum. like they say in Cuba, “a dog that barks does not bite.” to me, this guy is saying, “if there is any sort of violent altercation coming, kill me first.”

Could you elaborate on the lessons you have learned from those resources pls?

That is a fantastic painting! The artist nailed it.

Thank you! The way I’m handling it now is that if I were in a similar situation like yours with your friend, I would just distance myself from them. If we were together and they started making me feel bad, I would just leave. I don’t need to endure emotional distress because someone else is rude to me. I can just leave.

Yes, thank you! If I can’t joke about being autistic with someone, I don’t become their friend. Thanks to therapy, I have been really selective with who I allow in my life, and it has made a major welcomed difference in my quality of life and how I see myself.

That sucks about your friend’s inflated ego, but I’m happy you see it so you can adjust accordingly.

I feel this post so bad. I’m autistic but according to people that know me well, I’m also highly intelligent. Yet, when I first meet people without masking, they treat me as if I were stupid. This is such an issue in my life that I have often joked about getting a shirt that reads, “I’m autistic, not re****ed”, but my NT friends have said that it’s a bad idea. Anyway, this happens until a situation presents itself in which my intelligence is demonstrated, then people treat me as some sort of genius/savant. It’s ridiculous, but I’m used to it.

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Thank you for making this updated post 🙂

They did, but I thought they were just being mean to hurt my feelings. I didn’t think there was any truth to it.