Christ this is the epitome of bad-faith invoking neurodivergence to excuse bad behavior that sets everyone else back Why so blithe in your assumption that this judgmental normie cashier was one of those evil NTs and not also ND themselves
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TWakalix
I guess she must've been, right If they were really neurodivergent they'd have a well paid Silicon Valley job and not be working retail in the first place
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TWakalix
The essence of these bad faith invocations of disability is they don't acknowledge that by disclaiming any responsibility for performing emotional and mental labor they MOVE that responsibility elsewhere
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TWakalix
You fucked up at theory of mind, you offended a bunch of people and now you've made a mess you didn't mean to make and that sucks Really, it does, and society should have more mechanisms to fix that
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TWakalix
But by saying you bear no responsibility here you're saying the cashier should be a goddamn WIZARD of theory of mind That some retail worker should be trained to instantly analyze your actions, develop an empathetic picture of your POV, and come to an accurate threat assessment
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TWakalix
That's hard work It's hard work for NT and ND people alike I'd venture that it's usually HARDER work for ND people working in the service sector It is absurdly entitled to go around saying "because everyone around me isn't doing this work for me all the time, I'm oppressed"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TWakalix
And yeah, this isn't just about this absurd stupid situation with the tip jar This is exactly how Scott A and his friends see "nerdy men" (whom they equate with neurodivergence) relating to women (whom they equate with oppressive neurotypical society)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TWakalix
If my past restaurant experience was any experience, theres a fair chance the cashier will be a trans person, or a person with OCD, or a person managing schizophrenia, because it turns out retail disproportionately employs marginalized people, who knew
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Replying to @chathamharrison @TWakalix
I've been fucked over when working retail because my low grade social anxiety made me vulnerable in ways other people wouldn't have been (one time a dude did in fact steal a bunch of change from me with an obvious con job and I took a ton of heat for it)
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I don't agree with escalating to actual cops with actual guns over something like this and view this as a consequence of this taking place in an airport post-9/11 and post-TSA
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But yeah I'd be a lot more likely to just be freaked out in the wake of an interaction like this - "What the hell is this guy doing?" - and probably a more "normal" person would be more likely to dismiss it ("He probably just spaced out, whatever")
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