srsly?

[green]

http://cashima.dreamwidth.org/2104.html

What is it with fandom and attention whores? Does everyone have ADD these days or does fandom draw in an incredibly large amount of people with autistic traits? I seriously wonder whether they don't give a damn that they're pushing their own selfish little problems onto others or actually cannot perceive their self-absorption at all. That's a basic trait of autism.

...I lost my cool. a little. I don't think I'm out of line, though.

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Re: via network

[softestbullet]

What? Awww. :)

Hey guess what! A couple of days ago I realized that I have ADD. So... good to find out that I'm a self-absorbed "attention whore." Hadn't heard that stereotype before.

Re: via network

[othercat]

I have, actually...mostly in cases where the person was convinced that the "asocial" behaviors involved with ADD and being on the spectrum are actually about lacking courtesy toward others. (Or are being used as an "excuse" to be rude.)

It's kind of ironic given the extreme discourtesy Cashima displays.

Re: via network

[softestbullet]

Now that I think about it, yeah, you're right. I just never thought "talking about yourself on the internet too much" was part of it. (For ADD at least; that's definitely the kind of thing people say about people with ASD. :/)