Page 114 of 539 [ 8616 posts ]
Go to page Previous 1 ... 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117 ... 539 Next
18 Mar 2020, 1:03 am
Darmok wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
ouinon2 wrote:
One of the strangest things is realising that the way I usually live, and have done for years/decades, is seen as extreme/emergency levels of social distancing/self-isolation/semi-quarantine.
Made me wonder if people on the Autism Spectrum are in a way a sort of "appendix" for the human "race", like the one in the intestines, the separate little cul de sac which acts as a reservoir for essential and beneficial gut bacteria, so that after gastrointestinal disease events, diarrhoea etc, which damage/destroy the rest of the bacterial population, it can replenish them. Our behaviour is so often retired/withdrawn/reclusive/solitary, which may have been very protective/a survival advantage in times of plague or massacres by invading forces, our distance from others, our hidden away lives meant being overlooked, uninfected.
Made me wonder if people on the Autism Spectrum are in a way a sort of "appendix" for the human "race", like the one in the intestines, the separate little cul de sac which acts as a reservoir for essential and beneficial gut bacteria, so that after gastrointestinal disease events, diarrhoea etc, which damage/destroy the rest of the bacterial population, it can replenish them. Our behaviour is so often retired/withdrawn/reclusive/solitary, which may have been very protective/a survival advantage in times of plague or massacres by invading forces, our distance from others, our hidden away lives meant being overlooked, uninfected.
THIS
The Remnant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remnant_(Bible)
Yes. We're the termites.
18 Mar 2020, 1:27 am
18 Mar 2020, 1:39 am
The_Face_of_Boo
Veteran
Joined: 16 Jun 2010
Age: 44
Gender: Non-binary
Posts: 33,669
Location: Beirut, Lebanon.
18 Mar 2020, 1:59 am
18 Mar 2020, 2:04 am
18 Mar 2020, 2:17 am
18 Mar 2020, 2:22 am
18 Mar 2020, 2:26 am
18 Mar 2020, 2:31 am
18 Mar 2020, 2:32 am
EzraS wrote:
Misslizard wrote:
EzraS wrote:
All the same eating bats has killed about one tenth of the number of people killed from eating fast food.
Well that depends on how the bats are prepared.
https://www.instructables.com/id/DEEP-F ... BAT-WINGS/
If bat meals were being prepared by the fast food industry, the death toll would be much higher.
But they're so cute!
18 Mar 2020, 2:39 am
18 Mar 2020, 2:53 am
Wanna baby bat for a pet!
Uh, can they be litter box trained?
Cannot have him leaking while he flies around my place, you know.
Maybe tiny diapers?
18 Mar 2020, 3:36 am
18 Mar 2020, 3:46 am
ouinon2 wrote:
Our behaviour is so often retired/withdrawn/reclusive/solitary, which may have been very protective/a survival advantage in times of plague or massacres by invading forces, our distance from others, our hidden away lives meant being overlooked, uninfected.
Honestly, my lifestyle hasn't been, and won't be, much different with the coronavirus.
ouinon2 wrote:
Autists as back-up file. 
That is a disturbing thought.
ouinon2 wrote:
Definitely saw NT need to socialise more when stressed/anxious yesterday; lots of people stopping to talk more often and more volubly with each other. They do seem to need to cluster and gather and get together when in crisis. An advantage in certain situations but not in that of infectious disease.
I find it all a little amusing.
18 Mar 2020, 3:53 am
sly279 wrote:
Guy at work today wore gloves and after he left other made fun of him for it and being worried about his dad getting it. So even if they made enough most people wouldn’t wear them out of fear of being mocked. I won’t wear mask or gloves because I’d be mocked at work for however long I worked there.
I wear gloves when I go shopping and a couple of people had a problem with it.
One guy, behind me at checkout, faked coughed.
What a tool. <chuckle>
Yeah, NTs are so desperate to protect their social image.
Animal tribal instincts at work.
Silly buggers.
18 Mar 2020, 3:59 am
