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you guys are literally making me sick
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:24:27 UTC from web-
@abigpony *waves a tail in your face*
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:25:43 UTC from StatusNet Android -
@abigpony If that's the case, all ya have to do is click that lil' x in the top right there.
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@abigpony I could do obnoxious furry roleplay if that'd help.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:26:55 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Is there a ponykin movement yet?
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@scribus I dunno. Last time I looked into this stuff I found out what a "Fictive Headmate" was and tried to drive my car into a river.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:28:45 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark "Fictive headmate," you say? I don't think I'm near any rivers, it should be safe for me to look into.
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@ceruleanspark That's the technical term for waifu, I assume?
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:30:04 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@redenchilada It's...way dumber. It's for people who've convinced themselves they have a dissociative identity who is a fictitious character who lives in their head. Like taking the tulpa concept to ridiculous lengths, then trying to legitimise the practise.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:31:14 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark So like an imaginary friend?
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:32:55 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@redenchilada Deeper than that. These people believe they enter a fugue state and actively channel that character. As in, they claim the character takes over their body.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:34:20 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Someone they openly admit is fiction takes real-life control of their real-life body? (Hey, I'm impressed, I managed to type that without my eyes bleeding!)
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@scribus They also use some fantastic doublethink to rationalise the fact that multiple people allegedly play host to the same fictitious entity.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:37:54 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Do they ever just take each other on as headmates (am I using that correctly?)?
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@scribus I was reading a thing where one of them had to turn down their own headmates sexual advances. I kind of want to know what that involves but at the same time I think I'd undergo completely neurological collapse if I did.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:40:11 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Well that brings a new meaning to the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing.
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@scribus Apparently it was the hardest thing they ever had to do. Which takes "First world problems" to a new and starkly depressing level.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:42:57 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark ........... O___O #NeverEnoughWat
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@scribus They seriously have their own highly specific variant of the "many worlds" theory to explain away the discrepancy.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:38:31 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark I try so hard to be all "live and let (live/die)," to remember that everyone is just doing what they think will bring them happiness... but sometimes... sometimes... I really think a good slapping is overdue.
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@ceruleanspark Oh, that makes sense. Pretending to have a disease as an excuse for incompetence, making a mockery of the real thing. Sounds like the kind of treatment Asperger's gets.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:36:28 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@redenchilada LOOK, WIKIPEDIAS INTERPRETATION OF THE DSM IV SAYS I HAVE ASPERGERS OK. I AM AN EXPERT
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:37:22 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Those people sicken me.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:37:58 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@redenchilada On a vaguely related note, I have an appointment at the end of the month to assess whether or not I actually have it once and for all.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:39:19 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Cool beans.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:39:55 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@redenchilada But of course, if the answer is a confirmed "yes", it won't make any difference because I'd still get lumped in with all the self-diagnosers who've cheapened the whole thing.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:41:34 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark In my delusional mind I like to imagine that it'd be different if education on such was part of the education system. If they can force me to take a class that talks about schizophrenia and the like, surely they can give the autism spectrum a cursory mention.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:48:39 UTC from StatusNet Android-
@redenchilada the only reason I have an education on the subject at all is that my mother was a carer for a heavily autistic boy.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:51:41 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark My mom gets heavily involved in the various autism-related campaigns as a result of both of my older brothers having it in some form and I've gleaned a fair bit of information from her. It disgusts me how many misunderstand it. Like, the topic is my lone sacred cow.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:54:12 UTC from web-
@redenchilada Have you ever read "The Curious Incident of The Dog In the Night Time"? It's the story of a high functioning autist investigating the death of his neighbours dog. It's written from the perspective of his "case notes"
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 22:04:06 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark I haven't, but it sounds highly interesting.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 22:05:38 UTC from web-
@redenchilada I found it fascinating, and oddly resonant.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 22:06:42 UTC from web
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@redenchilada And then they act really uptight and angry when people with real DID get mad that they're trivialising a life destroying disorder.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:32:09 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark Oh man they have so many special fancy terms, it's like reading another language or jumping into someone else's p&p RPG session. 0.0
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@scribus If it actually worked the way some of them suggest, everyone would be doing it. It'd be like getting multi-core conciousness.
Wednesday, 29-Aug-12 21:35:11 UTC from web
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