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I agree with this playing the game to an extent, if people put you in a category that fits you best, then they will know how to respond to you. The public seems in general to accept musicians and artists and their oddness as part of the "creative brain" or whatever one wants to call it. That is what helped me over the years, being a savant with art, as a child. It was my identity, which meant that some of my oddness and tantrums were overlooked and forgiven because I was "an artist, and that's how artists are". Also wirters, and directors, fashion designers, engineers, softwaredevelopers, and so on. The geek label is also helpful for many Aspies, even if they aren't as technical as people want them to be, it's a safe zone where one can be Aspie and yet not be in danger of being kicked out of the herd for being "dangerously strange". Sometimes in an attempt to fit in, one does put themselves in a situation where people get confused. Trying to look normal, but not behaving normally tends to scare people. But so does being a total punk or goth, or what have you. Depends on where you live I suppose. I liked being a punk in the 80s because I lived in SoHo NY. Acceptable. In a small town in Maine, not acceptable. Those people are dangerous toward people who are different. Very dangerous. I can vouch for that. I feared for my life until I moved to CA. The town I lived in here in CA was an artists town, but they didn't accept me. I now live in a town where there is wondrous variety, and people seem to accept me as I am. Sorry to run on so, but the cartoon was very thought provoking. :)
I agree with this playing the game to an extent, if people put you in a category that fits you best, then they will know how to respond to you. The public seems in general to accept musicians and artists and their oddness as part of the "creative brain" or whatever one wants to call it. That is what helped me over the years, being a savant with art, as a child. It was my identity, which meant that some of my oddness and tantrums were overlooked and forgiven because I was "an artist, and that's how artists are".
Also wirters, and directors, fashion designers, engineers, softwaredevelopers, and so on. The geek label is also helpful for many Aspies, even if they aren't as technical as people want them to be, it's a safe zone where one can be Aspie and yet not be in danger of being kicked out of the herd for being "dangerously strange".
Sometimes in an attempt to fit in, one does put themselves in a situation where people get confused. Trying to look normal, but not behaving normally tends to scare people. But so does being a total punk or goth, or what have you. Depends on where you live I suppose. I liked being a punk in the 80s because I lived in SoHo NY. Acceptable.
In a small town in Maine, not acceptable. Those people are dangerous toward people who are different. Very dangerous. I can vouch for that. I feared for my life until I moved to CA. The town I lived in here in CA was an artists town, but they didn't accept me. I now live in a town where there is wondrous variety, and people seem to accept me as I am.
Sorry to run on so, but the cartoon was very thought provoking. :)
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