tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654066522353482974.post8251110819024711225..comments2023-06-08T02:16:47.339-06:00Comments on You're Just Not That Interesting!: Things I hate today (High School 'tude edition)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654066522353482974.post-79218326004200031562008-09-26T13:40:00.000-06:002008-09-26T13:40:00.000-06:00I couldn't agree with you more - those posts by th...I couldn't agree with you more - those posts by that cess-pool of arrogant assholes was the most juvenile thing I've ever seen in my life. Especially that person (Mary-Kay what's her name...sorry, I'm not good at remembering names) talking about Asperger Syndrome as being categorized in the "stupid nerd" group. That cannot be further from the truth...many people with Asperger's are actually brilliant and most are academically-gifted. Most of them just don't perform as well on standardized tests because they analyze things on a much more abstract level than those tests convey. Besides, standardized tests are not an accurate assessment of one's intelligence; they just test how well you memorize facts and how well you test under pressure. It is widely known that they have been proven by clinical studies to be poor indicators of intelligence.<BR/><BR/>But the crux of my anger is that these people are arrogant assholes who should not even be posting things like this, and the reason that they do is that they are arrogant scumbags who have absolutely no life, have a poor understanding of the conditions they ignorantly bash; such as autism or this high-functioning variety known as Asperger's, which I am entirely convinced, being a researcher in the field of psychology myself, is being used as a fabrication by the psychiatric industry to con susceptible people into thinking there's something wrong with them, when there isn't. Many of the people I have met with Asperger's actually turned out to be misdiagnosed; they were, in actuality, ADHD and happened to have some of the characteristics of AS, which they later outgrew. In these people, the obsessive interests and impulsive characteristics they had merely resembled that of Asperger's because of coincidence; they just happened to have developed slightly differently (but we all develop differently). So what was falsely attributed to AS was in fact just a behavioral set of characteristics that was later outgrown. These people were also well-adjusted socially, could read non-verbal cues, and could read people's intentionalities most of the time. They also could understand and express emotions, and had a strong sense of empathy. They were very good at relating to people as well. Many of them were also athletic and had good fine and gross-motor coordination (which is not usually found in autistic people). So I highly suspect that they were merely misdiagnosed with a condition that is overdiagnosed to begin with. Therefore, I think that the psychiatric practice has flawed methodologies that need reform. I also think that AS should not be distinct from high-functioning autism, as there is no such thing as AS manifesting itself merely behaviorally; severe developmental delays and cognitive impairments in many areas (whether it be reading disabilities or discalculia, which are common with certain people with autism) have to be part of the disorder too in order to be diagnosed with an autistic-spectrum disorder. So AS should really be considered High-Functioning Autism, and those people who are merely quirky and exhibit commonalities (due to individual personality/disposition and not some severe alteration in development) w AS, but without the autistic characteristics should be discounted altogether from diagnosis.<BR/><BR/>As for those dim-witted, arrogant, myopic, dilletantes who are infinitely stupid, yet posturing as intelligent...let it be known that they should be banished from the blogosphere and from the face of the earth. Because they may have sailed their way through life by cheating their way through it through their posturing, cheating, and ass-kissing, but they will be punished for their prejudices. They are in a disgusting, ignorant denial of the fact that it is they who are on the bottom-rung of society; they are the bottom-feeders of humanity, the detritus of society, and scum of the earth. Mary Katherine and all her stupid acolytes, as well as the person who created that stupid post to begin with, will be punished for their prejudices. <BR/><BR/>Let me state as an addendum and as a matter of fact that I know from reading your blogs that you and I are far more intelligent than they are, and far more superior than they can ever aspire to be. I have an IQ of 150 and am part of MENSA, but I am also a decent human being, unlike these scumbags. But I will also acknowledge that some of the most brilliant people in the world (Albert Einstein, Issac Newton, Mark Twain, and even G.K. Chesterton) were considered "slow" and stupid in their youth. But this is because society and the education system are a poor indicator of intelligence. Society cannot judge a person accurately, and no tests can assess the magnitude of his brilliance and the extent of his capabilities. Genius cannot be quantified; for it exists on a level far beyond that of calculation, and only the most abstract and brilliant of minds can reach it.<BR/><BR/>My apologies for being so lengthy. Will aim for succinctness in the future. <BR/><BR/>~ LaurenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com