I wish you didn't toss the autism word around so easily as if it was some blessing that makes one an insanely focused "Rainman" with photographic memory and stuff.
To me it has brought nothing but pain and suffering. You can't iomagine living a life where you simply don't understand people or their emotions and have real hard time even with your own. Yes, I admit we might be more or less obsessive or have a one track mind but mine isn't about crunching numbers or mining data but a much more "useless" hobby :/
You have to understand how language works. The "autism" this is talking about is not the autism you have suffered with. Rather, the words "autism" and "autist" here refer to a particular skill set and bend of mind that take the data being thrown up on the chan boards, (or here, for example) and pulls, pushes and tweaks it together to generate connections that reveal more significant and deeper truths and significances.
Just like "faggot" doesn't mean homosexual.
In other words, the original meaning of the word is being used as a springboard to create a NEW meaning and new use, which may, in some way, be related to the original meaning. This is what "borrowing" words is.
This is a natural aspect of language. Language, including words, expressions, etc, are naturally and frequently borrowed from one place and applied or used in another to expand, change or alter a way of expressing meaning via ... well, language.
It's a natural occurrence, and happens between languages, within languages, between genres, social groups, all sorts of things. I'm a linguist. I know.
That said, I appreciate that for you, this is a word that brings up a lot of pain and difficulty. And on behalf of the Great Awakening, I apologize. Not for the borrowing of (and creation of) these terms, but simply because you, our fellow pede, carry a burden and a challenge we may at times be ignorant of, which means you have to carry it alone.
Thank you for sharing. You honor us all in the sharing of your real experience, and your pain.
I wish you didn't toss the autism word around so easily as if it was some blessing that makes one an insanely focused "Rainman" with photographic memory and stuff.
To me it has brought nothing but pain and suffering. You can't iomagine living a life where you simply don't understand people or their emotions and have real hard time even with your own. Yes, I admit we might be more or less obsessive or have a one track mind but mine isn't about crunching numbers or mining data but a much more "useless" hobby :/
You have to understand how language works. The "autism" this is talking about is not the autism you have suffered with. Rather, the words "autism" and "autist" here refer to a particular skill set and bend of mind that take the data being thrown up on the chan boards, (or here, for example) and pulls, pushes and tweaks it together to generate connections that reveal more significant and deeper truths and significances.
Just like "faggot" doesn't mean homosexual.
In other words, the original meaning of the word is being used as a springboard to create a NEW meaning and new use, which may, in some way, be related to the original meaning. This is what "borrowing" words is.
This is a natural aspect of language. Language, including words, expressions, etc, are naturally and frequently borrowed from one place and applied or used in another to expand, change or alter a way of expressing meaning via ... well, language.
It's a natural occurrence, and happens between languages, within languages, between genres, social groups, all sorts of things. I'm a linguist. I know.
That said, I appreciate that for you, this is a word that brings up a lot of pain and difficulty. And on behalf of the Great Awakening, I apologize. Not for the borrowing of (and creation of) these terms, but simply because you, our fellow pede, carry a burden and a challenge we may at times be ignorant of, which means you have to carry it alone.
Thank you for sharing. You honor us all in the sharing of your real experience, and your pain.
Fren, I salute you, Pede.
wwg1wga
for your reference:
https://omaralswiket.wordpress.com/borrowing-in-language/
Thanks! :)