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As an autistic person: please no.

But I guess that's just a part of the war on science this administration is waging. Getting rid of the population overrepresented in sciences will get them there fast.





Shudders

That was one figure I haven't yet remembered when making analogies to describe what's going on.

But it's so apt. And Lysenko was successful.


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I don't know what concerns me more, the fact that this isn't a complete conspiracy, or the fact that people (and this comment) seem somewhat indifferent about it.

I feel like we're in the 1930's, watching what's happening and having no clue what to do about it.


I'd say flippant or facetious, not necessarily indifferent.


Good point. I've made some dark jokes about it all with friends, not because it’s funny or we don’t care, but because we care a lot, there's a lot of fear, and we don't know what we can do to help yet.

It’s dark humor of the battlefield or emergency room kind.


> we don't know what we can do to help yet

I think many of us do know what we could do... The possible consequences of doing those things, however, are too big to actually do them. Most of us live pretty comfortable lives and aren't (yet?) directly impacted by what's happening, so it's not worth it.

With people already seemingly being deported for speaking out against the administration, doing anything more than using dark humor (like protesting) is already becoming pretty risky.

Edit: I'm not trying to be judgemental, by the way. I'm just observing. I'm also one of the people who is just posting on the internet about this and talking among friends.


> Most of us live pretty comfortable lives and aren't (yet?) directly impacted by what's happening, so it's not worth it.

That's also what happened last time.


Yeah, I'm not a native English speaker and was looking for a word that matched my feeling. Those two, with a splash of indifference, is what my gut feels.


>I don't know what concerns me more, the fact that this isn't a complete conspiracy, or the fact that people (and this comment) seem somewhat indifferent about it.

Judging by the comment history, it appears that their words have been misinterpreted.

Chances are, they're autistic and feel they're in the crosshairs.

At least consider that as a possibility.




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