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85 points

When I was 12 I installed Linux… and now I have autism. And I’m gay!

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There’s truly not individual unique experiences.

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Well there’s a simple explanation right? When you’re growing up grappling with issues like homosexuality, disability or just feeling like an outsider - spending more time at a computer provided an escape from a judgemental and unwelcoming world. This is the same reason so many of us are night owls well into adulthood, cause we grew up feeling safer when the adults were asleep and we could maintain our personal boundaries.

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46 points

That’s like half the fediverse here

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16 points

I’m autistic and gay but I also have a secret third thing that stopped me from figuring out linux. The “AD” in ADHD (there needs to be a better way to distinguish between having attention deficit, hyperactivity, or hybrid). I have tried like four times now to figure out linux and my brain just doesn’t get the dopamine it needs from that activity and I just can’t focus 🫠

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9 points

There is a way to distinguish them ! There is Innatentive type, Hyperactive-impulsive type and Combined type

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7 points

It looks like Linux got much friendlier as of lately, and requires much less figuring out, but ymmv and you can of course run into issues, unfortunately.

Nowadays we usually have the benefit of being connected to the internet from something other than the computer we’re fiddling with, it was quite hard to troubleshoot modem issues when you need that modem to work for the internet connection.

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There is a shoet way to say it: Inattentive type (type I), Hyperactive type (type H), and Combination type (type C)

I routinely describe myself as ADHD type C

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2 points

C

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22 points

Gaytism

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13 points

Weird flex, but ogay.

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33 points

We get it, you use Arch.

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