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Re: OT: My Idea of an Internet Cafe

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From: John Larkin
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:29
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On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 09:01:19 -0800 (PST), GreenXenon
<glucegen1x@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mar 4, 8:19�am, John Larkin
><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>
>
>> What about the coffee? The pastries?
>
>
>Yes. There's that too. Yum-Yums with an additional zing of anonymity
>to write whatever you want in chat rooms. What more could any warm-
>hearted, compassionate, fair, vulnerable outcast -- like me and many
>other geeks -- ask for?
>
>I'm a social outcast because of the clothes I wear. My skin is very
>sensitive so I can't wear the stuff that society considers "cool". I
>cannot adapt to the discomfort, so I have to wear what I currently
>wear. I have a best friend who has tried his best to support me but
>society started insulting him for hanging out with me. As a result, he
>is forced to abandon me.
>
>Because of what society does to my friend and me, I want to punish
>society by writing extremely taboo things in chat rooms -- without
>putting anyone [including myself] in harms way.

Waste of time. Nobody will be discomforted by what you type, but you
could get arrested if you go too far.


>
>My enemy [i.e. society] pisses me off. To be fair, I want to piss my
>enemy off.

Juvenile. Society will always win this skirmish. Learn to adapt, and
to be happy. Apply your intelligence.


>
>With this internet cafe, any social outcast could get on a chair, put
>on those goggles, get connected and pester society to their heart's
>content. It would be extremely difficult for society to figure out the
>who, what, when, where, why, and how of any social outcast venting
>their spleen via this cafe.
>
>I have an Autism Spectrum Disorder called Aspergers. This contributes
>to my sensitivity to certain fabric. Until society accepts my
>"oddities" and treats me as an equal, I will continue to want to
>punish it.


Have you seen the "Temple Grandin" movie? She's a full-blown autistic,
PhD, who used her intelligence to deal with her differences.

You won't change society, so quit whining and change yourself.

John
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