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Article #2323Re: OT: My Idea of an Internet Cafe
From: John Larkin
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:29
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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