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My suspicion is that neurodiverse people are already used to feeling marginalized and unacceptable for invisible reasons, so there’s less of a social barrier-to-entry in coming out. Like, “Everybody already thinks I’m weird and doesn’t want to hang out; might as well tell 'em I’m queer.”

I think there are probably a lot of neurotypical people that have non-heteronormative impulses and try to quash them for the sake of social status.

reliable and familiar that won’t break the bank.

This is why car companies are not going to offer EVs that people actually want without government intervention. I remember GM leasing EVs back in the '90s to some acclaim. But they didn’t let anyone buy out their leases and they discontinued production by the end of the decade because most of their money came from service. And a bare-bones electric car has very few service requirements.

Manufacturers need the bullshit features because they need something important and breakable for consumers to come back with. Even if it’s just planned obsolescence driving another purchase, like it sounds like the article’s author is heading towards.

I remember a lot of mid-2000s hipsters trying to use the N word ironically.

Well, yes. Businesses are run as dictatorships, not democracies. This is one of the reasons why no one who would “run a country like it’s a business” should be elected to public office.

So don’t get tattoos of things you like. There’s plenty of reasons to get tattoos beyond just “beautiful expression.”

I know a guy who got his wife’s phone number tattooed on his foot, just in case he ever doesn’t have his phone on him.

My brother got “Ouch” on the inside of his lip because it was funny.

My wife has multiple tattoos of bullshit flash because the artist offered to do them for free and she likes the way getting a tattoo feels.

If you want a tattoo, just get a tattoo. If you truly end up hating it down the road, plenty of artists specialize in cover-ups.