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hunter

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1. I'm reminded of the movie Iron Sky where the Nazi doctor "fixes" the black guy by making him white.
Wed Aug 19, 2015, 11:03 AM
Aug 2015
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034314

As a middle aged autistic spectrum person myself I'd learned in the school of hard knocks and occasional formal therapy to behave "normally."

But now I'm past fifty and just god damned tired of acting. I don't care if people think I'm eccentric. I am.

I take meds for problems that are most troubling for my immediate family and me personally, since feral street life in this society is difficult for both humans and dogs, but beyond that I'm no longer interested in any kind of conformity. If my fidgeting and obsessions annoy people, then that's their problem. If there was a magic pill that would make me "normal" I'd refuse it.

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