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Sam Bankman-Fried Calls for Shorter Prison Sentence, Citing Autism (www.wsj.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by can@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 136 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Even if it's true, fuck you for weaponizing your neurodivergence.

sincerely, an autistic person

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Weaponised autism dont say that too loud thw americans might start recruiting

[–] GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

There's fewer weapons more powerful than a large group of autistic people with a common goal. I'm joking, but also wholeheartedly believe that.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The common goal bit might be hard to achieve.

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

As a parent of someone on the spectrum that tried to help them maintain a DnD campaign, I can't agree more. 🤣

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Is that what 4chan is? Weaponised autism.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Weaponized autism is no joke.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 8 months ago

Weaponized Autism

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

Yeah, he pulled basically the same bullshit months ago with his ADHD (made a big legal deal about taking a fuckin pill at some point during the day to the extent that his legal team and the judge got involved in a matter that should be handled entirely between Sam and whoever his doctor is - clearly a my BrAin iS WEirD So tREaT Me sPEciAL tactic, which I have encountered before and find uniquely aggravating), which I personally live with, so I 100% get you.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Amen.