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❝ I hate the "asshole genius" trope because all it's done is convince assholes that they are geniuses, and non-geniuses to think the way to appear smart is to be an asshole.❞
Charo del Genio@blogdiva YES! And thank you for saying it clearly!
This resonates very much with me also for personal reasons. About 10 years ago, in what was a *truly bad* personal period in my life, a guy I know professionally contacted me, telling me he knew I was on a bad period and pretending to offer me a certain job. I thanked him very much for it and then, when I enquired, he laughed at me and said that I was just supposed to finish some tasks that one of his subordinates, who quit, left unfinished, and "how could you even think that I would lobby for someone like you to get that position, hahahahaha!". Lately, a colleague mentioned him to me and I told him this story, and INSTANTLY I became the bad guy because "noooo, he's a genius, and also he's autistic, are you crazy, how can you say that an autistic person is an asshole."
Sorry for the rant, but there are maybe 3 people in the world that cause me such a visceral reaction, and this guy is one of them.
Ambrose Verdigris@Verdigris @blogdiva as a highly functioning one, I will add that the two things are independent. One can be neurotypical or neurodivergent, and a terrible human being or a nice one, with at least 4 possible combinations.
As to the specific person, frankly, I always thought he was a very neurotypical guy who just does hipster things and acts the part of "I am so deep that you commoners can't understand my profound philosophy". And, incidentally, I surely do not consider him a genius.