I have been struggling with this because a lot of people around me use it in this manner when they do something dumb or they act in an awkward way and they’ll be like “oh, that was autistic of me” or “I’ve got the tism” and I always feel so uncomfortable but I also don’t know how to raise it or what to say. I am myself not diagnosed, but I’m pretty sure I am on the spectrum. I was just wondering what you think of it and how you handle it.

  • Beagle Boy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    I have a close friend with schizophrenia, and jokes about “hearing voices” and similar are pretty common among young people in Germany.

    I believe that such jokes only harm the understanding of what is actually being joked about, have no value, and may hurt those who are affected by these things.