• lightnsfw@reddthat.comEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Seems like they could have just gave him a job keeping track of all the boats and then everyone could be happy…

    • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I would have to imagine excellent fine motor control and really shit aim 😅

      Honestly they did pretty well until the lower section

  • zante@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    I’m not an expert in autism, but I’m not keen on what seems to be claiming every ‘nerdy’ hobby as an autistic trait ?

    Educate me

    • tjsauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      It’s not so much the choice of hobby, but the degree of obsession, being so intense that even the participant admits that it’s illogical, yet partakes for the emotional fulfillment.

    • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Potentially unpopular opinion - the term “autism” and “ASD” have expanded way beyond their original clinical meaning. It doesn’t help that even the official definition is so broad as to be useless. Add to that the cooption by the Tiktok culture to describe any “quirky” behavior, and you get the current situation where it’s hard to find a person that doesn’t exhibit at least some “autistic” traits

      • Warjac@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        10 months ago

        People often accuse me of being Autistic and it infuriates me to no end. I don’t care if I am or not I don’t give a shit about knowing. I’m perfectly fine without the label and I’ll keep being fine.

        I hate that so often we are encouraged to label ourselves in society and that just as often people seek these labels to fit in, gain community or otherwise make themselves more interesting by incorporating some quirky or less than common fact about themselves as a whole personality trait.

        I am finding more and more that neruodivergent labels are becoming the new version of houses in basic bitch Astrology.

    • Warjac@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      The insinuation here is the obsessive behavior. The text calls it a madness so I’m guessing it was a sudden occurrence.

      I’m not an expert on Autism or other mental situations like ADHD mind you but it seems pretty likely Thrasyllus became hyper fixated on boats one day and he basically became a harbor manager for it much like you see other hobbyists become conductors or train line engineers for toy trains and that before the very modern diagnosis of Autism came about these people were considered strange until the behavior could in some part be explained by neurodivergent behaviors/tendencies.

  • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    I bet the sailors were equally thrilled that this random guy was looking out for them. It’s nice to know someone’s waiting for you.

  • TriflingToad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    It wasn’t till education and office jobs became more common that autistic people started separating from what they were seen as being “oh yeah joe, hes a tad off but gets his work done and he’s nice” to instead where you’re told to stay in a room all day and do this annoying thing.

    A few hundred years ago there wasn’t as much to overwhelm autistic folks compared to todays cities and technology. Also the repetitive farmwork (ex. churning butter) is something autistic people excell at as they can zone out and just vibe.

    I heard this quote that really makes it obvious, “how come dyslexic people didn’t exist until widespread literacy?”

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    There’s still people into boats, but it’s not very popular compared to trains/planes/cars. Which is kinda strange, there has never been a time with more shipping traffic. Maybe because ports these days are fairly inaccessible to observers

  • [email protected]@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Wait, isn’t train autism less about the arrival or departure of the train and more anbout enjoying the mechanics of a gargantuan piece of machinery in motion? Or can people experience it in multiple different ways? I’ve just now realized that I know very little about this particular special interest.

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      As with many ND hobbies. It sprawls out in almost as many ways as people who do it.

      Some love the massive powerful machinery that is a locomotive. Others are obsessed with the timings and predictability. Still others love the organisational side of things.

      It even overlaps with the model train interest groups. Recreating aspects of the train network, based on their own interests.

      ND hobbyists are a bit like cats in many ways. There’s not much pack drive. We tend to wander and explore interests in our own way, independent of the labels that get applied. It can be broadly grouped, but has a lot of spread.