Ben_Is_My_Only_God wrote:
I don't understand why anyone willingly applies labels to themselves, especially when those labels are becoming increasingly divisive. The whole thing has become like some exercise in sexual taxonomy, in which there are now levels of subdivisions with each classification. Why can't people simply be individuals and express themselves in terms of what they want/like/are instead of continually inventing more and more labels to pin on themselves?
I agree that there is a point at which labeling becomes excessive and no longer useful. There are so many words out there that people use to describe themselves that it isn't even helpful because they slap on this super specific label, no one knows what it means, and then they end up having to explain the label when they could have just explained their identity without the label in the first place. That being said, I think labels can be really helpful and important when used in moderation. I love having words to describe myself because it makes it easier to convey my own identity to other people, and it means I can find a community with people who share my label and therefore have similar experiences to my own.
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Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 100 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 104 of 200
You seem to have both neurodiverse and neurotypical traits
10 Sep 2015, 7:49 pm
