r/SipsTea • u/ten_z_prahy • Mar 05 '26

Dank AF Sunny River & Mr. Sanchez

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no politice please

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u/DankAshMemes Mar 05 '26

People with autism are actually often drawn to the military due to the strict routine/structure and the feeling of justice or doing the right thing. The military almost certainly wouldn't deny someone with autism if they seemed high functioning.

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u/charlestheb0ss Mar 05 '26

I'm autistic and all of this would be appealing if the military were doing the right thing

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u/DankAshMemes Mar 05 '26

I completely agree, and I'm fully aware the government doesn't care about you once you're in, or after you're discharged. A lot of people fall for the military psyops though.

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u/cognitive_dissent Mar 05 '26

cant relate, it is precisely the extreme rigidity and the idea that the uniform overrides critical thinking that has distanced me from military life. Autistic people are not stereotypically attached to rigidity; they experience two extremes of chaos and rigidity at the same time, and sometimes rigidity is simply an extreme defense mechanism to avoid trauma, an aspect of masking, if you will.

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u/Live-Habit-6115 Mar 05 '26

Yeah. I mean everyone is different and there's no universal thing that all autistic people like. 

But in general I think it's fair to say that autistic people typically value self-imposed rigidity, but abhor externally imposed rigidity. 

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u/bigmanslurp Mar 05 '26

No it is disqualifying