So hi! Could folks who are making jokes about Mark Zuckerberg please be aware that comparing him to a robot can be hurtful because
a) if he is autistic you are repeating the same tired old jokes about autistic people having no emotions just because you can't read our facial expressions, and
b) if he is not autistic then you are still doing that, and reminding autistic people of jokes people make about how we're evil/heartless - and at the same time you're comparing us to Mark Zuckerberg. Rude.
Like, okay, Data's face pasted over Zuck's face, hilarious - except that Data is a good person and a relatable character for a lot of good people out there. You're literally making Zuck look *better* by comparing him to Data? If you want to be mean to him you have to paste on the face of someone *bad*, no? Data is awesome.
And like, this one, right.
I have known so many people who stop having facial expressions when they just can't any more. To me this guy doesn't look emotionless, he looks FULL of emotion.
You're just bad at reading facial expressions, I guess. You know, that thing you say we autistic people are bad at...
@cassolotl I don't know if there is a word for it, but to me he looks like a deer in the light of the car. Frozen out of shock.
The expression he has is far from "emotion chip removed"
@julloyart @cassolotl A combination of social phobia (not really anxiety, although they're used interchangeably) and inability to be spontaneously disarming during negotiations. I have the latter when I haven't had much sleep even though my job depends on it
It's unlikely Zuckerberg had much sleep lately either
@julloyart @cassolotl yeah he looks scared as hell, that's pretty plain to see.