My mom freaked out at me and started calling me selfish when I tried to tell her THIS.

It won't work, because he isn't going to be picturing himself when he signs his name, he's going to be thinking about her. I wonder if he saw the outside of the notebook and went "wtf?"

It doesn't say tell them to slow down, just not to hurry up. Telling firefighters to hurry up is a bad idea too; they are already doing everything they can you'd just be distracting them.

Even IF vaccines 'caused' autism, how many more people were saved from /deadly/ diseases and didn't get autism? I know one autistic kid, but everyone I know has been vaccinated. Why would you assume that vaccines cause autism when plenty of people don't have trouble? Clearly many diseases were taken care of and aren't a problem anymore, so vaccines work the way they're supposed to, and most people don't get autism or anything else because of the vaccines. So even IF autism is caused by vaccines, what's the alternative?

Oh, yes, because obviously you should be mean to telemarketers just because they need to make a living.

This may be true... but for the people who struggle with these things, the doubt in yourself is already there. You already worry if you annoy people or if you aren't good enough. Even though you block them or you know what they say isn't true, you still read it and you still believe it. Often cyber bullying isn't a comprehensive list of everything you've done wrong where you can realize before you read it what it's about and not read it. Often it's just a short statement, like "killing yourselves is part of natural selection". You look at that and you've already read it by the time you realize it's hurtful. Please keep an open mind and remember that many people who face suicide are depressed which is a mental condition. You're already suffering without anyone saying anything, so even the smallest things make a huge deal. It's like all of your skin being ripped off is depression and then someone puts just one drop of lemon juice on your finger. Only each person to say something is

Hate to break it to you... but if men who pursued careers didn't say things like "make me a sandwich" they might not be called chauvinists. Furthermore, I play video games all the time, and no one has ever called me sexy, cool, or fucktastic.... and guys who do other things and aren't fat aren't called fat or lazy whether they play video games or not. I'm pretty sure "cougars" go after younger men who actually pursue them, where "pedophiles" no matter the gender go after /kids/ whether they want them or not.

This is my new favorite image on the internet.

This was exactly what I needed today. Even the smallest reminders that someone out there is going through what I am help so much. It's hard, but I'm so glad I do have this problem. I understand people better because of it - I just wish someone I was close to understood me...

Yes, because forcing children into the same shirt will resolve everything. My mother used to try this on me and my sister, and she wouldn't let us argue at all. Sure, arguing can be annoying (and in many cases hurtful), but when we were actually working things out, she would yell at us. Obviously forcing us into the same shirt where we couldn't talk about anything that we didn't get along about was a more effective method. The GOOD parenting method when your kids are fighting is helping them come up with a resolution, and when they get older, encouraging them to come up with their own without being hurtful.