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  • Similar experience seeing Ghost in de Vooruit in Ghent. Must’ve been 2016, back when they were called Ghost BC. Don’t really follow them much anymore, but that venue was on fire.

    Edit - Also amazing:

    • Florence and the machine: amazing voice
    • Ocean Wisdom: whole club bouncing up and down
    • Macklemore: creates a rarely seen vibe with everyone
    • Cypress Hill: such legends even after all these years
    • Hooverphonic: insane voice and they are sometimes guided by an orchestra, so much power
    • Parov Stelar: with an orchestra as well and my god it’s really something to experience live

    A lot of artists sound way different live, I’ve been disappointed as well but these definitely stand out.
















  • Okay fine, the problem with self-diagnosis goes further than personal experience. It is about how much value you put on a medical diagnosis and having respect for the medical field for figuring out what constitutes that diagnosis. Autism specifically is a very broad condition, with even the medical field disagreeing on what puts you on the spectrum. But even they will argue the importance of a medical evaluation, which by definition has changed over time, and will change, so I’m not talking about giving anyone a stamp, but rather respecting professionals who dedicate lifetimes to their research by not using terms which they work so hard to define.

    A lot of people who have autism aren’t diagnosed properly, which is genuinely infuriating. Which is why there is so much value in spreading information which could help anyone, especially for people who don’t have the resources. But that information could apply to anyone or anything, and because of the broad nature of autism there aren’t any “10 signs which show you have autism”, because there are people who will actually find themselves having those 10 signs who do not have any neurodivergence of any kind. But that person will still find value in what those 10 signs tell about them and about how other people deal with that.

    You have found value in every aspect of what it means to have autism, you have used those resources to help youself in ways you didn’t know was possible. That is genuinely heartwarming, and I am not here to tell you you are wrong. What I’m saying is there are a lot of people suffering but also working on bettering the lives of everyone with autism, and self-diagnosing devalues both of those people.

    If I were you, I think I would describe myself as having similar personality traits as a person with autism. But not actually having autism.




  • your assumption is that people self-diagnosing is not suffering that condition

    Definitely not, I am assuming a lot of people will be certain they have a condition they do not have. Which is very disrespectful.

    Again, it’s a great thing so much information is available to all of us, it’s a great thing that people who are suffering find the information they need to get help. But supporting self-diagnosis invalidates decades of medical professionals. Are they always right? No. Do they have all the answers? No. Can professionals make mistakes? Yes. So if you know all that, how can you assume you are making the right diagnosis? Arrogance, that’s how.