What was he thinking? (this one isn't funny)

I'm going to save you all some time right now and tell you that you should not feel obligated to read this post. It is not entertaining, thought provoking, or even very interesting. I just needed to tell somebody this at the time I saw it, but didn't have anyone to tell, so I figured I'd just type it all.
A certain status popped up on my Facebook homepage tonight, and it was . . . well, shocking.
Before I get into it, I should share a little information on the guy who posted it. I'll call him T, to protect his real identity. T has Asperger syndrome, which basically means the part of his brain which controls social interaction cannot develop physically.
T is a genius when it comes to math, you can walk up to him and tell him your birth date and he can tell you how many months, weeks, days, hours, or even minutes old you are just by mumbling to himself for a few seconds. For all the superior intelligence he displays in the field of math, T does not communicate well with others.
In order to avoid exposing the people involved in this conversation, I'm going to represent each of them with a letter.

T: is the 1st nigger president was sworn in office today.
K: JUS iGNORANT.
T: I don't really understand anyone's culture even my own, but I don't trust this man like about every other politician out there. I really don't care about the race of president, only their philosophy.
D: dont throw around racial slurs then
T: Writters Joseph Conrad, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens used the N word.
D: its 2009 t
K: WELL... i DONT APPRECiATE YOU USiNG THE WORD RiGHT ALONG Wit THE WRiTERS THAT YOU HAVE NAMED. iT MAKES NO SENSE FOR YOU TO SAY THiNGS LiKE THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR POSiTiON iN SOCiETY.
T: Bible was written way before 2009.
T: Nigger is another word for black, like queer is another word for a gay person. Nigger is a synonym for a black person.
K: i SAY JUS BE MiNDFUL OF THE THiNGS THAT YOU WRiTE ON HERE.... REALLY AND TRULY iTS TRUE... iTS YOUR OPiNiON BUT NOT ONLY OUT OF RESPECT TO THE NOW PRESiDENT OBAMA...BUT TO THiS COUNTRY THAT HE iS NOW iN CHARGE OF LEADiNG ALSO. THERE iS NO WAY YOU CAN CHANGE WHAT HAPPEN TODAY....iT WAS GOD'S WiLL...WHiCH iS VERY iMPOSSiBLE TO ALTER. SO LOVE iT OR HATE iT...iT iS DONE. OUR PRESIDENT iS BLACK.
K: iF NiGGER iS ANOTHER WORD FOR BEiNG BLACK....i DARE YOU TO GO TO THE NEAREST HBCU AND YELL NiGGER ON THERE CAMPUS AND SEE iF YOU GET THE SAME YOU RESPONSE AS TO CALLiN A GAY QUEER... NO MY FRiEND THAT iS BEGGiNG FOR A BEAT DOWN... NO EXCUSE NEEDED.
T: This message board is going in circles now, so lets close this subject. I will respect the president with honor. I just like to make outlandish comments every once in a while, it just amuses me to see how people react.
C: you really should be careful about what you say T
T: I make outlandish comments quite a bit about everything. I've said things a lot worse, not about race, but other stuff. There times that I hate the world a lot, and I don't think anyone out there really understands me. I have thought about suicide several times.
C: There are people out there T that will understand you if you need that. You can feel the way you feel, you have that right but it doesnt necessarily need to be announced on facebook

It is unfair to read T's comments and automatically label him as a bigot because of his mental condition. At the same time I cannot help but wonder what influences cause him to feel the way he does. I have not interacted with T much in the last 4 or 5 years, but that whole sequence of comments concerned. I am not in a position where an intervention on my part would do any good, it just seemed odd for anyone to post comments like those in a public forum like the Facebook.

Welcome to the Rest of your Life

So I never thought I'd grow up so fast. For the first time since graduating high school I've realized that the next job I take I'll probably have to commit to for more than 4 months, and I'll have to commit to living in the city I work in. Suddenly packing up and moving to New Jersey or California or Utah does not have the appeal it used to.

So I'm trying to decide between the following careers:

Rock Star

Cage fighter

Food taster

Superhero

President of the United States of America

Professional Athlete

Actor who kisses Natalie Portman in a movie, or Shakira in a music video (I'm not really into any other celebrities)

Maybe I could do all of them?

Things I'm lacking:

Rock Star: Ability to write good music

Cage Fighter: Strength (I haven't worked out since high school)

Food Taster: Ability to dislike any edible item I put in my mouth and therefore give a good evaluatioin

Superhero: Oh boy, well I wasn't born out of any type of tragedy, and I haven't played in toxic chemicals that cause me no harm, but alter my genes to give me special powers

President of the United States: Hmmm, this is probably the easiest one. President it is, now who do I pick as running mate?

Professional Athlete: Been there done that . . . what? No one else got paid for playing on the Golden Climax flag football team?

Actor: Whatever, if I do all these other things I can just date Natalie Portman until I'm middle-aged and our relationship can't stand up to the constant spotlight. Then I'll date the hottest 20-something-year-old former Disney star who makes Miley Cyrus look crazy, old, and washed up.

Also, since I'm famous I can start new trends. I will personally bring back the golden era of moustaches. I'm also going to make sombreros the next big thing, but mostly for rappers. They're going to take the place of big, golden, diamond-laced necklaces.

Why you are never going to get married, EVER

I went to the yahoo homepage to check up on my college pick 'em score today and I noticed this featured article. Usually I ignore the romance/dating articles, but I thought this one, that promised to share "secrets that no one will ever tell you even under extreme torture" might be interesting. I was hoping for something juicy, like "100% of couples who don't get divorced spend at least one day entirely naked once a year for the 1st 5 years of marriage."

I was extremely disappointed when the article didn't contain any dramatic revelations. It's actually kinda boring and I tuned out and quit reading it about half way through. But I really liked the first few paragraphs. HERE'S WHY:

Outside of the BYU-Idaho track system, I strongly believe that chick flicks and Disney are the major factors preventing us (single people) from dating more and experiencing satisfying relationships.




Here's what I've learned about real life, IT BITES. Either we live in a monotonous routine because we are afraid to leave our comfort zone and break habits, or we take our chances and end up experiencing 1000 times as much failure as we do success. I've found that what makes me happy is taking those chances, hoping to succeed, but knowing that I'll be just fine if I fail.

My experience has been that failure makes for a better story than success as long as you can laugh about it afterward. Too often I think people will hold on to the pain of failure because they feel like it is an excuse to fall back into the same routine, where they feel safe and secure (and more often than not, bored out of their mind)

The stories I like to hear usually have a surprise, like someone trying to get intimate and then getting a bloody nose. Or the guy/girl who you thought was perfect giving you a peck on the cheek, then immediately howling at the moon, causing you to give them an abrupt slap that leaves a hand print on his/her face for 3 days.

To me, that is so much more entertaining than sappy fantasy where you're walking through a field of roses where there happens to be a string quartet playing every note perfectly as you gaze into each others eyes and fireworks go off . . . zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

The truth is that for most people, their first kiss was not their best kiss, most dates are kinda awkward, and most relationships you enter into cause you to question your own judgement. SO WHAT?

As I see it, you have two options:
1: Quit worrying about personal hygiene so people know you have been abused and live the rest of your life in bitterness swearing to never care about anyone ever again.
2: Take a day or two to whine and complain and cry if you need to, and then move on, quickly. And do it for your own happiness, not to spite the person who wronged you.

You are better off learning to laugh at yourself, so that you don't feel as stupid when everyone who else hears about it laughs also.

Agree? Disagree?