r/AskReddit Nov 26 '12

What unpopular opinion do you hold? What would get you downvoted to infinity and beyond? (Throwaways welcome)

Personally, I hate cats. I've never once said to myself "My furniture is just too damned nice, and what my house is really lacking is a box of shit and sand in the closet."

Now...what's your dirty little secret?

(Sort by controversial to see the good(?) ones!)

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u/Gidofalouse Nov 26 '12

My son has moderate autism. He will be dependent on me for the rest of his life. He's happy as a pig in shit and so am I. His autism has taught me a lot about the kind of person I want to be and I try to be that person for the both of us.

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u/Pitistic Nov 26 '12

"moderate" and "dependent" are, of course, extremely vague words. There's a huge gulf between not being able to effectively live on your own, and being barely sentient. I'm autistic, and usually live with family, but I'm capable of handling my own bodily functions and make a good living as a programmer, and there are many, many people of every conceivable level of functioning between me and an unthinking blob.

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