Which disabilities do you have?

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I have the following disabilities:

  1. Being openly bipolar (also see "Why Openly Bipolar People Should Not Be Medicated")

    Note that I have been diagnosed as having Schizoaffective disorder by the Israeli Bureau of Medicine, and receive pension.

  2. Partial fingers and hands paralysis - possibly caused by the psychiatric drugs.

  3. Bad diction.

  4. Stuttering.

  5. A heavy Israeli/Hebrew accent when talking in English (and a touch of a Texan English accent when talking in Hebrew).

  6. I am somewhat near-sighted, and wear prescription glasses. On an IRC chat, a chat participant accused me of being “half-blind”, even though my sight is not nearly as bad as that of many people (e.g.: those of my sisters). I also try hard to not be a complete dick. 😉

    I also see the glasses as a useful layer of protection for my eyes, and my near-sightedness as a way to remember to wear them.

  7. I may be on the Autistic spectrum (Asperger's syndrome).

See this recording of me singing for evidence.

This has several implications:

  1. It is hard and time-consuming for me to type.

  2. It is hard for me to use voice recognition. When I say "Shlomi Fish" into my Android smartphone, in clear Hebrew, it thinks I meant "Shlomo".

  3. When chatting online, it is easier for me to paste URLs for further discussion.

  4. I may emit what seem to be non-sequiturs.

So please don't be ableist.

What are some of your personality faults/quirks?

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  1. I am self-centred.

  2. I am narcissistic.

  3. I am ego-maniacal.

  4. I am meglomaniacal.

  5. I often avoid being an early adopter of interesting technologies, practices, or trends. Instead, I wait to see if it was just a fad, or study it only when there is a relevant use-case.

  6. I have preferred to err on naïvety than on cynicism.

  7. I tend to lose my temper.

  8. I often tended to rush through tasks which I didn't care too much about. What Israelis call “Rosh qatan” (= roughly "small-minded").

  9. I can be somewhat overly sexualised, when chatting or blogging online. Reference.

  10. I am sometimes overly blunt in my criticism.

I'm not particularly proud of them, but admit they may often be blessings in disguise.

On-the-other-hand, I am not ashamed to admit their presence.