neither

if I was to say someone was Autistic, I'd say that they're Autistic

"there is an autistic kid"

"he's an autist"

He is autistic makes more sense

But saying "look at that autist over there" is quicker than "look over at that autistic kid over there"

Brevity is the soul of wit.

it's a meme word

are we really arguing over it?

I'm not a linguist. But I will use autist as a meme, but I don't think it's a word

It's a word with a very good purpose

I feel no reason not to use it to use as a name for someone who is autistic

and I feel 0 guilt in using it.

it might not be an official word, but it is a word in the most basic sense

REEEE #NOTMYWORD

BIGOTS

Well do you know what I mean when I say it?

yup

then it's good enough for me

i can make up a word right now, and give it a meaning, even if i'm the only one that knows it, it's still a word

Yeah but good luck getting it into common use

well that is different

I doubt I need to work very hard for my word.

I mean I'm sure if I said it to someone who never heard it, would know what it means

provided they know what autism means

also slang

not official

but eeryone knows it

it's words

Lots of words that used to be slang are now official

Pretty sure "teenager" used to be slang.

lets campaign for autist to become official

fuck that, just keep using it until oxford is forced to make if official

the free market is a beautiful thing

I mean I would say most pony servers and communities have a higher number of aspies compared to the normal population

And most pony communities I know are very right leaning.

dude what

guys...

if you've got numbers that differ from mine, I'd happily hear them

I guessing that comes from that they are easyer to get to follow your maddnes