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I think he calls her 'mother' then doesn't he? 

Like laziness?

that's old news 

Actually, I was giving him an excuse for his misunderstanding, as autistic people I know do not understand sarcasm or changes in tone of voice and take things literally as said, rather than the intent behind them.  Your misunderstanding of that is rather ironic.  And please do not lecture me on physical or mental disabilities, I assure you I have a lot more first hand experience of them both than 99.999% of the people on earth. And do not conflate the use of something like autism as being an insult, or a comparison to people with physical disabilities. that is insulting. and with such experiences in the real world, I have plenty to come here and moan about and will continue to exercise that right. I will also not let people here with no experience let axl hide behind supposed conditions he may or may not suffer from as a reason for his lack of creative output.  To confuse the use of autism as an insult shows your own negative bias towards the word, because as you say autistic people can and often are incredibly intelligent. It can then also mean that they can confuse things in the context tommy was using. A simple 'English isn't my first language, so no i didn't get that' or 'I am autistic therefore i didnt pick up on that' will suffice next time. The same way that is something was said in russian I would not expect myself to be able to grasp the meaning and tone behind words. But please continue fighting battles over two of your own misinterpretations. 

haha, touche. fair enough, clearly i meant 'intended' but as an english native with a journalism degree and a job in creative writing, i should have noticed the error.  But nonetheless, Axl was not being comforted by Tommy, he was being insulted and ridiculed publicly.