Indigo children

Jay/Cris wrote:

(Also, that is one ugly looking couch. Were I ever to don a full-body rainbow suit, I'd at least pose on... I dunno. A black couch. Something that would actually match.)

Aaaaaand I love you. Hopelessly.

Seule wrote:

oh hey i had pretty much all of those symptoms OH WAIT I'M FUCKING AUTISTIC

That's the problem with this "checklist of awesomeness". It's so vague you can apply it to almost any child. That way, any dumbass New Age parent that desperately needs to validate their own existence through their child can look at this list, go "hey, my kid does that!", and immediately go around claiming their child is a living Mary Sue (despite the fact the kid will probably lead a very boring, ulitmately useless life like everyone else. Possibly worse, because their parents are really doing it wrong.)

Although, Jenny McCarthy's "indigo kid" turned out to just be (possibly) autistic. I'd like to see the correlation between autism, and parents who claim said autistic kid is "indigo".

Jay/Cris wrote:

Wikipedia wrote:

[article on "purple"]
The spectral colors violet and indigo are not purples according to color theory but
they are purples according to common English usage

Since there is a controversy about the semantics, it seems both Sutremaine and I were right?
I hate it when that happens.

Well you could decide that color theory is so much more cool, educated, sophisticated and all around less common than common English usage.

grmblfjx wrote:

Well you could decide that color theory is so much more cool, educated, sophisticated and all around less common than common English usage.

If you do a class on color theory, if your teachers were anything like mine, you won't want to use the word "purple" around them. I would always have to check myself and say "Purple - I mean violet! Sorry!"

Where I live, the sixth color of the rainbow is "anil", which is a deep blue. I thought indigo meant the same thing for most of my life, mainly because indigo dye IS blue.

Mr.Doobie wrote:

Although, Jenny McCarthy's "indigo kid" turned out to just be (possibly) autistic. I'd like to see the correlation between autism, and parents who claim said autistic kid is "indigo".

Actually her son was misdiagnosed with autism, but he does have an other unknown neurological disorder. But to her, her son is a special little snowflake. I remember an interview where she was teary eyed about how her son was watching cartoons and laughed which meant that his condition was just about cured.

That's right, TV cured her son.

I've got a great-nephew who was diagnosed with autism when he was around three (you'd think his parents would've wondered why a three-year-old kid had yet to produce anything vaguely resembling speech, but he was their first child, so maybe they just he was a bit slow off the mark). They've determined he's not deaf, but for some reason he can communicate perfectly well using sign language.

His grandfather (my oldest brother) is a pretty rich arch-conservative, and he's never been able to come to grips with the fact that anything bad could happen to his grandson (because bad things only happen to poor, non-Christian people). Both he and his younger sister (who can run rings around him) are home schooled, fed only all-organic natural food, and my brother honestly thinks that if he just prays hard enough, some day the kid will be miraculously healed. Despite the fact he's going on 14 now and shows no signs of improvement. On the other hand, he's capable of functioning the way he is, though it's doubtful he'll ever be able to live on his own.

My brother's denial isn't helped any by the fact that this kid was supposed to 'carry on the family legacy.' Though I'm a bit unclear what that means.

XLT-100852.0 wrote:

Actually her son was misdiagnosed with autism,

Allegedly. Last time I heard, this was just a theory. A very plausible theory, but because McCarthy refuses to go to another therapist to see if the diagnosis was wrong, we can't know for sure.

Rabid Badger wrote:

I've got a great-nephew who was diagnosed with autism when he was around three (you'd think his parents would've wondered why a three-year-old kid had yet to produce anything vaguely resembling speech, but he was their first child, so maybe they just he was a bit slow off the mark). They've determined he's not deaf, but for some reason he can communicate perfectly well using sign language.

His grandfather (my oldest brother) is a pretty rich arch-conservative, and he's never been able to come to grips with the fact that anything bad could happen to his grandson (because bad things only happen to poor, non-Christian people). Both he and his younger sister (who can run rings around him) are home schooled, fed only all-organic natural food, and my brother honestly thinks that if he just prays hard enough, some day the kid will be miraculously healed. Despite the fact he's going on 14 now and shows no signs of improvement. On the other hand, he's capable of functioning the way he is, though it's doubtful he'll ever be able to live on his own.

My brother's denial isn't helped any by the fact that this kid was supposed to 'carry on the family legacy.' Though I'm a bit unclear what that means.

Oh, my girlfriend's family is like that. When she was a teenager, her grandmother would sometimes pray to God for no one to rape my girlfriend so that she could stay a virgin until she was married.

No one in her family knows that she actually was raped. She didn't tell them, because she was afraid that finding out she wasn't a virgin anymore would break their heart. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] [/offtopic]

Rabid Badger wrote:

They've determined he's not deaf, but for some reason he can communicate perfectly well using sign language.

According to anecdotal evidence, even psychologically normal children will be able to communicate coherently in sign language before verbal language if they're taught the former within the first year of their life. (I've never studied neurological development in humans, so I have no idea why this would be the case, but anyone who has background in it is welcome to offer hypotheses.)

...am I the only one disappointed that this entire thing has absolutely nothing to do with a mute little girl whispering the indigo prophecy into my ear?

gaijinguy wrote:

In re nothing: why "indigo" of all things? Is it something related to the dye process?

Edit: Her thoughts on religion reminded me of something, and after a little digging I found it: Stuff White People Like: Religions Their Parents Don't Belong To.

I suspect that's a reference to Tyrian Purple, a dye produced from a type of shellfish, & assoicated with the port of Tyre...
The shade itself is closer to a burgandy red, or plum colour, rather than what we would regard as purple...
During the existence of the western Roman Empire, the cost of the dye restricted it's use to those of high social standing, to the extent that The Imperial Family were the only people allowed to wear clothes dyed completely with this shade, (Roman Senators were allowed to have the hems.edge of their toga's dyed with this shade...).

man i hate to rez a ded thred but this shit literally just turned up on my dash on tumblr and i had never heard of it before, then rae linked my ass to this thread

guys i think im a indigo chylde yo

im startin a gang, we're called the blue meanies and we have rad jackets and shit

but seriously imagine tossin all these entitled fuckos into a hunger games type of situation

srsly tho this is hysterical [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

...I don't get how my believing in science is stopping them from doing 'their job', whatever it is

Quote :

Our job is to change the world, and here you are trying to hold us back with your ‘scientific theories and proof’.

That's sounds like something I'd say when I'm doing that thing where I act dumber than usual for my own amusement I'd call it trolling, but it never bugs anyone besides Chris. Stop bothering me with your silly facts and logic, I'm on a roll.

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

that thing where I act dumber than usual for my own amusement
I'd call it trolling, but it never bugs anyone besides Chris

Nobody can tell the difference, honey. Chris is just perpetually agitated by you, period.

My favorite part is the part about Crystal and Rainbow children following behind the indigo children and finishing up their "work"??

grmblfjx wrote:

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

that thing where I act dumber than usual for my own amusement
I'd call it trolling, but it never bugs anyone besides Chris

Nobody can tell the difference, honey. Chris is just perpetually agitated, period.

 

Reepicheep-chan wrote:

My favorite part is the part about Crystal and Rainbow children following behind the indigo children and finishing up their "work"??

yeah, "crystal children" are kids with various forms of autism who will apparently rebuild society in a gentler image after the indigo children do most of the grunt work

idfk about the rainbow children

the tag on tumblr is fckin amazing holy shit, overprivileged kids talkin about monks bein honored by their presence and how the peons at their work somehow owe them somethin

tumblr wrote:

When exposed to an unhealthy diet, chemical toxins, heavy metals and EMF’s Crystals are more likely to develop neurotoxins, digestive issues, weakened immune systems and Autism. With effort the neurological problems of Autism can be turned around by releasing the heavy metals and chemical toxicity within the brain/body.

Majical crystal autism can be ~~~turned around~~~ by releasing (?!) heavy metal from the body.

Reepicheep-chan wrote:

tumblr wrote:

When exposed to an unhealthy diet, chemical toxins, heavy metals and EMF’s Crystals are more likely to develop neurotoxins, digestive issues, weakened immune systems and Autism. With effort the neurological problems of Autism can be turned around by releasing the heavy metals and chemical toxicity within the brain/body.

Majical crystal autism can be ~~~turned around~~~ by releasing (?!) heavy metal from the body.

And how, praytell, would one release that much Slayer and White Zombie from the body?

Why do New-Agers fear autism more than anything?

Reepicheep-chan wrote:

tumblr wrote:

When exposed to an unhealthy diet, chemical toxins, heavy metals and EMF’s Crystals are more likely to develop neurotoxins, digestive issues, weakened immune systems and Autism. With effort the neurological problems of Autism can be turned around by releasing the heavy metals and chemical toxicity within the brain/body.

Majical crystal autism can be ~~~turned around~~~ by releasing (?!) heavy metal from the body.

I have a picture that proves that releasing heavy metal doesn't help one stop being a socially inept, egotistical dick. Just a moment...

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There it is.

Disco Stu wrote:

Why do New-Agers fear autism more than anything?

Because kids aren't dying off or becoming scarred for life from horrible things as much now that we have shots?

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

I have a picture that proves that releasing heavy metal doesn't help one stop being a socially inept, egotistical dick.

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Now we have every member of the Four Horseman represented.

bleachedblackcat wrote:

Disco Stu wrote:

Why do New-Agers fear autism more than anything?

Because kids aren't dying off or becoming scarred for life from horrible things as much now that we have shots?

Is it because of how autistic people just generally can't or have a hard time "connecting" and this whole hippie bullshit is all about "connection" or something? At least a new ager with measles has a story?