I really don't know anything about this author (I read one of his books when I was younger and that's it) BUT I do know that a seething WIRED journocel wrote a very angry expose about how he is an neurodivergent and a total loser for various ill-defined reasons (didn't read). RDrama post here (if ur wondering why it says "heeheehaahaa" so much, its because the post author was chudded when he wrote it )

Basically, the WIRED journo hates the fact that BrandoSando...

• has an air of confidence

• made the author drive all the way from SanFran

• is resistant to pain and refuses pain medication

anywho, BrandoSando fires back very gently. I thought it was well-written, if a bit mopey. It also makes the journo look like a complete butthole without focusing on the journo himself, which is amazing.

Summary:

• Brando relates his experiences as being an "outsider", due to his faith and general autism

• Brando explains that his numbness to pain is probably a result of his autism

• Brando says that he doesn't want sympathy for this.

• He says he writes because he feels things when he writes.

• He is against "gatekeeping"