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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’m not autistic, but if there’s an odd number of steps I have to go up them twice to make them even

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[–] Klear@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Can't you just repeat the last one?

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That would just be weird, who does that

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

But doesn't going down them also count? Now you've done an uneven

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Who counts stairs going down?

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[–] Logical@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

For me it's that I always want to walk on an even number of tiles, planks, or other pieces of flooring with clear and repeating edges.

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[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

That's OCD

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[–] Logical@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If so it's pretty mild. I don't do it all the time and I am able to resist doing it even when I have the urge to.

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