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[–] 58 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I've often been told I'm too nOrMaL to be autistic but never that I don't look autistic. Have you all been told the latter? I see so many memes about that.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Normie here. Those two phrases can mean the same thing. There's a lot of body language processing and behavior processing that all gets lumped into someones "look", if they say "you're too normal" it means the same thing as "you don't look autistic".

    You could probably get nitty gritty and find that someone who is more familiar with you might be more likely to say "you're too normal" because they are basing it off of more than just appearances, but in the long run it's all just based on observations anyway and certain cultures might lean toward one phrase over the other.

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    [–] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    When your 'thing' is technology (computers/coding/hosting/fixing electronics) they tend not to label you as much as ask you for help with their tech.

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    [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Me I guess? I mean even I didnt know I was on the spectrum until I was 36.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Beat 48 😉

    (it's not a competition though, just having fun.)

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm not necessarily autistic, but when I tell people I'm neurodivergent, they're like "yup" 😓

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (5 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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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I don't know how well received 'Love on the Spectrum' is in the community but I have to say it was mesmerizing when the one lady was on a date with the DJ guy and they we listing off song after song and the key it was in.

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    They specifically say train not model of train so I can only assume it is literally every individual train.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mask a lot better when I'm not depressed. (I'm horribly depressed.)

    That said I still mask as second nature pretty well as I consistently get the "I wouldn't have guessed you were autistic." response from people a lot. I generally love socializing and I'm pretty good at it from experience and the topic of "people" being an on and off special interest.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    I! AM! A SURGEON!

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I hate the train meme for its accuracy... I dispise trains but I ended up working on the railway anyway.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Who hates trains!? Before you worked on the railway, I mean.

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago*

    Growing up in the 80s made me ridiculously good at masking.

    Which is to my detriment now that more resources are available. Unmasking in front of neurotypicals is quite difficult for me.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My favourite response to this when is:

    "Oh yeah? So what does autism look like? Go on, do your best impression. I want to see."

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I have a neuromild friend who, when I am on a rant because the world works the wrong way, or explaining something in detail that the milds probably don't care about, very politely holds up a little sign for me.

    It's like, "Hey friend, this is a 'tism."

    They've never stopped me, never cut me off, never sighed in exasperation that the autistic guy is at it again. Just a little note that whatever I'm on about is neurospicier than the milds generally like.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    In the post about the new convert your colleagues to your faith in the breakroom memo by the Trump regime, I offered an example of what my spiritual workmates might encounter if they raised the topic of Jesus, several paragraphs about the cosmic horror of reality.

    The main thrust is that all spirit, whether another subatomic factor, or a manifold like gravity, is transparent to to the standard model of particle physics. It's also transparent to relativity, but we expect that.

    And that includes human souls, ghosts, afterlife.

    My point was I've thought about and researched existential philosophy at length, possibly to suggest I'm ASD (disclosure: I'm diagnosed), and my evangelical rivals may as well be walking into the Total Perspective Vortex.

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    [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Only from a distance. Ok I wear a big floppy hat so even from a distance!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Ha. Joke’s on you, everything I do is an autism. Plus I’m a lady. Checkmate redpillers.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    I compiled a list of 4000 color names and their rgb values.

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I have the kind of AuDHD which almost completely disappears with the right dose of alcohodderall. In fact I can be downright witty and gregarious when that equilibrium kicks in just right, so the true awkwardness is reserved for those who exist in those unfortunate, but necessary windows of sobriety.

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I know it's a joke but this literally is my brother. Not always easy to deal with but he is super awesome in all his own ways

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