And it has all kinds of implications and context and shit.
How the fuck am I supposed to tell what's just people doing things at random and what's a part of all-singing-all-dancing-shit-show the neurotypicals call "social norms"? Down with NTs.
Honestly while it's really fucking annoying that refusal to participate could result in some silly neuronormo interpreting a completely innocuous action as an offense, and it can cut you off from social shit, I think it's basically the only way. The same button never does the same thing twice. Screeching rn.
Honestly just speaking for myself as an allistic person i treat interactions with NT people as PvP. It's a fundamentally dishonest environment where at best most people don't care at all about you and just want to keep the day going without conflict but at worst people use the oversharing and the failure to follow norms as a way to fuck with people.
If i don't know the person or have a good read on them, I'm worried they might be a narcissist just looking for an angle. This is probably trauma from my momma but hey
Social submarine warfare, kind of. All the pinging and evasion and trying not to get depth charged.
Such a good way to put it. You don't even know if you showed up on someone's sonar either
I wish I could say your approach was cynical instead of practical and apt
The amount of times I've heard that I'm being talked about behind my back based on information i revealed without thinking is... Well more than once at least
NEUROTYPICALS
Probably the most enlightening thing I've heard. It really is like that isn't it