(i ripped this off wikipedia real fast so sorry if it's lib)
In October 1776, the Public Universal Friend contracted an epidemic disease and was bedridden and near death with a high fever. Their family summoned a doctor from Attleboro, six miles away, and neighbors kept up a death-watch at night. The fever broke after several days. The Friend later reported that [deadname redacted] had died, receiving revelations from God through two archangels who proclaimed there was "Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone". The Friend further said that [deadname redacted]'s soul had ascended to heaven and the body had been reanimated with a new spirit charged by God with preaching his word, that of the "Publick Universal Friend", describing that name in the words of Isaiah 62:2 as "a new name which the mouth of the Lord hath named".
From that time on, the Friend refused to answer to their deadname, ignoring or chastising those who insisted on using it. When visitors asked if it was the name of the person they were addressing, the Friend simply quoted Luke 23:3 ("thou sayest it"). Identifying as neither male nor female, the Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns. Followers respected these wishes; they referred only to "the Public Universal Friend" or short forms such as "the Friend" or "P.U.F.", and many avoided gender-specific pronouns even in private diaries. When someone asked if the Friend was male or female, the preacher replied "I am that I am", saying the same thing to a man who criticized the Friend's manner of dress (adding, in the latter case, "there is nothing indecent or improper in my dress or appearance; I am not accountable to mortals").
editorial note: I think this is a very cool story and I really love hearing it. We've been around forever and we've been doing variations of this forever. It's really beautiful
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being a social reject
Kinda wish someone would just say this stuff to my face. It's like everyone else knows what my deal is and has decided to see me as an NPC. Literally they all know and just are like "interactions with you end here"
I feel like I'm more likely to explode than to ask a direct question with intent in a social setting or talk to someone who isn't already talking to me first. I feel like there are times where I just stand around hoping someone will interact with me, because I don't trust the interaction to go well if I go up to someone.
And it's not just being quirky and smol or whatever. I like don't have friends and struggle with my goals because I can't talk with confidence 😶 It blows chunks
Kinda know how this feels ngl, it's when you see people like every day and they just never go deeper than surface level small talk. You end up wanting to yell at people (which I did!)
I also yelled (I actually didn't even yell, just spoke up tbh) and then lost those "friends" forever. Fuckin brits I tell ya
Wow you YELLED at the goofyass neurotypical smalltalkers??
I feel like an outsider because everyone knows each other already, and then it gets perpetuated because they all keep talking and I keep not knowing how to get in. I basically don't speak unless spoken to, to the point that I don't understand the instinct to go up and talk to someone, like I think that's made up. I really am wilding out
Like, where, but also you have to speak to make social things happen usually. I say things to people on here sometimes, I talked to you didn't I? and I don't exactly know you, so.
The etiquette surrounding forums isn't really what confuses me. I struggle with real world interactions
Like, being spoken over is a thing that happens to me in rooms with people that makes me want to leave those rooms. There's no equivalent on a forum, I fully get that.
Oh so this is irl, okay I can't help you there. Neurotypicals are a fuck
I hat ethem too. I don't speak irl either
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same