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✨ Autism ✨ Offense over what, though?
I kinda have two modes, short term fixations and longterm special interests. Like, I got a lil fixated on the PS3 recently after asking about its memory structure, and so I sourced a couple articles, installed custom firmware on mine, watched some videos on new overclocking stuff. I'm just gonna let it taper off I guess, since there aren't any PS3 games I'm dying to play rn.
I find differentiating between hyperfixation and special interest is hard, like there was a month and a half span where I just played Tactics Ogre, but I think it is a special interest and I just over-indulged by starting new playthroughs in the remakes. I have moved on and will return to them someday, Idk. Not much for it? I just let SI's and hyperfixations run their courses, I guess??
Unless it's people, I do not fuck with that. Hyperfixated on someone once, awful experience. If you hyperfixate on media or whatever you can just interact with it infinitely to get your fill, but people have free will and whims and stuff, so I found it wasn't at all productive...
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#> ✨ Autism ✨ Offense over what, though?
I happened to find myself in the trans autistic friend group, so it checks out, but the person who “accused” me was a Zionist, and ironically I got kicked out for my AuDHD inability to shut up about my political beliefs. The other case was I was arguing with a relative who actually works with disabled kids, and was like “you darn autist [im being hyperbolic] using facts and logic instead of living purely emotionally.”
So real. Politics/philosophy and nature [and my ex :{] are long term fixations or at least categories of fixations for me. Meanwhile I spend a week or two doing certain online things or learning something random.
I’ve had game fixations, but for the most part stopped playing them much.
It’s not like I was obsessed with my ex and then got bored*, I think I did what you’re supposed to do - but maybe a little far? - and it didn’t work out, idk. It’ll be fine eventually maybe. ADHD was involved in my too-much-ness but maybe not in that way? Love working my issues out publicly.
*I know that did happen to them, which makes it worse but maybe more understandable.
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Uh no offense taken I guess? :>
Doesn't sound like you lost too much, if they were the type of people to gripe about TOO POLITICAL and be friends with zionists. The other case Idk about, did they say that or did you?
Based anti-vidyagaems-aktion!!! Politics, philosophy and nature are solid special interests. Rip regarding your ex though, sucks...
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We had this convo before lol. In the other case, the facts are that idk what’s up with her, but my aunt’s kind of crazy and an anarchist, and we got in a big texting argument over Marxism and AES. She was emotionally touched by crap like Solzhenitsyn, and mad I wouldn’t accept that she knew everything and state-socialism failed. She said I was autistic because I gave detailed arguments with sources rather than trusting her emotions. We’re “cool” now but I generally avoid her still.
Trying to understand the difference between a nt "I like this thing a lot" and a autistic fixation is really difficult for me to understand and is one of the things that make me wonder if I don't actually have it. Like if I was autistic I'd obviously understand the difference, right?
What you gotta know is neurotypicals are boring and very often just do not have deep interests. Often just casual engagement. It was when someone said I could be a "retro correspondent" because I talked technical differences between Tactics Ogre ports -
like thank you comrade, but no, I just looked at the Segaretro wiki page and the Satrun dev manual scan. It's just resolutions... NTs are always like that though, shocked that you do research or look into things you like.
Without that contrast it might not be so obvious though, so dw.
It's hard to imagine not having the couple of deep interests I have.
Another check on the autism list.
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Wait, you were referencing the fact that I said no offense in that one comment, right? I meant don’t take personally that one day soon I’ll probably stop spending my time in these mega threads. I tend to make weird associations and accidentally change the topic. I may have conflated that comment with another I made.
Oh uh, ain't my mega Idk. You are allowed to leave if the mood strikes you! No worries tho.
Of course. I can reply to someone and sort of intend it for everyone idk. I tend to over clarify, but it still feels necessary. Anyway, I will help us attain new heights while I’m here.