• Ilandar@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Being autistic is taking a normal interaction every human experiences and pretending it is unique to you and your autistic peers.

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      6 months ago

      Some people experience some things more than others. I believe that’s how they place you on the spectrum

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      6 months ago

      Trivializing is taking very real and major struggles that certain humans experience to much greater degree than others and pretending it has the same gravity as minor annoyances that a wide range of people experience.

      If your comment is a joke or otherwise intended to be lighthearted, I apologize, but people saying in earnest what you said is a pretty major pet peeve of mine.

      Real “Chronic depression doesn’t exist because everyone feels sad sometimes” energy.

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      6 months ago

      Is getting bullied for walking a certain way and talking in a “funny way” for their whole lifetime every human experience? Cause I didn’t experience any of those yet I’ve seen my friends go through it. Are you suggesting autism is not real? You must be living in a whole new world.

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        6 months ago

        Charitably I am fairly certain they are making fun of this particular meme and not in general. This meme is certainly something many people experience autism or not, though there are reasons toys experience might stick out for those with autism.

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          6 months ago

          I was, yeah. Thanks for not instantly assuming the worst of me. People like yourself make social media a better environment than it otherwise would be.

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        6 months ago

        No, he is obviously suggesting that this horribly generalistic shit take in the pic has nothing to do about autism

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      6 months ago

      I mean it kind of is, in the sense that interactions are determined by your perception of things, and autistic people have a very different social perspective. So by that, they are in different interactions that others would have or that others could easily get out of.

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        6 months ago

        Everyone has a different social perspective. Misunderstandings are very common in human discourse and they are often repeated. When this happens it is not solely because the speaker is autistic; there are many things that can contribute to our struggle to communicate with one another.

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          6 months ago

          I know but regular people have more of a similar perspective than autistic people do. That’s why they’ll get teased like in this meme example, since there’s likely a social cue they’re not picking up on so they’re getting mocked. Everyone has different perspectives, but autism is definitely a big factor in creating these situations.