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What annoys you about Neurotypicals? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 days ago by Metalhead7187@lemmy.zip to c/autism@lemmy.world
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I’ll start:

I’m annoyed that a Neurotypical has a free pass to bully, hit, verbally abuse, yell and it’s seen as “ok.” But when WE bully BACK, hit BACK, verbally abuse BACK, yell, then it’s seen as WAY WRONG 😑.

I’m annoyed that Neurotypicals use the free speech excuse to say something offensive and when WE use the free speech excuse to say something offensive it’s “you can’t say that!” “That’s NOT free speech!”

I’m annoyed that Neurotypicals say one thing but mean another all day every day, occasionally isn’t horrible, it’s ALL day EVERY day.

I’m annoyed that Neurotypicals try to”to teach us a lesson” to get their point across but when WE do it, it’s a GRAVE offense.

I’m annoyed that Neurotypicals see BIG things as little and little things as BIG things.

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No one expects you to remember all the names of people you just met, especially in a crowd.

"Hey, I think we met?" is perfectly fine.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

True, but my facial recognition memory is apparently worse than average. I've been known to not be able to recognize otherwise known coworkers of a small company outside of the workplace out of uniform..

It can be rather embarrassing at times ☹️

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 1 points 2 days ago

I get you. The worst case that has happened for me was walking past my own wife and not recognizing her just because i wasn't expecting her to be at that location.

Though it has a positive side as well. I've become decent at improvising social interactions.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago

'Face blindness' is a thing. I've been at plenty of big events and heard two people say something like 'it was a pleasure meeting you, I'm sure I'll forget your name in a second,' then they both laugh.

Back in ancient Greece and Roman times a important man would have a slave whose only job was to follow him around in public and remind the master who was who. Nomenclator was the job title.