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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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[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

REAL. This happened to me today in a meeting at work, and I don't get it.

Me: "The process we're following doesn't work for me because it is prone to so much contention getting to a definition. It's very frustrating."

Them: "Im surprised you would say that. We're (consultant) not here to make things difficult, we're here to help you."

Me: "I did not say you intend to make this difficult. I said this process, the manner in which we are conducting this review, does not work for me and is the cause of the frustration"

Them: "So you're saying everything we've been doing is wrong"

Me: "I gotta leave this call for a bit. Please excuse me."

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

I swear, it's like I'm speaking a foreign language to some people