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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I mean, I am autistic, and I think this is funny and generally accurate enough to not be offensive.

Autists are very often all about creating and enforcing consistent, specific patterns.

A stance is a pattern.

I myself have been bored, and tried to do things like this, invent pose rules for myself, see the extent that I can succrssfully apply them.

Also, there are a lot more things cats will do, or traits they have, that are also broadly accurately common amongst autists.

Such as being very sensitive to light level changes.

They can literally see into the UV spectrum, so that kind of mirrors how autists often notice visual patterns that others don't.

They also tend to be hyperaware of even the most minute changes to their 'home' environments... autists tend to be that way too.

lol cats are also... rather comparitively bad at socializing, unless its with someone they know and trust quite well, or have been very well raised around well-behaved people and/or other animals.