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Wise words
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this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2025
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I'm pretty open about the fact that I have autism, and there have been a few times when I have used the strategy in these tweets, but adding the invocation of my autism.
When I ask them to explain why it's funny, they will often try to deflect the conversation at first, because they're uncomfortable at being challenged. I can then double down on asking them to explain the joke, being all apologetic and saying that jokes often go over my head because I'm autistic. That makes it much harder to deflect, especially because I'm super good at appearing earnest when I'm asking this, so it manoeuvres the joke-teller into a no-win situation, where they either explain the joke, and look like an asshole, or they don't explain it, and they still look like an asshole.
Then when they do eventually explain it, I am good at making my face fall in disappointment, before saying "oh, that's not a very funny joke". It gives me a great deal of satisfaction because there are many people who believe that autistic people are incapable of lying or acting, when in fact, being autistic means I've spent my entire life learning how to put on a performance for the outer world.