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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 30 points 5 hours ago

Man, I dunno, I'm autistic, and I feel like this is one of those "quirky, relatable things that I'm going to baselessly ascribe to autism" posts.

[-] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 46 minutes ago

I reckon this all goes to intensity of the experience. There's a chasm between having a playful quirk and being painfully unable to decide what to eat first, every time unless it's a meal familiar to you on a molecular level.

[-] TheMuffinMan@piefed.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I get where you’re coming from, but I also think some general traits that people can have are more common in people with autism.

Not everything is either definitively autistic or definitively just a trait.

I frequently find myself evaluating what parts of myself I can ascribe to autism versus just a facet of my personality. On the off chance that you have a manual that helps with this delineation, please send it my way!

[-] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 8 points 3 hours ago

People these days will post anything and call it an autism meme. The other day I saw a meme about having a meltdown in public because the lights in a restaurant are too bright with a #autism tag, and no, that's something everyone goes through. Every neurotypical does that and has to be calmed down by their partner reminding them to think about models of diesel locomotive. I know because I have autism, which makes me an expert on what's normal to experience

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Buddy, it's picking the food you eat last so the flavor lingers, just dressed up in le quirky Tumblr speak. There's no evidence this is an experience unique to, significantly more prevalent in, or meaningfully changed by autism.

Calm down.


Edit: Like there's literally an extremely common English expression "saving the best for last" that's near-universally understood to apply to things like food, media, performances, etc. I can't even believe I need to explain this.

[-] CorrenteAlternata 2 points 3 hours ago

This read has been an emotional rollercoaster

[-] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 hours ago

Hence the "not autism" in the title.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Huh, you know what, I totally skipped over the title mentally, but implying that makes it better is, uh...

[-] lokalhorst@feddit.org 7 points 4 hours ago

Like 80% of the memes in this community...

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