The worst is the whine from cheap chargers and power banks. Ive resorted to buying a few of my coworkers new/ better chargers in order to give myself some peace.

I knew the scanner had failed before anyone tried using it because I heard it start making a high pitched whine.

How dare you forget the tiny motorcycle sounds.

They're S tier.

Its existence isn't settled science, but I have this too and I've found that Auditory Processing Disorder describes it perfectly. Lots of comorbidity with autism and ADHD, so it's possible it's not a separate disorder but just another manifestation.

But yeah, I can't filter out background noise at all. My brain copes by completely shutting off audio processing when I'm focusing, but it's involuntary and can be pretty inconvenient. I have to read lips a lot when talking anywhere but a quiet environment because I can't separate speech from background noise.

I use a lot of hand gestures to make up for it. It does not help at all.

The thing will do a whatchamacallit, just wait you!

Or it doesn't escape your grasp but it gets actively ignored by people who see your eccentricities as being indicative that you're less than them. Including other autistic people.

This is a dangerous "skill" to have, though. Very easy to slip into the trap of assuming you know what they're talking about, only to have them end on a different point than you expected and then suddenly you're responding to a point they never actually made

How about being a witness to a conversation between two others and you can tell neither of them understand the point the other is trying to make.

Bonus points for when they actually agree with each other but just haven't put together what the other is saying.

I can’t do it. I try so hard but I interrupt every time and then they say “that’s not what I mean will you let me finish” then I have to sit quietly while it was exactly what they meant.

It’s critically important to develop patience here in order to deal with people getting older and taking this to the next level

My mom is a great person whom I dearly love but she’s fallen into the stereotype of old people rambling. Nothing is a simple question or statement anymore. It’s always a long meandering story with lots of detours

Entire too relatable. I grew up in much the same way. Having that feeling as my baseline, my "normal", made everything else feel wrong, but I could never fully put my finger on why. I developed a sense of stoicism so that I could get through each day showing as little outward reaction as possible. However, I confused that stoicism for calmness and stability; inside my mind everything still roiled as my instincts and senses were always watching and waiting, preparing for the next time things became dangerous.

Decades of living with that level of hypervigilance paired with the effort needed to put forward a stoic exterior has worn me down. The physical symptoms of chronic mental and emotional exhaustion are debilitating; the body really does pay a toll for the mind's wounds. Maybe if twenty years ago I had the knowledge and resources that I do now, I could have done something to stave off what I'm going through.

All this to say: if you aren't already, please seek counseling as soon as possible. Don't make the same mistake I did; just like the smoker who denies that their habit it harmful, if you don't work to heal your psychological wounds now, then it will eventually catch up to you. Be well, and take care of yourself.

The part that depresses you is that somehow it's your fault for noticing it sooner and not trying hard enough to convince others.

Nah, the worst part is when they gang up to say it's your fault even though you were the one warning them and not participating in whatever happens

give an example?

I thought that's part of the reason we excelled as a species, seeing the patterns to eat or run from and knowing which is which. Plus getting curious about new ones and if they dont eat us figuring out what to do with them.

Object permanence has to be me least favorite part of neurodivergence. "Oh I walked away from that tree but I know it's still there."

Alan Watts died in 1973 and yet this clip has him saying "scroll social media". Only possible "social media" at the time of his death was email or a chatroom and those were in their infancy and the internet hadn't been invented yet either. Methinks you may have been fooled.

EDIT: rephrasing

I'm not going to lie- I understood none of this.

Every single decision that every single middle manager has ever made and forced everyone to follow through with.

I worked around 18 wheelers for awhile. Eventually you develop a sense for who is going to be a problem driver before they've even fully pulled onto the lot.

Obvious signs are the company they drive for. Some companies stress hiring competent drivers with good track records, others get theirs by training people with zero record. Condition of the tractor is another easy tell. Some states generally seemed to send worse drivers as well, for example we got a lot of bad drivers from IL.

And then you've got how they pull inside in the first place. Missing the turn in, not a big deal. But missing the turn in when they were going 40mph? Did they fly or creep through the gates? Either side of the spectrum is a worry. Once through the gate were they able to follow the preponderance of signage and context clues to direct them where to go? How did they brake as they came to a stop? Speaking of brakes, do you smell theirs? Not a great sign if you do. Did you have to tell them to engage their air brakes?

Then you've got the driver. Young driver? Not a good sign. Are they in a hurry or agitated in some way? Do they have a pet jumping all over their lap as they check in or a spouse/co driver they're fighting with? Music absolutely blasting to keep them awake? Is the driver acting like this is all new to them? How good is their english and are they going to be able to follow simple directions?

And then you've got how they actually approach their dock. Wasn't a large lot, so some drivers before they've even started to back up have already put themselves in an unwinnable position just by the way they approached the dock. Did they decide to circle round the lot in a weird way? If they're having to back up at an angle did they choose the correct way, or are they trying it blind side for zero reason?

If a driver started checking a few too many of those boxes, I knew they were going to do their best to hit something. You'd tell these drivers to open their windows, literally follow you around the lot and hand hold them as they backed up, and they'd still manage to hit something.