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  • What I said is still a part of what you proposed, just not specifically.

    Absolutely not. What you said had nothing to do with anything I said. I did not say we should “believe everything everyone says.” That’s not even a part of what I said.

    You then proceeded to:

    read into phrases past their actual meanings

    The alternative to “reading into phrases past their actual meanings” is not to “believe everything everyone says.” It’s simply not assuming someone intended to say something completely different than what they actually said, which is what you did.

    And the alternative to “expecting others to infer what you think based on subjective social rules” is to just say what you mean in the first place.

    See the conflict we’re having right now? We could have avoided this if you simply didn’t read into what I said past the actual meaning.






  • My neurodivergent self is having a really hard time reading that article.

    For us spectrum jockeys—avoidant, overwhelmed, and overstimulated as we are—community can be as slippery as the spectrum itself: something you surf along until you’ve slid straight through whatever you thought the end point was, before arriving back where you’ve always been, alone with your perpetually “other” self.

    That’s the second sentence. And that’s all only one sentence. I’ve re-read it multiple times and I’m still scratching my head at most of it.

    Anyway, I’m not sure I can relate to the sentiment that the internet was once more welcoming to neurodivergent people. I’ve never felt a sense of community online. It sure was a good tool for discovering new music, however.