• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Why is it always trains?!

    because classifying things that most people take for granted into niche subcategories is part of the ways it manifests.

    Wanting to be able to take a train somewhere in 15 min instead of driving there in 30 mins, find a fucking parking spot in 15 and etc isn’t autistic. Being excited that for once you’re riding a NTW-JPT-2A instead of the more common NTW-JPT-2 is autistic.

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      8 hours ago

      Being excited that for once you’re riding a NTW-JPT-2A instead of the more common NTW-JPT-2 is autistic.

      :-/

      I might spot you that failing to read the social queues when you want to regurgitate everything you know about a subject is the symptom. Also, the habit of ignoring the world around you in order to immerse yourself in reading materials or other non-social stimulus.

      It isn’t the excitement at novelty or the peculiar fascination that classifies someone. It’s the refusal to make eye contact, the obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and the struggle with empathy.