• exasperation@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    Neurotypicals tend to lack curiosity and passion for interests.

    When the interest at issue is human relationships and social norms, I think it flips the other way around.

    Better to characterize things by what type of interests tend to appeal to which.

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      11 hours ago

      Idk, dude. I’ve met people I swear are autistic but social but they’re overly rigid about social norms and being polite. I don’t buy it (what you’re saying). Anyone can be interested in anything.

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        8 hours ago

        Anyone can be interested in anything.

        Yeah, but I’m responding to a comment that says that neurotypical people aren’t curious or passionate about the things they’re interested in, and I think that’s too narrow of a way to define “interest.”

        I’d reject that way of thinking because that principle could be weaponized to accuse some neurodivergent people of not caring about people by misreading why they might not be great with social cues or things like that.