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Having a neurodivergent brain often comes with a whole other way of seeing, feeling and processing the world. A way that some others might not always understand.
Whether you're autistic, dyslexic, or fall into any other neurodivergent category, there's a good chance you've had at least one moment where you've wondered, "Is it just me?" And we're here to tell you it's not.
If you don't believe us, head over to a Facebook page called Neurodivergent Memes & Camaraderie. It's a tightknit community made up of over 169,ooo members all supporting each other through the quirks, struggles and oddities of having a brain that works in mysterious ways. As the name suggests, the group shares hilariously relatable memes that scream "Nope, you're not alone!"
Bored Panda has put together a list of the best posts from the page. We're talking memes about masking, sensory overload, hyper-fixations, general dysfunction, and social scripts gone wrong in the most hilarious ways. Some might have you howling with laughter, others could leave you feeling seen like never before. All are reminders that the neurodivergent brain isn't broken. But rather, something to be celebrated.
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Rick Murray 3 months ago
Exactly. Going sounds incredibly draining, but it is nice to be remembered once in a while, you know?
Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
No lol no it really isn’t , it mens you gotta come up with a reason not to , in my case I’m happier left alone at home to potter around , n only going out in my kids b days or mine n Mother’s Day end off 4 times a yrs MAX , but then I live out in the sticks miles from towns pure heaven lol
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sbj 3 months ago
If I'm not invited then my brain goes into overdrive mulling over all the reasons I think I wasn't but if I am then I'm fretting over what excuse to give as to why I can't make it
If you've ever told a joke that fell flat with an autistic audience, don't take it personally. And don't assume they don't have a sense of humor or that they lack intelligence. People with autism don't always respond to certain jokes in the same way as their neurotypical peers.
According to experts, the autistic among us process humor differently possibly due to their social, language and communication difficulties. Many jokes require the use of figurative language and abstract thinking, and this isn't always easy for individuals with autism. They may need a more explicit explanation, or a joke to be spelled out, in order to understand the laughing matter.
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Elizabeth Lawlis 3 months ago
Actually, a lot of people demand we do all of this every day.
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KnightOwl86 3 months ago
Yeah I've had a good day if I can do even 2 of these things in the same day.
RomanceRadish 3 months ago
Add in the hours dedicated to parenting each day and you're in the red.
Son of Philosoraptor 3 months ago
Meditation is the vacation from the monkey mind. It's only a drag the first few months till you get the hang of it.
Vee Lyons 3 months ago
A few months is like years to a monkey mind though, :(
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Scott Rackley 3 months ago
Buy food once, cook once, 3 meals. F**k socializing other than once a week. Vacuum once a week. Laundry 1 load a day. Not impossible, stop making it hard on yourself. But yeah, wash your a*s once a day.
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FranSinclair 3 months ago
Unless youre a teacher asking me to *explain your answer*
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General Anaesthesia 3 months ago
How about an "In Thought" column? Tilt your monitor to portrait mode to view.
Son of Philosoraptor 3 months ago
I've literally told an employee Wait, let me type that, I can't say it out loud.
Those on the spectrum may also engage less in ‘social-interaction’ laughter, meaning they're honest. They laugh when it is genuinely funny, and not out of politeness or social pressure.
"In addition, they typically display rigidity in thinking, prefer sameness, and experience difficulty in seeing the big picture," notes the Healis Autism Centre's site. "Consequently, it could be difficult for them to create and understand conventional humor that requires flexible thinking.
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Helena 3 months ago
I can over explain until I'm blue in the face, and they still won't understand anything I said
SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 months ago
…..and that’s why I stopped talking.
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T.M.P Janssen 3 months ago
The problem is that people way too often WANT to misunderstand you. No amount of explaining will help against that.
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Jeremy James 3 months ago
"That man! What I first fell in love with was his mystery. I thought it was s**y as hell. You knew he was the smartest one in the room, that if he'd just say something it would knock your socks off. But he'd just stand there with a little smile on his face and not say a word."
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Rick Murray 3 months ago
My three week summer holiday is approaching the end. I feel like I ought to write a blog post delving into all the things that I had planned to do, and all the things that actually got done. On second thoughts...
Rick Murray 3 months ago
BTW, it's not just ChatGPT that uses the word "delve". ;)
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The Majestic Opossum 3 months ago
They're *both* called ADHD now, just different types...
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UncleJon_TheMadScientist 3 months ago
Yep I've been that burning wreck most of my life, and no one believes me that I have adhd... they always pass it off saying I'm just dydremer
"Puns can be difficult to understand because they require you to think about something in more than one way at the same time," adds Steph West, social coach for neurodivergent children, and the founder and director of Starfish Social Club.
"I noticed a lot of my students just don't really understand puns or other other wordplay jokes. Jokes that require prior knowledge that our kids might not have are difficult for them to understand sometimes, jokes that have to do with pop culture, references that our kids might not always get."
There are a lot of factors that go into why humor can be difficult for those with autism, she says.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
"I voted for Donald Trump" kills any conversation around here.
Mimi M 3 months ago (edited)
I find a good spot on the periphery and park myself there. Whoever really wants to interact can come find me. Or I find some other misfit on the periphery and strike up a convo with them. Yes, I know it's about not talking, but that's my general party strategy. I can't even remember the last time I went to a party, however.
joann fielding 3 months ago
"Does this rag smell like chloroform to you? " seems to work well. Jk
DC 3 months ago
"Haven't noticed it yet? I just pooped my pants, and now I'm gonna raid the next-best cabinet in order to find some undies that might fit. Wanna help?" - works every time. Sometimes, it even gets them to allow me to leave before the party really took on. I wonder why not everybody does this.......
KnightOwl86 3 months ago
I found just staring blankly at them until the person leaves works well for me.
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Lost Panda 3 months ago
Learned to always grab the cuff of my sleeve before putting on a jacket/hoodie
Mimi M 3 months ago
Learned to wear socks inside-out, so I don't feel the seam across my toes.
joann fielding 3 months ago
Came here to say that! Some battles epic with my daughter about socks til I learned this trick.
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Scott Rackley 3 months ago
This is truth. I moved to a town with about 20k people, reasonably spaced out, not a lot of traffic, decent neighbors, good town. Now, 20 years later, about 80k people, full of a******s, sprawl for days, and now I need to move further out.
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Helena 3 months ago
Did I breathe too much? Talk too much? Talk to little? Did I unknowlingly say something stupid? Has my pants been undone all day? Is there anything visible in my nose? Did I just scratch my bo ob without realizing it? Am I in public scratching it? C**p, is this the kind of environment where it is or is not ok to twirl my hair. I really want to twirl my hair.
ExistentialSoup 3 months ago
I consider myself a relatively intelligent person yet I almost got scammed by a “police officer.” My acquaintance at the time asked what I was doing in my daily life that made me so convinced the cops were going to arrest me? I still think about that bc the answer was nothing. Just this.
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Scott Rackley 3 months ago
Soul of of Lawful Neutral, but present as Chaotic Good. And usually act as Chaotic Good.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
That shade of green at the very top looks familiar. This is from The Onion.
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Rick Murray 3 months ago
Pick *one* battle. Then examine it in depth. No no, that's a puddle. I mean bottom of the ocean depth.
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Stardust she/her 3 months ago
I remember other’s embarrassing moments unfortunately and they always make direct eye contact with me as they know I know so this has led to some good acquaintanceship
joann fielding 3 months ago
Haha kinda like what my Mom used to say when we were embarrassed to be seen shopping at K-Mart. She pointed out that they ALSO were shopping at K-Mart.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
Same with French Fries. Crinkle fries. Straight fries. Curly fries. Waffle fries. Shoestring fries. Steak fries. And Jojos. It's all about the texture and the surface area to volume ratio.
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MontanaMariner 3 months ago
There's definitely something to this. I'm guessing it's a surface area thing.
OneWithRatsAndKefir 3 months ago
That’s what I assume too. I only like things like onions when sliced and diced. A ‘too large’ piece has a noticeable texture, while sliced and diced ones just have the flavour.
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This is due to umami (mouth feel) different textures and consistencies are more enjoyable for different people and can make or break a meal. Every neurospicy person i know has their own rules and particular likes and dislikes when it comes to food, even simple things like certain foods touching can be a huge issue.
nottheactualphoto 3 months ago
Umami and mouthfeel are two completely different things.
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Malor Brycington 3 months ago
This is actually true to an extent. "When onions are sliced pole to pole that is from their tip to the root ball, it ruptures fewer cells releasing fewer enzymes and ultimately a mild flavour. While the same onion when sliced in half, it ruptures more cells, releasing more flavours, ultimately leading to a more intense flavour." - https://associatestimes.com/news/do-you-know-onions-taste-different-if-cut-differently
nottheactualphoto 3 months ago
True fact. And it's true of all alliums (that I can think of). Shallots, leeks, chives...
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It is definitely a texture thig. I love the taste of all onions, but if you put a big chunk, strip or otherwise, piece in anything, It will inevitably end up on the side of the plate. EG, I love french onion soup, I make it at least 3x per year, but I rarely eat the actual onions... Cut em small, caramelize em and I am fine...
FranSinclair 3 months ago
You give me those big square ones at the bottom...you can take em RIGHT back.
Mike F 3 months ago
My folks used to chop them just that way and put them on the table with pinto beans. It was 60 years before I could eat pintos after that.
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Sinead Kenny 3 months ago
Before this is used to think I just couldn't get the right size chopped onions in anything.Howecer! Now I realise I actually chop them different sizes and colours according to the dish I'm cooking. I.e finally since is over a dressed salad but chunky chunky is a curry. Hmm 👌 👏 thank you 😊 xx
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MontanaMariner 3 months ago
"The horrors persist, but so do I" has become my favorite recently.
Rick Murray 3 months ago
Here in France, my go-to reply to that is "Toujours vivant" (still alive). It gets some interesting reactions as Frenchies can be rather literal when faced with sarcasm.
Helena 3 months ago
The existential dread of existence is only exceeded by the comfort that it will inevitably end.
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Bonnie Blue Bird 3 months ago
The head in the sand approach to dealing with problems... i can relate
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Farah (she/her) 3 months ago
Or being the food court! The thought of Mcdonalds lil consistent beeps make me shiver...
Oerff On Tour 3 months ago
Try walking in. Recently I entered the supermarket, needed just 3(!) things. Just because I was immediately overwhelmed by the packed store, I couldn't even remember the third item.
Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
Answer to this , order it online lol I not done a supermarket shop in store for over 11 yrs order get it delivered to suit sorted
childish gambling addiction 3 months ago
There’s a scene in the third book of Scott Pilgrim where this exact thing happens
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I'm not sure whether to laugh or kick myself for not thinking of this.
Tara Noe 3 months ago
Lol I provided mine with a three page categorised, bullet point history arranged by date.
Secret Squirrel 3 months ago
OMG! That's brilliant. I'm so relieved to find that I'm not the only one. However, I wish I thought of doing PowerPoint because I am really really good at PowerPoint. Plus, it's visual!! Instead, I wrote a 27 page chronological narrative of my life/major issues in outline format. I'm going to convert it to PowerPoint now.
KnightOwl86 3 months ago
I've literally had to draw one for my therapist before because she couldn't keep up. (My family is huge, 50+ aunts and uncles, 100s of cousins, 7 siblings, 16 nieces and nephews!)
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Keisha Washington 3 months ago
This is top tier traumasplaining simply awesome way to lay it all out.
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Beak Hookage 3 months ago
Never met a really funny person who wasn't also a real mess underneath.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
Somehow it made me funny and popular. I still don't know why or how.
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The idea that some people don't is strange to me.
SouthernGal 3 months ago
Wait - doesn’t everyone hear the words in their mind? If not, how do you understand them?
Dorothea Lehmann 3 months ago
I hear the words in my mind but I sometimes stop listening to myself because something I read sent me off on a lovely adventure of anecdotes and musings. Then I have to snap myself out of it and reread the last passage I didn't listen to.
KnightOwl86 3 months ago
I do both?! I can hear the words when i first start reading while visualising whats happening, eventually I can't 'hear' the words anymore and it becomes just like watching a movie.
childish gambling addiction 3 months ago
Wait, do people like that, like, not get songs stuck in their head?
childish gambling addiction 3 months ago
That’s true, some people can’t visualize images in their head either.
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FranSinclair 3 months ago (edited)
All the time me co workers are "what are you doing!" "You cant do it that way!" Ect but i get s**t done better and quicker than them and not a single one would deny it. I didnt just jump in. I have a plan...its not the same as yours
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So many times, because people don't understand that keyboard shortcuts are a thing.
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Lisbeth Guz 3 months ago (edited)
I write exactly what baking pans I used for each recipe. Edit: I have many
Shoopyfloop Roundbird 3 months ago
My husband and i can make rhe same recipie but some how i have one bowl and one spoon to wash and he has every dish we own plus 4 more ive never seen before loaded into the sink.
Joanne Long 3 months ago
Food photos are not the real food. They are dressed up with things like glue, polyurethane, lighting, dyes, and all manner of non-food stuff to please the eye.
Huddo's sister 3 months ago
That's why I don't like the 'one pot' recipes, because they make it sound like you are saving dishes, but usually you have to take things out of the pot and put them aside to cook the next bit. Those other dishes tend to add up. It's also why I don't really understand a lot of casserole recipes, because you cook all the different parts, in whatever cookware needed, then put them all together in another dish, just to melt cheese or brown crumbs on top.
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Harpsicolton 3 months ago
I do the same thing with my watch. I look at it, only to look at it again because I forgot what time it was already.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 months ago
Almost everything. You would think I’d have learned by now.
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Candy 3 months ago
Can't get anyone to actual listen to me. 🤷♀️ It's how I know I don't matter.
KatWitch57 3 months ago
Hey. You matter. Without you the other *ssh*oles think that they're right.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 3 months ago
Self diagnosed because my MD was pretty useless (and it would seem this entire country is rather behind on mental health issues) *and* since I'm over 50 I just cannot justify the cost of a private consultation to tell me what is really pretty obvious (not just to me, but a fair number of people who meet me...well, the ones that don't just call me weird) and isn't going to change my life in any meaningful way.
Lady Eowyn 3 months ago
Don't self-diagnose. Don't trust Dr. Google. Good way to screw up your life. And no, I don't use Dr. Google, but an MD I actually see in person.
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Senjo Krane 3 months ago
I'm not ADHD but I don't contact friends often enough because I just don't know what to say. I'm not one of those who can babble away.
The Majestic Opossum 3 months ago
That's why having other ADHD friends is great. We can forget each other exists for 3 months, then pick up where we left off like it was yesterday
BookFanatic 3 months ago
I have a dearly loved friend who calls me 2-3 times a day. Just to chat. I'd be happy with 2-3 times a month. Lol
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Brian Leahy 3 months ago
Yeah, I had a clown try to pull me into the sewer, a rabid St. Bernard tried to eat me, a 1958 Plymouth Fury tried to run me over…
childish gambling addiction 3 months ago
my life was written by John Mulaney, because it’s a big, fabulous joke
SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 months ago
Sometimes I feel like a character in a Ruth Rendell novel.
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Jeremy James 3 months ago
If you stay up late enough, you can hear music in the hum of electrical appliances. My box fan has been singing classical Indian covers of Radiohead songs for the last half-hour.
Rhonda 3 months ago
Oh my gosh… for years I’ve thought this was just me!!
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Otto Katz 3 months ago
My tinnitus has morphed into country western music over the past couple months. I HATE country western music.
Joanne Hudson 3 months ago
Once I thought I could hear conversations thru my pillow but then I realized I had clogged sinuses.
Flavia Slag 3 months ago
Music and explosions really loud... but important dialogue is quietly whispered.
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Sinister Murder 3 months ago
That is why I studied Philosophy. So I can just stare out of the window and say I've been working.
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Scott Rackley 3 months ago
I go by the saying, "Why be someone's problem, when you can be everyone's problem" Don't halfass one thing, wholeass it.
stereotypical-nerd 3 months ago
Why be part of the solution when you can be part of the problem?
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Rick Murray 3 months ago
And *that* is how I spent rather a lot of my summer holiday. Scratch that, the summer. Scratch that, 2025 so far. Scratch that...
Hmmm hmmmm 3 months ago
Why that last one is ridiculous. I completely need to know what happens if I were to have become a French noble during the french revolution and then escaped and somehow ended up accidentally marrying the Spanish queen. Totally reasonable
childish gambling addiction 3 months ago
After enough time i will have thought through every possible situation that could ever happen. i will be unstoppable
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Oerff On Tour 3 months ago
I was diagnosed last year at age 55. Totally burned out. Now I don't want to mask anymore. Take me as I am. I'm 1 in 3. I'm sick of having to conform to the other 2
FranSinclair 3 months ago
Im 35 and was recently diagnosed. People have made funny comments throughout my life like "girl you need a doctor" or "youre like a 30yr old trapped in a 3yr olds body. Sit still!" But during work meetings (im serious..idt they have ever pretained to me or my work) so i really zone out and day dream and then when id hear my name id be shocked and blurt out things like "i didnt do anything!!" Itd get a laugh but i wasnt trying to be funny at all. Got diagnosed with anxiety and adhd after being treated for depression for 25 years and let me tell you what...im kinda kick a*s. I can really get s**t done! I really wish i wasnt just passed off as "lazy" or "careless" throughout school. I might be president! Mrs Burns, 3rd grade school teacher...whats happening to America is your fault! 🤣
Load More Replies... Son of Philosoraptor 3 months ago
I run a team of people who handle medical situations, mostly acute orthopedic types of injuries. Like, fall off roof go boom. We are at computers organizing and authorizing care. The winner employees are all either ADHD or calm like a stone. Normal people need not apply.
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RomanceRadish 3 months ago
This may qualify me as old, but I'll only listen to music made (primarily) with instruments, not computers.
Mike F 3 months ago
So Kraftwerk isn't your cup of tea? You're missing out.
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Sheena Leversedge Wood 3 months ago
ah, this was from Baby Driver. great film. not my genre at all, but I loved it.
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Joanne Long 3 months ago
The desire to enjoy the company of the opposite s*x whether platonic, romantic, or strictly sexual, does not evaporate at a specific age. Ageism and some kind of misplaced discomfort with elderly continuing to live life is unfair.
Orange Mum 3 months ago
So in other words, he only wanted to put a leg over, succinct and to the point because at our age we dont have time for beating around the bush.....
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Secret Squirrel 3 months ago
This picture bothers me: Where are the two yellow pieces? There's 1 red 3 green 4 blue 5 orange and 6 purple. ....Clearly there's two yellow pieces missing! Fix it
Talis 3 months ago
Probably already eaten by a "neuronormal" sibling. Everyone else would start with the color that only exists once. Or start with the color occurring most, until it matches the amount of the next one, then continue with those two until they match the amount of the next one, then continue with those three until...
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Artoonist Corine 3 months ago
YES! YES! YES! A bazillion times YES! I Do this and people think I am crazy! Red, Orange, Yellow, green, blue, brown DONE
Orange Mum 3 months ago
Correct and the red ones are eaten last because they will always be the best
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Remi (He/Him) 3 months ago
Oh hi book I started to write a decade ago, and the one completed mitten from 8 years ago, and I see the game I started to make 5 years ago has also made it to the picture. Sorry I forgot who the rest of you are
Petra Schaap 3 months ago (edited)
i made a scrubby this morning, just to have a finished project. It felt strange. edits because i need more coffee.
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Helena 3 months ago
Tell them the facts of your life all in the same tone. I like bananas. I got my first creeper call at 11. I once went on a cool vacation. My cousin was m******d. Watch them try to figure out if you're a sociopath.
FranSinclair 3 months ago (edited)
My name is a little unique and kinda sounds like a more common name and one day patrons at the bar misheard me and started singing *Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jooolene.* i corrected them and was like "i actually got my name from my dad (my name is his split in half and i explained it) then said "when i was like 25 tho he told me he wasnt my real dad, that my Uncle was so i shoulda been named after him. Plot twist though, dna says he is my real dad and he hated me all those years for nothing!" My regulars eyes where huge and he said "omg wtf would you say that 🤣!" And i just looked at the patrons "im sorry, idt i shouldve said that."
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MontanaMariner 3 months ago
What do you call it when the people you love aren't interested in spending time with you? Is my social charger broken?
Otto Katz 3 months ago
Same. So I moved away and now I feel SO much better!
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Helena 3 months ago
[wow I haven't heard this earworm since highschool. do you remember high school social politics, that was insane. Remember real high school politics that was also insane, but there was voting? freshman year, remember the guy who won senior class president because he was popular and his entire speech was just singing the most earworm song of that year. Should've caught on that politics wasa giant popularity contest where your want your team to 'win' back then. Unfortunately in a democracy you're forced to care and voting is your duty. I wish I could put politicians in an mri machine, ask them all their stances on the same subjects and then post the results side by side, so everyone could see exactly where they stand on any given topic, so much better than listening to speeches designed to manipulate their audiences. Oh god is this person still talking, nod and smile, start backing away slowly]
okpkpkp 3 months ago
I dropped out of high school and then earned my GED before my friends graduated, so I don't remember. Sorry.
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Senjo Krane 3 months ago
I always thought that was called 'laziness' which is what I suffer from.
Anthony Elmore 3 months ago
It stops being laziness when the activity takes more work than actually doing the work.
Load More Replies... childish gambling addiction 3 months ago
“I’m not messing around, I’m doing important stuff!” -Superman
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KatWitch57 3 months ago
Told my first husband about it, he invited some of his friends to have a go.
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Farah (she/her) 3 months ago
Okay but sometimes I'll be talking to my friend and babble about random s**t without thinking and once I start to think I stop and go "my bad, my brain wasnt awake. Carry on"
FranSinclair 3 months ago
"Then my nana died oh and you remember that one guy that we knew from back at the lake got married and he moved to....im sorry i have no idea where im going with this, my nan didnt even know that guy.. im just gonna stop" 🤣 my husband "k. Come back if your point does babe!"
Load More Replies... Son of Philosoraptor 3 months ago
I hate when i have an important thought but when I share it, it comes out wrong and small.
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The Majestic Opossum 3 months ago
Ah peak 00's, she just needs a tie and one of those dumb little fedoras
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Jennifer Johnson 3 months ago
Hillary Duff. "Lizzie McGuire" on Disney channel
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Maggie Fulton 3 months ago
If is the result of car painting at a Ford factory, yes. Same idea.
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RomanceRadish 3 months ago
Me to ringing phone: "Why aren't you texting like a normal person?!"
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MontanaMariner 3 months ago (edited)
"Be polite. Be professional. Have a plan to kïll everyone in the room." - Gen. James Mattis
Lisbeth Guz 3 months ago
When I dress up for social events I feel like I'm cosplaying a functional adult
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Joe Reaves 3 months ago
Is there a pet I can baby talk instead of interacting with actual humans?
Farah (she/her) 3 months ago
YESSSS FINALLY PEACEEE but as you go someone stops you for a conversation. Its like, SHUT UPPPP I FINALLY FOUND A PLACE TO SLEEP LEAVE ME ALONE U STRANGER
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Bored Retsuko 3 months ago
Was going to say. Or maybe OP missed a dash... 2 - 7 minutes.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 3 months ago
I (far too often) don't realise I'm hungry until I get ready to go to bed, look at my "going to bed" checklist, and at the bottom it asks if I have eaten. Like, oh, so *that* is what I forgot...
Lupita Nyong'heaux 3 months ago
my mom used to pick up on the hangry in me all the time. i'd be going on about something and she'd be like "lupita, you need to eat something." and she was ALWAYS right, cuz as soon as i'd eat something, my mood would calm down. lol
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Stardust she/her 3 months ago
My future partner will be forced to listen to my hour long rants about space whether they like it or not
Huddo's sister 3 months ago
Sounds like my mum when she gets talking about plants and seed saving :) Even when she has told me the exact same thing the day before.
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SouthernGal 3 months ago
And I was wearing a shirt with a tag in the neck. A TAG!! Give me scissors now!
Mimi M 3 months ago (edited)
Hellyeah. And then trying to remove the little scratchy bit left over after the scissors gets the main part - argh!
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SouthernGal 3 months ago
I can definitely relate to this one! When I finally realized this, all of the pieces of the puzzle finally fit together perfectly.
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Stardust she/her 3 months ago
Did not enjoy any of the last many years of my life so I can honestly say that I’ve wasted a lot of time lol
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Beak Hookage 3 months ago
Silence of the Lambs. The director Jonathon Demme had the actress sing this particular song because he just plain liked it! Then she got kidnapped by Buffalo Bill, poor thing.
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Sarah Matsoukis 3 months ago
But it's a song you hate and it's a concert record with fans singing and screaming along
T (she/her) 3 months ago
That's like the ToH episode of The Simpsons when Homer goes to Hell and his punishment is endlessly eating doughnuts.
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Anthony Elmore 3 months ago
You joke, but the sad part is that typically declining self-care is a pretty easy trap for someone suffering mental illness to fall into and does actually contribute to worsening mental illness. So the picture's not far off...
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Remi (He/Him) 3 months ago
Not if you can just follow. The list holder has the chore of making sure it's followed
Load More Replies... Sarah Matsoukis 3 months ago
I love grocery shopping and if something joins me for errands I'll cook for us after
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Gregory Garcia 3 months ago
Im 53 and my goto is Black Sabbath's first 4 allbums. I used to nap to BSGH and as soon as The Wizard came on I'd wake up and go back to work. Lunch was over
Load More Replies... Niels AirMax 3 months ago
I do NOT appreciate personal jokes about me on this platform. We have X for that! ☝🏻
#82
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
Bed is warm. Bed is Cozy. Bed never judges you. Not like dem other beeyoches! SNAP SNAP SNAP!
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#86
Gregory Garcia 3 months ago
This has been a terrible year, even the century. When does it get better?
Dawn Marie 3 months ago
This century sucks!!! Can we go back to the 80's?
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#89
Mimi M 3 months ago (edited)
From the diagnostic criteria for autism from DSM-5: 'Highly restricted interests with abnormal intensity or focus, such as a strong attachment to unusual objects or obsessions with certain interests...' From Reddit/autism: https://old.reddit.com/r/autism/comments/toauwr/could_collecting_things_be_an_autistic_thing/ and also from Reddit/autism: https://old.reddit.com/r/autism/comments/1340sli/anybody_else_just_fùckin_love_jigsaw_puzzles/ So it's not one of the three primary diagnostic criteria (social reciprocity, non-verbal communication and relationship deficits), but it can be seen as related to the above 'special interest' category. More here: https://www.google.com/search?q=can+collecting+stuff+be+a+sign+of+autism and more here: https://www.google.com/search?q=autistics+and+puzzles This is not to say that the person's grandma was 'definitely' on the autism spectrum (of course not), but their perceptions about them may still have had some basis.
Load More Replies... Bored Retsuko 3 months ago (edited)
Could be autism but fancy china and towels no one was allowed to use sounds more like typical post WWII mindset.
Gregory Garcia 3 months ago
As soon as my mother dies, Im getting rid of her mothers china! Lol
Load More Replies... Petra Schaap 3 months ago
this comes from the same crowd that says "stop saying you have (X or Y) just because you have some quirky behavior"
#90
Helena 3 months ago
I've been told my questioning feels like a more intense police interrogation.
Sarah Matsoukis 3 months ago
Me flirting because I don't want to waste my time and need to determine compatibility
Load More Replies... Bored Retsuko 3 months ago
I think it's particularly ND women who struggle with this. People hate when we're "too direct". :-/
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KnightOwl86 3 months ago
Every time I see my therapist I feel like a giant. I'm 5ft 9, she's 4ft 2.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago
FWIW, I work in a place where I'm one of the tallest people there and I never thought I was tall other people are short ever. I'm pretty dumb that way. Sometimes they have too remind me I'm the one who can do that thing without a step ladder. I'm not even tall. I'm 5'9". I literally forget that people are short.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 3 months ago
Only compared to my mum or sister! I'm just over 5ft (154cms), my sister about 4 centimeters shorter, and my mum is 4ft 7 or something.
Stardust she/her 3 months ago
I’m 2cm away from the average national height of women so I focus on how tall others are. Some people are so freaking tall that they don’t even notice me near them and this caused someone to unknowingly choke me. He never even said sorry
#94
Helena 3 months ago
My coworkers call me an alien on a fairly regular basis. You are not alone.
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ColdSteelRonin 3 months ago
Being weird has led to some interesting places. I've never tried to fit in but have always found those who accept me as I am.
Bored Retsuko 3 months ago
Being weird or different was such a burden back in the 80s/90s/2000s.
KnightOwl86 3 months ago
Just own the weird status! I count myself very lucky in that I never felt the need or desire to try to fit in. I've always done what I enjoy and don't care what anyone else thinks. I can't imagine wasting my life trying to please others.
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#98
Rick Murray 3 months ago
And if they're using old fluo tubes with worn out ballast units *and* they are powered from different phases... hoo boy... This was my local (tiny) supermarket back in the 80s. My mom used to wonder why I flat out refused to go in there.
#99
SouthernGal 3 months ago (edited)
I’m usually the one doing the interrupting. If I don’t blurt something out, I forget and it never gets said. I try to work on it, it’s like a dog seeing a squirrel.
Joanne Long 3 months ago
Problem for intelligent introverts. If you don't barge right in to a loud conversation which you just would never do... everyone assumes you have nothing to add to the discussion. Or the "why are you so quiet " question? I have no choice, loud person, you just won't stop for breath in order for me to get in the edgewise word.
#100
MontanaMariner 3 months ago
I'd dress like Stevie Nicks to be Stevie Nicks. That is Stevie Nicks?
#101
Niels AirMax 3 months ago
I prefer the daytime-doomies. The wider awake, the greater the fear. 😳
Load More Replies... Bored Retsuko 3 months ago (edited)
Get tested for physical comorbidities then... seriously please do. Some have this as a symptom.
Rick Murray 3 months ago
Nothing wrong with nighttime doom. Bring it on, and if the storyline sucks *know* that my brain will start rewriting it. It's the daytime doom that bothers me. Plus that lingering sense that everything is ever so slightly "off" but it's not possible to describe in words.
#107
MontanaMariner 3 months ago
Accurate AF. I realized I was having to invite myself into the lives of my favorite people to be around. I stopped and haven't heard from most of them since.
Gregory Garcia 3 months ago
If you have to do all the work in a relationship, then there is no relationship. I just ended my last two oldest friendships. 🤷
Load More Replies... Fire Singer 3 months ago
I saw bye! If I'm the only one putting in effort it's not a friendship to me. Got myself a good group of friends we can go weeks or even months without texting and still get together later like no time has passed with no hurt feelings.
Nadia D 3 months ago
Why is it so true tho? Do I choose wrong people initially? Or maybe people just avoid me as a weird one? Or maybe I am just cursed? Anyway, does anyone know, are you supposed to be alone forever after stopping chasing people or it really give space to one’s tribe to come and stay in a healthy way?
Anthony Elmore 3 months ago
Well, if any of your friends have social issues, I can confirm we tend to drop off the radar on frequent intervals, regardless of how much we enjoy the company of someone. Not sure why. Just kinda happens.
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#110
Joanne Long 3 months ago
If you are called stupid or dumb, you are hanging out with the wrong people.
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#117
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
My past was not magical. It was just a bunch of stuff that happened.
Corvus 3 months ago
There was some magic in mine... or maybe I was simply more innocent back then ;)
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#121
Stardust she/her 3 months ago
There’s this girl in my class who matches my thought patterns and is more talkative than me, people trash talk her all the time and make up rumours which is just sad as she’s actually really nice
SouthernGal 3 months ago
It’s a wonderful feeling! I love to let my inner nerd run wild and free.
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#125
Rick Murray 3 months ago
Me......trying to work out how long it would take to light all those candles.
#128
#130
Rick Murray 3 months ago
Nope. Just aim for "don't be rude". Be polite. Save "nice" and "approachable" to people who put effort into understanding you rather than the "you're weird" you've heard a billion times before.
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Mimi M 3 months ago
I'm convinced that nerds are on the low (more subtle) end of the spectrum. I call it being 'nerdodivergent'.
Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 3 months ago
My type of being a nerd is fueled by my ADHD. You don't need autism to hyperfixate! Mine are Wings of Fire (long-term) and Honkai: Star Rail.
Load More Replies... ThePinwormsrock 3 months ago
Oh the irony...making this list so long. Face it, you stopped at 42
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
It was probably just a coincidence that so many of these were movie screencaps, but my autistic self had a great time identifying them all so I can show off my knowledge of movies. :D
Mimi M 3 months ago
I'm convinced that nerds are on the low (more subtle) end of the spectrum. I call it being 'nerdodivergent'.
Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 3 months ago
My type of being a nerd is fueled by my ADHD. You don't need autism to hyperfixate! Mine are Wings of Fire (long-term) and Honkai: Star Rail.
Load More Replies... ThePinwormsrock 3 months ago
Oh the irony...making this list so long. Face it, you stopped at 42
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
It was probably just a coincidence that so many of these were movie screencaps, but my autistic self had a great time identifying them all so I can show off my knowledge of movies. :D
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