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the autistic ping
Look, we’re not actually narcissists
When you talk to us about an emotional issue
And we respond with a personal experience or anecdote
We’re not trying to make the conversation about ourselves.
Most times (at least with me), I have to find an experience within myself that is similar to what you’ve described
So I can furnish an appropriate emotional reaction to what you’re experiencing.
It’s sort of like when you ping an IP address to fix a faulty Wi-Fi connection.
It’s not personal, it’s just how I navigate Feelings™.
This is how many people on the Autism spectrum express empathy. We don’t say things like “You must have felt so…” like neurotypical people are used to. To us, that comes across as presuming to know. We look to when we felt something that seems similar, and offer that experience. That lets the other person decide whether we truly know how they feel.
When I do this I am trying to show you that I really do know how you feel, and not just saying something arbitrary to make you feel better. Since I’m not good at showing and expressing emotions or even knowing exactly what it is I am feeling, I barely know what others are feeling. But by relating situation to situation, I’m acknowledging what they are feeling now and that I felt a similar way once, so that any advice I give can sound like I’m feeling the right emotion.
Oh I had no idea this was an autism thing I always respond to people by talking about situations where I felt similarly
Literally this is so common they test for it during the diagnostic process.
To be fair, this is also something very common in non-western and non-anglo cultures, as well. Before it was broadly known as an autism thing, it was broadly known as a Jewish thing, for example. The “New York Jewish” conversation style, for example, relies heavily on sharing personal anecdotes as an expression of empathy.
Like, this is absolutely an autism thing, maintaining this style of empathy even in a culture that disapproves, but this one is very much western (white) culture, not the neurotypicals as such.
I s2g if Avengers 4 isn’t something like Avengers: Day at the Beach, Avengers: Needs to go to the Store for Milk, Avengers: Spring Cleaning Weekend, Avengers: Who Ate the Last of the Pizza?, I’m going to lose it.
Avengers 4: Battle of the Kings, Thor and T’Challa Play Mario Kart
Avengers 4: Do We Have A Legitimate Ant Problem Or Are These Scott’s Friends?
Avengers 4: Call Me Lord of Thunder One More Time, Loki I s2g
Avengers 4: Tony Stark and Space Tech, A Love Story for the Ages
Avengers 4: Awww coffee
Avengers 4: Winter Soldier vs. Fridge Magnets
Avengers 4: Oh My God, Sam You Don’t Just Ask the King of Wakanda if He Gets Hairballs
It was filmed back to back with Infinity War, and was originally just titled “Infinity War Part 2” so it’s a good bet that the heroes get their butts kicked in the first one and rally back in the second.
My guess is that Avengers 4 will deal with the little-remembered second half of Infinity Gauntlet where Thanos loses the thing and Nebula gets it and then everyone keeps fighting over it and reality keeps getting messed with as it changes hands.
Bold strokes if they go with the original ending of “the heroes use the gauntlet to undo everything that happened and Thanos decides to take up farming (I am not even remotely kidding)”
Avengers 4: Old Mad Thanos Had A Farm (E-I-E-I-O)
India declares freedom of sexual orientation a fundamental right
“India’s Supreme Court has issued a historic ruling confirming the right of the country’s LGBT people to express their sexuality without discrimination.
Judges ruled that sexual orientation is covered under clauses in the Indian Constitution that relate to liberty, despite the Government claiming there was no legal right to privacy.
The ruling paves the way for discriminatory practices against LGBT people to be challenged in the courts.”
This is such a huge deal! It affects 1.3 billion people.
Australia & India coming thru today!!! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈💖💖💖💜💜💜
Loki is the Philosopher King 