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      10 months ago

      You’re probably joking, but know that there’s a subset of us that gets pathologically anxious and confused by small talk. Autistic people for example. Different folks, different strokes. Not everyone deals well with talking about the weather, and that’s ok. There’s billions who do deal well with it, and that’s ok too! Be a mensch and talk to them instead.

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          10 months ago

          It’s great that it worked out for you, and I’m happy for you, but we don’t need to force everyone to fit the same mould.

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              10 months ago

              Ah my bad, I thought you were complaining about people not wanting to engage in small talk, and I thought you were suggesting that people should just suck it up and talk about the weather even if they don’t want to. I’m a bad communicator, and I sometimes misread stuff like that.

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                  I had a hard enough time accepting it* for myself, and I can’t expect a stranger on the internet to do so quicker than I did. I hope that some day you can reflect back on this conversation and realize you’re being a bit of a dick about this.

                  [*]“It” meaning the inability to shape my social life the way “normal” people do it, and simultaneously live a happy and healthy life, and that this is not something that can be medicated or exercised away