Pet Peeve: "The neurodivergent experience" like it's a monolithic thing rather than the weird and wonderful hodgepodge of symptoms, eccentricities, and personalities that fall under the umbrella of neurodivergent. I see it way too often and always assume the writer is narcissistic or just not neuro at all.
11 Comments
xytaruka@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 43d
20% is optimistic
CorrenteAlternata@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 43d
very optimistic... i don't think I even get to two digits...
MalReynolds@piefed.social · 13 pts · 43d
Pet Peeve: "The neurodivergent experience" like it's a monolithic thing rather than the weird and wonderful hodgepodge of symptoms, eccentricities, and personalities that fall under the umbrella of neurodivergent. I see it way too often and always assume the writer is narcissistic or just not neuro at all.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 42d
Yeah this meme is making autism oversimplified and binary, which I think is harmful to the overall perception of us.
Pudutr0n@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 43d
The technical term for my condition is "donkeybrained".
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 8 pts · 43d
Do you have a certificate of authentication for these donkeybrains?
endless_nameless@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 42d
it's actually possible to be in sheer agony 100% of the time even with the special interests
erinmeow@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 43d
so true mrpmrpmrpmprmrpmp
WestlyWhitetail@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 36d
Depends. Online I'm the former (the optimistic type), in real life when i'm not actively stimming it's the latter XD
bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 38d
Yeh. This flesh machine I inhabit is broken. I'd like a refund.
daggermoon@piefed.world · 1 pts · 42d
Glad to know it's not just me.