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[-] [email protected] 107 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Unfortunately I am autistic and explaining something I think is cool. Only it gets interpreted as condescension :(

Its not always but its often enough

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I definitely get the same sorta thing, you just gotta practice managing it. Usually I’ll say something like “I have many thoughts and don’t wanna mansplain but I don’t know your familiarity…” and then ramble. Context is important, and a lot of people also don’t know where we’re at or where we’re coming from so if we just bust down the door and start telling them how something is then that’s kinda on us to manage.

And if they don’t take the clear opportunities I give them to slow me down and then say I should have somehow known better I ask them how on earth I was supposed to know what they never shared. People will often chill out after that.

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