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And then those same people will read subtext into whatever you say even though they’ve known you for a decade and they know you are just direct. And then you have to deal with reassuring them that no you didn’t mean anything by it other than what was written/said, and don’t they know you never use subtext without making it explicit in the next breath?
Weird how we get told we’re “over-thinking” things, but nobody else gets called out for “under-thinking” about things.
If the communicate entirely through implication, how do we know that’s what we’re being told?
Good goddamn, yes
Yes they communicate entirely through implication, but they are not conscious and do not generally think at all; it’s just a collection of reflexes, with very rare actual thought and zero self awareness ever.
Everything they do makes more sense when you remember this.
Do consider that there are those who do not detect the implied meanings and by happen-chance behave well enough to be tolerated.
There is no meaning. Meaning requires consciousness on the part of the speaker. Only patterns, call and response.
And then arguing that it’s just clear and natural to know.
It has genuinely been something I’ve had to understand the other way and be really aware of now that I interact with more neurodiverse people, because to me it absolutely is clear and natural to know and it is intuitive because that is how I was brought up with people, media etc. And being British we almost seem to take it to another level at times… it genuinely was hard for me to understand that there are people that struggle with it which almost doesnt seem possible when you are so used to it. And I still do it, its a very hard habit to unlearn but as soon as i notice any confusion im quick to clarify or correct myself. Some people are just pricks though and will argue it out…
“Fall in line or we’ll diagnose you.”
Demonizing intelligence. Typical fascist shit, but embedded in our medical systems.
