me when i insert my silly interests into my uni coursework (animation, fourth wall breaking characters, and detectives)

thank u for ur service the persona character of the day

but then i'll try and employ this same method with other neurodivergent people, asking questions about what they're doing, and they'll get so defensive and paranoid about why im asking as if im trying to meddle like..bro i just want a conversation. why is friendly fire on rn

interest based thinking makes it so difficult to communicate sometimes bc if i dont completely relate or have any scope of what someones saying all i'll resort to is 'fair enough' or staring politely or trying to fill the silence by talking about my own experiences to try and relate which SUCKS

termites in your neurones

this is so funny like theyre just pitted against each other since birth. maybe one (1) time they get put on a play date with each other, as toddlers or some shite, purely out of politeness. and theyre toddlers so they dont know whats going on. but the parents are like 2 seconds from having a scrap