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A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance. All neurotypes are welcome.

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[–] eodur@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Embrace it. Think of awkwardness as your charm and eventually others will too.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not awkward if you pretend to know what you're doing

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One day, you'll run out of fucks to give and stop pretending.

Embrace the inevitable.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But that day won't come until you're 56

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The more awkward, the faster you run out.

Normies can go their entire lives with giving a single fuck.

This is not the same has running out.

You can't take them with you.

[–] quadropiss@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

My cptsd would argue