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Honestly I think it's perfectly fine and I don't think it makes you more/less neurotypical at all. I just think there's different folks and they like different strokes, y'know?
I'm not coming at it from "hating" small talk, everything is so insanely intense these days, whenever I talk about anything critically people assume I "hate" it, but I don't, I'm actually just curious about it. I think it would be cool if I could learn to appreciate small talk for instance, but for that I'd need to actually understand what it's about. But I suppose it's just not for me because I just don't really have those thoughts like "nice day today" and such.
I suppose I'm coming from being 12 and seeing very reposted images with text about "I hate small talk, can't we talk about something meaningful" on tumblr and Instagram, and from when I did still follow ADHD and autism communities on the internet, and when I browsed Reddit in general, and saw rants about small talk⦠used to seeing the word "hate" in conjunction with it. Sorry.
I also agree, different strokes for different folks :) It's okay to not enjoy small talk, and it is also okay for me to enjoy it.
You are literally 12?
I inaccurately assumed the way I expressed myself would be interpreted as "when I was 12, I saw images that were reposted frequently on Instagram that contained text attesting to hating small talk," and did not have it in my mind as a possibility that my comment would be taken as a statement on my current age. I made an inaccurate assumption. I am currently over 21.
Although when I was 12, although I didn't talk about my age or lie about it in text discussions I did still use websites that were only allowed to be used by those 13 and up, or those 18 and up. I typed very similarly to the way I do now. For all you know I am a filthy liar and actually just a 12-year old with a good grasp of English, attempting to seem more credible (and evade any possible TOS violations and account bans) by telling you I am over 21 years old ;)