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The people I end up socializing with are not NT.
Ditto, though it's a spectrum, rather than an either/or. Now I know (some of) the rules, I can understand why a lot of them exist. The difference is I can also help educate people on them. I've also learnt to take it with grace when someone does the same courtesy for me. Us neuro divergents need to have each other's backs as best we can.
That's it! That's the part not mentioned in the meme. We have to find each other rather than keep banging our heads against the wall trying to fit in with NTs. ND friends will politely and discreetly tell me when I broke a social rule rather than loudly make fun of me for it.
https://youtu.be/tFL5GTKwonQ
Find somewhere you can let your weirdness shine and have people be happy for you!