It’s not even a pronoun in this context, it’s just a noun.

Sent to the principals office for being a nerd

Only 3 ghosts? They just keep making Pac man easier, huh?

Wow, maybe the taliban really will be defeated by capitalism

If you haven’t even seen the show, why are you defending the characterization? If you had seen the show, you would know Eddie Munson is not socially awkward, especially compared to most of the other main characters who actually are portrayed that way.

Eddie from stranger things is neurodivergent?

Seeing Texas and Florida on there tells me there must be very good reasons for it to be illegal.

Is there a third thing besides extroverts and introverts? Because I hate being around people and I also hate being alone.

Ok, fine; you got me. I am now convinced. Nobody should ever say what they mean, and everyone should always assume everyone intends to say something completely different than what they actually said, in every situation. Also, sarcasm should be illegal. But even still, I didn’t need to hear your comment about how you are sexually attracted to animals. That seemed really out of place.

Well then, thank God you’re here to tell me what my own words mean.

This is not, in fact. “reading into phrases past their actual meanings” and is, in fact, called “assuming someone is lying”.

You just did it again!!

What I said is still a part of what you proposed, just not specifically.

Absolutely not. What you said had nothing to do with anything I said. I did not say we should “believe everything everyone says.” That’s not even a part of what I said.

You then proceeded to:

read into phrases past their actual meanings

The alternative to “reading into phrases past their actual meanings” is not to “believe everything everyone says.” It’s simply not assuming someone intended to say something completely different than what they actually said, which is what you did.

And the alternative to “expecting others to infer what you think based on subjective social rules” is to just say what you mean in the first place.

See the conflict we’re having right now? We could have avoided this if you simply didn’t read into what I said past the actual meaning.

You literally just did the thing I complained about.

You read into phrases past their actual meanings

Instead of saying what you think, you expect others to infer it based on subjective social rules

I see these as legitimately bad things that people should not do. The fact that society considers this normal is horrible!

My neurodivergent self is having a really hard time reading that article.

For us spectrum jockeys—avoidant, overwhelmed, and overstimulated as we are—community can be as slippery as the spectrum itself: something you surf along until you’ve slid straight through whatever you thought the end point was, before arriving back where you’ve always been, alone with your perpetually “other” self.

That’s the second sentence. And that’s all only one sentence. I’ve re-read it multiple times and I’m still scratching my head at most of it.

Anyway, I’m not sure I can relate to the sentiment that the internet was once more welcoming to neurodivergent people. I’ve never felt a sense of community online. It sure was a good tool for discovering new music, however.

When the dog came up, I was expecting it to go “and the dog agreed it was a good stick”

You mean you don’t hyper fixate on a few uncomfortable moments from your past and hold grudges based on those?

I can’t believe they forgot the question mark

I’ve only ever hear people refer to their chat as “chat” (like, “hey chat” or “look chat”) in those weird ads where twitch streamers I’ve never heard of order McDonald’s

A pickup has a bed and can carry much more rice than an SUV. I have no idea why anyone would assume they meant an SUV.