they say autistic people take things literally but they're thinking of kleptomaniacs
@cestfleuve what if it’s both 🤯
@cestfleuve Resolve any confusion by being both 👀
@cestfleuve Oh man I hope this toot does bonkers numbers. This was so funny I read it multiple times. xD
@Bwee hey can you hope the same thing for my bank account
@cestfleuve I hope your bank account does bonkers numbers! Right now it's so low I had to read it multiple times to make sure I was really seeing a number so low! xD (Hope this magic helps, haha!)
@cestfleuve This is such an autistic-style joke, too!
@hosford42 I'm glad you like the style because that's the only part I can claim. I've definitely heard a "taking things literally" kleptomania joke before somewhere.
@cestfleuve @hosford42 but your version is multi-layered
@cestfleuve @hosford42
"Literalists take things literally.
Kelptomaniacs takes things, literally."
@cestfleuve Nooo, kleptomaniacs literally take things!
@cestfleuve One of my favorite dumb jokes is "Why can't kleptomaniacs understand metaphor? Because they take everything literally."
@cestfleuve It took a diagnostically significant amount of time for me to realize this was a joke.

Oh my.
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@cestfleuve what does that mean they take things literally? (I get your joke but just asking about where the first part comes from)
@linuxduck as in, where does the idea come from that autistic people are very literal?
@cestfleuve yes just wondering
@linuxduck well some are, is where it comes from
@cestfleuve That's effing brilliant! I had to share with the teenagers. Thanks!
@cestfleuve I thought that was they literally take things.
@cestfleuve it think autistic people take things literally and kleptomaniacs literally take things.
@cestfleuve I'm so happy that I managed to understand this joke without any external help.
@cestfleuve I'm going to steal this 🤣💝
@cestfleuve
Elon is not autistic. He has claimed to be “on the spectrum”, and has at other times claimed to be bipolar.
Nope, he is just a rich, entitled, jerk.
Those of us who are actually struggling with mental issues, and are doing the work to overcome them, reject his premise.