Calamity Beast Seydlitz
You ever notice when neurotypicals ask "How are you?" they never want an honest answer?
Jul 30, 2023 at 6:51pmWeb
Show threadWinter Jo   ❄️Jul 30, 2023

@pynkbites this this this this

how the fuck does this not break down the idea of honesty and authenticness around people, i never want to have a mask, i always want to be genuine, this stuff just frustrates me endlessly

Show threadCalamity Beast SeydlitzJul 30, 2023
@ShadowJonathan It's almost like they ask to give themselves the self-satisfaction of pretending to care, but balk at actually performing the emotional labor that empathy entails.
Show threadWinter Jo   ❄️Jul 30, 2023

@pynkbites EXACTLY

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Show threadShineJul 30, 2023
@pynkbites It's funny, because Czech culture is to actually provide a honest answer, so all English textbooks were so weird to me, like "I'm fine, and you?" was presented as the obvious answer and I was so confused. Then I found out that english speaking foreigners consider us a "nation of complainers" for that 🙃
Show threadCalamity Beast SeydlitzJul 30, 2023
@shine I like the Czech way better
Show threadShineJul 30, 2023
@pynkbites I just don't get how NTs don't understand that it's also extremely unhealthy. Like, bottling it up and going "yea, I'm fine" all the time? We are supposed to be social beings, sharing is important.
Show threadScarbo the Black Sheep θΔJul 30, 2023
@pynkbites sometimes I'll just say "hi" back and that's good enough. But like, if you're talking about if something's not going super well, you could still give an honest answer that is pretty superficial, like "could be better."
Show threadSpottyfox斑狐狸Jul 30, 2023
@pynkbites Small talk is generally awful, IMO