Mastodawn

You know, I am going through some stressful things right now, have opted into living with a friend and his family for reasons, and frequently have to retreat from people. But their kids don't trigger me. Neither do their animals.

What is your theory why? I would really like to hear what other people think, or if this is not a universal experience? Is there an age where it wears off?

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Quasit Dec 20

@Urban_Hermit

I'm a bit socially awkward in real life, although I really enjoy public speaking (I have a knack for it).

But I'm INCREDIBLY comfortable around fellow geeks - at science fiction conventions, for example.

Maybe we are just more comfortable around our own kind.

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Urban Hermit Dec 21

@Quasit I can always tell one of us. It only takes a few sentences. And one of us is always worth listening too. What ever is said next is going to be logical and reasonable and probably a very nuanced but accurate take on a problem. And even if it seemed to a neurotypical that this is just a long list of observations, these are just the premises that need to be recognized to see the cleverness of the coming solution.

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Quasit

@Urban_Hermit

It's the same for me. I'm good at passing for neurotypical, generally. But I can spot a geek a mile away. Except it's getting a little harder with younger people, since so many of them are into it now - particularly women. When I was young, there were virtually no women who were into geeky stuff. Guess I was born too soon!