grayApr 22

at a job interview

"whats your biggest weakness?"

"understanding the semantics of a question but ignoring the pragmatics"

"could you give an me an example?"

"yes i could"

Show threadHywel

@gray this really reminds me of a person I work with. I suspect that they’re autistic. My wife, who teaches autistic children suggested the same when I described some interactions without mentioning autism.

The replies here are very interesting.

Apr 23 at 1:26pmWeb
Show threadJens FinkhäuserApr 23

@daycoder @gray Had a colleague, who I had this conversation with.

Me: good morning!

Them: the morning is not good.

Me: I'm sorry your morning is not good. I was not trying to state that it is, I was wishing you had a good morning.

Them: oh! In that case, I also wish you a good morning!

Me: thank you! Now is there anything I can do to help with yours?

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The fun follow up to this is that *I* have come to be semi-/self-diagnosed.

Show threadJeff GriggApr 23

@jens @daycoder @gray

"If it is a good morning, which I doubt."