>>/47240/
That was my point. He wasn't normal. I said he saw himself as "rather normal if idiosyncratic." He knew there was something different but not exactly what, I'll go into more detail below.
>>/47239/
What you're saying kind of reminds me of a quote from Voltaire: "What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions, and to reason correctly from them."
>>/47238/
> I understand where they're coming from. You're sold the idea that "neurotypical"/normie society is the real deal and you better adapt, but really when you look around it's pretty apparent that it's extremely flawed. And if you point that out normies will never take the blame or do anything about it, they'll just deflect. Probably with some quote about human nature they got from Facebook. I think if I had to choose between struggling for decades to "adapt" and death, I'd choose the latter. Death is always preferable to torture. Also I wouldn't just hang myself or something lame like that I'd go out with a bang
I mean, logically speaking, society can only ever be "neurotypical" since society by its very nature requires prosocial behavior. And if humans who by their very nature require society are extremely flawed, then it's nothing to wonder at that a society comprised of humans is extremely flawed. But I think this is beyond the original point since plenty of "neurotypicals" share the same view of society. My biggest gripe with "neurodivergents" (or those who take up that identity anyway) is the tendency to lean into self-victimization. This sad-dog posturing only makes the symptoms worse, anyway, by more deeply attaching oneself to them.
When I say adapt, I don't mean "neurotypical" normalcy will ever be reached. Neither do I mean to overreach the extent of adaptation. It would be absurd for people to imitate what they can't even resemble. I mean it in same the way that a blind man adapts to his life without having recovered his sight. I brought up the anecdote to point out that when he thought he was normal, he nearly reached being so, but upon taking up his identity as autistic, he struggled more and more to his detriment with symptoms he previously managed.