Nope 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m neurodivergent n somehow I manage not to be shitty to others

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Depends. If they’re actively trying not to do that and aware of the problems they may cause, then thats kidnapping unfair. Blatantly using it as an excuse and refusing to change? Yea no sympathy for that.

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NTA. feel this way all the time (i'm autistic)

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No. Before I got diagnosed and never realized why I was acting the way I was I was also an asshole but I apologized moved on and stopped treated people like shit bc it’s never an excuse (even before diagnosis still not an excuse for me to be a dick)

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Thank you so much for saying this because as someone that isn’t neurodivergent (that I know of, some of my autistic friends think I may have autism, but never been tested) I’ve always kinda felt like some people use it as an excuse, but then felt like an asshole for thinking it

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erm it depends. i have gotten in Trouble with people thinking im using my issues as an excuse and thinking i wasnt taking responsibility. ended up just learning to reword how i apologize to people. my main issue was being blunt to people and not being able to tell like boundaries with jokes.

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As someone who is also neurodivergent, i wholeheartedly agree. Bc even if a symptom of my condition contributes to me hurting someone (never physically, just verbally/emotionally), i still have to own up to that and deal with whatever consequences come with. That is something i have to work on/grow in.

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I just think of this whenever I hear shit like that

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NTA. I’m neurodivergent and cry when I think I hurt someone’s feelings

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Insane combo you got right there

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This and gay people being mean

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As someone who is neurodivergent myself and has had bad experiences with other neurodivergent people, you are absolutely in the right. I try to be tolerant of others neurodivergence, but there’s a point where it’s just not an excuse.

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No that’s valid

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Literally so not the asshole. Just because it isn’t natural for someone to pick up social cues doesn’t mean that they can’t learn eventually.

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What’s the distinction between an excuse and an explanation for you, personally?

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