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Indeed, however it might be dialed up to like 300% of neurotypicals and literally damaging your body.
So yes, some things are relatable or the typical 'ah yes I have that sometimes' but in absolute unrelatable overdrive.
And trilializing traits under which people are suffering can sometimes be really discouraging or worsening depression.
Sure, but I'm not standing next to a group of miserable "neurodivergent" kids, pointing and laughing, but dissing a meme that maybe 100 people will see and even that only because it's got comments under it (because 3 people got offended by my comment).
This whole thing should be a meme about how eger people are to get offended even if there is nothing there. Maybe it's because Lemmy is so small, so there isn't that much to get that fix from. Something worth while to think about.
have you considered that maybe if 3 different people "get offended" by your comment, it might be cause you're an asshole and expressing your views in a really dick-ish way and invalidating a whole group of people? Food for thought, maybe do some introspection
Seconded.
No, I don't usually go consider absurdities under dumb meme posts. I'm sure people that make those are very fragile people, but without criticism, how will they grow. More food for thought.
But lets step out of this funny little exchange of ours. I think it's great what the topic is. It can't be more irrelevant and pointless than this I think. Like any other month Python sketch, it's best when it's short so it ends before it gets tedious. So, bye, good luck, have a great day.
You might not be standing "next to" a group of three neurodivergent kids.
You might be standing in a group of four "normal" kids, and wondering why the other three are calling themselves neurodivergent.
I'm not wondering one way or the other. The only thing I'm wondering is why we are so boring to make such a dumb thing a topic. It's hard to think about something that deserves less time than this meme.
And yet here you are.
Yes, here we are 😁
I think sometimes the stars align and strange groups of people gather in one place by some tragic coincidence.