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Neurotypicals say I should make decisions with incomplete information. (thebrainbin.org)

submitted 3 months ago by modem_down@thebrainbin.org to c/autism@lemmy.world

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I do. I decide to obtain more complete information.

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

slaps own dome

This bad boy has over 40 years of masking experience.

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[–] modem_down@thebrainbin.org [S] 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thank you for acknowledging that. I guess most of us on the spectrum have some masking to heal from or unlearn.

As for the quote, Teddy boy had his last two priorities backwards. He also skipped over the many potential degrees of rightness or wrongness, and the problems of subjectivity.

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