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One of the upsides (there are very few) of growing up #ActuallyAutistic where I did (Singapore) is that it was legitimately just impossible for me to understand social pressure or ways in which I had to fit in. I never once had a ‘I should do X because my parents / teachers / society’ thinks I should moment.
People from back home often say ‘oh you have such a clear vision for what you want to be’ and I’m partly also like.. ‘I didn’t have a choice? Also you all made me feel like shit for it?’
I have always had a clear-eyed vision for the life I want to lead and the ways in which I will not bend to fit in. Simply because I know there’s no fitting in anyway, all paths there lead to rejection, so why try.
Just the other day we had a new train station open in Singapore. I saw a video of a few literal kids who LOVE TRAINS who were yammering on about how much they love trains. I saw myself in them. They were at the door with their face smooshed onto it and they ran into the station when it opened, happier than anything.
Of course some mean spirited Singaporean normies took that footage and made videos about how weird they are.
Singapore autistic train lover kids: don’t listen to them, they suck. You’ll be alright. Keep loving trains.
Neurotypicals don’t know the joy of loving trains or anything as much as we do.
@skinnylatte
That's sad.
Can people so mean spirited be validly called normies? I mean even when a lot of them run governments and businesses I am resistant to calling that normal, because I don't want to accept it.