shalafi@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 16 days agoSeems a great many of you need this.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11
arrow-up131arrow-down1imageSeems a great many of you need this.i.imgur.comshalafi@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoSo… if you don’t live your life automatically assuming that every stranger is a threat, you don’t waste time and effort with small talk.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoYou really don’t understand this hooman communication thing, do you? So let me try to parse this; Your interactions with others is on a purely transactional basis?
minus-squaresgtpugg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-215 days agoMy attention and time are not something others should feel entitled to have.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoI think the total opposite, people who value small talk assume every stranger is someone to value and attempt to connect with, whereas people who frown at or avoid small talk are often the ones assuming some pretty negative things about others
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoThat’s pretty unfair to the 10 to 20 % neurodiverses.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoI mean, this is a total generalization. I’m ADHD AF and I love small talk. I’m very earnestly never “testing” people, either.
So… if you don’t live your life automatically assuming that every stranger is a threat, you don’t waste time and effort with small talk.
You really don’t understand this hooman communication thing, do you?
So let me try to parse this; Your interactions with others is on a purely transactional basis?
My attention and time are not something others should feel entitled to have.
I think the total opposite, people who value small talk assume every stranger is someone to value and attempt to connect with, whereas people who frown at or avoid small talk are often the ones assuming some pretty negative things about others
That’s pretty unfair to the 10 to 20 % neurodiverses.
I mean, this is a total generalization. I’m ADHD AF and I love small talk. I’m very earnestly never “testing” people, either.