Reddit reviews Life and Love: Positive Strategies for Autistic Adults

You're short on social intelligence.

This is not an insult; it's an effort to help you understand why you're unlikable and "weird" (because we both know you've been called that more than once in your life). Not only do you take trivial matters too seriously, you also misinterpret (and overreact to your misinterpretation of) jokes. Your readiness to take a defensive posture is symptomatic of a lifetime of ridicule, and that will not improve unless and until you fix yourself.

I recommend reading Life and Love by Zosia Zaks. It will provide a framework through which you can improve your life.

>You're short on social intelligence.

On reddit I don't really make any attempt to follow typical social standards, so I can see why you'd say that. Probably slightly true in real life too, but it's not as pronounced as this anonymous conversation would make you think.

>This is not an insult; it's an effort to help you understand why you're unlikable and "weird" (because we both know you've been called that more than once in your life).

I believe that you're trying to help. I've been called unlikable because I tend to call people out on their bullshit, but I haven't been weird since a couple unfortunate middle school years.

>Not only do you take trivial matters too seriously, you also misinterpret (and overreact to your misinterpretation of) jokes.

I knew the entire time that they were just calling me mouthbreather because they liked their Morse code fantasy and were mad that I ruined it by explaining how Morse code works. I was trying to make them say it, out loud. What you thought was seriousness and misinterpretation was me faking not understanding, to see if they had the balls to say why they called me mouthbreather (it just took frustratingly long).

>Your readiness to take a defensive posture is symptomatic of a lifetime of ridicule, and that will not improve unless and until you fix yourself.

Again, I didn't really care that they called me mouthbreather, I was trying to give them the self awareness to process why they did. I was trying to help them, much like you're trying to help me. I don't feel the need to fix my habit of calling people on their bullshit, even if more people upvote their bullshit than my calling them out.

>I recommend reading Life and Love by Zosia Zaks. It will provide a framework through which you can improve your life.

I'll pass. I'll give you the BOTD and assume that your "weird" remark and autistic book suggestion weren't supposed to be subtle digs.