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[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 22 points 5 days ago (10 children)

I don't understand why op thinks they are special for going through this workflow. Women are way less likely than men to ignore job requirements when applying for jobs and many many people have to be reminded that job requirements are fluffy. Are all these people "neurodivergent"? We seem to want to apply this term everywhere for some reason.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml -5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

I think “neurotypical” by now means “I wanna say ‘normie I look down upon’, but I don't want to sound like an incel”

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Nope. I'm neurodivergent, I know a lot of neurodivergent people. We all kind of gravitated to eachother over time. Some are ADHD, like me, some are on the spectrum for autism, and there's a bunch more that I simply cannot list because the list is pretty long.

I can tell you that zero of the neurodivergent people I know use the term "neurotypical" to mean anything like what you suggest. In every context it's meant to exemplify the lack of mental struggle that some people have in their daily life in contrast to what most neurodivergent people experience.

Eg, anxiety and paralysis when contemplating or engaging in anything remotely social. For some neurodivergents, such activity evokes a very strong reaction. Some neurotypicals also experience something similar, usually less severe at least; but the experience is not unique to us.

The most common derogatory use of "neurotypical" that I've seen is regarding empathy, or the lack thereof, from people who have not experienced a major mental health event, and are so neurotypical that they cannot even fathom the struggles of people who are neurodivergent.

You all don't understand, then victim blame us and call us lazy, when our brain chemistry literally prevents us from making any useful progress on stuff. Then there's a whole swath of you that shames us for using meds to help correct the discomfort of being wired differently in a world that isn't designed to accommodate, or even sympathise with us.

Now we're being, more or less, accused of using "neurotypical" as a slur to hide that we're incels?

Seriously?

[–] ViolentPacifist@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

What if they meant it from the perspective of a neurotypical?

[–] Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 5 days ago

If they want to take offense at what is essentially a synonym for "normal, societally accepted brain function" the sure lol

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