By JugglingNothing on Thu Jun 19 2025

Replies (52)

• JugglingNothing:

  @RealJayC, @EliMercer, @Charlotte
  Deal. More memes. More talks like this. More being our unfiltered selves. ❤️

• Real Ray C:

  And conversations like this. For real.

• Charlotte:

  Yes please. The world needs more ND memes.

• Eli Mercer:

  Release them all. We’re ready. 😂

• JugglingNothing:

  Promise. I got a million half-baked ones in my notes app.

• Real Ray C:

  Keep making memes. Seriously. They help.

• Charlotte:

  Yeah, Miles. Your humor is like the door we can all walk through.

• Eli Mercer:

  You started it, dude. You made the space for it.

• JugglingNothing:

  @RealJayC, @EliMercer, @Charlotte

  Man, this conversation turned wholesome. 😂 Love you all for this.

• Real Ray C:

  That part. It’s so validating to have someone go “I don’t get it but I love that you do.”

• Charlotte:

  Or even if they don’t care about the topic, they still care about you being excited.

• Eli Mercer:

  Yesss. I can literally rant about special interests for hours and they’ll match the energy.

• JugglingNothing:

  That’s the dream. Honestly, that’s why I love ND friends. No editing required.

• Real Ray C:

  It’s so tiring. I wanna just be the weird, info-dumpy, stimming me 24/7.

• Charlotte:

  I’ve got so many versions of me preloaded depending on who I’m with.

• Eli Mercer:

  Exactly! “Define yourself.” “Pick one.” Like it’s an avatar screen.

• JugglingNothing:

  It’s wild. Even when someone says “just be yourself”, you’re like… which version?

• Real Ray C:

  Yep. Be normal is so deeply drilled in that you do it automatically.

• Charlotte:

  Same. It’s like a reflex. Hard to turn off after years of survival mode.

• Eli Mercer:

  Jokes aside, it is exhausting. Even now I sometimes catch myself masking with people I trust.

• JugglingNothing:

  👏 Bravo. Truly inspiring.

• Real Ray C:

  I’d like to thank the Academy and my anxiety disorder.

• Charlotte:

  Award-winning. Best Supporting Mask in a Social Situation.

• Eli Mercer:

  Certified experts in Maskology.

• JugglingNothing:

  😂 This thread is just us outing ourselves as former social anthropologists.

• Real Ray C:

  Same. And then getting it wrong anyway because someone changed the topic mid-sentence.

• Charlotte:

  I did the same! Scripted conversations in my head like I was writing a play.

• Eli Mercer:

  Man, I was studying people like a wildlife doc. “Observe the neurotypicals in their natural habitat.”

• JugglingNothing:

  We really had to learn social skills like we were hacking a game. Cheat codes for basic human interaction.

• Real Ray C:

  Yep. Perform the funny, so they don’t mind the weird.

• Charlotte:

  Oof, too real. It’s like, if I make you laugh, maybe you’ll let me be myself for once.

• Eli Mercer:

  Preach. Comedy is trauma’s favorite coping mechanism.

• JugglingNothing:

  That’s honestly why I do it. Easier to handle the heavy stuff if you laugh first.

• Real Ray C:

  Yup. Humor’s the only way I’ve managed to get some people to actually hear it.

• Charlotte:

  This is why memes like yours help. You joke, but you’re also teaching.

• Eli Mercer:

  Broooo you’re killing me. 😂 That’s it. That’s the vibe.

• JugglingNothing:

  Ray, exactly. “Can you say it in a way that doesn’t make me feel bad about ignoring it for years?” 😂

• Real Ray C:

  They just want you to stop making them uncomfortable, not actually learn.

• Charlotte:

  Hahaha, I still try sometimes, but then halfway through realise they’re not listening.

• Eli Mercer:

  Right?? I got so tired of being the unpaid educator. Like, buy a book.

• JugglingNothing:

  Honestly same. Used to give people TED Talks about autism. Now it’s just “Google it or don’t.”

• Real Ray C:

  Literally. I used to try to explain, but now I just walk away. Ain’t got the energy anymore.

• Charlotte:

  👏 YES. It’s so dismissive. Like, let me invalidate your entire experience in one sentence!

• Eli Mercer:

  Bro, the worst is when they share it like a gotcha. “See? We’re all the same!”

• JugglingNothing:

  Everyone’s a little autistic” is the fastest way to make me exit a conversation.

• JugglingNothing:

  Lmaoo EXACTLY. “Have you tried…trying?” Revolutionary advice.

• JugglingNothing:

  Right?! Like, I wanted to be on the floor sobbing because my brain overloaded. 🙄

• JugglingNothing:

  🤣🤣🤣

• JugglingNothing:

  🤣🤣🤣

• Charlotte:

  Omg yes. The number of times I got “just focus harder!” for ADHD. Like, oh? You solved it? Nobel Prize for you?

• Real Ray C:

  JugglingNothing, I’m dying. 😂 But also… painfully true. The old “everyone’s a little autistic” line makes me want to flip a table.

• Eli Mercer:

  😂 Dude, I felt that. I remember people telling me “you’re just being dramatic” when I had meltdowns. Like sure, recently in Jan.