Comment on Pokémon Lazarus: When a Fan Game Becomes a Conversation
ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 17 hours agoLemmy appears to have a lot of autistic users on it, which explains the struggles to understand sarcasm. But autistic people tend to be open-minded and we’re often targeted by the same bigots that you’re lamenting about. So while the sarcasm thing is an issue, it’s also a sign of an open-minded user base.
TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Dang Ive been wrestling with the realization that I might be neurodivergent in some way, I’m on Lemmy but I do understand sarcasm. This hasn’t helped at all
ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
Understanding the concept of sarcasm and recognizing it amidst a conversation are very different things.
Also: autism isn’t the only type of neurodivergence and failure to recognize sarcasm isn’t a trait that 100% of autistic people share.