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• DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not exactly neurotypical behavior, particularly if it’s all the time. Working with the neurodivergent community, difficulty sensing jokes and sarcasm is something I see a lot. Just worked with a child who was pretty distraught with all the April fools jokes going on with their peers and not being able to tell what’s real or not

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  • Stylofox@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You asked if it’s normal behavior, several people have answered that it’s not neuro typical, and you’ve gotten very defensive over that. I’m not sure what you’re expecting to hear at this point, but you’ve gotten your answer, whether you accept it or not.

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s what I thought for almost 40 years. Turns out I’m divergent as fuck.

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    • DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not saying you ARE definitely neurodivergent, but difficulty with jokes and sarcasm to the extent you’re describing is not neurotypical behavior. Basically, no, the behavior is not normal, it’s atypical.

      Regarding your longer comment, having rigid, unconventional, self-made rules is another behavior I see in a lot of the neurodivergent individuals I work with. Again, not saying you definitely are neurodivergent, but these are not neurotypical behaviors

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• jbrains@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s normal is that you had a traumatic experience, then internalized a Survival Rule to avoid repeating the behavior that led to the trauma. Depending on your age when the original incident happened, the Survival Rule might sit very deep, causing you to follow it even without thinking and without knowing why.

  All that is normal: expected, sensible, reasonable.

  The rule itself might no longer be needed. Can you imagine a situation in which it would be perfectly fine to interpret as a joke something that someone says without specifying it as a joke? Can you imagine three? Ten?

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• lurch@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No, there’s also tone of voice, wording, facial expressions, smile/laugh and gestures indicating a joke. Also, once one person joked it can be followed up by more jokes, like a session.

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• Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you’re able to get “it’s a joke” from body language or verbal clues, then your last sentence probably explains it. Otherwise… have you considered you might be a bit neurodivergent?

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• nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not neurodivergent no.

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• partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not sure I’m understanding what you’re saying.

  Are you saying you’re having trouble with dry & sarcastic humor or are you saying the events of the days we’re living in are so farcical that you’re having difficulty determining truth from fictional statements someone says to you?

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• nimpnin@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What the hell

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