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charleemoon · 18 hours ago

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i don't even care i think it's important that autistic people are able to also communicate nuance and ambiguity. "hey to be clear, i am saying something that i DON'T want you to fully be able to understand because i am withholding information for my own sake and purposes. i want you to understand that so you know your confusion is an intended effect of my statement." hate /hj all you want but me and her are best friends and braid each others hair

/hj is the funniest earnest tonetag in the world even without the handjob joke because it's ostensibly meant to clarify tone for autistic people, but the tone it's clarifying is "unreadable level of ambiguous seriousness that requires social context beyond what text can convey /glhffgt"

#and yeah i do use it to hide what i really mean #to avoid scrutiny #its basically like a “im going to say something that might too cruel #and i dont know you well enough to know if you would engage with me on it #or find it unsavory #so i will test the waters to see your reaction #and either play it off as a joke if you dont seem interested or against what im saying #or delve into it further if you do seem to agree #maybe thats “not okay” or cowardly or something #but i think autistic people are owed ambiguity and implication #i dont like being literal and honest all the time #ESPECIALLY because it usually gets me into trouble #when i honestly say how i feel or what i think i often get rejected or judged or even morally scrutinzed #by other autistic people as well #so hj is safe cover. its a way to protect yourself #and socially gauge others before you misread or misunderstand something and say the wrong thing #idk #maybe its not that deep actually lol #txtblog

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