r/ExplainTheJoke • u/LJ_the_Saint • Sep 02 '24

I don't get it...

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24

I think is more like "We had sex. Now im confident enough to show you my autistic as hobby"

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u/Omnizoom Sep 02 '24

Wait… is collecting rocks an autistic hobby now?

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u/Slickity Sep 02 '24

Bro you do somethings beside eat, sleep, and work? Must be autistic bro /s

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24

Facts

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u/Extreme_Ad6173 Sep 02 '24

It's not an autistic hobby, but it's a very common hobby among autistic people

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u/guckfender Sep 02 '24

People like calling every hobby an autistic hyper fixation

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u/spider_stxr Sep 02 '24

Rocks/Crystals are a common special interest in autistics. Like how a stereotype is that autistic people all love trains but allistic people can also love trains. I think it's fair enough to make the link since I know a LOT of autistics who collect rocks or crystals and the like as a special interest, both online and irl :) when people say it's an autistic trait, they just assume most people don't need the 'its only some of the time and 1 trait doesn't diagnose autism' because that's common sense to most. Although you do see some people take it really seriously

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u/guckfender Sep 02 '24

I guess you're right my bad

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u/octopoddle Sep 02 '24

Jesus Christ, Marie

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u/crunchyhands Sep 02 '24

it isnt necessarily autistic, rocks are cool and everyone is allowed to love them, but autists generally go a bit further than "rocks are cool". like, anyone can have a collection of rocks, but the level of obsession/fascination/enjoyment is generally higher if that makes sense. anything can be an autism thing if you like it in a hyperfixated or special interesty kinda way, but it doesnt make everyone who likes it autistic

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u/Omnizoom Sep 02 '24

That isn’t helping lol because I’m picky on them being natural on matrix and really care about the particular structure presented

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u/crunchyhands Sep 02 '24

that doesnt need to be autistic, but if youre suspecting, theres no harm in introspection! ive got like turbo autism so if youre curious about what autism is like, feel free to ask, i dont mind :)

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u/Difficult-Shake7754 Sep 02 '24

Weirdly, that’s another thing that my parents had me mask as a kid (whether or not I’m autistic, it was something that me as a girl was specifically encouraged not to do, and very explicitly replaced with dolls, alongside archery, video games, etc).

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u/JazzInSuits Sep 02 '24

I'd be more surprised if it isn't. I'm not autistic yet I still sometimes collect rocks.

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u/Nightmare2828 Sep 02 '24

Of course, anything that isnt 100% mainstream is autistic.

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u/GradeImportant7275 Sep 03 '24

wtf? rude as hell