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I can't be the only one who has been on both sides of this, yeah?

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (26 children)

Hi, I’m from All. Is calling a person on the spectrum “Acoustic” as a light hearted joke ok?

Edit: thanks everyone who responded! Sorry if it’s a dumb question. I used to think that using the word “dude” as a gender neutral term was ok until I got yelled at by internet strangers so now I double check every memey phrase.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My wife and I regularly refer to ourselves as “artistic” when neither of us are particularly art-oriented 🤣

[–] randomdeadguy 8 points 1 week ago

High-functioning artistic!

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