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I have no idea how to answer that (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/autism
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is part of why I got into writing.

"Whatcha thinkin' about?"

"Oh, my book! Let me tell you all about it! Or, better, do you want to read it? Here, I'll send it to you!"

I either get a beta reader for my latest project, or they never ask me stupid questions like that again. It's win/win.

[โ€“] BackOnMyBS 1 points 1 year ago

they never ask me stupid questions like that again

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[โ€“] Persen 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then they hate you. This happened to me a couple of times.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

uhh, nothin'

[โ€“] zephyr 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Life.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Such is, regardless of our own standings in life, somehow...

[โ€“] marciealana 4 points 1 year ago

Word

[โ€“] SeeMinusMinus 3 points 1 year ago

How do you know what my brain looks like?

[โ€“] Seven 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But how do most nts answer this question well? How are you supossed to explain this, exactly?

[โ€“] Seven 2 points 1 year ago

"what are you thinking about?"
"stuff"
"what stuff?"
"stuff that I can't easily put into words"

[โ€“] Iron_Lynx 2 points 1 year ago

STRANGER: A penny for your thoughts?

ME: I hope you have the time and energy for a three hour lecture of the history and engineering (maybe) of this obscure component of a fictional universe I've created. Do you prefer law or railways?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I describe it as chaos