Listen up fuckers, cause none of this applies to anybody on this site specifically and I’m just bitching.
I don’t have to accomodate neurotypicals who say horseshit like “I don’t want to keep a tone tag reference sheet open to have a conversation though”, that has officially stopped being a me problem. Similarly, if your response to that is “Communication is a two-way street, so a communication issue is often also a two-way thing”, that doesn’t sound like I have to accomodate YOUR misunderstanding of MY words, however you have decided to read them. If you decide even in spite of tone tags that I’m being an asshole, frankly get fucked and go decide someone else’s emotional state for them. Hell, even if I didn’t use tone tags, I shouldn’t be required to fucking defend myself from your literal spurious accusations. I’ve had enough of your disingenuous assertions.
I’m pretty understanding about misreads, just ask me what I meant instead of fucking assuming the absolute worst in people all the time, and also do not go around expecting neurodiverse people to accomodate whatever YOU read into their words all the time. Your fucking problem. It’s not their job to sort out your preconceptions and accept whatever emotions you decide for them, which was the point of what I was saying anyway. Ableist shit.
This type of thing has become pretty traumatic over the course of like ten of exactly this type of bullshit, so I don’t have the will to cause problems and fight about it but I’m also not willing to constantly cede ground for free to neurotypical expectations.
I pepper end-smilies at the end of my sentences for that purpose 🤷
It conveys the same thing usually and helps with the missing body language.
Joke’s on you fucker, they’ll read it as being sarcastic!!! No winning.
I’ll just assume I didn’t add enough smilies. Oh you’ve done it now! 😤😤😤😤
I used to do that until I got told I was passive-aggressive. I started doing it because I was told my text communication was curt and could feel harsh.
Huh I’ve been doing it for decades without issues. I tend to stick to the standards though :D
I guess it might be different on email/textmessage on phone and on webforums
No winning!!
Same. It is apparently “the passive-aggressive smiley face” and there I was doing it in earnest. This was one of the moments that cemented my understanding that I am not one of those people.