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WCDT strips 3706-3710 (26th to 30th March 2018)
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: snufflebottoms on 26 Mar 2018, 20:48 ---I'm actually getting annoyed with Brun at this point.
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You don't know what it's like to be on the spectrum, do you?
I may be "high functioning" but the social stuff can be a pain in the ass sometimes. Especially when nobody wants to be direct or open about things. So, it's pretty exciting when I'm pretty sure I interpreted a situation correctly in spite of that. Though like Brun, sometimes I'm dead wrong in my conclusion(s).
EDIT: Awkward and unintentionally antagonistic phrasing corrected.
Emperor Norton:
Idk, I get that she is probably on the spectrum somewhere, but at some point, someone has to have told her about personal space. Seriously, she functions with a job, she should be able to learn basic human interaction. Autistic people may have TROUBLE reading social cues, but that doesn't prevent them from learning basic etiquette.
I don't like people being close to me. It makes me very uncomfortable. Sometimes even romantic partners being too close to me for too long is difficult for me. I'm also incredibly sensitive to smells.
Everything she has done would have been incredibly frustrating to me, and just using her being on the spectrum as defense for her being annoying just feels off to me.
(Not to mention that the whole time Clinton has had to pee.)
Pennepasta:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 26 Mar 2018, 23:45 ---
--- Quote from: snufflebottoms on 26 Mar 2018, 20:48 ---I'm actually getting annoyed with Brun at this point.
--- End quote ---
You don't know what it's like to be on the spectrum, do you?
I may be "high functioning" but the social stuff can be a pain in the ass sometimes. Especially when nobody wants to be direct or open about things. So, it's pretty exciting when I'm pretty sure I interpreted a situation correctly in spite of that. Though like Brun, sometimes I'm dead wrong in my conclusion(s).
EDIT: Awkward and unintentionally antagonistic phrasing corrected.
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I read this strip as brun saying that she got the social cues right when someone else got them wrong, thus referring to the same situation, i.e. that they were making out. Brun is saying that she is knowingly leading the pair of them on, and that is annoying. I presume that that's snufflebottom's annoyance.
oeoek:
Manometer in the red zone, bulging pipes, poor Clinton must be so ready to enter the bathroom by now...
BlueFatima:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 27 Mar 2018, 00:51 ---Idk, I get that she is probably on the spectrum somewhere, but at some point, someone has to have told her about personal space. Seriously, she functions with a job, she should be able to learn basic human interaction. Autistic people may have TROUBLE reading social cues, but that doesn't prevent them from learning basic etiquette.
I don't like people being close to me. It makes me very uncomfortable. Sometimes even romantic partners being too close to me for too long is difficult for me. I'm also incredibly sensitive to smells.
Everything she has done would have been incredibly frustrating to me, and just using her being on the spectrum as defense for her being annoying just feels off to me.
(Not to mention that the whole time Clinton has had to pee.)
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Has it been confirmed that she is on the spectrum? There could be many, many other reasons she is the way she is.
Her personal space issues remind me of some kids and adults I've met who had ADHD. They were amazingly functional when given tasks to focus on and having had time to heal, but seemed to have more difficult times with social behavior when they were stressed or tired out.
She could possibly have a number of other things going on from a strange/difficult upbringing to a number of conditions beyond being on the spectrum or a mix of this and that. At the end of the day, does it matter? Yeah, her behavior is unexpected (though it does seem to have a pattern), but as long as she's in character that's what matters most. Part of me kind of hopes she never gets a label. There are many people in RL who behave outside the norm who don't carry one (or keep it private).
I find her very relatable myself even though I kind of have the opposite problems with personal space. I used to joke with some friends that I was learning to be a person. I love her self reflectiveness and attempts to fit and be good to the people she is close with. It is obvious she takes a lot of time to work on changing her behavior, and that takes courage as it can be an uphill battle to change—even when it is to your own benefit.
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