Do you ever think you could be a bit autistic?

I'd say you'd make a great mime artist, when life gives you lemons and all that.

And then their reading of social cues negates that.....

I do...on a daily basis. A few little things ...but maybe we are all on a spectrum?

I'm fairly convinced I am on the spectrum somewhere. Looking back, with todays "knowledge", I reckon I'd be on the lower end. And as I'm getting older, it's getting worse. I don't have empathy for humans in general, a sad story doesn't stir me. I've no time for normal social interactions and I'm just not good at small talk. But I could talk for weeks about my (few) interests. Crowds and the subsequent noise they make are not for me. Even when I was more social in my teens/20s, I was never completely comfortable on nights out. Actually, the most comfort on nights out is when I used to just lean into the bass speaker so I couldn't hear anything else. I have a very short attention span and I don't remember small details or interactions in general.

But, I don't need a label. And I may not be, could just be cantankerous due to life experiences. I like that word. And it mostly suits. People suck.

Preferably invisible lemons.

Yes, but I've been diagnosed.

I think I might have some issue going on. However I don't think there's much point worrying about it.

If you ever watched The Inbetweeners. I'm very like Will.

Get assessed. There's a minimum 6 month waiting list at the moment whoever you go to. I failed the ADHD one. I was later diagnosed with Autism.

Meanwhile try this out. It's a test developed by Borats cousin. Turns out he's a professor at Oxford (maybe cambridge)

https://psychology-tools.com/test/autism-spectrum-quotient

My wife was a special needs teacher and she's said I might have high functioning Asperger's but she only taught special needs she's not in the position to clarify it professionally. I hate unnecessary noise don't like change I'm socially awkward but given any task I execute it with clinical precision without deviation. I used to work on building sites and engineering shops floors detested other workers and prefer my own company. If somebody knocked over a pallet of bricks I had to re-stack them, diss-order really bugs me even if the boss said to have someone else do it.

Honest as the day is long hate back tracking or doubling back and really short tempered with cold callers, thats my personal space and time you're trying to cross over so get lost. I can be crass ignorant but also the first to offer help. Reading back over everything I've written honestly I'd say I'm a product of the 6 counties, keep yourself to yourself trust no-one you don't know with a healthy dash of self preservation and paranoia. To this day if a car pulls over driver puts the window down they could be looking for directions or maybe not, I still stay back from the car.

Exactly this, there's no such thing as "a bit autistic".

Remembering dates is just something that's emblazoned itself onto your brain and that happens for a large number of reasons. I remember dates because I'm interested in history. So dates become "important", as it where, and there's nothing more trivial than remembering something you weren't even a part of 🤣 . Also tidying isn't OCD. It's just a good way of knowing where your shit is if you need to go back and get it later.

None of that is autistic. It's just normal stuff.