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"cozy game" maybe for YOU. I have spreadsheets

wikipedia no longer being anywhere near the top of search results when looking up anything feels eviscerating

Idk if this applies to neurotypicals as well or even other autistics but I think I figured out why I hate talking on the phone:

I can’t multitask and am understimulated.

An in-person conversation demands you pay attention to where someone is in the room, their expressions and body language, even if you’re distracted while talking to them *your* body language can make it clear that you’re still listening.

Text, on the other hand, does not need an immediate real-time response so I can be doing 3 different things and not have to worry about mishearing or not hearing something someone says because it’s in text right there.

But a phone conversation? I have no one to look at and have no expressions and body language to rely on for the “I’m listening I promise” cues, and I can’t see what they’re saying so it’s really easy to miss words unless I’m solely focused on the phone conversation. Which means I can’t do anything else that requires split focus and have to stop everything else that I’m doing to devote entirely to this call.

Text has its own problems lacking tone and inflection, but in terms of “why I hate phone calls” this awkward middle ground of focus is like an itch I can’t scratch.

I LOVE being autistic and trying to communicate because every time it’s

I think one of the dumbest things people do is complain about video games not being “Hard Enough” for other people.

Can’t stand someone having fun? Having a good time? A good fun time playing a game?

Mods are just fanfic for video games. I said what I said.