• Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 months ago

    Try to give the minimum acceptable response like, “fine” or, “nothing,” and MFs think you’re being mysterious and keep pressing.

    Can’t win!

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      5 months ago

      Like my Uber passengers who will not stop asking until they’ve nailed down exactly where I’m from.

      No matter how slowly and gradually I trickle the information out they just don’t get the hint.

      “Are you from Denver originally?”

      “No but I’ve been here about ten years now. This feels like home to me”

      “Where are you from?”

      “The Midwest”

      “Which state?”

      “Indiana”

      “Which city?”

      “Terre Haute”

      “Oh yeah which part?”

      … three hours later …

      “Which bedroom is yours?”

      “Which side of the bed did you sleep on?”

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          5 months ago

          Autism would be my guess, except that I’m autistic and now that I’m in my 40s I have some social skills under my belt. Maybe autism combined with zero drive to learn and adapt?