When You Think You're Making Small Talk, but you're actually autistic

Do you small talk? Nothing is more terrifying than an elevator for me. People with autism often tend to skip it, preferring to engage in deeper conversations quickly. They can focus on topics they're passionate about, leading to deeper discussions earlier in their interactions. The contrast between these direct conversational approaches and the more incremental, nuanced exchanges expected by neurotypicals can create a significant mismatch in social expectations. Neurotypicals may expect a conversational dance that escalates in depth, while autistics may enter conversations at a level of intensity and openness that is typically reserved for closer relationships.

[Ida-Adriana]

Why do people get weird when I ask them their blood type? I’m just trying to get to know them better 🤔

[MalkuthEmperor]

Omg, is this why a lot of older people ask so many probing questions?

Usually it feels like im beeing interrogated 😂

[Newton-Reuther]

Lol. One of those questions does not have the same answer.