Regular reminder that being an asshole is not a symptom of any form of neurodivergence. (You can replace “neurodivergent” with depressed, anxious, bipolar, etc. and the diagram works equally well)

ETA: social faux pas, awkwardness, and genuine symptoms of neurodivergence don’t make you an asshole. I shouldn’t have to say this? An “asshole” is someone who enacts a pattern of abusive, controlling, harassing, and/or harmful behavior with no remorse or concern for how other people are affected.

    • Possibly linuxEnglish
      -3•1 month ago

      Chances are he thinks this is what it means to be a male friend. That doesn’t make it right of course but that’s probably what’s going on. This is likely due to him being abused as a child in some way and now he thinks it is normal to abuse others.

        • Possibly linuxEnglish
          1•1 month ago

          You aren’t being mean. Honestly it sounds like you went out of your way to be nice.

          I just think that chances are there is note going on. It really isn’t on you and he may just dislike you as a person.