Not just what are your autistic traits, but what are some of the silly things or compulsive things you do that you feel is unique/possibly related to your autism?

I always keep a 12’ measuring tape on me which is kind of a new thing in the past year. I fuckin love measuring things, and it makes me feel good to have JUST in case.

  • @[email protected]
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    71 year ago

    Funny you mention measuring stuff, because a quirk I’ve always had which I think is associated with my autism is a very weak ability to estimate quantities and measures. Like if someone asks me how far away, how big, how heavy, etc. something is, I often give a guesstimate which is so far off of what they expect the correct measure to be that they look at me funny and ask “wow really?” which makes me recalibrate my guess and say “uh no actually probably not, if that was the reaction you had to it”

    • @[email protected]OP
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      51 year ago

      Hahaha, II love that you’re kinda faking them out even if you’re right or not lol. I used to work as a cashier, and I would always guess the weight of the vegetables/fruits before putting them on the scale/scanner thing because i love estimating that stuff too. I did it out loud once and got it almost exact and a couple customers jeard and wete impressed. So I tried a few times and the customers in line and I made a game of it and cheered or "awww"ed when I got it wrong. So fun.

      I also like trying to guess the amount of something i need for recipes. Like, a recipe calls for a cup of onions, I look at the whole onions in store and based on size I imagine what it would look like diced in a measuring cup, I usually get close and its so satisfying