• @[email protected]
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    7 months ago

    Do autistic people appreciate beauty? Serious question.

    Edit: Honestly folks there was no disrespect intended in my question, so thanks for the honest replies.

    I’m not NT myself but have my own whackiness and thus don’t see some stuff others do easily.

    • Nougat
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      Absolutely. Might be different than what neurotypical people find beautiful, but I have a bee in my hand and beauty in my eye.

      • @adam_y
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        7 months ago

        Yes neurotypical people all find the same things beautiful, they have a famous saying about beauty being in the eye of the beholder, which means just that.

          • flicker
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            37 months ago

            Lots of extra eyes means lots of extra beauty.

            • @[email protected]
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              37 months ago

              As far as I remember the beholders also had the ability to turn people rock hard after charming them.

        • Nougat
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          27 months ago

          … famous saying about beauty being in the eye of the beholder, …

          … but I have a bee in my hand and beauty in my eye.

    • SharkEatingBreakfast
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      167 months ago

      Holy shit yes. So much.

      They may also find beauty is much different things that NT folks, too.

    • @weariedfae
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      137 months ago

      If you prick us, do we not bleed?

    • @poszod
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      37 months ago

      There’s no research on this topic AFAIK, so all you’ll get is the circle jerk around neurodivergent people, like the post itself.