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No, no. You don't get it. You have Autism

David23

When I was in University, I joined the local Dungeons and Dragons club. I was met by a DM, called Austin, Austin was a jacked up guy who studies psychology and liked to bodybuild. All the player gathered in the room. It was a session of Dungeons and Dragons.

For record, the DM knows I am autistic. When another player named Greg started making bigotted jokes during session 0; sexism, homophobia, racism etc and I would angry and upset at it, Austin would take me to the side and slowly "explain" the joke over and over again until "I got it" saying my autism got in the way of humour.

When I tried to leave, he would stop me and try to "reason it out", ask me to explain my reason. He would then deny anything, then would explain that I just don't get it, it's just a joke all for laughs. He then tried to get me to "get the jokes" again. He would constantly say to other players that "I don't get social cues so don't mind her" and would list any symptoms of autism I would show at the game and say to the players to not be angry and that my brain doesn't function as normal.

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  • It's difficult to judge the details of this without being there but there's a few nuances you need to understand.   

    Humans are THE apex predator - we are extremely dangerous animals.     As with most other apex predators, disputes are normally worked out by posturing and status reminders to avoid a physical fight and potentially lethal injuries.

    Women do this through social interaction - the whole 'frenemies' game of manipulation and back-biting and psychological torture.

    With less access to obvious emotions, men measure their peers by competitive sport and by stories or humour to 'measure' your responses to work out if you are 'friend or foe'.

    Unfortunately, universities are a hotbed of SJW behaviours and are, sadly, somewhat lacking in tolerance or understanding of 'wrong-think' or anyone with a different opinion or outlook about anything 'touchy'.  Disappointed

    Stepping back from your story, it can be read two ways - someone behaving badly or someone desperately trying to help you integrate into a group.   I can't tell which with the information given.

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  • It's difficult to judge the details of this without being there but there's a few nuances you need to understand.   

    Humans are THE apex predator - we are extremely dangerous animals.     As with most other apex predators, disputes are normally worked out by posturing and status reminders to avoid a physical fight and potentially lethal injuries.

    Women do this through social interaction - the whole 'frenemies' game of manipulation and back-biting and psychological torture.

    With less access to obvious emotions, men measure their peers by competitive sport and by stories or humour to 'measure' your responses to work out if you are 'friend or foe'.

    Unfortunately, universities are a hotbed of SJW behaviours and are, sadly, somewhat lacking in tolerance or understanding of 'wrong-think' or anyone with a different opinion or outlook about anything 'touchy'.  Disappointed

    Stepping back from your story, it can be read two ways - someone behaving badly or someone desperately trying to help you integrate into a group.   I can't tell which with the information given.

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