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Most of the stuff I don't 'get' comes from really good places.
Like, I don't get all the hyper-specific labels for gender and sexuality, but I'm so glad we live in a time where people are able to actually talk about that sort of thing openly.
Same with mental illness. I'm always baffled when young people will just tell yme they have autism or anxiety or ADHD or whatever because when I grew up that sort of thing was so stigmatized you never told anyone. It's a good baffled though. Like, go you for saying that. Don't say it at a job interview, but go you for saying it.
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Its like, "Oh.... okay. I'm mildly uncomfortable now because I honestly don't know what I'm supposed to do with that information. Are you warning me of some future weirdness or are you low key trying to let me know that I'm doing something in ways that I should change or..."
I kinda get all inside my own head for a bit.