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Selective Autism (i.redd.it)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Literally half of "social cues" are pretending not to acknowledge something and hoping that leaving it unsaid draws attention to it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

The other half is ignoring something in order to not draw attention to it. An old book on manners said something like, one says "excuse me" for a burp, but if the gas emerges in the other direction, no one is to acknowledge it happened.