When you overhear boomers talking about their time in the navy and you can talk to them about the ship they worked on despite never actually being in the navy
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Anonymous7w
Knowing about the Velvet Underground is like a cheat code to befriending hippie boomers
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Anonymous7w
Me with classic cars
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Anonymous7w
been goated at this forever because I grew up with extremely old parents who preferred to treat me like “build-a-companion” and train me into sharing their interests rather than letting me spend time with other kids :’)
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Anonymous#17w
So real, they act like it’s the best kept secret
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Anonymous#57w
Are your parents also autistic by chance? This isn’t even the first time I’m hearing of this happening, lol
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Anonymous#67w
I’m not actually sure, they both seem like they Could be but their combined attitude towards autism is such that they never made any attempts to get me diagnosed in spite of ample evidence
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Anonymous#67w
or like, to be frank, even if they are both autistic this was ultimately more on the level of emotional incest than autistic bonding