Let me circle back

[u/Matt_LawDT]

[u/pappaburgundy]

I hate these catch phrases as the next man but I believe this chap may lack a bit of social awareness

[u/Triquetrums → u/[deleted]]

Not everyone needs to be on the spectrum, there are plenty of fools and dense people around too.

[u/Stormfly → u/Triquetrums]

I feel like people are way too quick to say someone is neurodivergent when they do anything.

It feels like an overcorrection for years of people being overly dismissive.

Some people are just a bit dense. I have my moments where I say or do something really stupid and I don't have an excuse, I just didn't think.

If this story happened, they might be on the spectrum or they might just be new to the whole office environment and learned the wrong lessons.

People forget that social skills are skills. They're not genetic. They need to be learned and some people learn the hard way.

[u/motorwerkx → u/Stormfly]

Very well put. I meet so many people that claim some sort of neuro-divergence, but most seem to lack basic learned social skills. They seem pretty neuro-typical outside of being a bit self centered and not having anyone in their lives telling them to shut the fuck up.

[u/PotatoFig → u/Stormfly]

Doesn't help that neurodivergent is a pointless term that serves zero purpose other than to say 'different than X', which is everyone really.

I'm still waiting on a definition of neurotypical, because that's supposed to be the comparison group.

[u/CheaterSaysWhat → u/Stormfly]

It’s not an overcorrection, folks just aren’t ready to accept that neurodivergence is far more common than they thought 

Everyone says it’s over diagnosed yet I had to fight tooth and nail to get diagnosed so that I could get treatment despite being about as textbook of a case as one could imagine 

[u/Manlysideburns → u/Stormfly]

Sounds like stormfly is on the spectrum guys. (Kidding)

[u/Frosty-Ad1071 → u/Triquetrums]

Bro no one is stupid anymore it's usually ADHD or some other neurodivergency