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Ok this guy was obviously being super unnecessarily rude and dismissive of his partner, but it reminded me, i actually find memes hellishly inaccessible as a way of reading or communicating information
In a bad moment they can even be a bit upsetting https://twitter.com/bonesauce94/status/1258769866431041538">https://twitter.com/bonesauce...
In a bad moment they can even be a bit upsetting https://twitter.com/bonesauce94/status/1258769866431041538">https://twitter.com/bonesauce...
I think as an #ActuallyAutistic person there& #39;s a few reasons i find memes so difficult to figure out:
- often rely on context from a popular movie or TV show I& #39;ve never seen (cause i don& #39;t watch much new media) so I& #39;m already at a disadvantage
- often rely on context from a popular movie or TV show I& #39;ve never seen (cause i don& #39;t watch much new media) so I& #39;m already at a disadvantage
- i keep auto play off and don& #39;t play the memes videos bc repetitive movement is a sensory trigger. So if the entire meaning isn& #39;t readily apparent from the thumb nail i won& #39;t get it
- reliance on no context facial expressions
- reliance on no context facial expressions
Like, there& #39;s some memes i can get the point of ok just by the still or thumb nail, esp the ones that have text or captions on the image, but even then i don& #39;t communicate w them myself bc they& #39;re too vague: i need communication that& #39;s specific and nuanced
Idk if i really had a point. But yeah that& #39;s why if you reply to one of my tweets w a gif or meme there& #39;s a good chance i won& #39;t interact w your response at all
Oh, i was gonna add why/when they can be upsetting: if I& #39;m scrolling through my tl and i just see a picture that what& #39;s happening isn& #39;t instantly obvious, my brain might not be able to *not* attempt to parse out a meaning
But when the image and surrounding text
But when the image and surrounding text
