NT phrases or questions that drive you nuts!

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"How are you?" (Let´s see. Yesterday, i felt...... and before that, it was a ,,,,day..... - oh, wait....) "Good, thank you....and you?"

"Aspie....you? Oh, then you´re great at math, surely!" (in fact, I have dyscalculia).

I hate "what's up" too lol. So what exactly is the appropriate answer to "what's up"?
I also hate "smile!," "what's wrong," and "are you OK?" These phrases are insincere which is why they irritate me.

There are times when one can "look autistic."

When one toe walks, one "looks autistic."

When one "looks right through you," one "looks autistic."

In most cases, though, one's looks doesn't give away one's autism. Exceptions occur when there are other genetic disorders present which affect how a person looks.

Questions like 'how is it going?', 'what have you been doing lately?', 'what do you do?' always drive me insane simply because they are not genuine questions, they are just representative of how polite the person is trying to be by asking them. Also I find very annoying people asking me these kind of questions just because they can not take my silence. I am tolerant to 'How are you?' though.

'What are you thinking?' - well, I like my thoughts to be private, if you don't mind.

'Why are you here alone?' - like if being alone and/or enjoying being alone was a bad thing or something to feel sorry about. It gets worse when, after this question, people push me to join them wherever they are.

'What are you reading?' - please don't interrupt me when I am reading. I know that they ask with the best intention, but it happens to be just so rude and annoying.

'Why are you sitting here in the dark?' - when it is not so dark... Pointless question. If I really need light, I would turn it on. Simple. And besides, I actually hate artificial lights and avoid them whenever I can.

'You don't have to be so introvert' - when it's not really an option.

'Say something!' - it makes me want to run away. And it completly blocks any idea for a conversation that I could have in mind.

'Do something!' - once again, it completly blocks any intention that I could have for doing something. Never know what exactly am I expected to do in these situations.

'Everyone can do this' - it happens that I am not everyone.

'You have to choose between X and Y' - oh, the pain...!

And the cherry on the top of the cake: 'JUST RELAX'

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i'm repeating everyone but whatever.

"i could care less"
it's couldn't. you're saying that you care a little bit and that's not what you meant.

"have a nice day!"
don't tell me how to have my day.

"hey hows it going?", "good, you?", "good!"
what is the point?

smile!
don't tell me how to use my face.

you look nice today!
thanks i guess...

break a leg
if i break my leg i am going to avoid you for the rest of my life

be a doll and (do something for me)
just...no

i'm praying for you
i seriously doubt it. and if you actually are, please stop.

It always struck me as messed up that people constantly refer to people they're having sex with as "baby."

LOL C2V. I think George Carlin would have liked this thread. He had comedy routines about language, among other things.

Not that I would actually do this ...
"You don't look autistic,"

"And you don't look like a charlie uniform November tango but we all live and learn"

People who use children as a simile to everything, even if it doesn't make much sense with some contexts:-

"I was so behind schedule, I was rushing about like a 6-year-old!"

"I overslept this morning like I was two!"

"I didn't think much to that TV show last night, it was like watching children in the playground!"

Uh! Must you use children to describe everything? Why not "I was rushing about like a headless chicken" or "I overslept this morning like I was dead to the world" or "that TV show last night was a load of nonsense, like they didn't think the script through properly!" ?