NT phrases or questions that drive you nuts!

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What's wrong with telling people that you like working on crafts, CockneyRebel? If they're not interested, they'll probably just leave it at that.

Those "Why is everyone so obsessed with [insert thing here]?" statements.

Not only do I find that I am not obsessed with the said thing, but I can't conceive how anybody else could possibly be obsessed with that particular subject, let alone 'everybody'.
It seems like it's only the person who makes this kind of statement who is obsessed with it, which makes the whole thing kind of redundant.

Medical examples:

"On a scale of 1 to 10 how much does it hurt?"

How can I possibly answer that? Whose 1 to 10, yours or mine? How can I know what your 1 to 10 is, how can you know mine?

"Does it hurt here?" or "Does this hurt?"

Define hurt, what is the threshhold between discomfort, hurt, agony etc.

Instructions I recieved recently from my physiotherapist "Stop when it hurts too much"

Huh? Define 'too much'. How do I know if it is too much?

"What's wrong with you?"
"Why are you doing that?"
"Why are you so weird?"

Not so much any more, when I was younger, "If I were you"... If you were me, you'd be doing what I'm doing. Like, duh.

NT is looking through my finished work at my job and I tell them what they're looking for is not there and they continue to look through my work. Then they say don't get your feathers ruffled. First off I'm not a bird and since when do birds get their feathers ruffled. This saying makes no sense.

Today I was grocery shopping and I heard a guy ask a woman "Hot enough for ya?"

Cheeze and rice, if I had a dollar for every time I smacked someone for using that stupid phrase, I'd be...
Well I'd be dirt poor, because I've never smacked anyone for saying such a stupid phrase.

That's a good thing, I guess.

Actually, birds do tend to ruffle their feathers when they get angry or feel threatened. It's to make them look bigger and more intimidating, I think. They also ruffle them when it's very cold out, to trap the warm air between the feathers. I've seen pigeons in the winter do that, it's actually pretty funny.

It's really too hot for me!

"You don't look autistic"

This one drives me up the wall. I mean, it seems like even when I say I have mild autism, they fell they need to say this to me. There's also no real way to tell someone has it. What is it that I'm doing wrong? is it because I don't flap my arms, making loud noises and such in public? Excuse me, but I've grown up with this condition. I've learned to control it in most situations. Of course no one is going to see it. DX

I also hate when people ask me "aren't you hot?" because I wear animal hats all of the time. Like, come on... is that even really needed? I ENJOY wearing them for a good reason. I don't need people asking me those kind of things.

Not many autistic people "look autistic."

"Let's just play it by ear..." (I even cringed as I was typing it)

"You can hide your obsession if you try!" No, thank you. I want to celebrate my main special interest for all the world to see.