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There's some people who aren't neurodivergent and do the same. Some people just don't want to follow rules they don't understand, which can be pretty annoying
If you can't explain your rule so it makes sense, your rule is shit and you expecting others to follow it are the actual annoying person.
Very often the reasoning is "convention". Is that good enough?
If we would blindly follow convention people would still not wash their hands before operating.
Convention alone is not enough. There should be a reason why this convention is needed. And that's the part that has to be more convincing than "it has always been like that".
I've heard plenty of unreasonable people say this about completely reasonable rules. Hell, I've heard someone say this about seatbelts, "it doesn't make sense how it isn't my own decision" lol
Sometimes people just don't get something. Doesn't mean the rule is bad if you don't get it lol
A seatbelt you can't adjust the height would actually strangle me in a crash. Not that i don't put it on, but there might be reasons in some cases.
The only argument you need is, can you catch 200 lbs going 45 mph? 25 mph? 1 mph? If the answer is bro, I can't catch 200 lbs, wear your fucking seat belt.