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[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been spending a lot of my medicated productive time meticulously organizing all kinds of aspects of my life only to forget about them for weeks or months, despite telling myself it'll totally stick this time. is my ass autistic, too?

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

one would expect your ass to be just as autistic as the rest of you

[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

I know not to take that literally so I'm definitely not autistic then....right?

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My dick is autistic. It hyperfixates on one thing and one thing only, ever, and doesn't pick up on social cues

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trains! It's trains, isn't it?!!

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well, it's more like a tunnel