When the normies get annoyed.
Fuck them. Be weird.
this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2024
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Pretending to be neurovanilla does not help
It's not really a line, so much as very diluted watercolor smeared every which way.
As a not really native speaker, I struggle to grasp the difference and implications of those two words.
Do you mean when someone views it as unfavorable or when they disapprove or something else entirely?
Idiosyncracy is like an odd behavior that a person does, or an odd habit that you personally might have. Everyone has their own idiosyncracies that sort of make them different and unique.
An anomaly is something that does not happen very often or under normal circumstances.
I am just comparing the two words in relation to people's behaviors.
So really my question is: At what point does something go from being what could be considered a normal behavior, to something that is considered abnormal (Idiosyncracy vs. anomaly) when it comes to Autism?
Oh, thanks for explaining.
For example, playing around with something repeatedly in opposition to rocking would be what first comes to mind for me.
Although I would probably argue that depending on the circumstances, culture, etc. the line shifts.
playing around with something repeatedly in opposition to rocking
What do you mean?
Stimming. Playing around with a pen or other thing is much less obvious than rocking therefore I would argue that its the line you were talking about.
Yes! That's a perfect example I think.
I found this. Seems like idiosyncrasy applies to human behaviors while anomaly indicates an unexpected variance in a system.
Thanks for the link
I'd say it's when it becomes uncomfortable to the other person. So if you're doing something, but they can get over it, then they're likely to chalk it up to you being you, but once it goes too far then it gets weird. But it's not just related to neurodivergence, I'd say it happens for all things, like if someone eats a weird thing or wears too out-there clothes then it moves out of the "yeah, whatever" to "oh, that was a bit weird".
Because of this, it also depends on what "normal" is to the other person.