I remember being like 5 and wanting to make a card for my grandma. I went to my mom's room, asked how to spell something, I think a short sentence like "I love you", and I ran back to the front room saying "I-L-O-V-E-Y-O-U-I-L-O-V-E-Y-O-U-I-L-O-V-E-Y-O-U" over and over, until I realized that I a. didn't remember where the sentence started, and b. didn't know where any of the spaces went.
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Why is this in c/autism? Is this a common autism trait?
I was under the impression that this was pretty common for everyone not just autistics....
Yeah, i just got nervous for a second because I do this all the time lol
We can post about all neurodiverse stuff here
Not according to rule 2.
What does rule two say?
3 eggs
I think it was 2 eggs
those 3 eggs were 2 eggs?
You must post before you leave
Wait wrong community
It says off topic is allowed?
If you're watching text in a book and understand what is written there, it's called "reading".
cookbook was YouTube
Who said anything about understanding the text?
This is why I like having my recipes printed out. I can just hold them and look at them!
I still look even if I've made the recipe dozens of times though...that's the annoying part to me. Brain, we should know how to make the chocolate peppermint crinkle cookies without the recipe by now!! No. No we must read it each time.
Y'all can just buy eggs a la carte like that?
Und kine Eier
Hey, I understood that reference, Satan!
Nice. I didn't expect anyone to.
Wait how many tomatoes?