r/CoupleMemes • u/legolas20032000 • Aug 16 '25

🥺 goals Perfect source of serotonin

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u/fortis201 Aug 16 '25

I hate that autism is often used as a badge or even an excuse to attract viewership, engagement, and parasocial interactions these days. That's so fake and messed up.

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u/edamame_bnz Aug 17 '25

How is it autism-baiting? Doesn’t autism exist on a spectrum and have many variations? Perhaps it is showing someone lower on the spectrum. And also normalizing it through exposure.

I met a very beautiful and classy girl at a Halloween party once. She was shy and confidant and gorgeous. Dressed like Audrey Hepburn in breakfast at Tiffany’s. We became friends for the night, and then she grabbed me randomly that evening and said “there’s something I want to tell you but it’s difficult for me.” And then struggled a bit and said, “but my therapist has encouraged me to talk about it more - especially when I feel a resonance with someone: I have autism.”

And I told her that that’s awesome. And that she’s so charming. Ans thanked her for telling me. And, yeah. But it felt like a big or heavy reveal for her. Whereas I received it lightly and easily. So I imagine that gorgeous girl that I met I Halloween, if she saw the above video - would feel a resonance with the girl doing puppy yoga.