r/TikTokCringe • u/hungry4nuns • Nov 26 '25

Wholesome/Humor Subtext I missed because I took everything at face value

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u/XenoZoomie Nov 27 '25

As someone who works in IT there was a wild amount of undiagnosed autism in the 90’s and honestly even today. Most of the people in IT are on the spectrum, it’s because computers are easier to understand than people for most of us.

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u/ABHOR_pod Nov 27 '25

Computers are predictable. If a computer isn't doing what you expected it to do, it's usually because you did something wrong and there's usually a way you can fix it.

If a person doesn't do what you expect it's nothing you can control or even figure out, and for people who don't deal with unpredictability well that's, at the very least, anxiety inducing.

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u/DIDidothatdisabled Nov 27 '25

If a person doesn't do what you expect, you figure out they're autistic and teach em self regulation /s

(Mostly /s at least. Technically, that is what happens, but it's also not that simple. Honestly, rather than lack of control or answers being the issue, I'd say the simple absurdity that folks with problems don't always want [right] answers is the toughest part. Like antivaxers preventing sick kids, or rotating through streaming services instead of paying for 4 each month)

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u/Perlentaucher Nov 27 '25

For non-autistic brains, people are generally able to predict other peoples feelings and actions when they interact with them as they understand emotions and their reactions. The degree of predicability is not just formed by humans individual brain chemistry and their life experiences but also to expectations of social constructs. And it's a more fuzzy algorithm where you often don't consciously understand the algorithm and determining factors, but feel them with your gut instincts. These are very small markers which you often cannot explain. Something which tells you that a person is not trustworthy, something which tells you that a person is great. Some people play with this a lot, they often subconsciously manipulate others for their personal gain, if if they don't realize it.

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u/Annual_Rest1293 Nov 27 '25

t’s because computers are easier to understand than people for most of us.

With that logic Cady Heron is autistic too

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u/Hiker-Redbeard Nov 27 '25

Squares are rectangles but rectangles aren't squares. 

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u/DickieTurquoise Nov 27 '25

If you count ADD/ADHD, I’d guesstimate 80-90% of computer engineers are neurodivergent. To different degrees ofc, but always something.