Hey I see a lot of kind of negative responses here, and I’m just gonna assume it’s from a lack of understanding. Like yes, it is not a purely neurodivergent thing to want to be funny in social interactions, and yes, being funny is hard and social interactions are hard. The main thing is that humor generally seems to be something that is more accepted in every conversation. It’s an easy crutch to lean against, and if you just don’t quite get all the unspoken “rules” of conversation, it can feel like a good thing to throw all your weight behind. Especially after a very long time of just failing at what’s supposed to be “regular.” Again, conversation can be hard for everyone, and everyone likes being funny. But just because you can relate a bit to the experience doesn’t mean it’s an invalid experience, or that OP is clamoring for attention or sympathy or whatever the hell some other commenters are saying. It’s not the full scope of what the post is trying to say, there are levels that are deeper here. Honestly, personally, I felt really heard by the post, and it felt really nice to see someone say aloud (in text, whatever lol) what is a real issue that I deal with, that makes me feel like I can’t connect with people, because I can only do these surface level “funnee joke” interactions with people because still, after years of trying, I can’t get regular conversation. And it just really, really sucked to see so much negativity. Like I said, I’m assuming it’s just from a lack of understanding than a place of malice, but idk. Stung all the same

TL:DR I ranted about shit on the meme subreddit woo