Thank goodness we’re all different (NT/ND)

We can’t help being different. Following the mainstream is not the same as belonging. Having a common purpose, like playing chess, can give you a reason to join a social group. However social conventions and blindly following the mainstream then feeling something’s wrong if you don’t is toxic. The mainstream is a vacuous, false, judgmental and constraining illusion. Sonny says social conventions and the mainstream are set by “the man” and should be avoided (therefore, we should all freely express our weird and wonderful selves.)  But social skills groups in public school curricula keep everyone solidly average and the neurotypical solidly behind, alone, and not accepted. 

We do discuss NSFW topics on this podcast. That’s because my kids are adults now, and this podcast is about adult topics that can be hurtful, yet sometimes darkly humorous, too.