• theneverfox@pawb.social
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    6 hours ago

    It really goes beyond autism too. Babies might not like how they’re being held. Cats might have somewhere they like to be scritched more. Dogs might want to go somewhere they can run

    The ability to put yourself in someone else’s situation to contextualize body language is a shockingly rare skill

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      4 hours ago

      This is a rare skill? I thought this was more or less normal across all people. Damn, maybe I’m the naïve person here… 🤔

      Your last statement really has me thinking right now, like does anyone else even understand empathy, love and care, even across disabilities and even species anymore?

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        1 hour ago

        Yep, shockingly rare. So much I can’t explain it to others… They look at me like I’m talking witchcraft lol