I just realized that there are kinda two kinds of neurodivergent nerds, one being "that one friend who likes to spit out fun facts and knows a lot" vs "that one loner in the corner". I generally fall in the former group and a friend of mine fall in the latter, I do want to help her become more sociable (also she wants to know more people as well), but I feel like I need to introduce her to other people rather than y'know her doing it herself.
Thing is that I don't know what makes me more sociable? I just kinda talk about Cyprinids, Constantinople, Weaver Ants, Catholicism, and even weird shit like sea slug sexual reproduction and people think it's like "oh look she's talking about interesting stuff" instead of viewing me as weird? like what makes me more sociable? How do I kinda guide people to be more sociable? I have no clue
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