Some autistic people find making phone calls extremely stressful and unpleasant and will avoid them at all costs.

Please don’t try and force your communication preferences on others.

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    10 months ago

    =( Now, just talk into the square. )
    ( Why would I talk to a square? )=
    =( It’s not a square it’s a person! )
    ( Looks like a square to me. )=
    =( But it sounds like a person! )
    ( Why does this square sound like a person? )=
    =( Because they’re on the other end of it! )
    ( The other end of what? )=
    =( Of the phone line! )
    ( There’s no line coming out of this thing. )=
    =( It’s wireless! )
    ( You said there was a line! )=
    =( It’s a metaphorical line! )
    ( I don’t see anything that even looks like a line! )=
    =( No no it’s receiving radio signals. )
    ( I also don’t see any radio signals. )=
    =( They’re invisible. )
    ( So this square is receiving invisible signals that cause it to sound like a person. )=
    =( No, it is a person, they’re just on the other end of the line. )
    ( So I’m supposed to intuitively understand that invisible signals make this a person, despite my every instinct screaming that it is a square that keeps sounding like a person. )=
    =( No, you’re a lost cause, but we’ll condition your kids from birth to believe this, and then pretend like it’s completely normal to think this way. )
    ( You’ll do what?! Hey, come back! )=
    =( Click! Bzzz… )
    ( You can’t just say click buzz and run away come back here! )=