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>>292119Nothing in his post suggested he was autistic. Social withdrawal in response to perceived rejection or exclusion is a common human reaction.
Social skills absolutely are learned. But failing to learn them in your youth doesn't mean you cannot learn them later in life.
No.292122
>>292121Any neurotypical who goes through the whole 10+ year public school system with "basketball clubs" and all will learn. It is such intensive exposure that you need to have something like autism for it to not be massively oversufficient to learn.
No.292123
>>292122Stop trying to paint everything with one big autism brush. If a kid chooses to not participate in social activities then they will not learn anything. That isn't autism, it is just social withdrawal.
No.292129
>>292123How the fuck can you go through that much schooling without social activities? In my country there was absolutely no possibility.
No.292130
>>292129Thinking back on it I did socialize and kinda made friends but I was depressed and constantly sleep deprived so I didn't retain shit. I didnt do any sort of reflection on my day, and when I went home I switched to online friend mode so I didn't reflect on anything in my real life with them like a teenager would normally do with their irl friends.