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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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If number of undiagnosed neurodivergent people proves to be significant portion, neurotypical means just people who won the standards war of communication protocol (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We never know the number of undiagnosed, many may be just capable of pretending but suffering.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not what he's saying. He's referring to neurotypicality as just being the standard that won a standards war, as in a format war like VHS vs Betamax or HD-DVD vs Blu-ray.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, that’s reflected in the comment you referred to.

edit: I mean responded to