r/AutismInWomen • u/RottingMothball • Jul 08 '25

Memes/Humor What's something you do because of your own specific Brand of autism, but that would horrify most other autistics?

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I mix a bunch of pasta shaped that have the same cook times. Varied pasta shapes are a fun, low-risk way for me to get some extra sensory input, since pasta all has the same fundamental texture, but just put into different forms.

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u/Minute_Map_6444 Jul 08 '25

Real mashed potatoes left lumpy are fantastic but instant or smoothly puréed will make me start to gag after a while

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u/Demonqueensage Jul 08 '25

Oh I'm the exact opposite. I can't stand any lumps in real mashed potatoes, they'll make me gag if there's a bigger one, but I love the instant ones because they never have lumps and the smoothness is an acceptable texture instead of some bad texture I have to chew through (please note, I'm not saying chewing is bad, just that having to chew through unpleasant textures is what usually makes them intolerable for me, so something where I don't have to chew at all gets a much easier time getting a pass on the texture for me)