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maybe this is obvious but the reason socializing is exhausting is because it involves constant modelling of other people which is very cognitively demanding

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Mar 8

you actually don't have to cognitively model anyone in a conversation ever, depending on autism level or w/e you can learn to talk entirely based on vibes

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@sullyj3

Mar 8

I think I disagree, imo vibes are just subconscious modelling

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

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@sullyj3

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@reconfigurthing

sure, but 1) it's not very cognitive and 2) ime it's not very exhausting either on sunday night i was having a great conversation with

@OccultBoyscout

despite running on maybe 3 hours of sleep for the last 5 nights and feeling cognitively exhausted. 100% vibes

4:34 AM · Mar 8, 2022Twitter Web App

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"ime," okay, so in your experience it's not very exhausting. have you considered that perhaps there exists a large diversity of neurotypes (and levels of social experience/fluency) and your experience does not generalize to all or even most people?

dweeb

@dorkweeb

Mar 8

like it would be really easy to say "yeah, I don't know why these ESL kids think speaking english is cognitively demanding or difficult, it requires zero effort, I can speak it fluently with no difficulty pronouncing words, even when I'm tired and sleep deprived."