for me, socializing relies on conscious OODA loops the loops are pretty fast these days but I manage them intentionally. letting my brain just do its own thing doesn't work very well I have heard that other people can socialize intuitively and I am jealous of their arcane power
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yes, it jives with what my autistic friends have described how it works with me (not autistic): I can observe and understand _what_ people are feeling. I'm not bad at reading body language, although I'm best at it when I'm consciously reminding myself to pay attention. however
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it took a lot of trial and error and conscious investigation to start understanding _why_ people felt as they did. like I had a hard time understanding which social behaviors or conversational tactics would elicit which responses, what the predictable patterns were
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I've always deeply enjoyed dissecting human nature and trying to understand how communities work, why we all interact with each other in the ways that we do. but it's always been something that I have to consciously think about, especially during immediate on-the-fly interaction
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.