Comment by JohnMakin

> The number of times I see my words interpreted as though my choice in words had been imprecise is a near constant source of pain, particularly in the workspace. I might be on the spectrum, I am undiagnosed.

I often deal with the same, I am usually quite literal in both what I say/mean and what I hear from people. The latter I've got a lot better with, but communication can practically be impossible sometimes - neurotypical people have an insane network of filters and biases (not saying these dont exist elsewhere, just from my pov) that a message goes through before they decide what they "think" you meant, rather than just interpreting the actual words said as they were said.

It's a lot like one of my favorite tweets, something like:

Person X: "I love pancakes!" Random Twitter guy: "SO THEN YOU'RE SAYING YOU HATE WAFFLES???"

In work situations though, I feel AI has actually helped clarify what I "mean" a lot better than I could, at least with the people that typically used to constantly misunderstand me (which felt like on purpose at times).