100 things about NT teens you don't understand

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I don't get why you either have to love or hate the most popular thing at the moment. Some people might be neutral but many love or hate whatever it is.

At my school all their conversations start with "OMG" and end with "WTF". It seriously gets annoying.

AND there is nothing wrong with being a teacher's pet as long as it's not crazy:

"Young teacher, the class room..."

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NT teens in general. I don't get most of them at all. It gets worse the more immature they are.

Another thing I don't understand:

How they become progressively immature

Going on parties every Friday or Saturday "because they've got nothing to do".
Behaviour in the school - not paying attention, talking during lessons when they're not supposed to, minimal interest in education / information.

I do not understand why being popular is so important

I'm with you there.

What is with the want to party EVERY WEEKEND? I used to go to many bar/bat mitzvahs last year, simply because there were so many. I usually danced at many of them. Now I am not so crazy about them, particularly when it comes to socializing.

Why is having a gigantic social circle so important. I used to want that mainly because it was glamorized by media but now I realized the importance of quality vs quantity

Here! Here! I sometimes wish I had a lot more friends, but the friends I do have are so great that really I don't need (nor could I manage) any more.

Someone brought up drinking I think. I don't really understand that either, but at the same time there's a part of me which wishes I could do it (because of the my law-abiding nature I WILL NOT drink underage, and I also hate the idea of losing control of myself). I guess because I associate drinking with normal socializing behaviour and the life most teens have. I don't have that sort of life and kind of wonder what it would be like. I kind of wish I could let myself loose a little and go to a party. But I can't and I won't.

1. fitting in can be a reason for alcohol/drug use.

Having a traumatized childhood can lead to easy addiction; drugs alleviate pain. If you ask the druggies on the street in your area, you will find that many were abused as children. So teenagers use the drugs to forget their pains and yadayada.

they just want to experiment. Legitimate experimentation and curiosity.

2. Fitting in is an evolutionary tribal instinct. stay with the group or die an outcast.

It also pays to have connections for many NT jobs which require them. Journalists, actors, musicians, any profession in which people need to know who you are.

I personally find alcohol repulsive tasting, I have only had a few sips of my parents drinks, and had no problem only being allowed to just have a sip. Why do so many people my age like it?

I wouldn't be drinking alcohol if it was legal for me to do so.

I don't understand the language they speak.

Good for you. I've never had any, but it smells disgusting, and from what it's done to my dad, I never want any of any kind. I hate it.

Yeah. And it's weird because they're generally smart and, a lot of the time, they're actually fairly nice people. But they're incredibly immature.

GOD! This is so annoying, this thing:

When you think you're friends with someone and you're joking around and they're laughing at your jokes and stuff and suddenly you say something apparently completely heinous and they just Stare at you for minutes. Then you're all like, "never mind, doesn't matter" to save yourself from the Stare (not so nice when you're on the other side of it ) and then they go "you're very rude, you know". No, I do not know. I did think you had a sense of humour, though. Plus. On one particular occasion, I was making fun of myself. And they got all offended at that! Even for an NT, wouldn't that be hard to understand??

And they get so bothered over my being rude when their manners are lacking as well! There was a nasty girl in my form who decided to pick on me because I said "sorry" instead of "pardon" (the latter is a working class shibboleth, anyway), don't know why that was fun for her. I also usually say thank you and goodbye when I leave a teacher's lesson. A friend said that was annoying for her? Why? I'm not particularly overzealous with manners, but I see the value in them. And of course, it makes up for when I'm not so polite

Oh and I could see the attraction in drugs and alcohol. Getting on the nice side of merry (with safe people like a few friends) is fun.
Purple haze, all in my brain