Sweeping Generalisations

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It annoys me more when people here seem to think there are only 2 neurotypes in the whole universe, and those are NTs and autistics. Usually when I'm saying about stuff I do use 'NTs' and 'Aspies' as terms, but that is not including all the possible neurodiversities, it's just a shorter way of saying "Aspies: people who have AS/autism, diagnosed or self-diagnosed" and "NTs: people who are neurologically typical with no diagnosable disorders that can affect their daily lives".

Autism is a spectrum with profoundly autistic people at one end and so called neurotypicals at the other, the rest lay between the two. Personally I just refer to the lot as people, because that's what they are.

I don't really care for the term NT. It seems kind of insulting. I don't think anyone is typical. Everyone is unique in their own way whether they have autism or not.

I strongly dislike generalizations as well.

I don't see anything insulting about the term NT. It just means they have the common brain configuration, as shown by brain scans.

When I said everyone I did not necessarily mean every single human who ever lived, and most people would not be so literal as to think so. In regard to the topic of generalizations though I think there are very few people indeed who never generalizes or has generalized about anything at all. Different people will do so in varying degree, but I have a hard time believing a person never generalized about any group, be it social, gender, neurological, nationality, sub culture, profession, hobby/interest, personality traits, age or anything else their entire life.

Regardless, the vast majority of people do generalize, and I am no exception at all, nor are the people I have known IRL. In fact, beyond some ethnic and gender generalizations that people protest, WP and one other aspie forum are the only places I ever see people make a big deal out things like that (stuff that is fairly common).

Generalizations are useful to make sense of things. It paints the bigger and big picture. It seems to me that to never think in those terms, one would have to see the world as... I'm not sure how exactly to say this, but kind of like a jig saw puzzle you can never finish, like one can never get full overview (or more to the point, feel like one has) because one never assumes anything?
People don't generally think or talk in such nuances.

In regard to the particular generalization addressed in the OP, of course aspies wanna know what is typical NT behavior /traits, and what is aspie and how do they compare with other aspies. How are they typical this and that. That is a natural part of the process for a lot of us, and maybe particularly those of us who were diagnosed later in life.

Taking things literally comes with being autistic. If one doesn't take what someone says at face value how is one supposed to take it?

I do view the world as a series of, often, unconnected phenomenon and I try never to make assumptions about other people because I know absolutely nothing about them, other than what they choose to tell me.

I don't see how topics that generalise all so-called NTs as liking loud music, making stupid comments about autism or anything else are fair or representative, people are individuals and they don't all behave in the same way.

... got to take Jute's side here. I absolutely see unfair, even hostile generalizations about NTs here all the time. It's really pretty disgusting and I will openly say so in such threads. It helps nobody. Same with the threads were people assume that I'm going to agree with them on matters related to being autistic. "We" this. "We" that. I don't remember agreeing to be part of your "we!"

Theory of mind, theory of mind.

They cannot, or worse, refuse to see things form your or my point of view, they assume their point of view is identical to everyone else's.

It doesn't take a genius to know people have their own hopes, dreams, and way of viewing life. However, sometimes belief is not enough to make one's choices good. A person thinks stealing is good and wholesome, but the end result hurts others.