What do you find weird about neurotypicals?

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They like to eat in the dark. Say it adds ambiance or something. Whatever that means.

But, who doesn't like to do everything in the dark ? No horribly intense lights in your face. It's so relaxing. I love darkness.

The quite common NT tendency to think there is only one "right" way to do anything (theirs) is weird to me. Whether that's neurology, ignorance, the egotism that manifests as my way or the highway thinking, or something else, baffles me. For people with so much empathy (apparently) they can remarkably nonempathetic someone else approaching the same goal in different ways and some seem to take it as a personal insult to themselves, as well as a personal failing in the person who takes a different approach.

The way people jump to conclusions or make assumptions about things they don't know. For instance assuming that my comment had a hidden meaning, assuming that they know what I want to eat or drink, assuming that they know the reason why I did something. Not exclusive to NTs by any means, but it seems to be their domain.

I think it is sad when ASD people learn the bad part of NT-behaviors.

Ugggh. A huge generalisation topic. I for one try not to think of neurotypical people as one stereotype with no variation. Like Ezra said, there are autistics who do some of these things too. Because we're individuals to an extent, just like neurotypical people are. And way to hang in there, nurseangela.

But it's illogical to have it so dark that you can't read the menu. But if I'm just hanging out. Then ya. Darkness is nice.

This goes with the assumptions and hidden meanings thing I already mentioned, but I don't understand the way they read flirting into things when it's not remotely intended. Not just men assuming that I am flirting, but have also had other women assume I was interested in a man when I was absolutely not. And for the most benign reasons, like smiling at someone? I dunno.

But then, vice versa, I have had other people make gestures to me that were blatantly sexual, which they would later deny had any such intent, or that it even happened, especially religious folks who believe their intentions are always pure...like the guy who pressed his genitals into my hand, denied it, and then later asked for my phone number.

The way NTs ask questions they don't really want answers to, like "how are you?", "how was your day?" etc. I especially hate the second question because we both know that my day was very similar to the day before it, and the day before that. It's also annoying because I know when they ask it that I'm expected to ask it back, then listen as they say, "Oh not bad, same old same old". Why do we have to waste our time with such meaningless exchanges? I once asked my family to stop asking me how my day was, and told them if anything actually interesting or important happened, that I'd let them know. They didn't go for it. Imagine how much quieter the world would be if we all just stopped saying unnecessary or redundant things.