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slash m-I-N-D-S. So I don't know if you're like me, but I'm constantly surrounded by people

who would fit the definition of a nerd. I don't know what you're talking about, In re.

Including me. And there have definitely been situations

in which I've been in a social event and felt like I have, you know, 16 elbows and 14 knees

pointing in the wrong direction. Essentially felt really awkward. And there's something amazing about

that feeling where you say something that you know came out not the way you

intended or, you know, just was the wrong thing to say, and you feel mortified. It's a really

strong emotion. Again, I don't know what you're talking about. So maybe you're one of these people

that's chronically awkward, who just doesn't notice the fact that,

you know, they don't notice that they're doing all these social faux pas. But, you know,

we're often, I think, too quick to say, oh, well, it must be that, you know, you're on the autism

spectrum if you can't have some kind of social problems. And of course, the spectrum is a continuum, right? So,

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