For example when you’re catching up with friends after a while

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    4 days ago

    I am autistic, which you probably could have just derived from the rest of this comment. Questions like these are so terrifying to me. So I always have a fun fact on hand.

    “What’s new?”

    “I just learned that only female cats have a calico pattern!”

    Then you can talk about cats instead of your life.

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      something like 95% of calicos are female

      color in felines is expressed on the X chromosome. humans with XX have the same kinds of patterns on their skin from combinations each parent’s DNA, but skin color isn’t expressed there so it isn’t visible

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      It’s not an absolute rule, but it’s true in the vast majority of cases. The coloring is on the X chromosome, and males usually have only one, but some males with have an extra X chromosome (XXY) and those can be calico. It’s rare.

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      4 days ago

      You’re right, that does sound particularly like something an autistic person would say. It’s also something I’d be perfectly happy to hear and engage with.

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    3 days ago

    Not too much. Just doing the daily.

    This is an honest and correct answer if that is your situation. Nothing wrong with that.

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    3 days ago

    Usually a brief “I just read/played/watched such-and-such”

    If they know it, we can chat about it. If they don’t, and they’re interested, we can chat about it. Otherwise, the conversation moves on and the social rite is concluded successfully.

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    2 days ago

    I can’t remember the last time nothing has been going on in my life. It sounds wonderful.

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    4 days ago

    Something is always happening in your life.

    What you really mean is “When you don’t think that anyone would be interested in what’s happening in your life.”

    If you’ve been absorbing media, tell us what you’ve been watching/reading/playing. If you have this encounter out in public, say where you’re going now, or what you’re looking forward to doing when that’s done.

    Hell, even if you’ve been laying in bed for a week and someone asks, say you’ve been catching up on some sleep.

    There’s always something, and as mundane as you think your answer might be, it’ll be easier for them to continue the conversation on that one piece of information than saying “you know, same old”.