Common for NTs to displace anger on someone with AS?

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My brother got a flat tire on the highway and was stuck outside for a couple hours today. He comes home and starts yelling at me for things that don't have to do with me. First he tried to start telling me the story of the flat, which is more like shouting at me as if I'm the one who flattened his tire, but I walked out of the room after trying to make some vaguely sympathetic comment. Then, I had just done my laundry (but I didn't do his because I don't see it as my responsibility), so all my clothes were in the dryer, the washer was empty, and all his clothes were in the hamper. "Okay so all your f-ing clothes are clean and all mine are left dirty! That's nice."


I don't get this. Am I just being over-sensitive? Is his behavior NT behavior?

I think taking out our bad moods on people who don't deserve it is almost universal. As for expecting you to do his laundry, well, yeah, that sounds like just the kind of weird-as-hell thing I've come to expect from NTs... I don't get it.