NT is also a disorder or condition?

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The Signs of Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder – A Parody

Neurotypical spectrum disorder: a factsheet

I would like to remind you that if it weren't for NT people, we wouldn't be in such s****y situation when it comes to pandemic now. All it took to slow the crawl of the virus initially was for everyone practice social distancing and sit on their asses at home for a month or so. But nope, people NEEDED to go out and meet with others, because they couldn't stand being isolated. They NEEDED to fly over to tropical destinations for vacation, because it was critical for their well-being. Disease has been spread all over the world because of how NTs' people brains are wired to function in groups.

This applies to other things too. HIV, for example, why it have been spreading so fast in the 80's? Because people just couldn't restrain from having unprotected sex. Condoms were proven way of preventing transmissions of STDs and that should be reason to use them alone, but when two people want to get some action, rational thinking is cut off and genitalia take over.

What about things which ruin our planet like fast-fashion, for example? This is based on exploitative marketing strategies targeting NT people, not ND ones. It is taking advantage of drive towards being popular, relevant for others. Based on FOMO - "omg, everyone is having those kicks but me, I want them too!". The need to mark your social status and impress others by what you wear and look like.

Have you heard about lootboxes, microtransactions and progression systems in most popular online game nowadays? Again, the same story - irrelevant, digital crap is making tons of cash for corporations because NTs are desperately trying to "look cool" even though it bears no functional difference in game. Furthermore, many of these mechanics exploit "reward loop" which is an increase of dopamine levels when getting something new and shiny.

They constantly need to prove their relevance by stupid consumerism. Doesn't matter that their car is working perfectly, does the job of getting them from point A to B. They need new one to make statement of their wealth. They need a car with more powerful engine, even though speed limits are the same no matter how fast one's car can go. They need a new gaming console, even though they have a backlog of like hundred or so games they barely played, if ever, on their older systems. They need a new TV, because it comes with some additional bells and whistles, even though the old one still works perfectly fine. They absolutely must buy a ton of cheap, low quality, plastic gadgets that will end up on landfill sooner or later. This compulsory behaviour of getting things to "stay relevant" is literally destroying our planet.

The need to "blend in" is so drastic that many NT people will go any lengths to stay on good terms with those who surround them. They'll put aside their beliefs, they'll drink alcohol, take drugs and engage in self-destructive, dangerous and reckless behaviours. They prefer to be liked than to be right and stay true to themselves.

The fear of being alone is making them get into and staying in toxic and abusive relationships, be it with love interests or their friends. They feel that it is better to be treated like trash by person by their side, than to live alone with dignity.

Empathy? Pffft, far from what they claim it to be, this is just a shallow basic instinct directed towards who they know, who they feel familiar with and what they like, in most NTs. Rather than stemming from rational thought process about morality and humanism. Thus, you have people who cry when they see when a dog is being hurt, but are indifferent when they see a homeless person freezing to death on the street. Getting sad and crying when they got treated badly, but having no problem whatsoever when it comes to doing the same to other people. Claiming to be full of empathy, but judging less fortunate in life as "lazy" and "not working enough". People who engage in community, helping their neighbours, but think bombing Syria is the right thing to do and so is pushing back boats full of refugees coming over Mediterranean sea to Europe, effectively dooming them to death by drowning.

No, NTs aren't everything what is wrong with humanity. But humans, as a whole species, are still largely driven by basic instincts which formed back when we've lived in small groups competing for food, shelter and other resources. A lot of this stuff is an unwanted baggage at this point in time, but it still does affect how people function. Instead of trying to combat these tendencies with reasoning, stopping for a while and asking themselves "wait, is it objectively the best approach?" NTs are considering them "normal". Of course, given that their herd instinct is in no way suppressed and they follow it blindly, they tend to think that everyone functioning differently is dysfunctional and either want to "help them" or reject them and act with hostility. A whole lot of what's wrong with the world today would disappear if NTs would decide to reject many parts of what makes them "normal" instead of acting based of instincts which kept our species alive back when saber-toothed tigers hunted our ancestors.

Do I consider myself superior to NTs? No, because I do not view this matter through higher importance of one person over another. This is more of a question which system of values and way of processing and reacting to reality is more justified and optimal than another. My morality framework causes me to reject the idea of elevating oneself above others as something distasteful - when enough people start to think like this, you get things like ethnocides. I also know my limitations and realise when I am disadvantaged compared to NTs.

Question is, do I care? Most of the time, not. I do view many things which are done by NTs as unimportant and irrelevant. And I wouldn't swap places with them, ever. I do not want to be NT, I prefer to be AS. In this "battle of ideas" I chose to side with one which I consider the overall better option.

I only wish that NTs would be so willing to learn something from people like me as, they are willing to convince us that we should learn something from them.