"I do what I want and screw 'em if they don't like it" is great and all, but there are still large parts of life that don't work that way, like workplaces and d

"I do what I want and screw 'em if they don't like it" is great and all, but there are still large parts of life that don't work that way, like workplaces and dating. Having to choose between being oneself and having a career/dating life is still painful and depressing. Casting isolation as a bold act of rebellion and independence in a world full of conformists is just a different shade of camouflage. Regarding subgroups, I found that they were just as unaccepting, they just have different standards for who/what is in/out. I think your comment about autism is mistaking the cart for the horse. This happens because people are on the spectrum, not people are autistic because sometimes they don't fit in. Lastly, I'd just like to mention that I didn't mean to only talk about school or work or situations like that, where there is always going to be some amount of difficulty fitting in. I could also tell that people very close to me, like my parents, thought something was off about me. They later copped to that when I was an adult, as well as their relief that I turned out to live a pretty normal life.