How do you answer the question "What's new with you?" when nothing happens in your life?
How do you answer the question "What's new with you?" when nothing happens in your life?
For example when you're catching up with friends after a while
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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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That's a great idea honestly. I'd love it if more people gave replies like that.
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That's quite ingenious actually
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Same with tortoiseshell coloring, and orange tabbies are usually male!
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That's me too. And personally, I think you're my type of person to talk to.
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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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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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