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What would a ND only world look like?
ofwarren · 29/01/2022 21:21
I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if ND people were the majority. Do you think there would be more or less conflict? More or less poverty and injustice?
I think the way the world works would be vastly different in every possible way.
What do you think?
BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation · 29/01/2022 22:02
Yeah, definitely more cats 😁
No loud music in shops.
No harsh florescent lighting.
Less bureaucracy.
More efficiency.
More use of colours.
More natural spaces and greenery.
More straight and open communication, no lies, messing about, game playing and having to guess what people mean.
More cooperation and collaboration.
Less crime.
More problem solving which could be used to help people.
Outdoor playparks for adults 😀
ofwarren · 29/01/2022 22:09
@BurntToastAgain
True, but I see people saying "the world is set up for NT people" and I wondered what the opposite would be.
BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation · 29/01/2022 22:15
Oh, places wouldn't be over heated either. No air fresheners.
Cars would come in nice colours instead of variations on miserable grey.
Workplaces and educational establishments would be cheerful and colourful with comfy seating, rugs, cats and cushions.
Productivity would go up because of the perfectionism and work ethic.
OhTinyBear · 29/01/2022 22:24
I work in the public sector, in an organisation of circa 2,400 people, and I feel confident saying in ND-world efficiency would be improved. The likes of us don’t want to have meetings just for the sake of having meetings, we don’t want to spend half the meetings talking about our weekends or holiday plans or whatever, and we certainly don’t then want to have more meetings about the bloody meetings that we’ve already had. We want to analyse, understand, plan, execute, evaluate - to get shit done. And ok, sometimes there may be internal barriers to getting shit done (am ASD/ADHD/dyslexic so I know those barriers well!) but at least there wouldn’t be layer upon layer of poxy pointless nonsensical external barriers on top of it all.
And I haven’t even started on office politics and mediocrity rising to the top, or the power that inertia has in the organisation. It’s impossible to innovate or improve anything because people simply don’t want things to be better. Lots of them can’t envisage that things could be better, never mind have a vision of what better would look like or how to get there. And when we see problems and we point them out, somehow WE become the problem, not the actual problem. And we get put on someone’s shit list and have our career prospects damaged. In ND-world, we’d have none (or at least very little) of that BS.
Why yes, I am deeply unhappy in my current workplace. Makes a huge deal out of welcoming diversity, which sounds great until you start working there and realise they only welcome diversity as long as it’s not diversity of approach or opinion or thought process.
LilyRed · 29/01/2022 22:27
@ofwarren the boring coloured car thing is something I have moaned about for years - If you go to the south of Europe cars are all bright colours.
Apparently it's to do with pricing and the colours not always standing up to the cold, wet weather. Plus Back and white are cheaper.
Hmm, we could do with better delineation for the seasons with some rain each night to water the plants. (I would prefer to move back to the West Country than be up here!)
Playgrounds with swings for adults.
A lido, seaside or pool with easy access for everyone.
I am allowed to paint the house in nice colours as I did when I lived on my own (NO GREY, too depressing!)
hivemindneeded · 29/01/2022 22:28
@ofwarren
Bliss. As someone who had to stop work on a tight deadline today because I had to unpick a scratchy label from my tee shirt, I would love this world.
duvetdayforeveryone · 29/01/2022 22:31
@BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation
No loud music in shops.
No harsh florescent lighting.
Less bureaucracy.
More efficiency.
More use of colours.
More natural spaces and greenery.
More straight and open communication, no lies, messing about, game playing and having to guess what people mean.
More cooperation and collaboration.
Less crime.
More problem solving which could be used to help people.
Outdoor playparks for adults 😀
I love it all! You are now elected as the Mayor for our Mumsnet hypothetical Autism Town
BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation · 29/01/2022 22:41
www.wonderslist.com/10-most-potentially-habitable-planets/
We need to bagsey a planet, kidnap Elon Musk, and some NASA personnel, and force them to build a ship that could get us there, then round people (and cats) up and head out 🚀 🪐🏞
BringBackCoffeeCreams · 29/01/2022 22:41
Imagine the clothing, it would be like seeing clowns at the circus (i mean that in a good way). No conforming, no beige. We'd all wear what we liked, when we liked, whether it matched or clashed. A complete riot of colours and patterns. DH would be looking like Mr Tumble.
And my house would be painted Barbie pink and the council (and neighbours) wouldn't care.
And there'd be more cats and more hedgehogs.
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