‘hanging out’ means not talking to each other in the same room
This is part of why people want the autistic symbol to be cats instead of the puzzle piece, if you didn’t know already @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses, because that’s a mood for most of us lol. Like, so many parallels.
i did NOT know, tell me more
Okay, so here’s the gist of it from what I can remember off the top of my head, and other folks feel free to contribute!
Cats are like us because they:
- Experience sensory overload (not sure about underload)
- Communicate in ways that folks (who only know about dogs usually) don’t understand and think is them being assholes
- Have really subtle body language
- Really do think existing in the same room with you both doing your own thing is hanging out
- Get misunderstood and have a bad rap, even though they’re just trying to exist
- Probably a hell of a lot more, but it’s almost 1 am and I need sleep
People! Add more shit! Make a list!