An autistic person who spent the last three decades masking in order to appear cool has reportedly unmasked only to discover that their coolest form was the very thing they were masking in the first place.
Luca Mignon, 33, who has spent their entire life second guessing what to wear, say and do with their fucking arms, recently decided to just be themself – revealing years of entirely wasted effort.
Mignon said: “As soon as I stopped censoring my every word, movement and urge to suddenly be a cat, miaow, I found that the compliments started pouring in.”
“People started saying how much they loved my weird outfits, my general vibe and apparently my raw, unfiltered honesty is funny? I’ve spent years trying to work out what’s funny and it turns out it was my horrid little personality all along.”
“And those hyperfixations I kept trying to hide,” Mignon added. “It turns out they’re a great place to meet people who think the things you find cool are also cool. All these years I spent cultivating the perfect standoffish persona only to discover that I’m a God amongst elves. I’m their Elve-is.”
Mignon could not be reached for follow-up comment as they had become too overwhelmed by the demands of their own popularity.
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