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Going too far in the other direction can be pretty annoying, too, though. I'm autistic and vehemently ignore and reject most pieces of news, especially political, and that causes tons of terrible things to happen whenever some sort of spoiler gets out and I happen to see it. It's like I'm proud of my great ignorance and having that threatened with mere knowledge sends me into a panic of some sort. It's not just news.…
Reply with a response that will get the response you want. If you want them to leave the topic, say something non-engaging like “ok”. You’re likely to come across not entirely socially acceptable in either case, but that’s probably impossible to counter.
This is something that I understand, but unfortunately can't really perform for some reason. I always have to be... "honest", for lack of a better word. I will always say something that makes things worse for me because it's... just how I feel.
I used to be a pathological liar, and from a young age I had this one friend who was a living lie detector, and they trained it out of me so hard that I now obsessively tell the truth in all situations even when it would be detrimental. ;-;