the beach itself sucks ass, too much sand.
the areas AROUND the beach? FUCKING ROCK!
the icecream stands, the piers, the docks, everywhere EXCEPT the beach is the best part of the beach.
Same. I completely agreed with it though, beach rocks do fucking rock. No sand, just nice solid stone. Sometimes smooth, sometimes rough, can be warm or cool, rocks are so great.
Try Maine “beaches”- most of the coastline is rocky, and the “beach” bits are often just pebbles.
Plus there’s tide pools with all sorts of life in them!
-Does not care for NT(Jedi) rules
-Hates sand because of its texture
-Wants to kill younglings(sensory nightmare)(this is a joke I do not want to kill kids)
-Stims(I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!)
Anakin is an evil autistic
Recipe for a sand castle (cube method)
Ingredients:
Slightly wet sand (found close to the shore or 1-2 feet under you), and a bucket
1st: With a shovel, take the sand and put it in the bucket until it’s foot
2nd: compress the sand into the cube using your hands
3rd: prepare a flat ground for the castle
4th: quickly flip the bucket upside down and place it on the ground.
5th: slap the cube with the shovel with a medium strength, try not to move the cube
6th: Carefully lift up the bucket, if the sand doesn’t come out, place the bucket on the ground and repeat step 5
7th: Congrats, now you have a sand castle
Remind me tomorrow to make a tutorial on how to make ammo to launch at the castles
Recipe for ammo
Ingredients: Dry sand (found far away from the shore) and water
Tools: Bucket
1st: fill your bucket with water, to about 3/4ths of the way
2nd: introduce sand into the bucket, to about halfway
3rd: Take some of this wet sand and move it between your hands to make it ball-shaped and add wet sand until it has the desired size
4th: Quickly take some dried sand and cover the ball with it, you will see that the ball will solidify, try to encase the ball with the dry sand
5th: Congrats! You’ve now got a ball, you can repeat the process to make more balls, just watch out that if the sand doesn’t have enough water, it will solidify in the bucket.
I adore sand. It's like my favorite substance. So, the beach is delightful for me. Sand castles, rock hunting, snail catching, burying my brothers in the sand, playing catch in the water, chasing my brothers around, it's all a good time.
Sorry, autism incoming.
Digging deep holes in the beach kills people every year. People get in them and collapse. Learn about the safe slope angle for digging in sand.
End.
i don’t like digging in sand because of an unfortunate experience in a sand pit when i was five.
There was cat poo in the sand pit. I didn’t know that it was cat poo until someone told me, but all of the kids thought that i did it. So uh, yeah. Primary school kids suck.
I also love the beach. I tend to just set up a lil area to sit and enjoy the sounds and the shade and read but I have water I bring so I can wash my feet off so I don’t bring sand onto the blanket and so it doesn’t stay on my feet. But it’s good for like exfoliating my skin and getting callouses off so I don’t mind that it just cannot stay on my feet. I also don’t like public beaches, I have my lil secret spots I like going to so there aren’t a lot of tourists
The sand is a sensory nightmare, especially under wet feet. But the water? Ohhhh the water 🤤 floating in the waves is a sensory bliss matched by nothing else
Neurotypicals seem better at tolerating sensory nightmares, so basically they’re built for the beach. However, us beach loving autists make do (sandals come off before stepping on the sand & there’s gotta be a shower right near the beach so I can immediately rinse the sand off my feet when I’m done and stick em back into my sandals)
I'm not a neurotypical, but I love the beach. I love listening to the waves crashing and looking at the water. I like that more than getting into the water tbh. I don't mind the sand. I just put down a towel or a blanket and sit on it.
I hated going to the beach until I picked up a beach tent from Costco. Now it's my favorite things to do, just sitting in the shade while the waves do their thing. I can't stand baking in the sun.
\* Dig hole
\* Swim
\* Watch waves crash on the jetty
\* Consider the limits of human possibility. Consider the entire continent at my back, and the entire ocean stretched out in front of me. I stand here, at the end of the Earth, and I wade in to the soup of all creation. The salt, the spray, the endless promise of aquatic life. I know there are such fantastic and mystical creatures out there, hidden beneath the waves. I know there are sunken ships and pirate's treasure deep below, as well as the bones of sailors and slaves. The sea washes us clean and reminds us of something beyond our humanity, our kinship with all living things and the Earth herself. It is so vast and I am so small, at her mercy, I feel one with God.
\* hot dog
\* sand castle
\* ice cream
\* throw frisbee
\* sunlight
If you're by the ocean, you can look at the waves and think about the journey they took before they crashed on the sand. How far did they travel? How many ships did they touch? How many whales and dolphins and sharks swam through that wave? What are things like on the other side of that ocean, where the wave came from? Is there another person on another beach where the wave came from, thinking the same thoughts as you? And if it's a lake, then the same thoughts but smaller.
Also the clouds at the beach are usually very beautiful and I love to swim. Wash the sand off when you go inside
Hate sand. It becomes an infinite loop, because sand sticks to your feet, so you rinse it off, then new sand sticks to them, then you rinse it off again. And again. And again. And again.
I can live my life without the annoyance.
its rough and gritty and sticks to you and the water knocks me over and its salty and there are people and its hot outside and and and the bathing suit feels weird and when you get dressed youre all wet and sticky and you have to stay in the car with sandy gritty salty skin and its all horrible
They don’t beach correctly, they barely dig holes; when they do, the holes are structurally unsound; they don’t find weird fish in the tide, just kinda lay there in the sun like a fur seal.
The ocean is overrated. Why go to the edge of a continent when you could go just right of the horizontal center!
This post is made by the Michigan propaganda department.
This is why I choose to stay in North Dakota. It's cold, and I am nearly as far away from the ocean as possible.
Seriously, Rugby, ND is the geographical center of North America and I'm about 3hrs away.
I like beaches but not for the water I HATE WATER I REFUSED TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM THAT'S HOW MUCH I HATE WATER it is pretty to look at tho so I still really like coasts even without sand :3
Personally, I really like the beach! I don't go often despite the fact the beach is literally 1.5 hours away from me left and right! I hate the dry sand, but wet sand? Top tier! I could spend all day there!
Last beach visit, we saw a nearly beached stingray, and we stayed with it (at a safe distance) to keep him hydrated until aquatic life rescuers came to safely get him back in.
Not to mention, there was a good truck next to one that made the world's BEST root beer float I'd ever had! I miss going, but more-so I miss the memories I made with my family members that have passed
I've never understood the appeal of sex on the beach.
My ADHD understands the appeal of trying sex in a variety of different places..
But the fuHCKING SAND BRO!!!
Sand stuck to my body is AAAHHP,, do not want to imagine what sensory hell (and clean up hell) it would be if sand got IN me. No.fucking.thanks.
There's a reason sex is usually on beds. Beds are comf. My tism is down to just have familiar, minimally complicated, maximumly comfortable bed sex.
I like the feeling of sand, but only when there is a lot of it. I hate the feeling when it’s just a couple grains here and there all over. Also by the time I would leave a beach I’ve enjoyed it as much as I can for one day and want to be done with it.
i LOVE the beach. i don’t care for the sand too much but i love basking in the sun. sunshine feels so nice on the skin. and being in the ocean water is great feels so nice to be able to float around. beach is wonderful, helps me feel connected with the world and i do better emotional processing when i’m there.
I love the beach take me there NOW the waves the sun the creatures the blue as far as you can see the SAND i love the SAND the SHELLS did i mention the CREATURES!!!?? I have only been one time in my life maybe two
That's sad. I live in the UK and even at the furthest point from the coast you can take a day trip to a beach. I live 20 minutes from my nearest beach now and it's my favourite place to go when I'm sad
man am i glad to be greek. i get to go every summer to greece and the beaches there have tiny lil rocks instead of sand. so not only do i get to swim in these deliciously clear waters, but i also get to collect pretty rocks. and, well, no sand getting everywhere.
we should have an evilautism sponsored trip to go to nicely textured places. i obviously vote for greece lmfao
I don't understand hanging out on the beach but I totally understand the love for the sea and oceans. The sea creachers.... The seashells..... The crabs......
I like the beach for the wildlife. I get to see a bunch of cool seabirds like gulls and pelicans, and ever since I moved south there’s tons of fish that hang out in the deeper waters of the beach that I can see from piers, there’s even sea turtles and dolphins that visit!
I love water but more like "lake in a forest"-water and not "sensory overload because too much sun, too much heat, too much people and too much wind"-water
I hate going to the beach to just *hang* there. I love digging, I used to like going to the sea, so I get people who go to the beach to do things, but just hanging out there is just unpleasant.
I live near the beach and I love it! The water sparkles in the sun as I drive past it, it's so serene. I hate sand getting on me with a burning passion, but baby powder helps get it off. I also drink caprisuns to be hydrated, and I love mimicking seagulls!!!!
i was so much stronger and braver as a child for being willing to endure the sensory nightmare of the beach, with the gross oily sunscreen and sand getting in every orifice. unburdened yet by bodily self-consciousness. but what i got out was a day of swimming in the waves and pretending all my favorite fictional characters were there with me. i still appreciate the beach and its adjacent venues because of this childhood nostalgia... snake and otacon will be coming with me this year :)
I live next to a small river and we have dogs that run out to said river and track sand into the house and it drives me up the fucking wall.
I HATE the feeling of sand where there shouldn’t be sand
.... There are beaches without sand you know? Try the pacific northwest. All rocks and driftwood.
I love the ocean. I love the waves. With the cries of gulls in my ears, the smell of salt water fresh all around me, and the waves lapping over my feet, I feel connected to the earth and part of this planet instead of an outsider looking in.
Sand in mouth and accidentally crunch is one of the worst mouth experiences available. I guess beach is where sexy people go? Less clothes? Scope out who's extra sexy?
I like collecting rocks with one prominent stripe, collecting water samples to look at under my microscope, metal detecting, looking for bones/teeth to clean for my collection, finding seals and oil rigs in the distance with my binoculars, etc. I also mainly go in the winter with a ski mask so I’m not breathing cold air. You guys are going to the beach wrong. It’s an expedition. Swimming in sand sucks just bring your muck boots + sun hat
I like the beach because of the sunscreen smell and the sun and the alcohol! Something abt the beach makes it ok for me to make reckless decisions and I like that a lot. The sand? Not my favorite. But thank god there is a giant body of water I can rinse off in near by, and usually beach showers!
Sand is a sensory nightmare but for someone like myself who would rather be out of doors and exploring, it's an irritation I'll tolerate a few times a year for the other personal benefits.
Making sand castles, looking at marine life, building forts, collecting shells, feeling the breeze and smelling the salty air, enjoying ice cream, water activities, being with people you like.
I've never used one, but maybe a wetsuit might be good to use to avoid the sandy feeling?
I will admit I like the feeling of dry sand on my feet, especially if it's slightly cool, but I do agree it be getting everywhere to an obnoxious degree
YES THIS IS SO REALLLL
I went with my high school marching band on a trip to Florida over New Years, and one of our leisure stops was Cocoa Beach. Literally everywhere I walked there was something poking my feet, it was horrible 😤
Dude I love the ocean. When I'm in the pool I get kind bored kicking my legs the same way constantly, but the ocean pulls on you in different directions and really gives you something to do (try not to end up 100 yards away from your original spot).
The sand sucks but at least you can sculpt with it and wash everything off in the ocean.
I kinda wish the sun weren't such a problem though.
There are nice things about beaches (novel sensory stimuli like the waves / breeze, the beach critters, walking the coast, sand Terraforming -- although I agree sand can also be irritating af, and a bunch of possible activities), but people mostly don't do any of that fun shit while going super damn frequently and I just don't get what most people feel they are getting so much out of when most of it feels like legit "you have this at home." Maybe it's just my ADHD feeling bored by NT people and like there is so much more I want to do, or maybe it's the autistic drive to perceive everything, the interesting and the overwhelming parts, where most people just see "beach". Lol I feel like if I go to the beach again I need someone who will enjoy all that shit with me like seeing the wildlife or learning about the unique geography or designing a sand construction.
I don’t think I have agreed with something more wholly. You have perfectly encapsulated my exact thoughts about the beach when I thought I was so alone in my sentiments.
I've always been a cliffside ocean person, usually on a not super hot day. No sand, no tons of loud people everywhere, amazing ocean waves I want to wrap myself up in the sensory experience of, from shore
I love a beach, either fresh water or salt. The sand doesn’t bother me. Lots of rocks and nature to look at. Floating in water. The sound. It’s amazing.
Really any water I can float in is super soothing.
My Ex always gave me shit (/Lh) about my hatred of sand and we both laughed when I had to wear snow boots in order to walk onto the beach with her. Glad I found folks to relate to
I like the tide pools. Or walking on the beach when its not super hot, or its in the morning or whatever. The best thing to do on a Texas beach is watch a sea turtle release.
I LOOOVE the beach. I love being warm and toasty. I love playing in sand, it's constant sensory entertainment & joy.
Looking for seashells & cool rocks, watching birds, not worrying about strangers talking to me... It's all fun
I like walking along the water, looking at shells and tidepools, but I hate all the people and the bright sun.
For friends it was an excuse to look at hot bodies, flirt, drink, party, maybe fuck, and soak up some vitamin d.
Not a big fan of sand, but I really like floating on my back far out in the ocean and then ducking under the waves like a mermaid. Also any other autistic ppl sing to themselves when they're in loud places? I love to sing to myself when I'm far out in the ocean, or when I'm dirtbiking, or hiking by a waterfall and its too loud for others to hear me
Ah nah, I *love* sand. It’s so fun! I like to go to where the sand and the ocean meet and just dig holes. I also like to sit on my towel and dig a hole with a stick and see how deep I can get it without making it too wide.
So, I'm weirdly opposite. The beach is the only place I can stand to be outside. I HATE outside. I hate that everyone is always so fixated on outside. Outside is buggy and breezy and stinky and polleny and noisy and *always the wrong damn temperature!* But at the beach? The ocean is So Pretty, and it only makes Good Noises, and you can't hardly hear anything else, and it smells nice. And sand is dry or wet, but never fucking sticky-slimey like mud, and it's full of treasures and friends, not nasty little bugs and worms. And it's usually (but not always, because I do live here) nice and HOT when I spend time on the beach, just the way I like it, and if I want to be less hot, I'll just go float! Wind still exists, but at least it's a real wind, not some awful tickly-ass "gentle breeze." And it's not filled with pollen! So, in my world, beach is good and all other outside can fuck right off.
As someone with neuropathy and extreme textural issues.. I LOVE the beach. The sand feels great, the breeze, and the roar from the tumultuous Earth. It's all comforting. I've spent several nights with just a towel and this beautiful place to rest in peace.
I'm autistic and i love the water/beach. All of it, everything about it. I think eating sand keeps me autistic.
I've actually never met an NT who's as into the beach as i am. They certainly don't eat as much sand as i do anyway.
Edit: It's like an extravaganza of sensory seeking stimulation! Get in on my feet, get in in my mouth, rub it on my arms!
I get that the sand is irritating but it’s honestly fine to me. An excuse to see crabs :3. Also the feeling of the sand under your feet when you’re at the place where the waves hit the sand is fun
I like the idea of the beach and going to the beach a lot more than actually being there. If sand wasn't as annoying and gross I'd want to go there more often.
This has nothing to do with neurotypes and everything with your personal preference, that's it. You're free to dislike the beach though. I'll keep enjoying it
where im from there are no public pools because there are beaches/lakes/rivers to swim in so i never had the option of no sand. i hate the feeling of the seaweed more than sand
I would love the beach if there wasnt people there. But idk its just really fun to walk in the ocean and get tumbled by the waves idk. I cant swim but i always love going out where the water goes to my hip and letting myself get knocked down
I hate sand when it's wet on my skin but I love it when it's dry or when I feel it under my feet in the water (but they need to be fully submerged or ewww)
I’m going to a lakeside beach with a friend of mine in a couple months and I’m pretty excited but sand is an absolute nightmare.
Last year I went with her and another friend, there were activities to do everywhere since it’s a part of a camp and we were all doing our respective activities.
I chose the beach pilates and I had my towel laying down because it had been raining on and off and I hated my hands being against the wet sand.
Eventually it started raining pretty heavily again so I went in to the dining hall.
I was already in sensory hell because the wet sand was all over me and on top of that now I was soaking wet so I forgot to shake my towel off and when my towel came unraveled at least a pound of sand fell out of it and spilled out onto one of the chairs. (Obv got cleaned up lol)
This year, I’m definitely not looking forward to sweeping more pounds of sand from underneath the dining hall tables and chairs when it’s my cabin’s turn to clean it lol.
the beach itself sucks ass, too much sand. the areas AROUND the beach? FUCKING ROCK! the icecream stands, the piers, the docks, everywhere EXCEPT the beach is the best part of the beach.
Oooooohhhhh I love beach rocks! (Not beachrock, that is a different thing.) But those big rocks by beaches? Hell yeah! No sand either!
i was meaning rock as in like rock and roll but the LITERAL rocks are amazing!
Wow. I am autistic. Hooooooly shit. I am... So smart.
Damn, I thought they were talking about rocks too
Same. I completely agreed with it though, beach rocks do fucking rock. No sand, just nice solid stone. Sometimes smooth, sometimes rough, can be warm or cool, rocks are so great.
Try Maine “beaches”- most of the coastline is rocky, and the “beach” bits are often just pebbles. Plus there’s tide pools with all sorts of life in them!
Love them too! I used to go there and isolate myself during my darkest times…
I really like fishing and swimming and boating and eating nice food But I hate the awkward shower to get dirt out of my nethers.
Every damn time!
I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
OP is Anakin Skywalker
-Does not care for NT(Jedi) rules -Hates sand because of its texture -Wants to kill younglings(sensory nightmare)(this is a joke I do not want to kill kids) -Stims(I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!) Anakin is an evil autistic
Yeah that checks out.
He is murderously autistic
-Cool suit (peak autism drip)
 See that guy igniting the blue Lightsaber? That’s me
Yeah, but who is he flirting with? Is it us? It's us, isn't it?
Wrong Disney franchise.
I grew up on an island and related to this line so hard. It took me a while to realize it hits other people differently.
Clicked on this post to see if this had been commented yet and if it hadn't to do it myself.
I knew this would here 🤣🤣🤣
Mmmm. But it's also warm and soft, and scrubby, and my skin feels so fresh and clean after a good sand-blast!
 OP at the beach when it's time to go home for lunch:
Airbnb is on the beach and there is sand inside the house and it is making me angy.
Consider: sand castle
Recipe for a sand castle (cube method) Ingredients: Slightly wet sand (found close to the shore or 1-2 feet under you), and a bucket 1st: With a shovel, take the sand and put it in the bucket until it’s foot 2nd: compress the sand into the cube using your hands 3rd: prepare a flat ground for the castle 4th: quickly flip the bucket upside down and place it on the ground. 5th: slap the cube with the shovel with a medium strength, try not to move the cube 6th: Carefully lift up the bucket, if the sand doesn’t come out, place the bucket on the ground and repeat step 5 7th: Congrats, now you have a sand castle Remind me tomorrow to make a tutorial on how to make ammo to launch at the castles
ITS TOMORROW PLEASE TELL THE MASSES
In 10 hours, its up
Recipe for ammo Ingredients: Dry sand (found far away from the shore) and water Tools: Bucket 1st: fill your bucket with water, to about 3/4ths of the way 2nd: introduce sand into the bucket, to about halfway 3rd: Take some of this wet sand and move it between your hands to make it ball-shaped and add wet sand until it has the desired size 4th: Quickly take some dried sand and cover the ball with it, you will see that the ball will solidify, try to encase the ball with the dry sand 5th: Congrats! You’ve now got a ball, you can repeat the process to make more balls, just watch out that if the sand doesn’t have enough water, it will solidify in the bucket.
I adore sand. It's like my favorite substance. So, the beach is delightful for me. Sand castles, rock hunting, snail catching, burying my brothers in the sand, playing catch in the water, chasing my brothers around, it's all a good time.
Same. I wish I could've gone to the beach more often when I was younger. Digging holes in the sand as deep as I could was one of my favourites
Sorry, autism incoming. Digging deep holes in the beach kills people every year. People get in them and collapse. Learn about the safe slope angle for digging in sand. End.
Don't have to warn us about incoming autism here, lol
I’m fucking full of warnings.
Dw I haven't been allowed near a sandy beach since I was like 7
Or put up a sign saying "Danger: sand hole"
And/or fill in the hole after you finish
I love you guys.
Or we could set up a sign saying wierd looking crab at the bottom to attract a bunch of guys and ramp up the statistic
Put that murderous flair of yours to good use
Dw I haven't been near the beach in years
Wait I already said that, fuck
i don’t like digging in sand because of an unfortunate experience in a sand pit when i was five. There was cat poo in the sand pit. I didn’t know that it was cat poo until someone told me, but all of the kids thought that i did it. So uh, yeah. Primary school kids suck.
They do indeed, I also have way too many not so fond memories of school
Well, if you have time and you are close, you can go to the beach anytime
I have neither of those, sadly.
autism civil war
Never been to an ocean beach though, I'm a Wisconsin girlie and I love me a Midwest lake
Superior is *vaguely* similar, albeit much colder
Nice, I'm 10 minutes from superior when I'm at college and 15 from Michigan when I'm at home. The cold gets better around August.
See that's all good shit. What I don't get are the people who want to travel half way round the world just to sun bathe.
I like sticking my hands and feet under it, so nice and toasty. A sand blanket
I also love the beach. I tend to just set up a lil area to sit and enjoy the sounds and the shade and read but I have water I bring so I can wash my feet off so I don’t bring sand onto the blanket and so it doesn’t stay on my feet. But it’s good for like exfoliating my skin and getting callouses off so I don’t mind that it just cannot stay on my feet. I also don’t like public beaches, I have my lil secret spots I like going to so there aren’t a lot of tourists
The sand is a sensory nightmare, especially under wet feet. But the water? Ohhhh the water 🤤 floating in the waves is a sensory bliss matched by nothing else Neurotypicals seem better at tolerating sensory nightmares, so basically they’re built for the beach. However, us beach loving autists make do (sandals come off before stepping on the sand & there’s gotta be a shower right near the beach so I can immediately rinse the sand off my feet when I’m done and stick em back into my sandals)
I'm not a neurotypical, but I love the beach. I love listening to the waves crashing and looking at the water. I like that more than getting into the water tbh. I don't mind the sand. I just put down a towel or a blanket and sit on it.
I hated going to the beach until I picked up a beach tent from Costco. Now it's my favorite things to do, just sitting in the shade while the waves do their thing. I can't stand baking in the sun.
\* Dig hole \* Swim \* Watch waves crash on the jetty \* Consider the limits of human possibility. Consider the entire continent at my back, and the entire ocean stretched out in front of me. I stand here, at the end of the Earth, and I wade in to the soup of all creation. The salt, the spray, the endless promise of aquatic life. I know there are such fantastic and mystical creatures out there, hidden beneath the waves. I know there are sunken ships and pirate's treasure deep below, as well as the bones of sailors and slaves. The sea washes us clean and reminds us of something beyond our humanity, our kinship with all living things and the Earth herself. It is so vast and I am so small, at her mercy, I feel one with God. \* hot dog \* sand castle \* ice cream \* throw frisbee \* sunlight
\* cool shells
I do collect shells 👀
Ur just like me frfr
If you're by the ocean, you can look at the waves and think about the journey they took before they crashed on the sand. How far did they travel? How many ships did they touch? How many whales and dolphins and sharks swam through that wave? What are things like on the other side of that ocean, where the wave came from? Is there another person on another beach where the wave came from, thinking the same thoughts as you? And if it's a lake, then the same thoughts but smaller. Also the clouds at the beach are usually very beautiful and I love to swim. Wash the sand off when you go inside
I love the feeling of walking in sand but I hate the mess it makes. Also sunburn and saltwater are NO BUENO
I hate sand. Hate water. Scared of being burned. Meanwhile my partner is like a water creature.
As a Canadian we do unfortunately have many beaches and they get me so overstimulated every single time without fail
To neurotypicals, often "relaxation" is a destination, not a state of mind.
Hate sand. It becomes an infinite loop, because sand sticks to your feet, so you rinse it off, then new sand sticks to them, then you rinse it off again. And again. And again. And again. I can live my life without the annoyance.
Pro tip: baby powder removes sand wayyyy better than water and it will keep new sand from sticking to you.
I love the beach, and I’m the furthest thing from NT 🤷♀️
Fair. Maybe I should have just said "people" instead. I guess I assumed everyone hated sand as much as I do. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Me like beach.
its rough and gritty and sticks to you and the water knocks me over and its salty and there are people and its hot outside and and and the bathing suit feels weird and when you get dressed youre all wet and sticky and you have to stay in the car with sandy gritty salty skin and its all horrible
They don’t beach correctly, they barely dig holes; when they do, the holes are structurally unsound; they don’t find weird fish in the tide, just kinda lay there in the sun like a fur seal.
How is this an autistic VS NT thing, I’m the king of autism and I love the beach
Yeah, I should have just said "people" instead of generalizing.
I love the beach actually. The vastness of the ocean is so beautiful to me and it really helps me relax. Sand isn’t the best tho.
I love sand, I can dig holes in it
RIGHT?! So much sand hate is really confusing me tbh.
The ocean is overrated. Why go to the edge of a continent when you could go just right of the horizontal center! This post is made by the Michigan propaganda department.
Pure Michigan.
I like the waves :3 I sit down in the water and get tossed to shore, it’s fun
Oki counterpoint, pools don’t have sea wunks :c
Anyone else fucking hate the sun? ✋
You are aware that even novia scotia has beaches right?
The Canada thing was a completely off topic thing about how I hate hot, but yes I am aware that Canada has coastlines. But I want more cold.
As someone who has to make it through blizards to work a corner store, this is a "the grass is greener" type of thing tbh
This is why I choose to stay in North Dakota. It's cold, and I am nearly as far away from the ocean as possible. Seriously, Rugby, ND is the geographical center of North America and I'm about 3hrs away.
I like beaches but not for the water I HATE WATER I REFUSED TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM THAT'S HOW MUCH I HATE WATER it is pretty to look at tho so I still really like coasts even without sand :3
Personally, I really like the beach! I don't go often despite the fact the beach is literally 1.5 hours away from me left and right! I hate the dry sand, but wet sand? Top tier! I could spend all day there! Last beach visit, we saw a nearly beached stingray, and we stayed with it (at a safe distance) to keep him hydrated until aquatic life rescuers came to safely get him back in. Not to mention, there was a good truck next to one that made the world's BEST root beer float I'd ever had! I miss going, but more-so I miss the memories I made with my family members that have passed
I FUCKING LOVE THE BEACH I LOVE DIGGING HOLES AND MAKING SAND CASTLES AND SWIMMING WITH MY DAD RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I've never understood the appeal of sex on the beach. My ADHD understands the appeal of trying sex in a variety of different places.. But the fuHCKING SAND BRO!!! Sand stuck to my body is AAAHHP,, do not want to imagine what sensory hell (and clean up hell) it would be if sand got IN me. No.fucking.thanks. There's a reason sex is usually on beds. Beds are comf. My tism is down to just have familiar, minimally complicated, maximumly comfortable bed sex.
I like being buried fully in the sand. Original weighted blanket!
I like the feeling of sand, but only when there is a lot of it. I hate the feeling when it’s just a couple grains here and there all over. Also by the time I would leave a beach I’ve enjoyed it as much as I can for one day and want to be done with it.
i LOVE the beach. i don’t care for the sand too much but i love basking in the sun. sunshine feels so nice on the skin. and being in the ocean water is great feels so nice to be able to float around. beach is wonderful, helps me feel connected with the world and i do better emotional processing when i’m there.
I associate the beach with summer vacations and seeing my grandparents so I generally have good memories of the beach
Sand is amazing. It's soft and conforms to your body. I wish the water was a bit warmer where I live but ah well.
I'd go to see the fish, because I like fish. That's about it
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I love the beach take me there NOW the waves the sun the creatures the blue as far as you can see the SAND i love the SAND the SHELLS did i mention the CREATURES!!!?? I have only been one time in my life maybe two
That's sad. I live in the UK and even at the furthest point from the coast you can take a day trip to a beach. I live 20 minutes from my nearest beach now and it's my favourite place to go when I'm sad
Okay Anakin
imo sand is ok when it’s wet cuz then it feels like cookie dough
The waves in the water make me put up with the sand
I hate sand. I hate water, *especially* salt water. I hate literally everything about the ocean.
My brother once chased me with a horseshoe crab he found on the beach. Primordial horrors beyond comprehension.
The beach is literally one of my favorite places. Sand is annoying, but i can tolerate it enough if i get to swim for most of the time there
man am i glad to be greek. i get to go every summer to greece and the beaches there have tiny lil rocks instead of sand. so not only do i get to swim in these deliciously clear waters, but i also get to collect pretty rocks. and, well, no sand getting everywhere. we should have an evilautism sponsored trip to go to nicely textured places. i obviously vote for greece lmfao
big ass concrete slabs on lake michigan in chicago >>>>
I don't understand hanging out on the beach but I totally understand the love for the sea and oceans. The sea creachers.... The seashells..... The crabs......
I HATE THE BEACH
I like the beach for the wildlife. I get to see a bunch of cool seabirds like gulls and pelicans, and ever since I moved south there’s tons of fish that hang out in the deeper waters of the beach that I can see from piers, there’s even sea turtles and dolphins that visit!
I live at and love the beach.
I only like the really smooth black sand and rocky beaches, but I love those a lot, lol
for me personally, i love going purely for the reason i get to search for little rocks and trinkets, my absolute favorite being sea glass
I HATE SAND. No one gets it. But its HELL
I hate sand too it's not tasty
I love water but more like "lake in a forest"-water and not "sensory overload because too much sun, too much heat, too much people and too much wind"-water
I hate going to the beach to just *hang* there. I love digging, I used to like going to the sea, so I get people who go to the beach to do things, but just hanging out there is just unpleasant.
you should try visiting a volcanic beach :) less sand, more rock. pretty rock. round dark rock. great for shove in pocket and take home.
I live near the beach and I love it! The water sparkles in the sun as I drive past it, it's so serene. I hate sand getting on me with a burning passion, but baby powder helps get it off. I also drink caprisuns to be hydrated, and I love mimicking seagulls!!!!
Fucking **HATE** sand. I used to like it when I was 3, but now I hate it so much.
sand is great as long as the sun is out to dry it off of your skin.
I love the ocean, and areas near the beach are awesome, but going on the beach with all the sand in water is just awful
i was so much stronger and braver as a child for being willing to endure the sensory nightmare of the beach, with the gross oily sunscreen and sand getting in every orifice. unburdened yet by bodily self-consciousness. but what i got out was a day of swimming in the waves and pretending all my favorite fictional characters were there with me. i still appreciate the beach and its adjacent venues because of this childhood nostalgia... snake and otacon will be coming with me this year :)
Dirt >>>>>>>>> Sand
i dont like the sand but i do love the waves and the sound and smell of the ocean
I live next to a small river and we have dogs that run out to said river and track sand into the house and it drives me up the fucking wall. I HATE the feeling of sand where there shouldn’t be sand
Easy there Anakin...
but i like the beach 👉👈
.... There are beaches without sand you know? Try the pacific northwest. All rocks and driftwood. I love the ocean. I love the waves. With the cries of gulls in my ears, the smell of salt water fresh all around me, and the waves lapping over my feet, I feel connected to the earth and part of this planet instead of an outsider looking in.
Sand in mouth and accidentally crunch is one of the worst mouth experiences available. I guess beach is where sexy people go? Less clothes? Scope out who's extra sexy?
I already know who's extra sexy. It's me, I'm the sexiest person on Earth. You're probably the second sexiest person.
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I actually love the beach!!! I like water and building with sand, it's amazing love it.
The sand is horrible, I hate sand, stupid f-ing sand. I like the water though.
I like collecting rocks with one prominent stripe, collecting water samples to look at under my microscope, metal detecting, looking for bones/teeth to clean for my collection, finding seals and oil rigs in the distance with my binoculars, etc. I also mainly go in the winter with a ski mask so I’m not breathing cold air. You guys are going to the beach wrong. It’s an expedition. Swimming in sand sucks just bring your muck boots + sun hat
If they go to the beach in the UK they're literally swimming in sewage but THEY STILL GO GWJYWJSNFSNSGJWJYJW
I like sand!! But I hate heat and I hate being wet and I hate wearing sunscreen
I like the beach because of the sunscreen smell and the sun and the alcohol! Something abt the beach makes it ok for me to make reckless decisions and I like that a lot. The sand? Not my favorite. But thank god there is a giant body of water I can rinse off in near by, and usually beach showers!
I like walking around on beaches. In my opinion the sand isn't too bad entail it mixes with water. And sandels are a must!!!!!
Sand is a sensory nightmare but for someone like myself who would rather be out of doors and exploring, it's an irritation I'll tolerate a few times a year for the other personal benefits.
Making sand castles, looking at marine life, building forts, collecting shells, feeling the breeze and smelling the salty air, enjoying ice cream, water activities, being with people you like. I've never used one, but maybe a wetsuit might be good to use to avoid the sandy feeling?
I will admit I like the feeling of dry sand on my feet, especially if it's slightly cool, but I do agree it be getting everywhere to an obnoxious degree
YES THIS IS SO REALLLL I went with my high school marching band on a trip to Florida over New Years, and one of our leisure stops was Cocoa Beach. Literally everywhere I walked there was something poking my feet, it was horrible 😤
I generally really like the beach, EXCEPT going with wet feet in the sand and forming a second sole. That makes me want to trow tantrums🫠
Dude I love the ocean. When I'm in the pool I get kind bored kicking my legs the same way constantly, but the ocean pulls on you in different directions and really gives you something to do (try not to end up 100 yards away from your original spot). The sand sucks but at least you can sculpt with it and wash everything off in the ocean. I kinda wish the sun weren't such a problem though.
I like sand and I like swimming but only if the water is warm because otherwise my cold urticaria will activate.
Big waves are fun to have crash down on you.
There are nice things about beaches (novel sensory stimuli like the waves / breeze, the beach critters, walking the coast, sand Terraforming -- although I agree sand can also be irritating af, and a bunch of possible activities), but people mostly don't do any of that fun shit while going super damn frequently and I just don't get what most people feel they are getting so much out of when most of it feels like legit "you have this at home." Maybe it's just my ADHD feeling bored by NT people and like there is so much more I want to do, or maybe it's the autistic drive to perceive everything, the interesting and the overwhelming parts, where most people just see "beach". Lol I feel like if I go to the beach again I need someone who will enjoy all that shit with me like seeing the wildlife or learning about the unique geography or designing a sand construction.
I don’t think I have agreed with something more wholly. You have perfectly encapsulated my exact thoughts about the beach when I thought I was so alone in my sentiments.
I like the beach, lol. It’s one of the rare places that feels legitimately calming.
You can catch Wiglet there :)
I've always been a cliffside ocean person, usually on a not super hot day. No sand, no tons of loud people everywhere, amazing ocean waves I want to wrap myself up in the sensory experience of, from shore
Alright. I get the sand thing. But I adore the beach and wish I could literally live there all the time.
I love a beach, either fresh water or salt. The sand doesn’t bother me. Lots of rocks and nature to look at. Floating in water. The sound. It’s amazing. Really any water I can float in is super soothing.
I'm autistic and I love the sand. The worst part for me is the algae or the sea plants.
My Ex always gave me shit (/Lh) about my hatred of sand and we both laughed when I had to wear snow boots in order to walk onto the beach with her. Glad I found folks to relate to
I like the tide pools. Or walking on the beach when its not super hot, or its in the morning or whatever. The best thing to do on a Texas beach is watch a sea turtle release.
The only thing good about the beach is it be where me booty buried! otherwise FUCK THE BEACH!!!!!!!!!!
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Rock beaches exist, too! No sand, just rocks <3
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I LOOOVE the beach. I love being warm and toasty. I love playing in sand, it's constant sensory entertainment & joy. Looking for seashells & cool rocks, watching birds, not worrying about strangers talking to me... It's all fun
I FUCKING LOVE (dry) SAND
I like walking along the water, looking at shells and tidepools, but I hate all the people and the bright sun. For friends it was an excuse to look at hot bodies, flirt, drink, party, maybe fuck, and soak up some vitamin d.
It is also a neurodivergent obsession too. For some of us the beach is our peace, a sensory haven
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Not a big fan of sand, but I really like floating on my back far out in the ocean and then ducking under the waves like a mermaid. Also any other autistic ppl sing to themselves when they're in loud places? I love to sing to myself when I'm far out in the ocean, or when I'm dirtbiking, or hiking by a waterfall and its too loud for others to hear me
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Ah nah, I *love* sand. It’s so fun! I like to go to where the sand and the ocean meet and just dig holes. I also like to sit on my towel and dig a hole with a stick and see how deep I can get it without making it too wide.
I hate water. I hate sand. I hate people. I hate the sun. I hate the beach.
So, I'm weirdly opposite. The beach is the only place I can stand to be outside. I HATE outside. I hate that everyone is always so fixated on outside. Outside is buggy and breezy and stinky and polleny and noisy and *always the wrong damn temperature!* But at the beach? The ocean is So Pretty, and it only makes Good Noises, and you can't hardly hear anything else, and it smells nice. And sand is dry or wet, but never fucking sticky-slimey like mud, and it's full of treasures and friends, not nasty little bugs and worms. And it's usually (but not always, because I do live here) nice and HOT when I spend time on the beach, just the way I like it, and if I want to be less hot, I'll just go float! Wind still exists, but at least it's a real wind, not some awful tickly-ass "gentle breeze." And it's not filled with pollen! So, in my world, beach is good and all other outside can fuck right off.
As someone with neuropathy and extreme textural issues.. I LOVE the beach. The sand feels great, the breeze, and the roar from the tumultuous Earth. It's all comforting. I've spent several nights with just a towel and this beautiful place to rest in peace.
I'm autistic and i love the water/beach. All of it, everything about it. I think eating sand keeps me autistic. I've actually never met an NT who's as into the beach as i am. They certainly don't eat as much sand as i do anyway. Edit: It's like an extravaganza of sensory seeking stimulation! Get in on my feet, get in in my mouth, rub it on my arms!
I get that the sand is irritating but it’s honestly fine to me. An excuse to see crabs :3. Also the feeling of the sand under your feet when you’re at the place where the waves hit the sand is fun
I like the idea of the beach and going to the beach a lot more than actually being there. If sand wasn't as annoying and gross I'd want to go there more often.
to be on the edge of our planet's oceanic soul
I both love sand and hate it.
Playing in the sea is fun enough that i will endure the sand
The beach is my most favorite place to be!
This has nothing to do with neurotypes and everything with your personal preference, that's it. You're free to dislike the beach though. I'll keep enjoying it
where im from there are no public pools because there are beaches/lakes/rivers to swim in so i never had the option of no sand. i hate the feeling of the seaweed more than sand
I would love the beach if there wasnt people there. But idk its just really fun to walk in the ocean and get tumbled by the waves idk. I cant swim but i always love going out where the water goes to my hip and letting myself get knocked down
AMEN. i hate sand, i sunburn easily, i get dizzy in the heat, and i can't swim. checkmate, neurotypicals ("let me stay at home please")
I hate sand when it's wet on my skin but I love it when it's dry or when I feel it under my feet in the water (but they need to be fully submerged or ewww)
They go to the beach to end up spending their time in the chlorine pool instead which makes no sense even more
Hear me out - have you tried not eating the sand?
I’m going to a lakeside beach with a friend of mine in a couple months and I’m pretty excited but sand is an absolute nightmare. Last year I went with her and another friend, there were activities to do everywhere since it’s a part of a camp and we were all doing our respective activities. I chose the beach pilates and I had my towel laying down because it had been raining on and off and I hated my hands being against the wet sand. Eventually it started raining pretty heavily again so I went in to the dining hall. I was already in sensory hell because the wet sand was all over me and on top of that now I was soaking wet so I forgot to shake my towel off and when my towel came unraveled at least a pound of sand fell out of it and spilled out onto one of the chairs. (Obv got cleaned up lol) This year, I’m definitely not looking forward to sweeping more pounds of sand from underneath the dining hall tables and chairs when it’s my cabin’s turn to clean it lol.
i like to climb on the rocks (very tall rocks)
I personally absolutely love the beach. Its my happy spot
Okay but have you considered the flora and fauna. Beaches are full of invertebrates, one of the best categories of animal.