It didn’t occur to me, that “all the others are weird” can’t be right.

It hadn’t occurred to me until right now when I read that 🤦

a friend of mine also read about Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. He often said (both teasingly and matter-of-factly) “You most certainly are autistic”.

Did you ever discussed it with him after you got your diagnosis? What do you think was up with his confidently wrong assessment?