>>2242389>has anyone ever dealt with being yelled at by people who confuse your flat affect and indifference for rudeness?Despite being the aspie, I've had the opposite happen. I enthusiastically answered with "Mhm!/Aha!" noises and the other person then made an angry face saying "why are you just going UUUHhhh" and makes a loud whiny noise to mimic me. It wasn't even close to what I said so I felt so shocked and angered that they'd accuse me of doing that. I know I didn't sound flat, I now I said it normally… but I think them knowing I'm an aspie they just wanted to assume and point out that I'm an idiot in any way they could.
>I am thinking about explaining myself to the professorYou should do that. You can frame it as earnestly asking if opening more petri dishes was wrong of you, and explain that the other girls gave you a hard time for it. Be open for him to reply "yes, you should have waited for them to be done and not opened another one" and be ready to go on a little "sorry it's the autism, I didn't know…" talk if he does. Hopefully he is on your side though.