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You might find it easier to talk to them, but I don't know about building a friendship.
Those things are related.
Eh, a lot of people engage in small talk that do not enjoy it.
Maybe I'm being too black and white in my thinking.
I don't know. Socializing is difficult. Society has a different set of rules, guidelines, and conventions for different situations, and different people have different opinions about which ones are most important. Everything is gray. When does an acquaintance become a friend? I don't know. There aren't hard and fast rules about any of it. So many people socialize based on how they feel, and that's hard for me to do sometimes.
I try to be upfront with people about being bad at picking up on social cues. I will tell people that I'm not trying to be rude if you try to make small talk and I'm not very responsive or engaging, I just suck at making small talk. etc.
I'm with you on it being so confusing. That's constantly my experience with socialisation. Maybe I could try being upfront as well. I'm still not very open about being autistic. Although, I don't necessarily need to give that level of detail in my explanation. Sometimes, I just get tired of trying.