I agree with others in this thread, this has more to do with ethics and critical thinking than with nuerodivigence. And that nuerodivergence seems to be getting conflated here with autism, specifically.

This is not a valid excuse to go into asshole territory. Occasionally, you might not be in a position to understand why things are done a certain way - mostly because of inexperience, or your higher-ups might not have the time to explain the rules to you. Some examples might include regulations or standards.

It's alright to be humble and recognize that you may not understand some things sometimes. That's actually how you learn, and avoid pissing off your colleagues.

It's a sign of intelligence to question the status quo.

And if being intelligent is neurodivergent because the rest of the populace is stupid asf, so be it

I follow the rules unless they don't make sense to me, I must be autistic and neurodivergent omg so quirky.

People, we can just remark on things, we don't need a unique identifier for every observable opinion in the world. I know its part of finding belonging and community, but you aren't neurodivergent for questioning the way the world works, you're critical of your surroundings and that's a good thing

This has little to do with autism and more with being smart. No, seriously.

From the English Wikipedia, stages of moral development:

1. Obedience and punishment orientation (''How can I avoid punishment?'')
2. Self-interest orientation (''What's in it for me?'') (''Paying for a benefit'')
3. Interpersonal accord and conformity (''Social norms'') (''The good boy/girl attitude'')
4. Authority and social-order maintaining orientation (''Law and order morality'')
5. Social contract orientation
6. Universal ethical principles (''Principled conscience'')

1 and 2 are "Level 1 (Pre-Conventional)" (according to the same article, children and animals have this), 3 and 4 are "Level 2 (Conventional)", 5 and 6 are "Level 3 (Post-Conventional)".

The last one is basically thinking around "what if everyone did that?". Unfortunately, lots of people are at either stage 2 or 4. Sometimes downgrading from 4 to 2 once they become the authority.

So the neurodivergent folk converge on it? This rule of thumb makes no sense to me.

another one that would indicate im apparently not neurodivergent because I have a hard time not following rules regardless. Like to my detriment. Unless i find them like morally wrong.

So neuro divergent are just autistic?

I'll just do what causes least harm / most positive things. If following some obscure rule doesnt require worthwhile effort from me then might as well, in case something goes wrong. If there isnt any logical reason to suspect ignoring the rule would cause harm then I'll just put it lower on the priority about how things are done.

Until i actually know better, i dont want to assume anything poorly explained is irrelevant.

Well yeah, there are only two kinds of rules:

1. The right way to do things
2. Stupid bullshit that serves no purpose

If you can't at least give a basic reasoning for the rule, it's #2

Conversely, if someone is honest and says, "this is just how I like it I'm not really sure why" I'll at least respect it because they were honest, and a silly (little) rule that exists because of some cope or something is something I can relate to.

As it should be

There's some people who aren't neurodivergent and do the same. Some people just don't want to follow rules they don't understand, which can be pretty annoying

Yoo..so that means im neurodivergent?? Cause I do this ya'll