This kid will have very little sex

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Elok
Yeah, like, get this: I've never had chancres on my penis! Is that hysterical or what?

Perhaps I should clarify - It can be funny for the observer not the sufferer.

(Although I don't think I would find your penis hysterical. Or would I?)

[Elok]

I wasn't offended, just digging at MRT in retaliation for an earlier thread. Even I sometimes laugh at the stuff we do, or even at my own behavior. Also, I don't "suffer" much, myself. I was miserable in adolescence, but I suspect that had more to do with my severe bipolar disorder/being a teenager/being obnoxious in non-aspie ways. Some say they do suffer from it, tho.

[Wezil]

I paused on "suffer". I know it's not right .

My younger brother has A- and it is amusing to see the kitchen after he has made something to eat. Every cupboard door will be open, all the ingredients and utinsels left out, and maybe even sometimes, a trail of food leading away.

I've known "absent minded" people in my life but this goes way beyond. When he finishes with something it is completely forgotten and irrelevant (until he wants/needs it again and can't find it). While such single-minded focus on a task at hand can be very useful for certain applications, it's tough to live like that.

He's 19 and living on his own now but it took alot of effort and patience to get him this far. Those that feel this condition is "bogus" or made up are sorely mistaken. I suspect it is like ADHD in that it may be overdiagnosed (and often self-diagnosed) but it exists.

[Elok]

Yes, as someone who has it, the suggestion that it's made up sounds absurd to me. You might as well claim the earth is flat, from my perspective. I was diagnosed at seven or eight, long before Asperger's became a fad diagnosis--around the time it was emerging from complete obscurity.

But there are people online who've "self-diagnosed" (i.e., skimmed the criteria and decided they wanted to be one instead of just ordinary socially inept folk), and go around trumpeting their supposed unique condition. That probably has a lot to do with the skepticism.

[Perfection]

And why is he neccearily social inept if he's good with vacuums?

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Sn00py
Girls love obsessed guys.

Yeah sure. Only if they have a million dollars and a 12 inch penis.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Zevico
That's Aspergers? What a joke. I've been convinced Aspergers was a joke since I met a so-called Aspy. Boohoo, no friends, obese, young and insecure. The only reason I could see for all this was that he was a bad person and by a stroke of misfortune there weren't any bad and intelligent people in his class/year to befriend in primary school. Then he became insecure and obese and none of the bad, intelligent people in High School considered him 'cool' enough. Voila, an 'Asperger's Syndrome' sufferer. You can't cure being bad, it's just the way he is, therapy or no therapy.

Well, I know two people with Asperger's Syndrome and I think it is real, so my meaningless anecdotal evidence trumps yours.

[MikeH]

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[Odin]

Originally posted by Wezil


Nope, just out to lunch.

Anyone that knows a person with Aspergers (legit) realises the extent of the condition. It is often debilitating.

I HAVE Asperger's and I don't have stupid, useless obsessions like this kid does.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Elok
Yes, as someone who has it, the suggestion that it's made up sounds absurd to me. You might as well claim the earth is flat, from my perspective. I was diagnosed at seven or eight, long before Asperger's became a fad diagnosis--around the time it was emerging from complete obscurity.

But there are people online who've "self-diagnosed" (i.e., skimmed the criteria and decided they wanted to be one instead of just ordinary socially inept folk), and go around trumpeting their supposed unique condition. That probably has a lot to do with the skepticism.

Yep, the self-diagnosed "Aspies" are annoying. Too many people use the label as an excuse to be anti-social a**holes, or as a synonym of "extreme geekiness."

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Odin


I HAVE Asperger's and I don't have stupid, useless obsessions like this kid does.

No, you probably have different, stupid, useless obsessions.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Odin


Yep, the self-diagnosed "Aspies" are annoying. Too many people use the label as an excuse to be anti-social a**holes, or as a synonym of "extreme geekiness."

I don't claim to be aspie. I need no excuse to be a anti-social *******.

[Elok]

Originally posted by Wezil
No, you probably have different, stupid, useless obsessions.

The subject of one's obsession (if you have one; not all of us do) is seemingly random, though it can have a huge impact on one's popularity. I once heard about an aspie who was obsessed with classic cars, and the guys in his HS thought he was cool if mildly eccentric. Ditto for the kid who was obsessed with Spiderman and his peers in elementary school. And of course memorizing tons of asinine sports statistics is not aspie at all, it's normal guy behavior, though it would be just as useless as any other trivia if it weren't for its commonness. Like a memetic appendix, preoccupation with sports trivia is rendered less freakish by its virtual ubiquity (in some circles, at least).

[Zevico]

Well, I know two people with Asperger's Syndrome and I think it is real, so my meaningless anecdotal evidence trumps yours.

Touche. I felt like whining, I suppose.

[Blake]

Originally posted by Elok


The subject of one's obsession (if you have one; not all of us do) is seemingly random, though it can have a huge impact on one's popularity. I once heard about an aspie who was obsessed with classic cars, and the guys in his HS thought he was cool if mildly eccentric. Ditto for the kid who was obsessed with Spiderman and his peers in elementary school.

Or an Aspie obsessed with CIV on a CIV forum .