The world's worst prison state . . . . .

[Elok]

Yeah, nobody ever claimed we have no sense of humor AFAIK. Some of us take things literally so we might not always get jokes others make, but in many ways we do vary significantly from Mr. Spock. Honest. Like, did you know I can have sex more than once every seven years?

[loinburger]

An Aspie has sex more than Speer???

[Wezil]

My brother is an Aspie and quite frankly, he's no fun at all.

[Elok]

I wasn't going to go there. I just set you up to go there so I can still claim the moral high ground.

Xpost

[Wezil]

But he probably gets laid more than Speer.

[Wezil]

Sure Elok, just butt in there. I don't mind.

[loinburger]

I wasn't going to go there. I just set you up to go there so I can still claim the moral high ground.

Xpost

Fortunately, I already ceded the moral high ground at the dickgirl debacle

[Wezil]

I like a man that knows how low he has fallen.

[Al B. Sure!]

What other dumb stereotypes about people with aspergers have you come up with?

google asperger and sense of humor and you'll see tons of references to aspergers having no sense of humor, though many of those are aspergers sites saying basically what gives with the stereotype?

You (and some others here) have a problem understanding that perceptions, even false or unsubstantiated, can still be common and powerful. We've had this discussion before where you denied the existence of another common misconception and my response was identical: google it and see how many people talk about it.

[Lorizael]

What happened to people with aspergers having no sense of humor? Was that just an incorrect stereotype?

Is this post intentionally ironic?

[Al B. Sure!]

Is this post intentionally ironic?

Multiple psychiatrists and therapists immediately dismissed the idea (like within 10 seconds of speaking to me) that I have aspergers, despite my mother's repeated insistence to them.

I don't know what the criteria is for determining aspergers but it's clearly not: taking things literally, a lack of understanding of nuance, the compulsion to blab on about topics that interest me, inability to respond to social cues and interact meaningfully with others, inability to form close friendships, and a dislike of being touched.

Whatever I have may seem like a stereotype of aspergers but it's not

[Al B. Sure!]

I knew I wasn't speaking out my ass:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome

Children with AS appear to have particular weaknesses in areas of nonliteral language that include humor, irony, and teasing. Although individuals with AS usually understand the cognitive basis of humor, they seem to lack understanding of the intent of humor to share enjoyment with others.[18] Despite strong evidence of impaired humor appreciation, anecdotal reports of humor in individuals with AS seem to challenge some psychological theories of AS and autism.[37]

Elok either was misdiagnosed or he's one of those that challenge the traditional psychology.

[Elok]

If they dismiss any suggestion after only ten seconds with the patient in question, they're lousy shrinks and you should ignore them.

[loinburger]

Elok either was misdiagnosed or he's one of those that challenge the traditional psychology.

If AS is anything like every other psychological condition, then 99% of the cases "challenge the traditional psychology." It's not like the flu or something where you can say "no fever? not the flu." Instead, any given symptom is expressed by maybe 75% of the people with the condition, meaning that almost everybody fails to express several symptoms.

[Elok]

I should also mention that I'm what they call "very high-functioning," which means I pass for normal pretty easily for short periods of time among non-psych majors. Also I catch on to certain social realities more easily--for example, I understand intuitively that it's absolutely impossible for a woman to "hypothetically" ask you if you would like to have sex with her. I hear some people have problems with that.