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02 Apr 2008, 7:56 am

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It's that f***ing Napoleon Dynamite movie's fault. That made it cool to be uncool.


Nah, that's more of a symptom then anything. The main reason, IMO, is th rise of "geek chic" and of geekiness becoming cool.


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02 Apr 2008, 7:58 am

But Im not geeky. Im more dorky, if anything.


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02 Apr 2008, 3:06 pm

The thing about fashion is that it's forever
changing,whereas Asperger's is a life-long
condition.Anyone who is under the illusion
that they're jumping on a bandwagon should
be aware that it's a runaway and doesn't make
scheduled stops to drop people off.If you
know you've got AS then that's something
you have to accept.
As an example of how most people view
fashions,at work today someone was talking
about a women they knew who had 12
different pairs of spectacles,giving her a pair
to match with her various clothing ensembles.


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02 Apr 2008, 3:25 pm

Dan Ackroyd Said he has Aspergers



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02 Apr 2008, 4:04 pm

MartyMoose wrote:
Dan Ackroyd Said he has Aspergers


Now that I beleive!



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02 Apr 2008, 4:16 pm

Andyb wrote:
MartyMoose wrote:
Dan Ackroyd Said he has Aspergers


Now that I beleive!

Appearantly he's obsessive about police work and carries a badge everywhere he goes.



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02 Apr 2008, 5:21 pm

MartyMoose wrote:
Andyb wrote:
MartyMoose wrote:
Dan Ackroyd Said he has Aspergers


Now that I beleive!

Appearantly he's obsessive about police work and carries a badge everywhere he goes.


...and I've heard that his basement is a secure room with all manner of radio surveillance equipment.

still his sense of humor is on par with the best of them. I still laugh out loud at parts of Ghost Busters!



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02 Apr 2008, 5:41 pm

Heres a video of me doing stand-up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cH7eqsNWEA