normally_impaired wrote:
Kassiane wrote:
And it's fine to be autistic. it all comes down to don't be an a-hole (which some people seem to need spelled out in infinitesimal detail).
And yet others try not to be but that's just the way their brains work. Many people often tell me that I'm the biggest "a-hole" they know, I'm not trying to be, it's just the way I (and many other people on the spectrum that I've met) tend to come off. Part of having extremely literal thinking is absolutely brutal honesty, which covers up the "little white lies" that are often used to cover honesty with politeness. So define "a-hole", because many people define very anti-social behaviors as being a trait of an a-hole. Carrying on with a thought and not letting it go is another "a-hole" tendancy, where people ask you to stop talking about something that you're deeply interested which others consider as a "taboo" topic, a lot of people would call a person who does that an "a-hole".
So I guess as long as you don't show any of the undesirable communicative characteristics of Asperger's then you're free to talk in the Asperger's chat room, simple as that?
Please don't put words into my mouth, especially as I'm one of the ops who consistently says "that's Asperger's, NOT trolling".
Also, don't condescend to me. I've been around the autism world for years. I know what NTs percieve as a-hattery and what is actually meant as such.
If you have an issue with the rules of #wrongplanet, no one is making you chat there.
At least I don't have to provide an example of what I'm talking about.
25 Jun 2009, 8:20 am
