Things you have learnt on WP

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That sometimes you just happen to post the last comment in a thread and you are not a thread killer

People who start threads asking "am I the only one?" rarely ever are.

Do not reply to inappropriate messages; let the Moderators do it!

There is no hurtful, selfish, hypocritical, deceptive, hubristic, or manipulative "neuro-typical" behaviour which autistic people (in general) are not also capable of.

A significant number of autistic people have a very loose definition of "neuro-typical" which approximates to "anyone who does anything that I don't like." (see previous observation.)

The everyday prejudice which autistic people face does not make them immune from being prejudiced against other minorities who find themselves in a similar position for different reasons, or even against other sections of the autistic community itself.

Preferring a particular computer game, fashion style, TV show, or flavour of ice-cream is not "an autistic thing".

I use the word "actually" far too much (and need to do something about these annoying parenthetical asides.)

I have, of course, benefited greatly from being a member of WP; I wouldn't stick around otherwise. It has helped me to understand innumerable aspects of my autistic traits (alexithymia, synaesthesia, and executive functioning, in particular), and there have been many "aha" moments where aspects of my thinking and explanations for past events have clicked into place thanks to what other members have shared. There have also been plenty of spraying-my-PC-with-coffee laughs too!

This site has reinforced that there is much strength in vulnerability.

I want to bow to a lot of people on here on a daily basis.

That paranoid people play the word games forum to send cryptic posts hoping it is understood but will completely lose their s**t when they interpret someones elses post as cryptic.

Paranoid people should not play games as we are all out to get them

> Things You Have Learnt On WP

That the word "learnt" is still being used in remote corners of the globe.

Autistic people the vast majority of the time expect a bad outcome.

Autistic people way too often are NT wanabbes.

Autistic people way too often view NT’s as socially skilled extraverts whose sole purpose in life is being popular.

In general getting diagnosed very early in life leads to not bieng as independent as possible.

In general getting diagnosed well into adulthood leads to being overly cynical.

The ratio of male to female autistics is most likely a lot less then the 4 males to every female diagnosis ratio.

The Autistic population are less straight and cisgender then the general population.

I learned many things on WP. Many things.

I learned how to be more diplomatic and supportive to people.

And I've also learned that people MUST stand up for themselves, rather than let people put them down.

And I've learned to stand up for myself, too. People have tried to intimidate me; but I wouldn't have it!

People here are very tolerant of my posting style.
No one ever chews me out for making 8 posts in a row.

Apparently, we're not all people. Some of us are simulations, others, sea creatures.