Lessons learned from WrongPlanet

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anyway i have one more thing to say in this thread about what i have learned here.

i have learned that there is no place to build my "sandcastles" of ideas and statements.

if i post (build a sand castle) too close to where the waves of attention by other members crash in, then my thoughts will be washed away and relegated to the pages of unread and buried history before they are noticed by someone who thought they were valid
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if i post in dry and uninhabited areas, then my thoughts will wither in the thoughtless dessicated dunes of inattention and crumble and blow away in the winds of inattention.
and so la de da de doo.
i really could not care less.

I learned that I am normal in an AS sort of way...

1. Not all aspies are great at math

Those posts are floating around here.

I have learnt from WP that the internet is filled with a lot of people who are themselves filled with hate, and that there are so many bigoted and hypocritical people out there. These are the people who only care for themselves and their way of life. If anyone person is different or has a different perspective to them, then these folks are treated with disdain and insulted, and every thing associated with them is criticized. These are the same people who moan and groan whenever someone shows prejudice towards them, or when others show any animosity to them. The internet (including WP) is just a way for these people to say and do whatever they want. They don't care of the consequences which arise when they say things, and openly criticize and ridicule anything which strays from their narrow minded way of life. These are the same people who claim to be “open minded’ but in fact have a very small tolerance level to anything they cannot understand, or more to the point, do not want to understand.

These are the people who find fault with others, hold grudges and keep a burning hatred for certain people. They use hate speech, mock and insult people based on their beliefs, beahaviours, cultural propensity and their faith. They make no effort to understand the other person but instead expect complete consideration of their point of view. They also never hold back when creating division and differences between people. They expect people to accept what they say but are not willing to understand the next person.

The worst thing without doubt is the fact that they criticize and hate every facet of people who follow a faith, way of thinking, or behaviour etc which they do not agree with. If they disagree with something or someone they use abusive language and insults to make their point of how right they are, and how wrong others are. Just a simple “I do not agree” is never enough. They have to find avenues which are not even relevant to the subject in order to deride or put down someone or someone’s beliefs and behaviours. So to anyone or any subject which does not get their approval, they show complete contempt towards. Never is a simple “I disagree” or “no I do not agree with what you say” enough. The first thing that comes to their mind when facing someone or something to which their narrow minded way of thinking hates, is just that, to use hate. “I do not agree with you, so I will insult and deride you because I cannot, nay will not, accept your way of thinking.”

And they use this way of thinking with a guise of “I am completely open minded”. The internet is just way for them to say the things they really want to say. To give a voice to their burning passion of hatred towards anything they do not accept. To disagree is never enough for them. They have to manifest their disagreement by using taunts and insults towards the rest who are different.

I learnt form WP that there are way too many people who in normal life keep their prejudices and hatred towards things, hidden. When you walk pass them on the street or sit next to them on the bus, they keep these ideas and thoughts to themselves. But on here, there is no deterrent, so they usually say what they want to, knowing the consequences are not the same as that in real life. So in other words they are just cowards, who are too afraid to show their real beliefs to the real world but are very macho in saying these things with a cloak of anonimity around them.

(disclaimer: NOT everyone on WP acts as the above. There are a lot of great folks on here who don't feel like arguing or creating conflicts to get their kicks.)

I've learned that I don't want to read so much.

[quote="b9"]that asperger people are just like NT's in every way./quote]

This is true for me as well.

Other things I've learned:

Not to obsess about Wrong Planet to my family, friends and any one who'll pretend to listen.

That I take too long agonising about how my post will come across which results in someone else beating me to it in the Off The Wall Forum...hence my absence from this forum lately...but I'll be back...

I have learned that it's a true comfort to find others who actually share my, somewhat twisted, views.

I must respond just as delicately to people with AS as I do to NT's.

I have learned that there are so many other people out there like myself, which makes me feel a certain degree more "typical" than I used to.

Don't drink the water... they put something in it, to make you forget. I don't even remember how I got here.