List one NT thing you do not understand.

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Why is it that NT's today are getting married for the wrong reasons? It's so common to get divorced these days that they've come up with the saying: "love is an illness that can be cured with marriage".

I don't understand how NTs can associate touch with comfort. I recently had a teacher lay her hand on my shoulder and say, "It'll work out." Of course, it took all my strength not to scream from the contact. I hate being touched. Once she turned her back, I brushed off her residue, effectively "cleaning" my shoulder. It helps to "clean," whether shoulder, arm, or hand.

-i wake up at 2am to go to a warehouse job. when i get to work, the people there are always smiling at me, and always tell me to "wake up!" this irks the hell out of me, because i know their saying it because i look tired (or lost as NT's like to say), and in my mind, i'm thinking why the hell do people keep telling me to wake up when obviously i had to be awake to get up and drive here, and sign in? this really used to annoy me, until i realized that i had asperger's. now i just tolerate the stupid comments, because i know they're NT's and i'm aspie, our entire make-up is different, plain and simple.

thyre like wolves, they find someone who is alone and who isnt in the pack and they carve them up. the only difference between them and the wolves is that deep down, the wolves aren't abused little cowards

I don't understand the obsession with shoes either, all shoes look pretty ugly to me and you wear them on your feet and they get dirty so who cares?

I don't understand make-up either. It just seems like such a hassle and it's uncomfortable to wear. It makes me face feel greasy when I do wear it (like once every 3 years).

This happened to me yesterday! I was working with neuroblastoma cells and my friend touched my shoulder to try to get by because the lab is small and I'm pretty sure I just made a huge freaking mistake with my cells now because I hate being touched and it completely through me off.

whats strange (well aspie-strange) about me is that i actually don't mind people touching me as long as its subtle stuff like patting my shoulder or rubbing my back to console me or something. however, i personally won't touch others.
i'm not touchy-feely, but i've gotten used to the fact that most people (NT's) are.

To sympathize with the other person. Everyone's interests are different, but the conversation needs to keep going.

Because they consider it to be a negative thing. Having a mental condition would mean extra work in trying to understand and offering support for their child.

To be well liked and popular. People who are more widely known are easier to get to, because people feel closer to them when they know more about them.

To self medicate, to become more sociable, to be part of the crowd when everyone around them does drugs.

It can often relay more information than words. You can also communicate things that are not pertinent to the topic of discussion through body language, without having to change the subject.

Some people are. It all depends on their personality; how stubborn they are, how fired up they are about their own point of view.

Because it gives them a chance to invite lots of people over and have fun together. Usually parties are organized for specific occasions, though, such as homecomings or holidays. Birthdays aren't the only occasion for parties.

Yeah, it's distracting to them.


What granatelli meant was that it wouldn't be a good thing if everyone in this world was a "Spock", that we should embrace the diversity and not condemn people for doing things in different ways.

What I find most irritating about NTs is, as mentioned above, the need for physical contact. When someone touches me, even lightly, when talking to me, I feel disturbed and go mute for a short period of time. I just can't stand touch. Clothing helps, but since I always wear very light clothes people end up invading my personal space. It's totally incomprehensible to me.

Sounds like you know my co-workers!

And on that note: Why do people get emotionally invested in TV sports to the point of near hysteria?

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NTs will often box themselves into a corner and then complain that they "had no choice."

Just plain foolish and inaccurate.

i do that too. i have too resist jerking away when someone grabs me to get my attention.

i don't understand the interest in celebrity gossip. i cringe when i see tabloid magazine and ok! or people magazines. why do i give a flip that so and so is dating so and so!? entertainment weekly is more professional so i read that one for movie info.

I sometimes find celebrity issues interesting but I don't believe everything I read about it.

I don't understand why people sometimes ask a question about something and then they take offense to what you say . This happened on Yahoo Answers where someone asked why has autism raised to 1 in 100 and what could be the reason and I answered it honestly and told her how dare she say this is a horrible condition and I have Asperger's. She emailed me and then put me on her block. I also don't understand why email someone and then block them. Too afraid to hear back from them? I find that rather cowardly.

I don't understand their need to talk about sex all the time. Two of my best friends were talking about shagging at the food court of the mall. I almost threw out half of my dinner, because I was so turned off.

Yeah, and yell like mad when there is a goal, in a totally sudden manner so I get a chock?

NTs seem to understand when others are joking or are serious. I am constantly being told that what was said by someone else was meant to be a joke and not taken seriously. Other times, I might think someone wasn't serious when they were. Also, because I don't exhibit expressions in the way NTs do, people often think I am experiencing another emotion when I am not. I have noticed on video and in photographs that when I thought I was showing a certain expression that it isn't often noticeable physically. I often look blank faced. I guess this is an AS thing. But that is fine by me---I like the way I am.

I dont understand why NTs can have geeky NT friends that even an Aspie would cringe at, but pull down the shutters (turn their backs) when a more or less 'normal' Aspie walks into the room..........


Bast**ds