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Do you ever get annoyed by other people on the spectrum?
I get annoyed by other AS people more than NTs. 6%  6%  [ 2 ]
I get annoyed with AS people as often as NT people. 60%  60%  [ 21 ]
I find NT people more annoying than AS 34%  34%  [ 12 ]
Total votes : 35

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25 Aug 2015, 7:13 pm

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Yeah, I agree with most of you. This is actually the first person on the spectrum that I've ever met that I feel this way about. I used to work in a museum, so I made friends with a bunch of aspie kids who came in on a regular basis to chat and nerd out with me about bugs. They were awesome. I don't mean to suggest that I dislike all other people on the spectrum.

What I mean to say is that I am annoyed by this person, and at the same time feel hypocritical, because the things about her that annoy me are things I'm not the best at myself: empathy, knowing when to stop talking, anxiety about change, etc. I feel like I understand very well how a person could struggle with these things, yet I am annoyed by her anyway. I don't want to be, but I am. It makes me wonder if this is how other people feel around me I guess, and that bothers me too.

...but really! She clips her nails EVERY DAY, right across from me in the cubicle we share.


I definitely understand this. I often find myself feeling irritated by someone (on a regular basis) and when I analyze what they're doing to annoy me, and I realize it's stuff I struggle with too, then I feel guilty. It's guilt mixed with residual annoyance and a twinge of denial that I am as bad at it as they are.



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25 Aug 2015, 7:51 pm

I've met autistic people that I've liked and been friends with. I've met other autistic people I couldn't stand. So, equal.



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26 Aug 2015, 8:54 am

Yeah, people with Asperger's Syndrome can be really annoying sometimes :twisted: . I'm sure plenty are nice though :).



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26 Aug 2015, 9:00 am

Well I have gotten annoyed on this forum....so I assume that means other AS people can annoy me.


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26 Aug 2015, 9:02 am

I don't think I've met enough autistic people to reliably say one or the other, but out of the autistic people I've met, none annoyed me. But that's of the people I knew were autistic in real life.



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26 Aug 2015, 9:04 am

I don't know anyone else that I can say has a genuine ASD (other than my nephew; he hasn't annoyed me, but he doesn't really interact enough). Forums don't count.

Pretty much everyone annoys me to some extent, though.



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26 Aug 2015, 9:15 am

I put the 3rd option because I know far more NTs than aspies and almost all the NTs that I know (save for a few) annoy me. None of the people I know with AS annoy me.


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