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Does it offend you?
Poll ended at 15 Sep 2008, 1:18 pm
Yes, it's highly offensive 21%  21%  [ 8 ]
No, it's a stupid but funny joke 79%  79%  [ 31 ]
Total votes : 39

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05 Sep 2008, 2:40 pm

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I don't have Asperger's, so my opinion is meaningless in this regard, but I don't really understand how it could be that offensive. People with other conditions have it a lot worse; schizophrenics are often portrayed as violent psychotics and people with tourettes are consistently made out to be angry swearing lunatics. The "ass-burgers" joke doesn't even concern the condition or people with it, it just pokes fun at the word it's self.

That's why I don't see it as a big deal, they're making fun of the word, not the people with the condition.


Couldn't agree more, its hilarious. Up my low based sense of humor alley :)


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05 Sep 2008, 2:48 pm

Depends on the context.


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05 Sep 2008, 2:55 pm

Asperger might be the Austrian surname equivalent to "Smith," but it sure is inconveniently prone to low-brow suggestion in English, huh?



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05 Sep 2008, 3:02 pm

CMaximus wrote:
Asperger might be the Austrian surname equivalent to "Smith," but it sure is inconveniently prone to low-brow suggestion in English, huh?


If you think thats bad, how about the name of the Japanese Prime Minister from 1987 to 1989

Noboru Takeshita :)


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05 Sep 2008, 3:14 pm

Well it doesn't bother me but I got called it enough on the stupid lunchbox forums that I am tired of it.



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05 Sep 2008, 3:26 pm

lionesss wrote:

If you think thats bad, how about the name of the Japanese Prime Minister from 1987 to 1989

Noboru Takeshita :)


Shitake Mushrooms lol!

oh there is a Long-Wang in a Chinese university...he's an engineer

EDIT: and a hurricane too
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Longwang


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05 Sep 2008, 3:50 pm

I hate the word "asperger's". I heard my psychologist pronouce it before I'd ever seen it in text form. Whomever decided to give that name to something which we struggle with, is either naive or mean. I want to mix feces into ground beef and serve it to them with pickles and onions. "Yes, it's like a hamburger, but it comes from someone's ass. Enjoy!"
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05 Sep 2008, 4:19 pm

I used it myself to lighten the mood, but I say it as 'Aspurjurs' anyway.



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05 Sep 2008, 5:04 pm

The joke is only funny if you differentiate the original "P" as a "B"

Ass purgers ...

I don't think they pronounce the "P" as a "B" so a lame joke. I prefer to call the Nintendo "Wee" "W2"



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05 Sep 2008, 6:51 pm

I don't care for the joke.



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05 Sep 2008, 7:05 pm

I wear my tee shirt with the stick guy with a hamburger on his ass. It amuses me.


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05 Sep 2008, 7:22 pm

I'm not an aspie (although I have the symptoms) when I thought I was aspie that upset me greatly, worse still it was my sister joking about it...



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07 Sep 2008, 12:32 am

Mikhaillost wrote:
http://www.marriedtothesea.com/022808/asperger-king.gif


Oh man, that's great =D I've been neglecting that site for quite some time :oops:

Come to think of it, it's about time to catch up on my Penny-Arcade as well...

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07 Sep 2008, 1:59 am

I just wish someone with a cooler-sounding name discovered it. .___.