You May Be NT (Whatever it means) If...

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if you want to herd aspies into chitchatting champions of the victimisation olympics
oh wait, hold my coffee

I'll add:

You complain about your job, but say you don't know what to do with yourself when you have time off.

Joe90,

I agree about the tongue piercing. People can get nasty infections from piercings.

You'll complain about anything to anyone who will listen: job, spouse, kids, neighbors...the list goes on. This doesn't include those going through truly horrific abuse. Many people will keep eerily quiet about that.

My ex did this a lot when he worked at McDonalds and I would tell him to find another job but get a new job first before quitting this one.

He turned out to be a undiagnosed schizophrenic. I say this because it could explain why he was so lazy and lacked motivation in life. That symptom is often mistaken as depression, same as when they neglect their hygiene which is what he was also doing. It's just that they lose interest and it's their illness so it's very hard for them to do it when they lack interest.

And if it's controversial you bring it up only as banter or if the other person agrees with you.

(I refuse to do that hence I'm boycotting a local café til she gets herself a better boyfriend. A more aspie person than me would probably go in and stir something up but it will just be a fling so I'm giving it a month or so then I'm going back to hear about the juicy details of the breakup...)

If you're quietly talking about something private in your house and you worry that people right across a busy road will hear everything you're saying, even if it's physically impossible for them to hear unless they are standing right next to an open window of the room you're talking in.

I tend to stay out of politics. Maybe it's an NT trait I have. I just can't deal with conflicts and confrontations. I know NTs don't seem to have a problem with it because they always whine about how they are being oppressed because of their conservative opinions and thoughts. Uh that is exactly why I don't get into politics and express my political views.

And I thought aspies were supposed to have a hard time with keeping their interests to themselves but for these NTs perhaps their views are their special interests and they have to mention them because they have that itch. How strange.

I don't want to put the cat amongst the pigeons here but... what if neurotypicality is also spectral in nature (and I don't mean ghostly, although that is a nice thought)

Then the further thought occurs; what about multi-spectrality? The human psyche (whatever the hell that means) is far more complex than the simplistic, blocky categories we have at present.

Apologies, I'll get my coat.

Sorry, that's not what I meant. I was thinking of people who get bored without work, but still complain about their job. I think one reason jobs are hard for people here (and for me) is the hours away from your interests, which isn't really an issue for NTs.

You may be neurotypical if you assume that Autism is not a legitimate diagnosis and is just an excuse or a crutch.

If going from the job world to high school wasn't a struggle in the least bit for you, and the structure of school prepared you for it.

(Someone was saying that school prepares you for the job world because of the structure. I am a very academic person but adjusting to adulting and a career is different in many ways to me personally.

I was trying to explain the differences but the person didn't quite agree with me. In theory, it is supposed to be similar but if you have some executive functioning challenges, theory/what works on paper doesn't quite translate to real life so it needs a lot of work. This person is not 100% neurotypical themselves so maybe this is a bad example to put on here.

I just assume that if school experience completely prepared for someone for the real world and it's just same old same old, that person may not have any executive functioning, or at least their diagnosis is so mild that it doesn't effect them.)

You Might Be Neurotypical If:

• every group you join is led by people of your neurotype, and no one else seems concerned.

• everyone pays attention when it is your turn to say something.

• in your exeprience, bullying was something that only happened to someone else, and only because they somehow deserved it.

• most people who make the laws of your nation share your neurotype, and no one else seems concerned.

• multitasking is your greatest talent.

• no one has ever seriously blamed you for being bullied.

• no one is ever surprised when you present a good idea.

• no one is ever surprised when you speak articulately and intelligently.

• people just like you are represented in the media and pop culture.

• people laugh at your jokes and not at you.

• people reward you when you act quirky instead of suggesting that something might be wrong with you.

• people see your life as worth living.

• people understand why you get upset without having to ask you.

• public assistance is a matter of choice for you, not a necessity of life.

• public transportation is a matter of choice for you, not a necessity of life.

• you are completely unaware of your neurotypical nature.

• you are in control of your life.

• you are suspicious of anyone who does not make eye contact with you.

• you believe anyone complaining about an 'invisible' disorder (i.e., autism, depression, migrains, et cetera) is either over-reacting or deliberately faking it.

• you believe every weird or socially awkward person is 'autistic', 'ret*d' or 'insane'.

• you blame all of a person's struggles on their autism, whether they have autism or not.

• you buy things you do not need with money you do not have to impress people you do not know.

• you communicate regularly in analogies, inside jokes, metaphors and cultural references.

• you feel threatened by people who are 'different' from you.

• you get along well with your parents, your teachers, and with other people in authority.

• you have a strong sense of what is fashionable and what is not fashionable.

• you never worry about law enforcement questioning you for acting in a suspicious manner.

• you use the words 'autistic', 'insane', and 'ret*d' interchangeably.

• your musical tastes can be summed up in three words: 'LOUD', 'LOUDER' and 'LOUDEST'.

You expect autistics to read your mind but you tell autistics that you cannot read their minds, then twist it around to make it look like only autistics lack empathy.

If you feel you simply have to leave home or your city as soon and possible, never looking back, then boomerang back home anyway after a failed marriage or attempt to go it alone. Many NTs leave home equipped with no more everyday living skills than many people with ASDs, yet they have a feeling of superiority to them. It comes to bite them, unfortunately very hard sometimes.

When shopping for new bedding, you can find something quickly based solely on the colour or style. You can shop online because you don't have to touch the fabric first. You aren't horrified by texture (ruffles, pleats, tassels, embroidery, lace, rough fabric, quilting, ruching, gathering, thick seams, heavy stitching, fuzziness, flannel, linen, etc.), you don't have to smell it first, and you don't have to flap it about in a shop to make sure it isn't noisy. The weight of your bedding is irrelevant. Your senses don't matter at all, if you like the colour.

You know you're NT if...


* When you were growing up, your family (the adults, that is) loved you just because you were their child, rather than for your docile behavior and the good grades you got at school.

* You knew what kind of lunch to bring to school in order to win your classmates' respect (e.g. Lunchables), without anyone explaining to you what's cool and what's not. Double points if you easily persuaded your parents to let you bring that lunch.

* (men only) Your first girlfriend was someone you were actually attracted to, rather than the first girl you settled with just because she showed interest in you.

* When you see someone, especially a man, walking alone on the sidewalk, and you're driving, you feel a strong urge to scream an insult at that person, and only strong willpower helps overcome it. Sometimes, not even that.

* You instantly picked up on the office politics at your first job, while being a 22-year-old mail room person and mostly working alone. Quadruple points if you had sex in your building without losing your job.

* You lost count of the hookups you had, let alone how many dates you went on, even though you're excellent with faces and names.

* When your most of your friends settled down and got married, you did too, conveniently ignoring how unpleasant your life will become as a result.