Joe90 wrote:
One time I was talking to an Aspie friend of mine while I was waiting for the bus.
Me: I'm glad I got here on time, there's nothing worse than missing your bus
Aspie friend: I think there are worse things than missing your bus, like there could be a huge destructive hurricane happen right now, or the bus could turn up and knock you over, or...
She wasn't saying that to help me put it into perspective that there are worse things than missing my bus, she just took the expression literally like I really meant that there is nothing worse than missing the bus. What "there's nothing worse than..." actually means is "I hate it when...". It's a very commonly used expression.
Interesting.
The anecdote with your friend reminded me that I often hear that from other aspergers as well. One time a guy gave these same answers and asked for very obvious words that with a Google search are quickly solved. After a week of him repeating these questions over and over again... other aspies and I got irritated to the point that we were convinced he was playing with us.
Maybe it was a mistake, but I think many people take very seriously the role of the characters they see in series, or the information they read and go from being a human with his peculiarities to a parody. I really can't take seriously a person who answers as if he thinks he is a machine or wants to impress by ridiculous readings of infinite possibilities.