"Oh yeah?"

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I'm a HORRIBLE speaker. People are blown away by my writing, but my speaking is a total joke. Just to give you an idea, had John McCain been running against ME during the election, he'd have won with a landslide; that's how bad I am( then again, from what I read, that seems to be typical of folks with AS).

ANYWAY, due to my amazing social skills, half the time when I say anything I get the very famous "oh yeah?" Did I mention I hate that? It's basically the NT's way of saying "I don't care". Well, it's so obvious, I have my OWN code word for it: "cool!"

I've never told anyone before, but I'm telling YOU folks, as you likely deal with this a lot, too!

I usually can't talk worth a crap either, and my writing is decent, especially if I take my time. In my case, I think that I would be able to converse as well as I write, if I were allowed to take as long as I like to respond. We all know that isn't possible, so, I am left somewhat disabled in that department. It can be frustrating sometimes, but I've learned to accept it.

I think you entirely missed the point of my post, but good to know you clarified what I said about verbal socializing.

Sorry about that. My brain is in "aspie mode" tonight.

no, I think your brain is in NT mode if you totally missed what I was trying to say...nobody in Aspie mode would've likely been thrown off by the "dressing" to my actual message.

I get the 'oh really?' response at times. I thought that the person was genuinely interested in what I had to say though.

I don't care anymore. My speech skills have not improved and according to some people I make no sense when I talk. I actually was interviewed by a newspaper over the phone and when I read it in the paper I sounded like I was 10 years old. The interviewer even called me a kid.

Don' expect 'em to- just stick to your writing skills; trust me on this.

In fact, don't even be surprised if some NTs can't even comprehend your writing skills:

I recently wrote this article about economics, and my Uncle thought it was so good, he recommended I submit it to articlewheel.com

Before I did, I sent it to all my family and friends...

While the article( which, btw, I also put on Facebook and MySpace) got rave reviews, my room-mate's girlfriend told me she didn't understand it.

A few days later I heard her talking to my room-mate, and outlining in detail President Obama's economic plan.

My very first thoughts were "ok, but THAT you understood"....

yeah, i can relate. i have the same problems with speaking and hate 'oh yeah?'.

"Oh Yeah" is like, my favourite thing to say

hehe mine too. together with "Oh really?"

gives me some extra time to compile a better answer :p

Yeah, same here.
"Uh-huh" is a good one as well.

Last edited by Prosser on 04 Feb 2009, 8:56 am, edited 1 time in total.

Ugh! I loathe that too. Another one is "Really?". Yes, really! Way would I have said it if it were otherwise?

Ithink we have a kool aid man amongst us.

I don't get that response out of context.

Which one, mine?

No, I meant the one the OP talked about. The 'oh yeah' kind of response.