What are the best inventions for the socially awkward?

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18 Mar 2011, 11:34 pm

MP3 player. I can't go into large crowds (shopping, etc) without mine running. It takes the sensory overload down several notches and makes the whole experience almost bearable.

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19 Mar 2011, 3:09 am

Guns.

I'm sorry, that was terrible.

"Lord, I apologize..."

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19 Mar 2011, 3:18 am

Cellphones. You can pose as a "text obsessed NT" to avoid social awkwardness.

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19 Mar 2011, 3:19 am

Bethie wrote:

Guns.

I'm sorry, that was terrible.

"Lord, I apologize..."

"I don't care who you are, that's funny right there." :lol:

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19 Mar 2011, 3:31 am

dunbots wrote:

Bethie wrote:

Guns.

I'm sorry, that was terrible.

"Lord, I apologize..."

"I don't care who you are, that's funny right there." :lol:

Haha!

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19 Mar 2011, 3:45 am

I's say the it's probably the Fleshlight going on most Aspie men.

I'm trying to think of serious one but i cant. All the best ones have been said already.

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19 Mar 2011, 4:38 am

Is alcohol an invention or a discovery? :chin: Where's a philosophy undergraduate when you need one?

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19 Mar 2011, 6:33 am

jamieboy wrote:

I's say the it's probably the Fleshlight going on most Aspie men.

I'm trying to think of serious one but i cant. All the best ones have been said already.

This being the adult forum, I expected all the entries to be variations of this one. One track mind reality check. :oops:

I guess the content here can be adult oriented, but doesn't have to be.

I have been using ATM's, self check out, and PDA's/ smartphones for about as long as they were available. For one thing, I prefer bagging everything my way. I am as picky as Sheldon Cooper about some things. :lol:

I would also pick the WWWeb number one. Even before it became widely available, I was using an old Commodore Vic20/ C64 and electronic Bulletin Board Services. It was nice when I was able to discuss something other than which 8 bit computer was the best one.

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20 Mar 2011, 3:17 am

Hopefully the sybian

For right now, internet and the magic wand.

Can't deal without it.

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22 Mar 2011, 5:57 am

ritalee76 wrote:

Hopefully the sybian

I've thought about buying one! But they're expensive!

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22 Mar 2011, 3:21 pm

texting is the best. i find that if i tell ppl i have issues speaking and its easier to text they tend to comply making things much much easier!! !

online billpay is excellent too!! !

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22 Mar 2011, 7:18 pm

TB_TB_TB_TB_TB_TB wrote:

i'm going to start with the self service checkout great invention

No, no, no, no, no!

I think they are THE worst, (although I always use them if every other isle is overflowing with people).

1. Everyone I've ever used seems to 'conk out' when I use it, so there's a sudden rush of staff to help me out, while the queue of people behind me wanting to use the 'quick' self service checkout look at the idiot (me), who can't operate the bloomin' thing. The only reason it 'conks out' is because the bloomin' scanning label on the thing I'm trying to buy is not complete. (Cue announcement over the whole supermarket, "any available staff near the feminie health section, please pick up a pack of super tampax and bring to the 'QUICK' self service isle, thankyou")

2. There's ALWAYS a member of staff looking over your shoulder, making you feel like you're a thief.

3. I feel like a thief anyway, because the bloomin' machine keeps telling me "please place the item in the bagging area" over and over again. I've put my item in the 'bagging area' 5 times already, but I have to rearrange it so that the flippin' machine recognises it.

4. I may have a 'points card' I may not, but the machine doesn't seem to recognise people who don't have a points card, cue another sudden rush of staff to help me out; then a long discussion about why I should have a points card.

I don't do well with people; people in shops I particularly fail with; BUT machines in shops........grrrr.

Currently, (because I have mine with me at all times), I'd say MP3 players are the best inventions; they are incredibly socially intrusive, but mine serves me well for what I need it for.

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22 Mar 2011, 8:19 pm

Mar1976 wrote:

TB_TB_TB_TB_TB_TB wrote:

i'm going to start with the self service checkout great invention

No, no, no, no, no!

I think they are THE worst, (although I always use them if every other isle is overflowing with people).

1. Everyone I've ever used seems to 'conk out' when I use it, so there's a sudden rush of staff to help me out, while the queue of people behind me wanting to use the 'quick' self service checkout look at the idiot (me), who can't operate the bloomin' thing. The only reason it 'conks out' is because the bloomin' scanning label on the thing I'm trying to buy is not complete. (Cue announcement over the whole supermarket, "any available staff near the feminie health section, please pick up a pack of super tampax and bring to the 'QUICK' self service isle, thankyou")
2. There's ALWAYS a member of staff looking over your shoulder, making you feel like you're a thief.
3. I feel like a thief anyway, because the bloomin' machine keeps telling me "please place the item in the bagging area" over and over again. I've put my item in the 'bagging area' 5 times already, but I have to rearrange it so that the flippin' machine recognises it.
4. I may have a 'points card' I may not, but the machine doesn't seem to recognise people who don't have a points card, cue another sudden rush of staff to help me out; then a long discussion about why I should have a points card.
I don't do well with people; people in shops I particularly fail with; BUT machines in shops........grrrr.
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I dunno, I agree with TB- I'm surprised I didn't think of them first, since I always use them.

I do agree that it's positively maddening when a machine's like
Take the item out of the bag and scan it.
Put the item back in the bag.
Take the item out of the bag and scan it.
Put the item back in the bag.

:evil:

I don't like when staff talks to me in store, either-
for three months I worked in retail, so I know usually they're REQUIRED to speak to customers,
but it still feels like I'm being accosted.

Can't a girl go grocery shopping and get back home without being SPOKEN TO in this day and age?

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22 Mar 2011, 9:04 pm

My special cloak of invisibility, camouflage, T-shirts (Aspie anti -socialite), letter dating, answer machines, Speech(what part of "off" don't you understand), earphones, tree climbing, aqua lung,
cars with dark windows, dark corners, garlic, frog legs sticking out of your mouth, outer space,
dark glasses, disguises, parachutes, isolation cells, running fast, Wrong Planet, being hairy,
(beards,(male/female) optional), trains, shadows(hiding in), hoodies, sleep, custard and women
(ok the custard thing is weird, but i'm better now) :roll: , brain cells, exits, my special place, the floor(good for looking at), and my girlfriend. :pirat:

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22 Mar 2011, 9:06 pm

Ikonovich wrote:

The internet. Game - Set - Match.

Quoted for truth

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22 Mar 2011, 11:15 pm

The best invention for the socially award hasn't been invented yet~ a holodeck.
We could learn relationship skills & have relationships with em if we wanted

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