YMBAAI...?

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http://www.geocities.com/autistry/YMBAAI.html ~ Too true! <vbg>

I've just self-dx'd myself and am learning a lot about what it is to

be wired a little differently than a lot of the people who have been

so irritated by me for most of my life. Most? Oh, hell... ALL! -Zer

(who is reveling in the RELIEF of being among Mine Own Peeps

on Aspie lists and who is probably better company on other lists

now that I have a place to let it all hang out... whew... feels good!)

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zer92780 wrote:

> http://www.geocities.com/autistry/YMBAAI.html ~ Too true! <vbg>

> I've just self-dx'd myself and am learning a lot about what it is to

> be wired a little differently than a lot of the people who have been

> so irritated by me for most of my life. Most? Oh, hell... ALL! -Zer

> (who is reveling in the RELIEF of being among Mine Own Peeps

> on Aspie lists and who is probably better company on other lists

> now that I have a place to let it all hang out... whew... feels good!)

You might be an Aspie if....

.... you see nothing wrong with eating the same thing for breakfast,

lunch, and dinner for several days running, then wonder one day about a

week later why there's nothing in the cupboards but boxed macaroni and

cheese.

.... you get seriously annoyed with people when what's obvious to YOU

isn't obvious to THEM, but get even more annoyed with them when they

expect what's obvious to THEM to be obvious to YOU when it's so

ridiculously illogical and unreasonable.

.... you only notice clutter if it's getting in your way.

.... you're a backseat driver, but you explode if anyone does the same

thing to you.

.... you spend a lot of time interrogating your NT friends and trying to

figure out why they follow such illogical rules.

.... registering for classes at a new school sends you into a total panic

for three weeks.

.... you see nothing odd about having a fan on and the air conditioner

running so you can continue to sleep wrapped up in a heavy comforter at

night during the summer.

.... NT's " personal " questions don't seem personal to you, but their

" impersonal " questions press every boundary-violated button you possess.

.... you don't mind answering " what " but it grates on you to answer " why. "

.... you've gone so far as to call up a disc jockey and lecture him when

he puts down your favorite kind of weather on the air.

.... a request for an explanation of how you do something causes you to

have the same kind of meltdown as the centipede had when he was asked

how he kept his legs from tangling up while he walked.

.... you still don't understand why logical solutions don't work on

illogical problems.

.... stopping in the middle of a discussion, without resolution, causes

you more frustration than a fight.

.... the person at the next table keeps rattling his hamburger wrapper

and you're seriously considering killing him with a plastic spoon

because of it.

.... you do laundry, not because it's the day you're supposed to do it,

but because you need new underwear.

.... locating the floor (under all the clutter) is a major and often

unachieved goal for you.

.... you still have your class notes from every college course you've

ever taken stored somewhere in your house.

.... you took a class on social trends and problems and had the entire

book practically memorized by the second day of the course because it

was so interesting.

.... you took anthropology and psychology, not for the college credit,

but because you thought it might help you understand neurotypicals.

.... your policy of " Honesty Is The Best Policy " has gotten you into

serious trouble more than once.

.... your way of dealing with an upset person is to throw more

information at them. After all, that's what you want when you're upset.

.... you chose classes in college based on how many of them you could

take as distance-learning classes (such as online or via television), to

avoid having to be around people.

.... you have serious discussions with your friends about the science of

<i>Star Trek.</i>

.... you understood exactly where Ramona Quimby was coming from when she

thought that the Star-Spangled Banner was about a " dawnserly light. "

.... your favorite movie is <i>Revenge of the Nerds.</i>

.... and is still your favorite actor.

.... you can remember any number of facts and figures from your RPG books

and recall them on demand, but you can't remember your own phone number

or your mother's birthday.

.... you really don't get the whole " tone " thing.

.... you didn't learn to ride a bicycle until you were almost thirteen.

.... you can't understand why everyone isn't just as interested in [your

perseveration of the moment, month, or decade] as you are.

.... you write outlines after you've written the paper.

Griff

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.... Vehemence is no guarantee of truth. - Isaac Asimov

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The lego one made me think of this, it's something I might do if I have kids.

.....you won't let your kids play with your lego cos they might get you

sets mixed in with theirs.

And I don't know if this one is just me.

..... every time you hear a figure of speech you find yourself trying

to figure out where it came from. (For example letting off steam might

be from old steam engines where the boiler got overpressured and they

had to let off steam or risk it exploding).

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Griff wrote:

>You might be an Aspie if....

>

>... you see nothing wrong with eating the same thing for breakfast,

>lunch, and dinner for several days running, then wonder one day about a

>week later why there's nothing in the cupboards but boxed macaroni and

>cheese.

and if you go into an angry depression when the grocery store

stops carrying the item you have been eating for lunch for the

last five years.

>... you get seriously annoyed with people when what's obvious to YOU

>isn't obvious to THEM, but get even more annoyed with them when they

>expect what's obvious to THEM to be obvious to YOU when it's so

>ridiculously illogical and unreasonable.

:-)

>... registering for classes at a new school sends you into a total panic

>for three weeks.

I shudder to think of it.

>... a request for an explanation of how you do something causes you to

>have the same kind of meltdown as the centipede had when he was asked

>how he kept his legs from tangling up while he walked.

:-)

>... you still don't understand why logical solutions don't work on

>illogical problems.

Ha! :-0 Just admitting that there *are* illogical problems

is a big step, achieved only after decades of frustration.

>... the person at the next table keeps rattling his hamburger wrapper

>and you're seriously considering killing him with a plastic spoon

>because of it.

For me, a big stimulus to rage is the way a lot of people

drag their " flip-flops " (loose sandals) on the ground. Ick!

The sound makes the hair rise on the back of my neck.

>... you still have your class notes from every college course you've

>ever taken stored somewhere in your house.

Um....you mean some people *don't*?

>... your policy of " Honesty Is The Best Policy " has gotten you into

>serious trouble more than once.

And causes friction with friends who think you're

" too rigid " about it. :-(

>... your favorite movie is <i>Revenge of the Nerds.</i>

Never seen it. Maybe I should rent it?

>... you really don't get the whole " tone " thing.

" Tone " ? What is " tone " ?

>... you didn't learn to ride a bicycle until you were almost thirteen.

Unless you had an autie father who perseverated on

the idea that you *were* going to ride that bicycle,

dammit.

>... you can't understand why everyone isn't just as interested in [your

>perseveration of the moment, month, or decade] as you are.

Hey, wanna hear about my teddy bears? :-)

Jane