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Well, it's nice to see so many recently updated posts!

So, hi! I have aspergers, undiagnosed. The psychologist I saw said I show symtpons of aspergers, but refused to diagnose it, since he took my history of being sheltered into account...

I'm 21 years old and I'm finding it very hard to interact with people. I either talk when I should keep my mouth shut, or I'm quiet when I should talk, so I'm either boring, creepy, or annoying... To most people, anyway. Some people seem to genuinely appreciate my company, and I'm very thankful for such awesome people.

My biggest struggle is trying to find a girlfriend. I don't interact that much, and I just don't know how to talk to women. Even friendships in general are damaged, though not as much now, since I've learned that it's better to just be quiet. People keep telling me "Just think of the good things about being single", which I think is just code for "Ha ha ha ha! You're a stupid creep who will never find anyone, so get used to it!" Or else they tell me utter fairy tales about how "The right girl will find you."

But worst of all, I hate the bullying. I hate being compared to Chris-chan. What's more, I'm a transhumanist, so I'm an advocate of things like mind-uploading, immortality, and virtual worlds that allow one to do whatever they want. But a few idiot misconstrue everything I say and make it sound like I want to be the "ruler" of the matrix (A term I feel best describe a virtual world, albeit, not as dystopian.) and that I want to "enslave humanity." Recently, someone was pretending to be me on facebook and they added all of my real life friends and send them nasty, creepy, pathetic messages. I was so depressed, I walked 40 minutes through a dark, woodsy area to get to town and drank until I was completely wasted.

Forturely, I have hope for the future. If full immersion VR and/or AI is invented, then I feel like I'll be able to be loved for who I am and be understood, instead of having to worry about whether I'm only worth the dollar in my pocket.

Sorry about all that. But I felt I should tell my story... The parts that aren't "creepy", anyway...

I think transhumanism will have huge a role to play at some point in our evolution. However that future does not improve our condition now.

Welcome.

Yeah. I frequent another forum at Future timeline. According to that, full immersion VR will be available in 2029. So, exactly 10000 days as of August 15, 2011... Just gotta hang on long enough.

Hi. Welcome to WrongPlanet.