I'm beginning to wonder

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Am I just really a sociopathic NT with no interest in jokes, nonsense, and internet-slang like "lol"?

1. Jokes for me are lame.

2. Nonsense may cause me to lose my sanity........

3. ......... so does internet-slang like "lol".

4. I don't see things in black and white.

5. When I feel angry or sad, I just let it stay in my heart and I rarely show any emotions (when I was a child, I just cried or screamed in anger).

6. I have never got a meltdown in my entire life, I don't know how to perform one, I don't know how to rock back and forth, how fast I should do it, If I should cry rythmically and scream at the same time, or break something, I don't know how to PERFORM it.

7. I clearly have problems fitting in and relate to many people here, there are extremely few I relate to when it comes to personality.

I don't think feeling alienated from people makes you a sociopath. Misanthropic maybe. Narcissistic maybe. I don't think you're so bad. I posted a link to a blog once. I think that person is a true sociopath. I get frightened just reading it.

Seeing as your still a teenager I wouldn't come to any big conclusions about yourself and your diagnosis - when I was a teenager I questioned everything, it's only natural as your still trying to work a lot of things out.

In answer to your concerns:

(1) As a teenager I didn't have a particular interest in jokes although I did find extremely black humor quite funny.

(2) Nonsense is a relative thing I can't stand it in my everyday life but if it's Monty Python style nonsense or 'entertainment' then that's ok with me and I can enjoy that.

(3) Internet slang can be useful when it comes to expressing your intent "lol" is only a short way of indicating to everyone that you meant something as a joke and not to take it seriously, without "lol" you would be forced to type something like "I was only joking" each time instead.
However I agree these abbreviations are an irritation especially if over used.

(4)Seeing things in black and white seems to suggests that people with Asperger's don't understand complex situations or arguments and that is just not true. I think it would be more accurate to say that people with Asperger's are decisive and are able to pick out a clear path through a complicated argument, this is often incorrectly interpreted as having a simple black and white view of things. Speaking personally I have a strong sense of morality so my views can often appear over simplified.

(5) Keeping feelings bottled up is a something I do and I think you'll find most people with AS do the same.

(6) Meltdowns and how they affect you will vary from person to person - for me they are connected to stress - you don't 'perform' a meltdown it happens to you and is out of your control. Reading about what others do during a meltdown could be utterly different to how you experience one.

(7) Questioning yourself and your diagnosis is a natural thing to do - in my experience when I'm alone or with people who understand me and I trust them there is nothing wrong at all - those are the times when I doubt the validity of my diagnosis, however all I need to do is get into a large social situation and that is enough to bring me back to reality. As I was diagnosed later in life I have developed a load of coping mechanisms to help me in these situations but I can't keep it up for long - the house of cards soon begins to fall around me.

^ Fatal mistake, but hope you can read it anyway.

Maybe I'm just schizophrenic.