Am I too big a DORK for wrong planet?

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Seems like when I post nobody answers or I just get ignorant critical responses.
Am I too much of a DORK even for WP?

If I ask genuine questions I get called a Troll, If I post about my interests nobody else responds.

I'm starting to think Aspergers for me means being clinically unlikable.

I think the problem is-- you haven't noticed that's how most people get treated at Wrong Planet.

We have autism= we have crappy social skills.

You got my attention: what do you have to say?

A lot of things get misunderstood on here.
I've learnt to not take these things as personally and just try and get people to explain themselves calmy. Getting defensive makes things worse.
I've also found most 'attacks' aren't intentional and when explained that they hurt me things get sorted out easily.
Most of the people here are actually lovely.

I don't know, but I've lived in this city for two years now and still don't have any friends.
After they diagnosed me with AS they told me to check out this site because they thought I might have something in common with other people here - except that I don't seem to be able to find people who share my interests. And even for interests that I KNOW there are people here who share them, seems like they are too WEIRD to talk about here.

Some of it is just the nature of internet forums...I think a lot of people don't bother looking at any posts that aren't on the first page of the forum topic list, and sometimes a new post can get pushed off the front page so fast that nobody ever really gets to see it.

What are your interests?

I've been going through that lately. What are your interests? I'm interested in psychology, anime, manga, activism, literature, writing, religion, and medical things! ^^

I read on alot of different subjects, and recently have really taken an interest in costume making and Furries (from a costume design perspective). I am bi and poly (which really puts me on the fringe). I run a cattery and breed Traditional Balinese Cats (which seems to mean that I am somewhat evil and expect PETA at my door anytime now) . . . many of the things I love the most make me a total alien

Well you don't sound like an alien to me. DIfferent yes, but I've always though different = good. Normal people are so godawful BORING. Cookie cutter sheep, all thinking and acting the same.

The cat breeding thing sounds especially interesting. I'm a big fan of cats (LOL and otherwise...hehe.) I've got three cats of my own...they are (so far) the only other living creatures I've ever really felt any sort of emotional bond with. They keep me company when nobody else will.

I've been called a troll here before and felt like an outcast and discriminated. I've felt I wasn't aspie enough and then would feel at times I am too aspie to be here.

To be great is to be misunderstood.
  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've always preferred "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"

actually i think this one would be more appropriate given the general content of this thread

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Last edited by Titangeek on 29 Oct 2010, 10:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.

LOL no there's so many different types of people on WP, so don't just jump to conclusions. That means there's tons of people who are probably dorkier than you. Besides AS is about social ineptitude, so you're very unlikely to be the dorkiest of the dorks. And you might even probably decide that dorkiness isn't even a way to value people by.

There's millions of threads, so not getting a response isn't because your interests are boring or w/e. It's cuz it isn't anymore attention grabbing than all the other threads out there.

And being accused as a troll could either be because of a misunderstanding or because the accuser is just simply antagonizing you.

Soooo you just gotta learn to give less of a s**t is all. the problem is that you're seeking approval and that you consider your self worth as good as what other people think. This is based on the underlying assumption that mass appeal is the universal truth, and this is complicated by even more underlying assumptions I'm not gonna bother getting into.

If people think you're trolling when you're not, then either try to reach an understanding or they can suck a dick if they're only labeling you a troll to antagonize you. If you can't get people to respond to your threads, then you gotta find a way to make em more attention grabbing and stand out from the rest..

If anyone calls you a troll, just report them to the mods.

Who's calling you a Troll? That's just plain cruel and unacceptable.

Reading your posts, I do not find them to be any more dorky than the posts of anyone else. However, I can understand why you might have a hard time posting in other forums because of your AS. And it's hard to find people at WP who share all your interests. Really, the only interest that everyone shares at WP is Asperger's.

There are probably forums on cats and even costume making, but because of AS you feel uncomfortable there.

I think there is a bit of luck in which treads get replies. If people who are interested in the topic happen to notice, you'll probably get a reply. If some one posts on another subject people browsing the forums might find more interesting, your subject will get less attention. Any subject can generate steam depending on those who are browsing and those who are posting.

A thread can also get off subject easily and it becomes something other than the original poster intended.

But you are NOT a troll. You are just someone who is trying to connect.

Here here! from what i have read of your posts you don't seam all that dorky, and the certainly don't seem trollish.