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12 Feb 2010, 1:24 pm

What do two people with Asperger's say to each other?

Nothing.

What do two people with not very good social skills say to each other?

'Hi,' and hour goes by, 'bye'.

I suppose it must be amusing, but I kind of don't get it. Then again, I just don't get jokes in general.

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12 Feb 2010, 1:27 pm

I don't really get this, either. We have a lot to say to each other.

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12 Feb 2010, 1:31 pm

Aspies have such bad social skills they wouldn't know what to say to each other or how to start a conversation.

The people with not very good social skills had no idea what to say or talk about. They could only say "hi" and then "bye" after an hour of not talking.

It's supposed to be a stereotype about AS and not very good social skills. You can be very talkative and still have bad social skills.

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12 Feb 2010, 2:18 pm

Jokes are fickle and I tend to be just a half a notch off on many punchlines.

I dunno - I have many Aspie tendencies but can talk with almost anyone and get on with about everyone. Just step up to the plate and GO FOR IT!

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12 Feb 2010, 2:36 pm

This is an insult to aspies, implying they can't say even one word.

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12 Feb 2010, 2:38 pm

I think you didn't feel any emotional response to it because it wasn't funny.

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12 Feb 2010, 2:46 pm

Spazzergasm wrote:

I think you didn't feel any emotional response to it because it wasn't funny.

Exactly.

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12 Feb 2010, 9:54 pm

jc6chan wrote:

This is an insult to aspies, implying they can't say even one word.

I agree. But it reminds me of a joke I once heard.

How do you tell an introverted Aspie from an extroverted Aspie?

The extroverted Aspie looks at your shoes while they are talking to you.

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13 Feb 2010, 12:19 am

actually, that's an engineer joke, but you know how portable they are...

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17 Feb 2010, 2:04 am

persian85033 wrote:

Then again, I just don't get jokes in general.

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i guess one would have to "be there" to get it. i don't know about you but i have "been there" [at the place where folk i met in the course of daily sundry activities [cashiers, clerks, random folks in the queue] would behave in the manner you described above.

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17 Feb 2010, 12:30 pm

Does that even count as a joke? What's funny about it?

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17 Feb 2010, 12:32 pm

pakled wrote:

actually, that's an engineer joke, but you know how portable they are...

I like that one, but what made you think about engineers?

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17 Feb 2010, 12:35 pm

Those words in the OP are jokes only by the loosest possible definition of "joke." They contain no humor at all. No setup, no premise, no punchline.

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17 Feb 2010, 4:05 pm

because someone posted it in the Computers forum about 2-3 weeks ago, and then it was about engineers...

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17 Feb 2010, 5:13 pm

Actuary wrote:

jc6chan wrote:

This is an insult to aspies, implying they can't say even one word.

I agree. But it reminds me of a joke I once heard.

How do you tell an introverted Aspie from an extroverted Aspie?

The extroverted Aspie looks at your shoes while they are talking to you.

That's true, I can't stand eye contact.

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