14 Years On Wrong Planet!

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To All Fellow Members of Wrong Planet,

On this day back in 2006, I was in my school's library finishing preparing for an upcoming exam. I was seated at a desk putting my belongings in my backpack in order to go home for the day.

A question came to my mind; the question being; "Why do I still not fit in with anyone else despite only a few classmates treating me no differently from everyone else?"

Like a few other classmates, I didn't fit in very well. I was socially awkward, didn't know the basic ways to fit in, and came off to some as a type who should always be ignored regardless of potential repercussions. Many of my peers were hipster-wannabes, punk-rocker types, or types who just took themselves too seriously.

Recalling my diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome three years before when I was 13, I then noticed a school computer was still on. I logged on and typed "Online communities for people on the spectrum."

After considering all that were present, I chose this great online community called Wrong Planet and created my account. The reason as to why I chose my username was in part because (even though I didn't knew it at the time) I believed I would treated like dirt by everyone who viewed me and many others like me as sub-par to the world.

Over the course of time, I have come to terms that having Asperger's Syndrome is a part of my essence, meaning that it will always a part of what makes me a human being. If you have been diagnosed and have been a member of Wrong Planet for a relatively short period of time (alongside the struggles of accepting your diagnosis), seek out a member who has been a member longer than you.

There are many parts of you that you obviously know that make you who you are. In closing, just because you are "different" does not mean you will always be a societal outcast.

I will be gone for the majority of this week in order to celebrate Thanksgiving with my immediate family but may return this Friday or Saturday.

Here is to fourteen more years!

Congratulations! I remember when you first joined.

Well done AA. You write well.

I recall when you first joined here.

You've been here longer than I have!

Congratulations and happy Thanksgiving.Stay safe.

I've been on WP since the Summer of 2004 and I still don't feel that I fit in. I tried to fit in many times.

I remember when you used to talk about routemasters, what happened to it?

Congrats AA!

I can remember when Alex first joined here.

I remember that too. Perhaps I could start talking about them again. The interest will spark. Amazing things can happen.

There was a member a long time ago who tried to make me his project and get me not to post about them so much. I also grew out of England and my true colours started to show. Colours of a different flag. I constantly ask myself if I should rekindle the Cockney Spirit of old or let my true colours shine in a peaceful way without the helmet or that horrible symbol that haters associate Germany with.

Congrats and here is to another 14 years.

Congrats!

This is AA's thread. I'm not going to post any more of my gripes in this thread.

So glad you’re here, AA . Happy Thanksgiving and here’s to 14 more years!

Congrats, AA! I have been on 12 years myself.

Congratulations. How wonderful that you are here.