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18 Jan 2008, 8:06 am

Well do you? Do you think the world should only be NT? Do you think aspies just belong in the back of stores stocking shelves?

Is there a rule that if you are attractive you can't have aspergers?



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18 Jan 2008, 8:11 am

sorry carspurr, but what exactly is attractive. As attractive to me probably is different to attractive to you & so on.

I think it's about time they open they eye's and look into reality because I don't even think they know what world they really live in...

I think anyone can be anywhere they want to be...


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18 Jan 2008, 8:15 am

catspurr wrote:
Well do you? Do you think the world should only be NT?


No way...the world needs diversity. If everyone were NT, there would be none!

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Do you think aspies just belong in the back of stores stocking shelves?


No, I don't think that. I think that aspies belong in the world just as much as NTs. If someone [AS or NT] wanted to be in the back of a store stocking shelves...I don't see a problem with it, though.

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Is there a rule that if you are attractive you can't have aspergers?


Is there a rule that if you are un-attractive that you can't be an NT?...no. Same goes for the question above...the answer is no.


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18 Jan 2008, 9:24 am

Without a shadow of a doubt I believe that AS are here to be a royal PITA to the rest of the world. Just because they can. And they do. And that's the way it is.


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18 Jan 2008, 10:06 am

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Without a shadow of a doubt I believe that AS are here to be a royal PITA to the rest of the world. Just because they can. And they do. And that's the way it is.


Are you being serious?



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18 Jan 2008, 11:16 am

ive been the recipiant on both ends :D


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18 Jan 2008, 11:31 am

http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/gen-gallery-antm09-models/5
If after seeing the pictures in the link, you still think AS can't be attractive... then... ...



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18 Jan 2008, 11:41 am

I think that attractive aspies come in all shapes and sizes, and they have a variety of hair styles, which is my answer to the OP.
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18 Jan 2008, 11:49 am

The chubby ones are cute, the small ones are pretty, and the athletic ones of both genders, are attractive.


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18 Jan 2008, 12:24 pm

Brother/sister down topic

I must admit what attracted me to this topic was ambiguous. I thought someone was wondering if we are into self hate or inflicting our own shortcomings on others. Or that we beat each other up the way NTs have done to us.

I hope we are not so competitive that we step all over others on our way to the top, if this is indeed the goal in life. We may yet end up like Yertle the Turtle. Beware.


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18 Jan 2008, 12:57 pm

why do i always read topics wrong? i had no idea this thread was about being beautiful! of course im a handsome beast, thats a fact but what i wanna know is where is my belle? :( :)


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18 Jan 2008, 12:58 pm

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The chubby ones are cute, the small ones are pretty, and the athletic ones of both genders, are attractive.


Agreed, i also like chubbier girls because they are softer and squishier :D


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18 Jan 2008, 12:59 pm

catspurr wrote:
Well do you? Do you think the world should only be NT? Do you think aspies just belong in the back of stores stocking shelves?

Is there a rule that if you are attractive you can't have aspergers?


No i do not think so.

No the world should NOT be only NT

No they should not be in back all the time

No there is no rule like that...

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18 Jan 2008, 3:50 pm

I've been on the other end believe it or not. I've had a fellow Aspie try and bring me down, calling on me to stop fighting because I'll get nowhere so there's no point. I dumped her as a friend after she refused to apologise for telling me how to run my life. She insisted she was being a friend for crying out loud!

All the time I knew her I knew her self esteem was down, and I made a big effort to try and pull her up. And she tries to drag me down to her level. No thank you!

I value self esteem. I put down fellow Aspies who try to contradict that and pull me down in whatever way they do. It's called self preservation because I know what's it's like to have low self esteem and what can happen - and I'm not going back there. Anyone who tries to pull me down or otherwise tell me what to do or think cops it - unless of course it's done politely and constructively (in which case I don't see it as a pull down or some such act).

I guess it could be argued that I'm over protective of my self esteem! Well you would be to if you'd been through what I have!



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19 Jan 2008, 8:08 am

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I've been on the other end believe it or not. I've had a fellow Aspie try and bring me down, calling on me to stop fighting because I'll get nowhere so there's no point. I dumped her as a friend after she refused to apologise for telling me how to run my life. She insisted she was being a friend for crying out loud!

All the time I knew her I knew her self esteem was down, and I made a big effort to try and pull her up. And she tries to drag me down to her level. No thank you!

I value self esteem. I put down fellow Aspies who try to contradict that and pull me down in whatever way they do. It's called self preservation because I know what's it's like to have low self esteem and what can happen - and I'm not going back there. Anyone who tries to pull me down or otherwise tell me what to do or think cops it - unless of course it's done politely and constructively (in which case I don't see it as a pull down or some such act).

I guess it could be argued that I'm over protective of my self esteem! Well you would be to if you'd been through what I have!


Ouch! That was not very friendly of you. Sounded like she was trying to do the right thing. Maybe her level was not a bad level to be?

Why bring up what you have been through. All of us are on the spectrum. We all have been through difficult times. You can not compare your difficulties or experiences with ours because you don't know what we have been through. Silly comment. Maybe you need to Get Over It.



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19 Jan 2008, 3:29 pm

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TLPG wrote:
I've been on the other end believe it or not. I've had a fellow Aspie try and bring me down, calling on me to stop fighting because I'll get nowhere so there's no point. I dumped her as a friend after she refused to apologise for telling me how to run my life. She insisted she was being a friend for crying out loud!

All the time I knew her I knew her self esteem was down, and I made a big effort to try and pull her up. And she tries to drag me down to her level. No thank you!

I value self esteem. I put down fellow Aspies who try to contradict that and pull me down in whatever way they do. It's called self preservation because I know what's it's like to have low self esteem and what can happen - and I'm not going back there. Anyone who tries to pull me down or otherwise tell me what to do or think cops it - unless of course it's done politely and constructively (in which case I don't see it as a pull down or some such act).

I guess it could be argued that I'm over protective of my self esteem! Well you would be to if you'd been through what I have!


Ouch! That was not very friendly of you. Sounded like she was trying to do the right thing. Maybe her level was not a bad level to be?

Why bring up what you have been through. All of us are on the spectrum. We all have been through difficult times. You can not compare your difficulties or experiences with ours because you don't know what we have been through. Silly comment. Maybe you need to Get Over It.


I completely disagree with you here (and telling her to "get over it" was uncalled for). TLPG sounds like she did everything she could to bring her friend up; at some point you have to let go and take care of yourself if someone is dragging you down. I do not believe for one second that being depressed and negative is ever a good level to be at.

TLPG - good for you! Taking care of yourself is never a selfish thing to do. You tried to help someone and then realized the relationship was only going to be detrimental to you so you walked away. That was a very healthy thing to do. Being a martyr is overrated.


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