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Do people think you're creepy?
I'm a female aspie, and I get that fairly often. 10%  10%  [ 7 ]
I'm a female aspie, and I sometimes get called that. 15%  15%  [ 10 ]
I'm a female aspie, and no one considers me creepy. 9%  9%  [ 6 ]
I'm a male aspie, and I get that fairly often. 15%  15%  [ 10 ]
I'm a male aspie, and I sometimes get called that. 18%  18%  [ 12 ]
I'm a male aspie, and no one considers me creepy. 1%  1%  [ 1 ]
I'm an aspie and I have no clue what other people think of me. 24%  24%  [ 16 ]
I'm not aspie and I get that fairly often. 4%  4%  [ 3 ]
I'm not aspie and I sometimes get called that. 1%  1%  [ 1 ]
I'm not aspie and I never get called that. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Other (explain). 1%  1%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 67

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21 Sep 2011, 10:05 am

I worry all the time that I might come across as creepy. I don't remember having ever been told that I'm creepy, though. I worry that I might do a lot of things that seem "suspicious," because I look at people and then look away, or sometimes wait for people to leave an area before going through myself. I suppose that would certainly seem creepy if anyone notices.



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21 Sep 2011, 10:44 am

Creepy?

I have not heard this one. I have a certain persona that I exude, that suggests a level of general competency. I have a reputation of solving problems,( fixing things). I can come across as 'skilled' in life.

These ones that are here in this category,^ the people that semi know me, miss my foibles due to the above. If they thought I parked the car there in a front of that house, with other options available, they would assume there was an intelligent motive. :lol:

Familiarity breeds contempt. With enough time the code is broken and it becomes obvious I miss a lot of things.

Uncomfortable maybe.



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21 Sep 2011, 10:57 am

nld.....and i get that a lot, i speak my mind, and i have a sick humor


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21 Sep 2011, 12:06 pm

I look like Mick Avory and if that's creepy, I must be the safest woman in the city where I live, and that's a good thing. You know the attitude that males have. "Never marry a woman who can beat you up!" :)


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21 Sep 2011, 12:28 pm

People who like me think I'm "cute", and people who don't think I'm "gross" or "weird". But I never get called "creepy", which is kind of unfortunate because being called "creepy" is probably one of the highest honors you can pay to an avid fan of Tim Burton movies. :lol:



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21 Sep 2011, 1:02 pm

Wouldn't "gross" or "weird" be almost synonyms for "creepy"? (word of choice depending on who's talking), though "gross" might or might not also mean "fat".

But actually, I don't know if people call me anything like that (that's how I hit the poll, because I _don't_ know whether people ever do or never do: at least they don't call me that to my face, and my (few) friends don't give me hints on how to be less creepy). But something must be emanating, because I don't have many friends, and those I do have, I don't keep, except my cousins who've known me since we were born, and I suppose those figure that "That's just the way she is".



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21 Sep 2011, 5:03 pm

Sibyl wrote:
Wouldn't "gross" or "weird" be almost synonyms for "creepy"? (word of choice depending on who's talking), though "gross" might or might not also mean "fat".

But actually, I don't know if people call me anything like that (that's how I hit the poll, because I _don't_ know whether people ever do or never do: at least they don't call me that to my face, and my (few) friends don't give me hints on how to be less creepy). But something must be emanating, because I don't have many friends, and those I do have, I don't keep, except my cousins who've known me since we were born, and I suppose those figure that "That's just the way she is".


I'm pretty sure "weird" and "creepy" are essentially synonymous. I've been called both and the way many people act around me implies it, so I get the feeling it's for basically the same set of "reasons", whatever they are.



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21 Sep 2011, 5:09 pm

swbluto wrote:
I'm pretty sure "weird" and "creepy" are essentially synonymous. I've been called both and the way many people act around me implies it, so I get the feeling it's for basically the same set of "reasons", whatever they are.


I don't think they are - I'll be called weird but explicitly not creepy. Different seems to be usually viewed as a bad thing (which I really don't understand, but seems to be true), but not always. In my case people see me as odd and 'weird', but someone they want to protect or someone easily victimized rather than creepy.



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21 Sep 2011, 7:43 pm

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I actually had a kitten who was addicted to baths. Every day she'd jump into the sink and demand it be filled. Then she'd play in the water. She was a genius among cats, too, as well as a champion mimic. I'd found her outside totally enervated and covered with fleas, bathed her, put flea powder on her. She had no strength to fight back at first, and then later she was so used to it she just loved it. My ex was super allergic to cats, but we found that the daily bathing actually kept the allergens way down.


it must've had some wildcat in it, as they are not naturally averse to water.



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21 Sep 2011, 9:11 pm

Tuttle wrote:
swbluto wrote:
I'm pretty sure "weird" and "creepy" are essentially synonymous. I've been called both and the way many people act around me implies it, so I get the feeling it's for basically the same set of "reasons", whatever they are.


I don't think they are - I'll be called weird but explicitly not creepy. Different seems to be usually viewed as a bad thing (which I really don't understand, but seems to be true), but not always. In my case people see me as odd and 'weird', but someone they want to protect or someone easily victimized rather than creepy.


I think you're given more slack when you're a female, especially if you're small and/or cute.



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21 Sep 2011, 9:20 pm

I have no clue what other people think of me and personaly do not care. I actualy like it when people call me "weird" or "strange". I'm not weird; everyone else is just too normal. Everyone laughs at me because I am diffrent. I laught at everyone becuase they are all the same. I think this has to be my personal theme song:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9GQWqYAkhM[/youtube]

Thanks for letting me know they exhist, CR!


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21 Sep 2011, 9:29 pm

Maybe we all want to be view as strange, creepy and weird.
Is a mechanism of self-defense and a way to get respect.



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21 Sep 2011, 9:41 pm

encapuzado wrote:
Maybe we all want to be view as strange, creepy and weird.
Is a mechanism of self-defense and a way to get respect.


I'm pretty sure with the way people emphasize the word "Weird" with a negative tone of voice towards the end of the word, it's not really a title of respect. Now, if I become a millionaire because, somehow, I'm weird... then I guess I could personally think of my weirdness as being respectable. :lol:

For now, it's just a "blah" thing that seems to be linked to my mysteriously, persistently negative social outcomes that are not easily accounted for by "self esteem", "confidence", "shyness", "introversion" nor other things associated with "computer geeks.".



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21 Sep 2011, 11:24 pm

Sibyl wrote:
Wouldn't "gross" or "weird" be almost synonyms for "creepy"? (word of choice depending on who's talking), though "gross" might or might not also mean "fat".


Not necessarily. "Gross" usually means "being a slob" or "not having any manners", and "weird" just means "behaving outside the norm". "Creepy" means basically the same thing as "weird", but there is an added implication of "this person is dangerous".



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22 Sep 2011, 1:02 am

swbluto wrote:
Tuttle wrote:
swbluto wrote:
I'm pretty sure "weird" and "creepy" are essentially synonymous. I've been called both and the way many people act around me implies it, so I get the feeling it's for basically the same set of "reasons", whatever they are.


I don't think they are - I'll be called weird but explicitly not creepy. Different seems to be usually viewed as a bad thing (which I really don't understand, but seems to be true), but not always. In my case people see me as odd and 'weird', but someone they want to protect or someone easily victimized rather than creepy.


I think you're given more slack when you're a female, especially if you're small and/or cute.


Yeah, I definitely think I am given slack for being weird for being a small female.



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22 Sep 2011, 2:09 am

Yeah I do think being female, your given a lot more slack in terms of creepiness. I've never rarely been called creepy even though some of the stuff Ive done probably classified as creepy. I can only guess that in HS, people musta thought I was at least somewhat creepy. Im a small, skinny asian female. So I really dont fall within the demographic that people view as creepy. If I was a guy, it'd be different. Im sure many aspie males have been branded as creepy.