Spotting an Aspie/NT

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on the internet I can spot a female aspie because in debate her behavior is so different from other females. She doesn't back down. She doesn't flirt or soften the blows. If she knows she is right, you have to pry her off with claw marks. She differs from the traditional NT 'b***h' in that she is not overly dramatic or emotional, her remarks are emotionless and aimed at clarifying what she believes to be the truth, not at dominating or shutting down other people. People do not know how to cope with it. NT females, no matter how much they consider themselves to be an 'alpha' (or whatever sociopathic garbage label NT use to justify praising bad behavior as desirable), when it comes to losing male attention or regard, will either sweeten up their words, find a way to flirt with the dominant males on the forum, post a picture of their cleavage, or whatever. Aspie/hfa women won't, they don't care what people think about them and who likes them or doesn't like them based on an argument, all that matters to them is the truth. When I used to be on political message boards it always used to make me laugh how uncomfortable this would make people to deal with a woman who argues 'like a man'.

Interesting.
I am completely ADHD and can completely spot another with ADHD. They can spot me. We can follow each others random jump in topics while others are wondering what the heck we are talking about. I can tell sometimes by just watching people, but not always because other things can mimic ADHD. I can usually tell, though

Perhaps it's the same with Aspergers. iF you have it perhaps you are more likely to spot it in someone else

Then again, I know some females who have been dx with aspergers and they are a lot like me as well, but the ones I know are just not as random as I am.

Interesting topic. I've never been able to tell for sure but I've recognized the fact that some people seem to show alot of the traits oftentimes stronger than myself

Wow. I know what it means to spot a weightlifter, understood both meanings of the word in proper context, and didn't get the joke! It's like the two instances of "spot" were totally different words and I didn't catch the double-meaning in the first one. I was trying to figure out how an aspie lifts weights differently from other people.

Guess I've got it bad or something. Or maybe I just need to get off the computer and eat something.

My aspie-dar did pick up on two people in high-school. We had so much in common. Few friends, preferring solitude, literality, stimming, use of logic and reason, no emotional displays, occasional meltdowns, etc. Turns out, they were diagnosed too!

I've came across this topic before or something similar?

I can normally identify peoples AS, not easily but like in personality wise, their interests would be pretty different from others or if they seem socially vulnerable or unusually quiet.
Especially when it comes to online, again most of the times, I can identify some of the issues and also by the way they speak.
I tend to do that alot when i'm in the streets but obviously I have to keep it in my head before I could actually creep someone out.

There are too many Aspies in the streets... So I'm happy to say hi to them and talk about our interests!

Great!

and sorry but I cannot resist the temptation:

Spotting Aspies will only solve half of our problems --- determination and mutual support completes the rest.

I thought Aspie --- not so suited for law?

I feel inspired because I am relieved I can remove the barrier of self-imposed I can't do law' mentality.