Is it all in my head?

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Wouldn't it be more accurate to say, "Evidence for Rainman's not being able to entertain that question is impossible to obtain, short of seeing his brain splattered all over the ground" or something like that?

Look here is the clip from the film

today when i was eating breakfast with my brother he was acting similar to how tom cruises character behaved in this scene in the Diner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW1qHA5Hqwc

Okay maybe not completely like how tom cruises character behaved but he can be blunt and not start big conversatons with me SOMETIMES esspecially if we sit at the table by ourselves. he can talk to me like i am a child sometimes as well.

MEH maybe its is all in my head

Rainman wasn't very functional and he was savant. It is pretty common for brothers to tease each other, even to the point of it being hurtful or inappropriate. Based on the functional level portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the movie, I do not think Rainman would be self-aware enough to discuss the relationship dynamic between him and his brother nor would he be able to articulate it through typing onto the internet with the understanding that there are countless numbers of people with access to his question and the ability to answer it. When calls you "rainman", call him a "jackwagon" and let the cycle of brotherly love be complete. That's all I can recommend.

I think it was poster lengixton, Xenu or I am batshitcrazy (one of those guys) last August on the film and televesion part of the site without even meeting me in person said "Jamesy is not the type of person we want associated with us becuase of how bad he makes aspergers look".

I know people a lot more different from the norm than Rain Man, and they can communicate online. This whole idea that certain "functional levels" (as defined by people watching from the outside, of course) mean lack of self-awareness doesn't compare well with reality.

Well its causing me a great deal of distress the idea that i behave like him

I mean come on would i really have NT friends if i behave like rainman even if they don't see that often?

OP, I think you may be taking a lot of autism-related stereotypes as true rather than questioning them... the things people take for granted about autism aren't necessarily the case.

If i acted as weird as rainman i wouldent have friends that are normal nor would i be able to go to a mainstream school and mix with normal kids either.