swbluto wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
swbluto wrote:
Because I'm half aspie/half NT. The aspie side obsesses with the possibility of being fully aspie, while the NT side communicates, thinks and generates situations in such a way that contradicts that possibility.
This is called "broad autistic phenotype."
Didn't you come here because you were having social difficulties?
So, I was looking for a "broad autistic phenotype scale" and found one at
http://www.okcupid.com/results/the-broa ... _aloof=101 . I thought, socially, I was answering pretty autistically and the report said I was "socially odd", but I looked at the percentile scores and I was less EVERYTHING than the average person taking that test.
Yes, that's a test named after the idea. I wasn't saying whether or not you were BAP. My intended point was that someone who is somewhat but not quite fully autistic is BAP - or specifically "half aspie, half NT." It's not a diagnosis, and a test may or may not place you there. It's something, that if you think it fits you, you can use to describe yourself.
And Moog made the same point I was trying to make earlier that you either didn't acknowledge or didn't get from my post:
Moog wrote:
What one person thinks is a joke is actually just being rude for no good reason. I get joking. I don't think what you do is funny. People driven to angry, swearing retorts to your posts is not a sign that something humorous has occurred.
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Whether one is banned from this forum or not has nothing to do with neurotype, and everything to do with following the rules. Which means not provoking people, insulting people, attacking people etc.
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Not according to your complete misunderstanding of social mores. WP isn't that much different from anywhere else regarding what is considered acceptable behaviour.
I learned the hard way that "friendly teasing" works in levels and that what I can say to a friend is not the same thing I can say to an acquaintance, and what I can say to that acquaintance may not be something I can say to a stranger. Also, that it is possible to cross the line with friendly teasing and go too far. And sometimes, the person doing the joking is not necessarily the best judge of what the limits are. And I've had NTs cross this line with me, and I've crossed this line with NTs, so it's not even specifically a neurotype thing, but a social faux pas thing that some autistic people are simply
more likely to commit, not that NTs are immune to it.
swbluto wrote:
Lol, I was never whinging, I was simply wondering if this dynamic was suggestive of NT status.
That poster probably said you were whinging because you characterized those who objected to your joking as "whining and crying."
If you were simply wondering, why make it insulting as well?