showing of feelings by aspies.

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Excuse me for being a simpleton and this really is a genuine question, but why would want to do that to make someone happy? I've always thought it more honest and sincere and by extension, socially desirable to indicate how you really feel. To do otherwise would feel somehow phoney and deceitful and I'd feel both really bad for the other person and kind of dirty myself for doing it.

Ah-ha!

I don't care about how you react, I care more about how you honestly feel, and I hate false displays more than authentic displays. If you overreact for me I might just think you are being a phony.

I've never even thought to do that. It just doesn't cross my mind.

I don't really enjoy it all that much but if it makes the other person really happy it's worth it for me.
I think to some extent I've learned to be a good actress, so I can do it without looking phoney.
I don't overdo it and I'm naturally kind of bubbly so it probably doesn't seem fake.
I just take what I feel and exaggerate just a little bit.
Yes it's a little deceitful, but it keeps the conversation going and it keeps the relationship smooth especially if you don't know them too well. Like a social lubricant.

EDIT: oh also, I just realized something,
Sometimes it starts out a little fake, but then it will encourage the other person to tell me more of the story or show me more of what they were showing, etc, and then I will find something that I get REALLY excited about. And the conversation kind of goes back and forth like that from fake to not fake to fake, and on and on.

I don't think I do it very often with closer friends though, because one, I do genuinely care a lot so I don't need to act, and two, I know them well enough that I know other things that make them happy without having to resort to general enthusiasm, if that makes sense.

When it comes down to it, I think it's a matter of balance of integrity... sometimes you sacrifice integrity in order to contribute, which is a sad fact about the world but it's one of many factors that prove that people aren't all a bunch of evil punk nuggets.

Sincerity is rare, and I have prided myself on my sincerity for the last few years but lately I've started to question that. Perhaps my next step to enlightenment doesn't involve folds at all... we shall see

It's impossible to know the mind of an NT, or another aspie for that reason.

I don't show much emotion except at time when happy or angry or sad when I show far too much emotion.

Like Truth Tree I at first felt fake in forcing a compliment out when I don't mean it but honestly if we were so honest with each other we will be offending everyone. I realised that when I wanted to slap someone who got stoned and became too honest.

Socialising is pretty much about patting each other on the back.

Most of the times I've been criticised for commenting negatively. When I say things so blunt without considering how it would make another person feel people think it's so insulting that they erupt with laughter and give me high fives. To them it's so rude and shocking they can't believe it's coming out of my mouth.

There are also times where I think people being overly encouraging are just doing it to be nice, that they don't actually mean it.

I think if we are mostly over sensitive people then people showing more affection than they mean is actually a good thing. I get criticised too and I really don't enjoy that. I used to get so insulted that it would affect the outcome of the whole social event. So this fake niceness might have it's rewards.

I don't have any problems with expressing my emotions and feelings. It's hiding them that I have a problem with.