Rename this site "Our Planet Also"?

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Pfff, for every 'autistic mass shooter' i can name 1000 rapists and serial killers who are not on the spectrum. We may feel different, we may struggle our entire life on this planet.. but we DO try to make the best of it while we are here!

I entirely disagree with you. To think that a mere name change is a good idea because you think it would change a small minority of members with those opinions and behaviours is simply naive. All a name change would do is 1) change the name 2) upset the majority of WP members and 3) demonstrate disrespect for Alex. It's his site. I'm grateful to him for the difference it has made to my life and respect what he has achieved.

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Have you ever felt like you were born on the wrong planet, that you're a member of an alien race? I know I have, and so have many other people on here. This website is a place for people like us, a place where we can find others who have had similar experiences, a place where we can find others who understand what we've been through and what we're going through. The name "Wrong Planet" doesn't mean Earth is the wrong planet for us, it just means that it feels like the wrong planet for us sometimes.

I see no reason to change the name of this website, I like it the way it is, and so do most other people on here.

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i like the name WrongPlanet. it fits the way i feel most of the time in the waking world, i don't feel especially connected and "there" with those life forms. even if i'd like to, although i seem to be getting better.
my social butterfly comes out here more than anywhere else.

i like "LostOnEarth".

I like the suggestion. But would consider slight change with 'Our Planet Too.'

Wrong has the wrong connotation to me.

I'm sorry everyone, I don't know what I was thinking. I guess I thought someone would understand how frightening anti-NT and superiority topics are. I guess I'm the only one who feels that way.

You're asking a bunch of aspies if they want to change something?

I'm sorry everyone, I don't know what I was thinking. I guess I thought someone would understand how frightening anti-NT and superiority topics are. I guess I'm the only one who feels that way.

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Yeah but the name is a metaphor, not literal

Reading "Wrong Planet" for the first time was a real moment of recognition for me. I think it is a great hook for people who have felt like misfits. Getting treated better is a separate issue, but explaining that we often feel as if we were born on the wrong planet isn't a bad way to tell NTs that we perceive a problem, IMHO.

I second this

The funny part is that a name like "Our Planet Also" indirectly references the notion of a 'wrong planet'.

Q: "So, why did you call your message board Wrong Planet?"
A: "Well, I always felt as if I were on the wrong planet."

Q: "So, why did your community vote to re-name the board Our Planet Also?"
A: "Well, because while we're sometimes treated like aliens, we're not on the wrong planet."

I should mention that when I initially joined WP back in 2008, I didn't necessarily agree about feeling 'misplaced' in this world, per se. I loved the planet, especially the animals and plants on it and, as far as people go, my dear relatives and acquaintances.
Since joining, I've come to understand why other autistics feel as though they're alien to society, and therefore feel that they were born on the 'wrong planet'- in recent years, I've curiously come to feel that way myself.

But I think Our Planet Also would be a clumsy re-naming, and wouldn't at all distract from the notion of autistics being somewhat 'alien', as it continues to run with the 'which planet are they from?' theme.

Alternative suggestions for a new name might reflect other aspects of how one experiences autism, by using different analogies, like being stuck inside a box, being separated from the rest by a wall of glass, being an island, being curled up in a ball like a hedgehog, something referencing sensory overload, the puzzle piece, the ribbon, etc. etc.

I see your point, it can send the wrong message. It kinda implies we're not human on the inside.

That said, I don't think about it as anything other than a site name, so I don't mind this place being called Wrong Planet. Also: "Our planet also" sound like a site devoted to endangered species and/or animal rights.


I agree with those who say that it will draw in those who feel like they don't fit in, that they're different. It can serve as a beacon to the undiagnosed people out there.


I also agree with what B19 said that it's disrespectful to Alex. I too am very grateful that he created this place! WP means so much more to me than I can even express. It's a lifeline for my sanity, it's where I can connect with people who can understand parts of me that are not understood IRL. I have learned so much on here, and it has helped me come to term with anger issues I've had. I am definitely better off for its existence.



I have never felt like I am on the wrong planet either. I have always felt so very fond of and connected to animals and the planet Earth, and my beloved family and our pets!

Many years ago I had a dream where I somehow had crossed into a parallel dimension. Everything was the same but a little off. That is closer to how I feel: My surroundings are right, but some (though not all) things about interactions and society are off.

Since childhood I have felt like I might belong to another human culture, and I think that's why some of my obsessions have been on other cultures/ nations. I knew I didn't, but because I didn't feel any connection or community other than within my family, I think I was subconsciously looking for a place I fit in. Feeling alienated, on the outside looking in, is a far cry from feeling like an alien! I have felt different most of my life, but not non-human. For me it's a hyperbole to take the name literally, but like CyclopsSummers I have come to understand that some of us really feel that way, which means the name feels entirely accurate for some of us.

I already have a bad feeling about the redesign let alone changing the name. I wouldn't mind if they did as Sodor Island Forums did when after switching to Proboads they started calling it "The New Sodor Island Forums" As in "The New Wrong Planet"

I agree completely with what NCOT says here.

Changing the name of the site won't change this though.

Wrong Planet is a good enough name. It reflects exactly how I've felt for most of my life, like I was meant for a different place or time. I think I'll always feel that way. It was the name that drew me to the forum.