Posing as NT (aka Aspie Quiz is BS)

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Almond Joy got nuts...Mounds don't!

I self-diagnose as a fruit. Looking forward to debating whether nuts are fruits.

You can argue that the question is one for biologists to decide. But imagine nuts and fruits like us – with brains, thoughts, and perceptions, nuts and fruits that can write and talk. The biologist will see commonalities and variabilities from her external perspective, whilst we will see commonalities and variabilities from our perspective.

Not long ago homosexuality was considered dysfunctional. Was progress made on that issue by leaving all decisions to the so-called experts?

To be sure, an external perspective can deliver valuable insights, but mainly in terms of identifying commonalities that elude nuts and fruits like us because we assume they apply to all parts of plants, and hardly in terms of identifying differences that set us apart.

In short, if you and I are satisfied that at some level of abstraction the differences between us are smaller than the differences between either of us and say a root, do we care whether a root thinks we are of the same category or not?

Yes, some roots have PhDs relating to aspects of nuts and fruits, but similarly some nuts and fruits have PhDs in aspects relating to roots.

I guess we'll probably need a root to decide whether fruits are allowed to have discussions with nuts

This reminds me of that fruit and nut caramel chocolate I ate the other day.

Nuts and fruits are frequently part of the same tree (to wit: almonds). We are definitely of the same stripe.

I didn't know there was an almond "fruit" until it was pointed out to me when I went to Trinidad and Tobago (my wife is from there).

I'm a certified Fruitcake, as well as a nut.

But I am not a "fruit" LOL

Last edited by kraftiekortie on 26 Dec 2014, 9:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Yummy. Different yet similar enough to go together.

Imagine adding a potato!

Anybody ever had breadfruit?

No. But I like trailmix.

I haven't either, but I don't like trail mix.

We can criticise roots all we want, but where would we be without them.

It's just a bit much if a root comes along and declares nuts and fruits to be dysfunctional.

I guess some roots have their head in the sand.

Many many times. So delish! I lived in Jamaica for 15 years. Ackee and saltfish, callaloo, roasted breadfruit, dumplings!

I did this, and keep getting aspergers.

We do need our roots.

Olympiadis, I don't understand your joke.

So I heard once that a peanut sat on a railroad track. I heard this in a popular kid song so it must be true of all peanuts. Kraftie, have you ever sat on a railroad track?

When I first did the Aspie Quiz, I only got 104/200. One month later when I had become more accepting of my diagnosis, I got 140/200. I suspect that I will get an even higher score now as I feel like I'm getting more autistic for every single day.

I'm NT and I get a mix of traits on the quiz, even when answering harshly

LOL

I've stood on railroad tracks, but never sat.

My wife is from Trinidad. She enjoys making roti, crab and callilou.