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02 Sep 2015, 9:46 am

Noca wrote:
The character Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory has an incredibly obvious and exaggerated case of Aspergers regardless of what the writers of the show claim. Would his character be considered "successful" I don't know.

I wouldn't call anything about that show a success.



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02 Sep 2015, 10:01 am

It does make fun of Asperger's. Sheldon is a mockery and a caricature.

But it also places Aspergian people in positive relationships with NT's.

Sheldon is even in somewhat of a "positive" relationship with a seemingly Aspie lady.



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02 Sep 2015, 10:54 am

I'm a pretty good shot with a rifle (not so much with a bow, but I try; Yoda doesn't know a damn thing); I guess that'd come in handy* in specific circumstances (food and protecting livestock).

*Handy being successful