roygerdodger wrote:
Here's a question I've been wanting to know for a long time: Why do most of you have to hate on NTs a lot?
I don't get the impression that most people here
hate NT's. Hate is a big word, and should be reserved for those who cause great pain and damage and have no regard for anything or anyone other than themselves. Nevertheless, some degree of antipathy towards NT's is logical, because it's only because of their presence that having an Aspie mental state can be a problem. The main obstacles we're bumping into (lack of social skills and sensory overload) simply wouldn't be there if there weren't NT's in every inhabitable location. There'd be nothing we'd need social skills
for, nor would there be the noise, the flashiness, the crowds and the hectic situations that cause us to feel overloaded.
Other than this, it is my experience that the vast majority of NT's are perfectly pleasant when dealing with them
1-on-1. Differences in mental states between them and me are rarely unovercomeable in such situations; common ground can usually be found, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. It's when they flock together into groups that I lose all and any sense of kinship with them; their IQ's then seem to drop to abysmal levels and they become preoccupied with appearances, competition, making noise and a range of other things that I can't relate to and that hurt my eyes & ears.
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