Would u take a pill that would make you normal for a day?

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Yes - only for one day, out of pure curiosity to check how I'd feel then and how my way of perceiving the world would change. The term "for a day" in the title of your thread is a key word here. If it'd turn out that being NT is not that bad, I'd take that pill from time to time.

yes, if th epill meant i could express myself better and socialize better, then there would be no problems at all in taking it, i'd be daft not too, even if my IQ was lowered a bit.

Oh yes I would.

It would mean that I could understand people and how to interact with them better without saying the wrong thing and I would be quicker at making the correct replies.
I would understand more about when I was expected to do things and when I wasn't.
I would be able to have conversations in noisy places and hear what the waitress asks in busy and noisy restaurants.
I wouldn't pace.
I would be able to tolerate noisy and busy places a whole lot better.
I wouldn't get anxious at some things that NTs don't seem to mind about.
I wouldn't get locked into a mode of thought and not be able to get out of it.

I could go on for ages about all the things it would do for me but I know that there would be hundreds of little things that would improve my life, so YES, I would take it forever

No, no way. I had to take all kinds of medication to get through school, because it was, according to my parents and society, that important, but I value the freedom to be myself. I don't know that other people understand how much more I care about myself than the messed up world around me.

It's apparent that the "pill" mentality has arrived for good.

I hope I don't live long enough for it's outcome to hit full force. What will be needed next is a pill so people can think.

Once, out of curiosity.

Variations on this theme have appeared in literature such as John Howard Griffen's classic "Black Like Me", Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" and in ideas such as being Gay, Muslim, Jewish, Physically and Mentally Challenged, and the like, on a temporary basis.

NT like You?

I wonder what would happen if the shoe was on the other foot and an NT could be given this opportunity.

AS like Me?

I surmise it would be very difficult to pretend to be NT or AS. I do not believe it is like donning a uniform or employment in a job where one can spend a certain amount of time using skills and knowledge, and then come to any viable conclusion.

I applaud the effort, though, of persons who have tried to understand those who have been oppressed. ( However, I'm uncertain whether NTs have been oppressed strictly for being NTs.) To understand the way to climb up the mountains, you have to ask the persons who have had much experience ascending the peaks.

And yet, I must answer the original question as honestly as I can. Apart from using medication/surgery to repair vital organs, or to prevent harm to self/others, I would refuse to ingest any form of medication that would significantly alter the core of my being.

I would try it just once.

This is the reason i started taking Adderall...and that was a completel mental disaster...Whatever it is I have is too much a part of who i am...If I took some pill to not be this way, It seems like I'd most likely just dissolve..but ..shore..I guess I would try it for a day...if it produced a euphoric kinda productive experience..
I take all kinds of natural herbal stuff...just to try to deal with my anxiety and executive dysfunctons...I would like for certain things to not be such a struggle..but it seems like such a complicated balance, I don't see how a pill is gonna just be able to fix every thing...(though I understand that this is some sort of imaginary pill)

I would take it only during crucial events such as a job interview or a behind the wheel driving test, for which calmness and steady nerves are all important.

Me being 'normal' would be too odd.

Never had or felt the need, so no.

i'd take an overdose

Yes, I'd try it, but more out of curiosity than anything. This is me - being an Aspie is integral to my being - and I wouldn't want to change that, but there are a couple of things about being NT that I'd like to find out.

What it's like to actually need other people around me - what it's like to actually enjoy having a house full of people *shudder*

and

What it's like to be able to make small talk without developing a twitch because I'm having problems with eye contact.

ok... something I did not think of at all, good point, I wanna try and make a rebuttle, but I dont have 1 cause you are right, I would be lying and lying is a horrible way to start a relationship.

Jeeze, and so their it is, I feel I am a decent guy who can someday be a good provider, but have no experience at 25 years old, God many middle schoollers know more about dating then I do, and no pill on Earth would help with that at all, you really just gotta be your self indeed.

No, because that's not something that makes sense, and if you make it make sense, it's undesireable.

It'll disregard everything you are and make you act in a completely different way, like being possessed by a demon or something. At least if you take alcohol or another drug, all it does is twist and corrupt your personality; you're still 'you'. But something that makes you completely different (nt), that's quite scary actually. I don't believe I have an nt in me.