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tweety_fan
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05 Sep 2008, 9:47 pm

strawman wrote:
"materialistic" isn't quite the right word. Autistics can be more likely to develop an attachment to objects rather than people, but that isn't really materialism. Materialism is more like the belief that having a lot of money and buying lots of stuff will make you happy



i am not the type of person to buy things i don't want, with money i don't have, to impress people i don't like.
that is the whole keeping up with the jones's scene.



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05 Sep 2008, 10:01 pm

I think all of use are materialistic with some higher than others. We all are attached to the computer. Sense it's hard for us to find happiness with other people we find other things to make us happy.



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05 Sep 2008, 10:23 pm

I don't know many autistics so I can only speak for myself. I can be materialistic but I am working on it because I find it to be a waste and pretty pointless.



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05 Sep 2008, 10:51 pm

Since I grew materially well enough off but socially friendless, material possessions really never did much for me. I couldn't care less what kind of car someone drives or how big a TV I own. In this regard, I think more aspies are like me than NTs. By the way, your mother is probably projecting when she says you're too materialistic; more likely, she's the one who's too materialistic (your concerns sound realistic and not overly materialistic).