When a NT jumps off a bridge, he get praises but when an asp

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i wouldn't bother doing something just because they do it. that doesn't impress anyone.

From how I experienced it, it's usually less about what you do than rather how you do it. You can do the most simple, dumb thing and get a lot of praise, good-hearted humour because of the way you did it.

Last week a girl tried to make others laugh like me and she totally failed at it. Not because of what she did, but of how she did it. It just wasn't funny, it was annoying because it was obvious to even me that she was just trying to be funny.

Of course, some people appreciate that others try to be funny even if they're not funny at all. Especially teenagers. Smoking, messing up, criminal behaviour etc. But I found that at age 19+ or so, many people get a more sensible attitude towards humour.

The way it works with popular kids is that they have mannerisms which mean they can pull off things like that, whether through body language, social chit-chat or just generally being natural.

Personally when I try to do as NT's do, I look like a right twonk because it is clearly not in my nature to fool around.

I remember when I was 10 and the most popular girl in class had a crush on this pop star, and all the girls crowded round her like maggots to an apple to hear what she had to say about it. The next day I pretended to have a crush on someone famous and they just weren't interested.

Likewise, when people started calling a mention (as in your friends' initials on your school bag or your workbook) a "mentioni" i.e. Italianising the word, I started doing it to and they all looked dumbfounded probably because I was exaggerating the accent/volume etc.

To give an example a bit closer to what you came up with, I went around telling absolutely everyone I could the first time a boy did a certain thing to me. But normally NT's would just tell their close friends and not broadcast it to all and sundry.

I think that's the thing with us, is that we take these things too far. Some of us, myself certainly included, try to copy the style, manner and practical jokes of streetwise NT's, but it doesn't quite wash with them as they can see it doesn't come naturally to us and we just go overboard or look silly.

My god you're thick. Of course people are going to laugh at you!

Anyway, to answer the question. There are 3 words which have meaning, are insulting, AND will get them +Points.
"She's a ret*d."

NT's do it, calling them a "ret*d" will have no meaning, do it to an Aspie, "ret*d" suddenly has meaning to them.

It's wrong for both parties, flashing ans "ret*d".

If a really hot, popular chick flashed the class no one would call her a ret*d. I am the most Aspicious one here and even I know that!

Now let's all be happy, get out the nag champa and lovingly embrace our inner aspie.

My mother also told me in elementary school kids know where the line is drawn. They know when to do something and when to do it and when to not do it and know when to stop.


But us aspies have that difficutly so we are better off not doing anything silly.