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03 May 2011, 2:16 am

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You might be an Aspie you cut school to spend the day at the library and read all day (I did this back when I was in high school just a few short years before the unlimited "library" of the internet became a part of my life)


I didn't cut school to go to the library, I just spent my weekends there.


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03 May 2011, 2:19 am

You have a hard time understanding some words because of how they are being used. (Not sure if this is an aspie thing or not but I have this issue here)



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03 May 2011, 2:22 am

I cut school to go to the library not because I didn't like the classes; I cut school because of the emotional bullyiing I got for my peers.
I would call the school pretending to be my mom to let them know I was sick and then just walk to the library and spend the day in the nonfiction section.



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04 May 2011, 10:19 pm

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I cut school to go to the library not because I didn't like the classes; I cut school because of the emotional bullyiing I got for my peers.


I can understand that. I would have done that if I thought that I could get away with it.

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I would call the school pretending to be my mom to let them know I was sick and then just walk to the library and spend the day in the nonfiction section.


For me, the library was the one place that I could go to where I could escape from everything. It was quiet, peaceful, and safe.


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05 May 2011, 12:21 am

i don't like how aspies or autistics are always described as smart or nerdy... some like me would rather be reading a book at the library or doing your homework, at school or the workplace, in order to get away from situations or social contacts.

so if someone told me "you know your an apsie when..." i'd say, when you want a job, a home, have a family of your own, and just be like everyone else.

the posters on her are hard to believe sometimes



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05 May 2011, 5:53 am

When there is a lunch BBQ on at work and I pretend I have important work to do so I can hide in my office.....



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05 May 2011, 6:30 am

If u corrected the minister during his sermon when u were 9



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08 May 2011, 3:21 pm

DarknLight wrote:
i don't like how aspies or autistics are always described as smart or nerdy... some like me would rather be reading a book at the library or doing your homework, at school or the workplace, in order to get away from situations or social contacts.

so if someone told me "you know your an apsie when..." i'd say, when you want a job, a home, have a family of your own, and just be like everyone else.

the posters on her are hard to believe sometimes


Yeh, that's what I always thought. It annoys me that many Aspies believe that we're one thing and NTs are another, but after all, we're just people with a disability.

But I think in this thread we are explaining something about ourselves personally, in second person. If an NT read through this, they would most probably share the same points. My NT cousin did, anyway....


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08 May 2011, 4:00 pm

You know if you're an Aspie if you spend the majority of your online time on WP forums.



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10 May 2011, 12:02 pm

....if your 10-year-old cousin asked you, ''do you like big heads?'' and you replied, ''yeah - I prefer people with big heads than small heads!'' :oops:
In case you don't know what I'm on about, he was actually talking about beer.


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10 May 2011, 12:08 pm

Joe90 wrote:
....if your 10-year-old cousin asked you, ''do you like big heads?'' and you replied, ''yeah - I prefer people with big heads than small heads!'' :oops:
In case you don't know what I'm on about, he was actually talking about beer.


So why does a 10 year old know so much about beer?

Just sayin ... :wink:


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10 May 2011, 12:14 pm

wavefreak58 wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
....if your 10-year-old cousin asked you, ''do you like big heads?'' and you replied, ''yeah - I prefer people with big heads than small heads!'' :oops:
In case you don't know what I'm on about, he was actually talking about beer.


So why does a 10 year old know so much about beer?

Just sayin ... :wink:


I don't know, but he certainly knows more about grown-up stuff than I do, that's because I'm thick.


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10 May 2011, 2:35 pm

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...You're in line to get lunch at school and a friend asks you how much cash you have, and your response is 12 megabytes.

That is a lot, I remember having less RAM...

...oops. :oops: I get it now...


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10 May 2011, 2:52 pm

Actually, I have 8MB not 12. The newer CPUs have 12MBs cache.


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10 May 2011, 8:22 pm

You know you're an Aspie if you get up in the middle of a lesson so you can correct the teacher's spelling.
Throughout primary and secondary school I did this on a regular basis.



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15 May 2011, 7:38 am

....it's a Saturday night, all of your cousins of your age are all out at bars and clubs with mates, and you're sitting in your room.
It's a living stereotype in my family - all of my cousins are NTs, the ones over 18 are all out to clubs and bars (whether they're shy or not), and I'm the one and only Aspie in the family and I've never been clubbing in my life. That just goes to show that it is not a stereotype, it is reality. Well, it is in my family anyway. And when my youngest cousins get to 18, they will follow the craze too. Because they're NTs and weren't born Aspie like me. Just great, ain't it! :roll:


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