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06 Apr 2013, 8:49 pm

Autistic people are good artists and can count cards


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06 Apr 2013, 8:52 pm

Autistic people never understand idioms or figures of speech.



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06 Apr 2013, 9:38 pm

Autistic people can't act like sociopaths.


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06 Apr 2013, 10:12 pm

I will say that there are many times that I have not gotten sarcasm when it was verbally directed at me. It's easy to read it, think it over, and then recognize it.

It's another thing entirely to always get it instantaneously when it's delivered to you verbally in a social situation.

Of course that improves with time. But I don't think it's something that comes naturally easily to someone with autism along with all the other stuff mentioned above.

More a matter of have difficulty with or not as inclined to, rather than don't or can't.



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07 Apr 2013, 9:12 am

I automatically knew it was sarcasm before I even finished reading the OP, but because I have seen such silly things here before that really were serious, I still had to think twice.


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07 Apr 2013, 10:02 am

I don't get it :oops:

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07 Apr 2013, 10:38 am

Joe90 wrote:
I automatically knew it was sarcasm before I even finished reading the OP, but because I have seen such silly things here before that really were serious, I still had to think twice.


If someone says something very stupid I almost always assume it's a joke. I'm very shocked to find so many stupid people.
I like to think I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt, but sometimes it is so hard to believe someone is as stupid to say some of the things they do, that I refuse to believe it and try to figure out how it's a super complicated joke. =.=


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07 Apr 2013, 10:55 am

qwan wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
I automatically knew it was sarcasm before I even finished reading the OP, but because I have seen such silly things here before that really were serious, I still had to think twice.


If someone says something very stupid I almost always assume it's a joke. I'm very shocked to find so many stupid people.
I like to think I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt, but sometimes it is so hard to believe someone is as stupid to say some of the things they do, that I refuse to believe it and try to figure out how it's a super complicated joke. =.=




With all those dumb 911 calls, I have also wondered if those people were pranking them but then I am always shocked they were actually serious.

Especially that one woman who called the police because McDonalds were out of chicken mcnuggets, I thought she was maybe mentally ill and can't think straight. People with mental illnesses can do stupid things because they don't think like everyone does. Just like the time my aunt washed her car naked when I was little because she didn't want to get her clothes wet and have to do laundry and she did it in a neighborhood and my cousins stayed hidden in their apartment because they were so embarrassed what their mom was doing. Their logic is faulty.


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07 Apr 2013, 11:01 am

I once posted on Facebook about how I can't get my son to stay in bed and one of my former friends wrote "get some rope" whatever he said. I took it seriously and people told me online it was a joke. Well with all the stories I have read in the media about parents actually tying their kids, of course it would be taken seriously so it's not really funny.


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07 Apr 2013, 12:14 pm

League_Girl wrote:
qwan wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
I automatically knew it was sarcasm before I even finished reading the OP, but because I have seen such silly things here before that really were serious, I still had to think twice.


If someone says something very stupid I almost always assume it's a joke. I'm very shocked to find so many stupid people.
I like to think I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt, but sometimes it is so hard to believe someone is as stupid to say some of the things they do, that I refuse to believe it and try to figure out how it's a super complicated joke. =.=




With all those dumb 911 calls, I have also wondered if those people were pranking them but then I am always shocked they were actually serious.

Especially that one woman who called the police because McDonalds were out of chicken mcnuggets, I thought she was maybe mentally ill and can't think straight. People with mental illnesses can do stupid things because they don't think like everyone does. Just like the time my aunt washed her car naked when I was little because she didn't want to get her clothes wet and have to do laundry and she did it in a neighborhood and my cousins stayed hidden in their apartment because they were so embarrassed what their mom was doing. Their logic is faulty.


That's pretty sad for the aunty. I would have tried suggesting wearing swimming clothes and just leaving them to soak in a sink and then hanging them to dry in the bathroom instead. But sometimes being mentally unwell makes reasoning even more difficult. >__<
I get mentally unwell but I stay in touch with reality enough to not be like that.

I think stupidity is much more dangerous than mental illness, and sadly, it's much more prevalent too.


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07 Apr 2013, 12:40 pm

Autistics cannot fit in society the way it is now!


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08 Apr 2013, 3:22 am

NinaH wrote:
We don't
manipulate
take advantage of others
bully
tease
take the piss
lie
play head games
judge others (on the rare occasions we do it is warranted)
follow the trend
base our opinion of someone on trivial things such as appearance, sexual orientation, skin colour, culture
act maliciously

we are genuine.


Great list, NinaH! You pointed out some of the good qualities of being ASpie instead of focusing on the ways we are inept or anti-social.



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08 Apr 2013, 4:22 am

Be normal!


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08 Apr 2013, 7:35 am

briankelley wrote:
I will say that there are many times that I have not gotten sarcasm when it was verbally directed at me. It's easy to read it, think it over, and then recognize it.

It's another thing entirely to always get it instantaneously when it's delivered to you verbally in a social situation.

Of course that improves with time. But I don't think it's something that comes naturally easily to someone with autism along with all the other stuff mentioned above.

More a matter of have difficulty with or not as inclined to, rather than don't or can't.


If something directed at me sounds mean, hateful or contradictory, I laugh. Even if I don't have a clue whether they meant it or not. It's a win-win. If they were joking, they think I got the joke. If not, and they were really trying to insult me, they failed. :lol:


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08 Apr 2013, 9:24 am

Mindsigh wrote:
briankelley wrote:
I will say that there are many times that I have not gotten sarcasm when it was verbally directed at me. It's easy to read it, think it over, and then recognize it.

It's another thing entirely to always get it instantaneously when it's delivered to you verbally in a social situation.

Of course that improves with time. But I don't think it's something that comes naturally easily to someone with autism along with all the other stuff mentioned above.

More a matter of have difficulty with or not as inclined to, rather than don't or can't.


If something directed at me sounds mean, hateful or contradictory, I laugh. Even if I don't have a clue whether they meant it or not. It's a win-win. If they were joking, they think I got the joke. If not, and they were really trying to insult me, they failed. :lol:

Same. =3


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08 Apr 2013, 10:07 am

When I read the OP I was getting really pissed at those statements.

Then when I scrolled down and found it was sarcasm, I was truly relieved. Whew.


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