Is anyone else slightly offended by the name of this site?

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Arthur used the same analogy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9eATBV-_lg

A better alien analogy to a lot of our expeiences is alien from another country with a very different culture, not a non human from another planet. No I don't like the title, I don't like the term "Wrong Planet Syndrome". I am very sorry the term is so widely accepted. You do not see other minority groups or people with other conditions comparing themselves to species from other planets. I do feel the near unamimoius acceptence of the term in our community is a symptom of lack of acceptence of ourselves and one reason we are not doing as well as other disadvantaged groups that are advocating that they be treated with respect.

I see a lot of people saying and implying get over it, it is not meant to be taken literally. I am Autistic, I take things more literally then most people, and more literally then nearly every other aspie on this topic it seems. I was born this way. I have gotten over it enough to stay on this site, but tolerence without acceptence is as far as it is going to go.

I am on the wrong planet irl, so nope~

I love the name. Oliver Sacks wrote An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales about neurological differences, so it seems a common and apt comparison.

I like the name of this site. It relates to the fact that the society and work is designed mainly for NeuroTypicals. Socializing and social skills seems to be a prime factor in nearly all job descriptions. Consistent socializing in work environments seems to be a part of most jobs. There are no systems in our society which are designed to enhance or make use of the great gifts which autistic people have. Thus we are on the wrong planet Interestingly enough I heard a theory that 90% of all inventions are made by autistic people.

not really, i feel like i belong to the whole universe , so no problem with the idea about being from another planet, that doesn't make me less human.

"Somewhere beyond right and wrong there is a garden. I will meet you there."

Rumi

I have often thought how interesting it is that many people in the autistic spectrum relate to this being on the 'Wrong Planet'.

I find it rather odd, for a community that for the most part prides itself on the rational mind to so easily succumb to such blind emotional reasoning.

Yes, I understood it's tongue in cheek, yet there really are many here who believe this "them and us" stuff and loose touch with reality.

In my opinion: Nope. I don't dislike nor had offended by it.

This website's name is rather funny, and it sort of fits…
For me it's both a literal-feeling thing, and an ironic thing.
Either it's just me, myself, and I between this and that world. Or nope, that's normal for a human, normal thing for an organism, normal thing for a cell if people takes account on literally everything.

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