Do you have any of the classic Aspie special interests?

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Trains fascinate many Aspies for some reason, myself included. But I prefer freight trains--more car diversity.

As this is your first post, allow me to welcome you to WP. Sounds like my toy robot collection LOL. I always need another one.....

Thank you for the welcome, drwho222. I'm actually a WP veteran. I used to go by OddDuckNash99, joined in 2006. I lost my account when the site crashed and everybody had to re-register. Couldn't figure out how to do it without making a new account. Been thinking about the site recently and thought I'd try to rejoin again. I'm sure some of the older members will remember me, like CockneyRebel.

I have used my new user name on many sites since. Thought of it after I joined WP. The user name (and my avatar) is an homage to Cedar Point's Magnum XL-200, my special interest within my Cedar Point special interest.

Have had several. Going way back it was dinosaurs, of course. Then egyptology. Poetry. Engines, machines in general. Grew up around tractors and farm equipment, was always fascinated by airplanes though. And music theory. Once I figured out what it was I just blew up on it. Practiced no less than twelve hours a day for a while. Never played with other people, though.
Martial arts, and through that meditation and some kind of philosophy. I suppose martial arts isn't one of the classic obsessions.
Culture. Kind of like an outside perspective on humanity.

I collect recorded music; vinyl, Cds, digital:



I'm almost as bad about movies. And I love comic book art.

My GOD man do you LISTEN to all those?

He probably does....he's an ex-D.J......

I thought I had a big CD collection and its pathetic by comparison.

I own virtually no CD's lol

I know fellow collectors with even more than that. Keep in mind that when you work in the industry for over 30 years, you get a lot of free "promotional" issue goodies. it's one of the few material perks of the job.

That said, I did spend at least half my paycheck on new vinyl every payday when I was young, and had no financial responsibilities beyond my rent. In those days, my BFFs were also record-obsessed Disc Jockeys and we got together to talk music, and trade records and trivia and often went shopping together at second hand record stores. The nearest import shop was a 90 minute drive and we'd save up to go there twice a year. Now you can do all that online, but this was before the Internet went public, and even before Cds were available on the open market.

I remember the first time I read about Cd technology in a science magazine. I also remember the first day I walked into the neighborhood record store and they no longer sold vinyl records, because everything had been replaced by Cds. Doh! I hated that change.

There's still nothing as awesome as rubbing an album cover on your jeans to snap the shrink wrap, and the smell of cardboard and ink when you opened a new LP for the first time. It's a sensory experience that burns itself into your memory, and Cds can't offer anything remotely like it.

And yes, I listen to them. They keep me sane. Okay, maybe not sane, but stable.

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Vinyl still exists, but cassette tapes don't. Is that because vinyl has better sound capture than CDs?

I believes it has to do with the "retro" essence of vinyl records.

Yeah I guess it could, although I know sooner or later I will get bored of it and move on to something else.

I don't have the stereotypical special interest that NTs expect us to have, like collecting old bus timetables or train spotting or whatever and nor do I memorize tons of facts or information out of context.

Most of those stereotypes aren't true anyway. I mean, look at me- one of my special interests is a TV show that millions of people watch. They don't watch it as much as me though . My special interests wax and wane as well.

Trains really? My NT son likes them. I don't get this whole deal. People who like trains, sci-fi etc are thought to be autistic or have Asperger's. That's ridiculous. That's Hollywood once again telling us our reality.

I didn't care about trains or buses as a kid. I liked birds and planes. I wanted to fly.

StampySquiddy,

I also have an interest in a popular feline cartoon character-Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat. I love Siamese kitties!

I would love to have a Maneki Neko (Beckoning Cat) figurine. That is one cat related item I still don't have in my collection.