You're not an Aspie if...

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Playing "collapse the cup pyramid" game. Using two to pretend they're a bra (Taking "bra cups" a bit literally...). Putting a hole in two cups and attaching a string between the two using the holes, and using them as a communication system. Using them to store small objects or collections of things.

Does the above list really mean I'm not aspie?

Depends. Did you invent all those clever uses on your own or see them used that way first? Did someone ask you to invent clever things to do with cups? Asking a specific question to an aspie such as "invent novel uses for a cup" might elicit 100's of ideas. For days, weeks, even years, the aspie will continue to give you new ways to use a cup. Every time they see you you will get a new use for a cup. You will have to ask them to give you clever uses for a horseshoe to get them off the cup thing.

You mean all the other chemistry experiments I did as a kid, disqualify me from being an aspie? Proper lab-ware is really expensive and not that different



^that description is perfect. I'm up to 17 uses for a cup since last night, although they are getting pretty shaky. For extra credit 6 are things i have never seen another person person do with cups, and 10 I have done before the question was asked.

laden jar
electrolysis/electroplating setup
Volta pile stack
vacuum bell
bug habitat
champagne fountain
art installation
suction cup acupuncture
ash tray
cheap stethoscope
decanter
catapult ammunition (that one made ppl angry)
molotov cocktail
mortar and pestle
paper weight
rolling pin
epoxy\paint mixing

How many uses for a horseshoe do you need, this is actually fun

you are not an aspie if some stuck up undergrad says ur not cuz she took ap psychology

Some athletes use cups to protect their private bits.

Am I NT or AS?

you make friendly conversation with the checkout clerk at the grocery store

You don't have AS if your eyes are brown. (I know more people with blue eyes than brown eyes).
You don't have AS if you never burp or fart, or never get any stomachaches. (Everybody I know gets wind).
You don't have AS if you swear. (We all swear to a certain extent).
You don't have AS if you are a boring person who is not interested in anything. (Most, if not, every NT woman I know has an interest in shopping and fashion, besides a lot of other interests and hobbies too).
You don't have AS if you have a little head. (Everyone's heads are different sizes).
You don't have AS if you have long fingers. (Everyone's hands are different sizes. My fingers and hands are quite small compared to other people's).
You don't have AS if you never have an itch on you. (NTs have irritations on the skin too!)
You don't have AS if you could have a normal adult conversation with any person of any age at 2 years old. (I know more social cues than any toddler does. Toddlers are still learning how to talk and interact - that's the whole point in being a child is learning life skills, including social skills).
You don't have AS if you stand stock still and never shift about or anything. (I was chatting with a group of ''typical'' sort of NTs today, and they were all shuffling their feet and playing with their hair whilst they were talking and listening).
You don't have AS if you don't stare at people. (How come I get stared at by every person every day?)
You don't have AS if you never get headaches. (Every person I've spoken to complains of headaches sometimes).
You don't have AS if you....I don't know....have pale skin. (I know a lot of pale skinned people, and a lot of North American people have really pale skin. I've seen it on films).

I never dry my hair, I let it air dry. I hated getting it dried as a kid because of the heat and the hair pulling and having to stand and the itchiness. I never understood why people want their hair dried fast. I have no patience for that so I am too lazy to stand there and dry it taking up my time.

Good one.

You are not an aspie if you are an aspie

You're not an aspie if you think that special interests and obsessions are bad.

Judging by what I read in these threads about Aspies, you're not an Aspie if....

...you show no enthusiasm in your enjoyments
...you never wake during the night or have NO trouble falling asleep
...you don't know how to use a computer
...you spend every single waking hours socialising
...you never complain about anything nor get excited about anything
...you never write shopping lists
...you never do your shopping on the same day each week, and you give your babies/pets no routine since you don't believe in routine
...you were never scared of anything when you were a little child
...you smoke
...you never get hot or cold - your body stays at exactly the same temperature all the time because you have no senses at all.
...you never played with bricks as a little child because it involves stacking
...you smiled in EVERY photo as a baby
...you never believed in Father Christmas as a little child
...you have a strong, healthy immune system
...everything you have is random - no collections of anything
...you don't know your own telephone number
...you never get sacked from your job
...you find exactly the right man/woman for you at age 18 and get married at age 21 and never have any problems, ever
...you believe in God
...you don't get thirsty
...you only listen to one song once, then the next time you listen to it again is tomorrow
...you aren't interested in anything at all, yet you have SO much to talk about
...you don't know what ''falling out with a friend'' means
...you have no phobias at all
...you only dream about flying, being chased, and going out naked. Nothing else, ever
...you practically have no individuality

To me NTs sound pretty boring, emotionless, and humanless, with no interests. (This is all sarcasm, by the way)

Last edited by Joe90 on 28 Jun 2011, 4:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.

This is NOT a sarcastic one.

For female NTs (in general):- you're not an Aspie if your special interest/obsession is shopping, clothes, your weight, make-up and hairstyles, celebraties, Saturday-night-TV, men, and social networks.

All female NTs have at least one of these as a ''conformists obsession''. I like social networks (like Facebook and MSN), but I'm more obsessed with buses than I am any of those things on the list above . Actually, I'm obsessed with men.....I suppose that's mainstream enough.

Every woman I know gets absorbed in the fashion world when they go in clothes shops. And get this - most NT women put fashion before their health and comfort. My NT friend would rather wear thin shoes what aren't waterproof in the winter just because they go with their jeans, than to wear thick boots and have warm dry feet, just because it might ''look funny''. Then they're the first ones to complain when they're feeling cold/unwell/uncomfortable later on!

I'm sorry, I don't mean to start conflict, but I have to disagree with the whole notion of this thread. Everyone is different and most aspies do not exhibit every trait. The logical progression here is that there will be aspies who have many traits uncharacteristic of autism. And there are plenty of NTs who do not "fit the mold" - plenty of tomboys who don't care about fashion or social networks, plenty of men who love science and don't keep great hygiene, but are not on the spectrum.

I have many friends. I live on my own and am very successful in my career. I was different when I was younger, but I learned how to blend in. I have learned to be concerned about my appearance and wear very feminine clothing. I still have many problems because of my AS, and I'm no less autistic than I used to be, but according to many of the things on this list, I'm disqualified.

Then take my aspie flatmate. He grew up in a different culture than me. He never had any trouble making friends and no one told him he was unusual even as a child. Yet he's a classic aspie and I recognized it as soon as I met him (and it became clearer the longer we lived together). We've talked about it and he agrees with me, but it doesn't stop him from being perceived as "normal" for the most part by this culture.

Anyway, I don't understand the point of this thread. I don't think there can be any conclusive list "if X is true about you, you are not an aspie" short of just listing the opposite of the diagnostic criteria, in which case it is completely unproductive. You can just look at the diagnostic criteria. If most of it doesn't fit you, you're probably not on the spectrum. Simple.

Threads like this are more for fun, and not at all about diagnosis.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

I agree with all of what you said.

That's why I got sarcastic in one of my posts (just the forth post above this post). It really annoyed me when somebody said something about ''you're not Aspie if nothing interests you''. OK, I've never, ever met an NT who has no interests. Interests are what brings social interaction together, most of the time. NTs don't just stand there talking about people all day. They have hobbies, interests and even obsessions too. My dad is classic NT, and his interest is football. He doesn't talk about it much to us, but he does to others who are interested in football too. And when I was small, he used to just go out to watch football and leave me and my brother with our grandparents, if my mum was working. That's how fanatic he was and still is. But I'm not going to look at him and think, ''he's got an interest in football - he's an Aspie then.'' No. That's not quite the answer. NTs are entitled to have interests too, and still be NT.
And the way people on these forums keep associating everything with Autism. Travel sickness, sunburn, headaches, watery eyes, sweat, and even burping has suddenly got a lot to do with Autism - when I see NTs burping all the time (more so than me). NT or Aspie - we are humans, and whatever the neurology, we all feel sick, get sunburnt, get headaches, have watery eyes, sweat, and burp. It's natural bodily function and is completely normal. OK, maybe you can sweat, et cetera, a bit more when you're feeling nervous or anxious, but everybody does. It's still got nothing to do with whether you're Autistic or not. OK, Autism may cause more anxiety over mundane things in some of us, but it's still not the actual disability what causes all these bodily functions.