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06 Oct 2009, 9:13 pm

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I don't understand why NT's find social rituals other kinds of ceremonial BS so important. I don't get why weddings are such a big deal. Same goes for graduation ceremonies and other events where people have to dress up in ridiculous clothing and hear a bunch of pretentious nonsense.


Amen. I didn't even want to go to my graduation ceremony. That day was horrible. Not only was I sick, I was all kinds of anxious and just wanted it to be over with. I didn't even get the walking process right. The whole black robe thing in any kind of graduation ceremony has its origin in occult practices. I bet nobody even knows that.


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06 Oct 2009, 9:23 pm

idiocratik wrote:
marshall wrote:
I don't understand why NT's find social rituals other kinds of ceremonial BS so important. I don't get why weddings are such a big deal. Same goes for graduation ceremonies and other events where people have to dress up in ridiculous clothing and hear a bunch of pretentious nonsense.


Amen. I didn't even want to go to my graduation ceremony. That day was horrible. Not only was I sick, I was all kinds of anxious and just wanted it to be over with. I didn't even get the walking process right. The whole black robe thing in any kind of graduation ceremony has its origin in occult practices. I bet nobody even knows that.


Even though I didn't know that, it doesn't surprise me; thanks for the info though.



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07 Oct 2009, 12:12 am

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2.Finding "no comment" offensive. I mean, come one, when I say "No comment", I mean I have nothing to say!



I've often heard "no comment" used as code for "there is no possible way I could word my answer without offending you" or "your idea (or whatever) sucks so badly that it's not worthy of comment". If people get offended by you saying "no comment" they are probably assuming that you are using one of the above codes, rather than speaking literally.


'no comment' was ruined by politicians and celebrities and random defendants apprehended by the cops while being filmed by the media and now everybody thinks it means "I have something to hide"



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07 Oct 2009, 2:57 pm

I am walking on the sidewalk. Other people area also walking on the sidewalk. Someone behind me yells, "Hi", and they get mad when I don't know that they were talking to me? I have been called rude, stuck up, and b***h for this very thing. Are you serious? I mean is it not possible for me to conclude that you were talking to one of the other people who are also walking on the sidewalk?



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07 Oct 2009, 4:48 pm

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Lack of punctuality and reliability. I'd be ashamed of myself if I was as routinely late as most NTs I know, or as lackadaisical about holding to commitments.

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That's funny, one of the things that pisses me off about NTs is their insistence on punctuality and reliability.

I'd say both. They insist YOU be punctual, then arrive late themselves. Similarly telling you to tell the truth, then getting offended when you do.



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07 Oct 2009, 4:49 pm

People who walk in the hotel hallways and they see a housekeeping cart or a laundry cart blocking their way. They just stand there than moving it aside to get through. Then they complain to the housekeeping department about how they couldn't get through.

People who don't think logically so they do dumb things like complain about how they couldn't take a message in their hotel room because their pen was attached to the notepad. Why don't they take the pen off the pad before they listen to their messages?

People who don't bother going around when someone is blocking the aisle in the store and they don't bother saying excuse me or moving the cart themselves. Maybe they are just being patient.

Someone online who claims I was mean to him but yet he still wanted to talk to me and wouldn't leave me alone. Then he finally did but he did IM me in 2007 once and then again in 2009 this spring. It might be till 2011 when he will IM me again.



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07 Oct 2009, 8:39 pm

I don't understand why people complain about friends that they choose to be friends with.
Also, I don't understand why people claim that they hate someone, but then they act nice to that person.



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07 Oct 2009, 8:59 pm

i do not understand how 'NT' people automatically know how or when to do certain physical things with such ease. for example, when i am buying a coffee from the coffee shop. i will step up to the counter and order, and pay. once i have placed my order and handed over the money the cashier must step away from me to ring up the transaction on the cash register. if there is nobody behind me waiting to order then this is fine, but if there is someone behind me waiting to order, the second the cashier steps away to do the transaction i am filled with panic about not knowing whether to step to the side and let the new customer approach the counter, or should i stay in my spot and collect my change before moving aside? i just never know and i can go either way. this is just one situation but it can present itself in many different ways and places.



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09 Oct 2009, 8:33 am

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IMO many of the seemingly pointless NT behaviors described here are simply the small bits of talk and action that give us our humanity, personality and our character. These are the things that make us human. Remove them and you've got a world full of "Spocks". Logical & functional, true. But as cold, bland and boring as a beach full of penguines.
Embrace our differences! They make the world interesting! : )


You contradict yourself. You are dismissive of a 'Spock' and then you say "embrace the differences". So what you are really saying is "embrace differences so long as it's differences I personally find acceptable". You may personally find them less likeable, but the type you are denigrating is no more or less 'human' than anyone else.


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09 Oct 2009, 8:39 am

The main thing I don't understand about NTs is the fact that they blow hot and cold all the time and can't seem to make up their bloody minds about anything. I find other aspies that I know to be more consistent and therefore less frustrating in that respect.

I agree with Marshall's post about the meaninglessness of weddings and ceremonia occasions too. I can't be bothered with them, which is why I didn't go to my graduation ceremony - I just knew I wouldn't have a good time.


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09 Oct 2009, 8:45 am

jessmc wrote:
I am walking on the sidewalk. Other people area also walking on the sidewalk. Someone behind me yells, "Hi", and they get mad when I don't know that they were talking to me? I have been called rude, stuck up, and b***h for this very thing. Are you serious? I mean is it not possible for me to conclude that you were talking to one of the other people who are also walking on the sidewalk?


I've been called "a***hole" and asked "why have you got to be so rude" in that situation too, but then in this city when people you don't know try to talk to you on the sidewalk they're usually alcoholics or junkies looking to sponge money, so there's a good reason for ignoring them.


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09 Oct 2009, 9:09 am

I do not understand how NTs are so comfortable in socializing in the ways that they do. I observe my wife communicating so freely with her friends. I see my father being one of the big socializers in our small town. I just don't understand how they are so comfortable with it.


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09 Oct 2009, 9:16 am

I never understood a lot of these things. The main one that gets me from when i worked was the incompetent manager who takes his issues out on others, even my dad (whom im assuming is NT, but he seems to have traits similar to me). Someone/-thing upsets me, its off to my computer games (save when i went through depression). I could never understand this, taking ones problems out on others. Are those people so insecure that they cannot resolve their problems by themselves without insulting those around them? Ive always taken it as an insult on me because im not the one responsible for making that person's life miserable, so why should i bear the brunt of their verbal assault?



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09 Oct 2009, 9:26 am

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I agree with Marshall's post about the meaninglessness of weddings and ceremonia occasions too. I can't be bothered with them, which is why I didn't go to my graduation ceremony - I just knew I wouldn't have a good time.


Well, i think thats mainly a social thing to separate humans from other animals. "Make it public, binding, and legal," since you really only need one companion for life, and someone can point blame in the course of an affair or whatnot. In other words, you cannot trust anyone to their word alone, you have to get their signature and public announcement.



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09 Oct 2009, 7:22 pm

a lot of the things mentioned here i don't get.



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09 Oct 2009, 7:48 pm

I never have and never will understand the need for 'small talk'. I assume if someone's speaking, that they have something worthwhile to say. I don't like speaking unless I feel I have something worthwhile to say.

Then, I find it extremely offensive when people waste my time with inane chit-chat, or ignore me when I have something to say. Sometimes I wish people would just shut up until they had something worthwhile to say.