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hyperlexian
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24 Feb 2012, 7:43 pm

no... i can't think of too many people that want to be told by a stranger that they are fat, for example. or that they are "ugly". people are already aware of what others think of them, so there is nothing to be gained in saying something like that. it's pain without a purpose.


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24 Feb 2012, 8:12 pm

hyperlexian wrote:
no... i can't think of too many people that want to be told by a stranger that they are fat, for example. or that they are "ugly". people are already aware of what others think of them, so there is nothing to be gained in saying something like that. it's pain without a purpose.


Calling someone "fat" or "ugly" is no different than calling someone else "wierd" or "strange" asking "whats wrong with you?"

"People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

So we're different colours
And we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me
Though I've done nothing wrong
I never even met you
So what could I have done

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

Help me understand

Now you're punching and you're kicking
And you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced
But I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fist

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man

Help me understand"

Depeche Mode

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW-ftxIrhBc


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24 Feb 2012, 8:22 pm

sure, it offensive as well, so i would not encourage anyone to call others "weird" or "strange" either, even if they believed it to be true. it's painful to have people say things like that and i don't see any good reason for it.


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24 Feb 2012, 9:44 pm

often happenned at school, being the favorite target because i often preferred to be alone



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25 Feb 2012, 11:07 am

hyperlexian wrote:
Bun wrote:
I didn't say he does that to get back at people. I said NTs are blunt towards people who are different as well, and we're not always the aggressors. I assumed you brought up your son as an example of AS behaviour. I hear of it being Aspie behaviour, but from my experience with regular schools, the street etc., it's not like that.

AS individuals often definitely ARE more blunt/tactless than NTs on average. it's a defined trait.

some NTs are that way too, but you are assuming that those random people on the street or at school are NOT aspies when in fact they could be.

You're right, I corrected it in my first post when I said they're only perceived as NT by me, but it didn't come across well when I wrote a similar second post. I could have made the message less ambiguous.


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