How similar are your interests to mine?

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Although I am NT my Interests are unusual. I wonder how close they are to someone on the spectrum.

I will list my favorites in no particular order.
1. Reading research articles about autism and global warming (I am a skeptic.), and teaching methods.
2. I subscribe to TIME, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, and National Geographic.
3. I do not own a television, a cell phone, or a stereo.
4. I am switching back to dial up.
5. Ubuntu is my preferred operating system.
6. I have a math minor at university and still study math on my own to this day.
7. I study Spanish during my spare time.
8. I watch a movie about once a year.
9. I do not Facebook, My Space, or Twitter.
10. I love reading about clocks and watches. I built a wood gear clock from a kit.
11. I hate yard work. However, my yard looks great because I take care of the yard to blow off steam.
12. I am a neat freak.
13. I love to joke around with fellow teachers at work.
14. I draw beautifully.
15. I play the piano poorly. I started lessons at age 42. I will get better.
16. I graduated with a 4.0 GPA in graduate school because my teachers said I worked to hard.
17. I love to teach.
18. I had a big indoor garden when I was younger. (Growing plants is cheap.)
19. I took care of my Mom's entire garden when she was pregnant. It was about a quarter acre. I loved doing it at the time.
20. I like looking at other people's model train sets. I might get involved with G-scale Trains. (Garden Scale Trains.)
21. I have built countless crystal radios.
22. Listened to numerous shortwave stations when I was younger.
23. I love reading and playing with my kids!
24. I love looking at photographs and painting of people at all skill levels.
25. I dislike alcohol and bars.
26. I dislike loud environments.

1. Reading research articles about autism and global warming (I am a skeptic.), and teaching methods.-No
2. I subscribe to TIME, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, and National Geographic.-No
3. I do not own a television, a cell phone, or a stereo.-No
4. I am switching back to dial up.-No
5. Ubuntu is my preferred operating system.-No
6. I have a math minor at university and still study math on my own to this day.-No
7. I study Spanish during my spare time.-No
8. I watch a movie about once a year.-No
9. I do not Facebook, My Space, or Twitter.-No
10. I love reading about clocks and watches. I built a wood gear clock from a kit.-No
11. I hate yard work. However, my yard looks great because I take care of the yard to blow off steam.-No
12. I am a neat freak.-No
13. I love to joke around with fellow teachers at work.-Yes
14. I draw beautifully.-No
15. I play the piano poorly. I started lessons at age 42. I will get better.-No
16. I graduated with a 4.0 GPA in graduate school because my teachers said I worked to hard.-No
17. I love to teach.-No
18. I had a big indoor garden when I was younger. (Growing plants is cheap.)-No
19. I took care of my Mom's entire garden when she was pregnant. It was about a quarter acre. I loved doing it at the time.-No
20. I like looking at other people's model train sets. I might get involved with G-scale Trains. (Garden Scale Trains.)-No
21. I have built countless crystal radios.-No
22. Listened to numerous shortwave stations when I was younger.-No
23. I love reading and playing with my kids!-N/A-don't have kids
24. I love looking at photographs and painting of people at all skill levels.-No
25. I dislike alcohol and bars.-Yes
26. I dislike loud environments.-No

I voted "not even close".

The only things I have in common with you are that I too am a global warming skeptic, and I dislike alcohol and loud environments. I knew we weren't going to have much in common once I read that you don't own a TV and you only watch movies once a year, because movies are my special interest.

Nothing in common.

Ahh, so you're an NT. That explains a lot.

I don't understand people that pride themselves in being technologically impaired.

I'll keep the ones that I display (some with comments):

1. Reading research articles about autism and global warming (I am a skeptic.), and teaching methods.
Of course, I love reading scientific articles. There's no reason to be a skeptic of global warming though.
5. Ubuntu is my preferred operating system.
It would be for me, if I didn't rely on Windows for playing many games (and WINE doesn't cut it for these), which I'm not going to give up.
7. I study Spanish during my spare time.
Not Spanish, but linguistics and learning languages is my special interest and obsession.
9. I do not use Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter.
12. I am a neat freak.
17. I love to teach.
Sort of, I enjoy teaching people things, but I'm not very good at it.
25. I dislike alcohol and bars.
Hate them, passionately.
26. I dislike loud environments.

I voted not close at all, since a majority of your list I don't display.

I'm not skeptic of global warming but I uhh...don't care. I also have to remind myself to stay up-to-date with the news.

My special interests are much more narrow and short lived. Sometimes I go back to the same ones but these days I never stay with one for more than a few months. My interests are really intense. I can only put focus in one thing at a time and I tend it get a bit too obsessive about them.

About the global warming thing:

I have a minor special interest with the environment, but it's related to one of my other special interests as well. One of special interests is a band and one of the guys in the band is really into the environment and all that, like REALLY into it, so that's probably part of the reason why it's an interest of mine.

1. Reading research articles about autism and global warming (I am a skeptic.), and teaching methods.
No- except for the global warming part, while I'm all for protecting the environment, I think the global warming thing is being blow out of proportion.
2. I subscribe to TIME, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, and National Geographic.
No- Though I used to.
3. I do not own a television, a cell phone, or a stereo.
I have a TV and a cell phone, but not a stereo.
4. I am switching back to dial up.
I don't have internet
5. Ubuntu is my preferred operating system.
No- Windows
6. I have a math minor at university and still study math on my own to this day.
I don't have a degree, though I do love math
7. I study Spanish during my spare time.
No- I would like to learn French though
8. I watch a movie about once a year.
No- I watch movies almost everyday
9. I do not Facebook, My Space, or Twitter.
No- I have all three, though I haven't gotten on Myspace in more than a year.
10. I love reading about clocks and watches. I built a wood gear clock from a kit.
Yes- I love clocks, I'm going to take up clock making one of these days.
11. I hate yard work. However, my yard looks great because I take care of the yard to blow off steam.
I don't have a yard.
12. I am a neat freak.
Yes and no- I'm very particular about some things, but not others.
13. I love to joke around with fellow teachers at work.
Yes- I love to joke around
14. I draw beautifully.
Yes-ish
15. I play the piano poorly. I started lessons at age 42. I will get better.
I used to play poorly, now I don't play at all, I'd like to take it up again someday.
16. I graduated with a 4.0 GPA in graduate school because my teachers said I worked to hard.
No-
17. I love to teach.
I love to teach, I also suck at teaching
18. I had a big indoor garden when I was younger. (Growing plants is cheap.)
No- though my Grandparents had one.
19. I took care of my Mom's entire garden when she was pregnant. It was about a quarter acre. I loved doing it at the time.
I used to help with my families garden, I hated it at the time, but now I miss doing it.
20. I like looking at other people's model train sets. I might get involved with G-scale Trains. (Garden Scale Trains.)
I used to have a train set, I loved it, I'd like to get another one sometime.
21. I have built countless crystal radios.
No- I'm not even sure what that is.
22. Listened to numerous shortwave stations when I was younger.
No-
23. I love reading and playing with my kids!
I don't have kids
24. I love looking at photographs and painting of people at all skill levels.
Yes-
25. I dislike alcohol and bars.
I like alcohol, I hate bars.
26. I dislike loud environments.
Yes- for the most part.

OK, I'll quote from your list what I share in interests.

9. I do not Facebook, My Space, or Twitter.
14. I draw beautifully.
25. I dislike alcohol and bars.

I guess that's not much in common then.

I think you should be very happy that you're a "special" NT. You sound busy working hard and accomplishing all sorts of stuff. I won't mind being friends with you in real life. We can paint together and drink water. You can take care my yard, too. I'll do something for you in exchange. I'm sure there are things you don't like that I do. I love doing laundry, how about that?

Not that much.

Going down your list, and comparing it to me....

1. Reading research articles about autism and global warming (I am a skeptic.), and teaching methods.

Among other things

2. I subscribe to TIME, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, and National Geographic.

I used to subscribe to popular electronics, and get popular science if I see somethoing interesting.


3. I do not own a television, a cell phone, or a stereo.

I once went 2 years without TV. I would love to. I don't really use my stereo.

4. I am switching back to dial up.

Well, I like high bandwidth.

5. Ubuntu is my preferred operating system.

I prefer ALL versions of Linux.

6. I have a math minor at university and still study math on my own to this day.

Don't I wish. My FATHER did.

7. I study Spanish during my spare time.

Among others

8. I watch a movie about once a year.

If I had no TV, I don't even know if I would do it that often.

9. I do not Facebook, My Space, or Twitter.

Same here.

10. I love reading about clocks and watches. I built a wood gear clock from a kit.

Wow, another hit.

11. I hate yard work. However, my yard looks great because I take care of the yard to blow off steam.

Would be the same here but, not being there, I pay someone to do it.

12. I am a neat freak.

I USED to be! My mother got rid of that. STILL, if I get nervous, I clean.

13. I love to joke around with fellow teachers at work.

If I knew any teachers, I might do the same. Heck, I used to kind of stay with "teachers" since I wasn't sociable.

14. I draw beautifully

I can do ok, if need be.
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15. I play the piano poorly. I started lessons at age 42. I will get better.

I started lessons around 14, but don't feel it is worth my time to continue.

16. I graduated with a 4.0 GPA in graduate school because my teachers said I worked to hard.

I lost interest due to "teaching".

17. I love to teach.

Same here. It isn't REALLY my job.

18. I had a big indoor garden when I was younger. (Growing plants is cheap.)

I had a little outdoor one.

19. I took care of my Mom's entire garden when she was pregnant. It was about a quarter acre. I loved doing it at the time.

Well, I tended a couple gardens of my own.

20. I like looking at other people's model train sets. I might get involved with G-scale Trains. (Garden Scale Trains.)

NOPE.

21. I have built countless crystal radios.

I built maybe 5.

22. Listened to numerous shortwave stations when I was younger.

YEP

23. I love reading and playing with my kids!

I have no kiids, but I would if I did.

24. I love looking at photographs and painting of people at all skill levels.

NOPE

25. I dislike alcohol and bars.

YEP

26. I dislike loud environments.

YEP

I have hardly anything in common with you, but if I may ask, why the hell are you switching back to dial up?