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Ganondox
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05 Feb 2012, 9:13 am

Here

I found this page before I came to WP, and I still find it to one of my favorite descriptions of AS.


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05 Feb 2012, 9:49 am

Brilliant



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05 Feb 2012, 11:50 am

That is a lot better than most of the rubbish articles on the internet. I come across quite a lot of self diagnosed people on the internet and I would definitely agree that it is becoming an excuse for some to be a jerk. I know someone personally who now claims to have it but didn't have ANY symptoms as a kid... or now...


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05 Feb 2012, 12:39 pm

Well, unlike the trolls at ED, we tropers are rather cultured. Mass culture, of all genres, actually, both popular and niche. 8)