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27 Feb 2016, 2:21 pm

SMBC nails it again!

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The mouseover text reads: "I await your hatemail, pertussis enthusiasts!"

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27 Feb 2016, 2:24 pm

I'm sorry, but How the Hell did they come to this conclusion.


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27 Feb 2016, 2:49 pm

The above cartoon is using sarcasm.

Continuing in a sarcastic vain, if Aspies are overepresented in research science then Autism is to blame for weapons of mass destruction.


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27 Feb 2016, 3:12 pm

It means Autists are good at research science.

Science is knowledge.
Selling medicines and weapons is a market.

Please, do not confuse science and market.



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27 Feb 2016, 4:36 pm

:lol: - SMBC so often nails my sense of humour.

I was thinking just the other day. If, due to my deficits reading social cues, I am consciously processing my senses to compensate - i.e. working out the context by piecing together observed details, rather than "theory of mind" - does that make me a behaviourist anthropologist? I do sometimes feel like I'm some kind of field researcher when I'm socialising.


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27 Feb 2016, 4:39 pm

Trogluddite wrote:
:lol: - SMBC so often nails my sense of humour.

I was thinking just the other day. If, due to my deficits reading social cues, I am consciously processing my senses to compensate - i.e. working out the context by piecing together observed details, rather than "theory of mind" - does that make me a behaviourist anthropologist? I do sometimes feel like I'm some kind of field researcher when I'm socialising.

It definitely feels that way at times. Like with all the changes I've been making to better myself there's been some pushback from my parents just because of how obnoxious and annoying I am about them. Oh to be able to see inside their minds for a brief moment without changing a thing about me.



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27 Feb 2016, 5:26 pm

It's a tempting thought - but then I wonder, if I could look inside the heads of the people around me, how would I feel about all that social context that just permeates in through their instincts? (that's how I imagine it must be, anyway)

I can't imagine not constantly questioning where the hell I was getting all that extra information from!


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27 Feb 2016, 5:30 pm

Exactly. If I were to combine all the things I've typed out to others over the last few years I could probably fill an encyclopedia size anthology, while with all the things I've said verbally to others it'd probably just be a novel. I've become better adapted to the expectations of conversation, but it's still har. The most sincere praise I ever got though was from my college Public Speaking professor. She was very impressed that despite my apparent difficulties I was able to take my interests and give speeches that satisfied the assignments she gave perfectly.