Am I the only one on here who hates the term "Aspie

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19 Dec 2007, 5:29 am

It just sounds like something that should be derogatory to me. I really really really don't like the term at all.

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19 Dec 2007, 5:32 am

it sounds a lot more friendly then Asperger's (word doesn't seem very friendly an easy to remember)

it sounds like a fun grandma/aunt name like oh its aunt aspie etc...

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19 Dec 2007, 5:39 am

Its only called asperger, because its named after Hans Asperger

"it also should be void since he displayed the condition"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Asperger

Does not matter what name you put on it in reality the condition has been called tones of things in history...

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19 Dec 2007, 5:56 am

I like the term 'Aspie', make it sound less like a medical condition - makes me feel slightly easier talking about it believe it or not.

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19 Dec 2007, 6:11 am

I dislike it... but I use it.

I don't "hate" it. I think it sounds derogatory and flippant. But typing out "someone who has Asperger's" can sometimes just take too long. Especially when using it a lot. I am trying to swap to using AS but it just doesn't "fit right" with me.

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19 Dec 2007, 6:18 am

I hate it. I hate how the word looks, I hate how it sounds; I just generally despise it and it makes me die a little inside every time I read it. I don't see how people can have so little time they have to use this stupid word rather than typing a few extra letters.

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19 Dec 2007, 9:36 am

I don't dislike it. I would rather be called an aspie than an autist.

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19 Dec 2007, 10:07 am

Why do you associate it negatively? Are you sure you're really an aspie? :wink:

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19 Dec 2007, 10:10 am

It doesn't bother me.

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19 Dec 2007, 10:33 am

I think aspie sounds a bit silly, but its ok.

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19 Dec 2007, 10:48 am

I think Aspie sounds like the name of a fruitfly...and then, people begin to make derogatory remarks.

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19 Dec 2007, 10:53 am

I like the ever-so-slightly-silly tone to "Aspie". It feels... friendly.

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19 Dec 2007, 10:56 am

No you're not the only one. It's a foolish term. It's stupid and unnatractive. In fact it's downright ugly. Reminds me of snakes, wasps and asses.

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19 Dec 2007, 10:59 am

PS - it's the epitome of stupidity to be defined by a label and that seems to be the lowest common denominator that the sheeple are following - thinking it's *normal* to do so - instead of each person defining for themselves who they are and what they are- but because this society is so dysfuncitonal and fragile - we go along with consensus because there's bloody little else to go on.

For the record.

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19 Dec 2007, 11:05 am

jjstar wrote:

PS - it's the epitome of stupidity to be defined by a label ...

Like "sheeple?"

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19 Dec 2007, 11:08 am

I don't really like the word, it's still a lot better than ass burger

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