Is WrongPlanet the Antithesis of AS?

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Being AS makes us antisocial. Yet this is a social site?

What do you think, is WP the antithesis of AS?

This site is kind of like herding cats.

I have thought of that paradox myself.

No. If this was a social site you wouldn't see so many threads about "Why can't we all just get along".
To me it seems more like some kind of grand phsychological target shooting gallery experiement designed by some evil genius to see what kind or type of Aspie/Auti can survive in the real world.

I have never met so many perfectly normal people in my life, and everytime I go out in that "Real World" place, it is the same as always.

I think Alex read Childhood's End, and started this site.

I don't think we're supposed to be anti-social. We're supposed to be socially awkward and overwhelmed in social situations--I am. We want and seek out friends (most of us do, at least) but we usually end up unsuccessful at getting and keeping them.

But not to get hung up on that point...

WP allows me to relate and resonate with other people, which is something I don't get to do in real life. I just don't relate to NT's. That's why my post count is so high when I haven't even been here that long. I'm just addicted to the experience.

I guess you're right about wanting but lacking. This is kind of like a place where you can be choking somebody at the same time as you're whispering sweet nothings into their ear.

I've thought about that a few times too.

Some aspies desire to socialize
Some aspies desire conversation without actually socializing
Some want to socialize on their time and not someone else's, like when they are in the mood
Some feel alienated (hence the name, wrong planet) and would like to talk to people they can relate to better

That's what this forum is. When I was a child not knowing what Aspergers was, I often felt like I was on the wrong planet or I reincarnated wrong like I was supposed to be a cat. It was just that I was so different from people, and I had no understanding of it. I grow up and find out that I could have Aspergers. I leave earth and all the earthlings one day and discovered a new planet called wrongplanet. And I knew I was home because for the first time in my life, I was not only able to socialize, but I could do so on my terms. I speak when I want to speak. Listen when I want to listen. I don't have to make eye contact. I can stop mid phrase to use the bathroom. I don't have to dress up. I am allowed to monologue. I can talk about anything I want to. I can ignore what I don't want to talk about. Best thing, even with all that, WPlings respond to me much better than earthlings. On top of it, the WPlings know my pain. They are the first to ever actually understand me, and they are also the first that I actually feel like I understand. Not even my own mother can do that.

Not sure myself. I just think of it as a place for Aspies to talk to each other.

1) Antisociality is more or less equivalent to sociopathy. It is useful to maintain a distinction. The entire internet is antisocial as far as I can tell, so a message board is the perfect place for it.
2) See 4
3) It is not uncommon for people with ASDs to have some degree of social inclinations coexisting with a lack of ability to pursue them
4) Goto 3

I dont think so, as I find it quite easy to socialise online, where people can't see you face to face.
You can spend time thinking about what you are going to type, its not like you have to think of a response on the spot like you have to in face to face conversation. You can't stutter when you type and no one is going to ask you to repeat something a little louder

WWWWhat was TTTThat?

I am going to be unpopular for typing this, but reading through these threads, I realize people truly are more alike than they are different. People with AS have so much in common with "NTs". There are a few differences, true, but not that many.