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12 Feb 2008, 4:18 pm

I am going to go through this post and, to the right of each person mentioned, rate on a scale of 0-5 how likely I think it is that the person is actually an aspie.

Snoopy wrote:

1. Sting not sure
2. Slash 2/5
3. Rivers Cuomo no idea
4. Jack White 3/5
5. Nicole Kidman 0/5
6. Juila Roberts 0/5
7. Val Kilmer 1/5
8. Sharon Stone 0/5
9. Daryl Hannah no idea
10. Fiona Apple not sure, but I hear she's pretty weird
11. Shirley Manson no idea
12. Russell Crowe 2/5
13. Hilary Swank 0/5
14. Kevin Spacey 1/5
15. Jeff Goldblum 1/5
16. Christopher Walken 1/5
17. Billy Bob Thornton 1/5
18. Sean Penn 1/5
19. Nick Drake 4/5
20. Ian Curtis no idea
21. Eric Bana no idea
22. Guy Pearce no idea
23. Helena Bonham Carter no idea
24. Janeane Garafolo 3/5
25. Nick Nolte no idea
26. Jim Carrey 3/5
27. George Clooney 1/5
28. Morrissey 3.5/5
29. Ben Affleck 0/5
30. Jake Gyllenhall not sure
31. Bill Murray 3/5
32. Warren Zevon no idea
33. Crispin Glover 4/5
34. Mitch Hedberg 4/5
35. Sarah Sliverman 2/5
36. Jimi Hendrix 2.5/5... brilliant and a little weird, but I highly doubt he was one
37. Bette Davis not sure
38. Marlene Dietrich not sure
39. Klaus Kenski not sure
40. Janis Joplin 1/5
41. Joan Crawford not sure
42. Nicolas Cage 1/5
43. Eminem not sure
44. Brian Jones not sure
45. Tim Burton not sure
46. David Lynch 3/5
47. Gregory Peck highly doubt it
48. Britney Spears 0/5
49. Michael Jackson 2/5
50. Brian Ferry not sure
51. Sylvester Stallone 0/5
52. Judi Dench 0/5
53. Cate Blanchett 0/5
54. Harvey Kietel 0/5
55. Kurt Russell 0/5
56. Hugo Weaving no idea
57. Liam Neeson no idea
58. Will Ferrall 1/5
59. Adam Sandler 1/5
60. Reese Witherspoon 0/5
61. Maggie Gyllenhall no idea
62. Steve Martin 2/5
63. Whoopi Goldberg 2/5
64. Mickey Rourke not sure
65. Christian Bale not sure
66. Peter O’Toole 1/5
67. Clint Eastwood 1/5
68. Robert De Niro 0/5
69. Greta Garbo 3/5
70. Keanu Reeves not sure... he certainly does have a monotonous voice
71. Katherine Hepburn not sure
72. Axl Rose 3/5, but I think he just has anger and obsessiveness issues
73. Winona Ryder 2/5
74. Jonathan Davis not sure
75. Juliette Lewis not sure
76. Charlize Theron 1/5
77. Charlie Chaplin not sure
78. Clara Bow not sure
79. Anthony Hopkins not sure
80. Billy Corgan 1.5/5
81. Trent Reznor not sure
82. Kurt Cobain 2/5
83. Joaquin Phoenix not sure
84. Robert Downey Jr not sure
85. Buckethead not sure
86. Sid Vicious not sure, but I doubt it
87. Johnny Depp 3.5/5, very weird guy
88. Lewis Carroll not sure
89. Joey Ramone not sure
90. James Stewart 0/5
91. Buster Keaton not sure
92. Patrica Highsmith 4/5
93. Peter Sellers 3/5
94. Bobby Fischer 4/5
95. Michael Stipe 2/5
96. Tom Cruise 0/5
97. Phil Spector not sure
98. Miles Davis 1/5
99. Matt Dillon not sure
100. Avril Lavinge not sure
101. Daniel Day Lewis doubt it
102. Kate Bush not sure
103. PJ Harvey not sure
104. Renne Zellweger 0/5
105. Bjork 2.5/5, but probably just weird
106. Madonna 2/5
107. John Travolta 0/5
108. Lindsay Lohan 0/5
109. Syd Barrett 3.5/5
110. Beck 3.5/5
111. Mariah Carey 1/5
112. Brian Wilson 4/5
113. Jodie Foster 1/5
114. Jack Nicholson 0/5
115. Charlie Sheen 1/5
116. Ben Stiller 0/5
117. Dave Matthews 1/5
118. Eddie Van Halen 3.5/5
119. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4/5
120. Brian May not sure
121. Pete Townshend 1/5... weird guy, troubled guy, brilliant guy... but nothing about him says AS to me
122. Chris Martin no idea
123. Elvis Costello not sure
124. Thom Yorke 1.5/5
125. Nancy Spungen no idea
126. Tori Amos no idea
127. David Byrne no idea
128. Prince 4/5
129. Robert Smith no idea
130. Jennifer Love Hewitt no idea
131. Neil Young 2/5
132. Cybill Shepard no idea
133. Shannon Hoon no idea
134. Andy Kaufman 3.5/5
135. Sean Young no idea
136. Lara Flynn Boyle no idea
137. Frank Zappa 3/5
138. Ray Davies not sure
139. Leonard Cohen not sure
140. John Fursciante not sure
141. Matt Bellamy not sure
142. Aphex Twin not sure
143. Gary Numan supposedly he is
144. Craig Nicholls supposedly he is
145. Elloitt Smith not sure
146. Les Claypool not sure, maybe 2/5
147. Andy Partridge no idea
148. Gordon Downie no idea
149. Steve Clark no idea
150. Jay Kay no idea
151. Glenn Gould no idea
152. Pete Ham no idea
153. Laura Nyro no idea
154. Moby no idea
155. Peter Gabirel 1/5
156. James Maynard Keenan 2/5
157. Dan Aykroyd 4/5, he says he has it
158. Robin Williams 3/5
159. Henry Rollins not sure
160. Al Pacino 1/5
161. Gary Cooper not sure
162. Tallullah Bankhead doubt it
163. Da Brat no idea
164. Thomas Jefferson 3.5/5
165. Albert Einstein 4.5/5
166. Marie Curie not sure
167. Charles Darwin 3.5/5
168. Gregor Mendel no idea
169. Carl Sagan not sure
170. Bela Bartok not sure
171. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 4/5
172. Paul Robeson no idea
173. Oscar Levant no idea
174. John Hartford no idea
175. Jim Henson not sure
176. Woody Allen 3.5/5
177. Alfred Hitchcock 3.5/5
178. Steven Spielberg 3/5
179. Ayn Rand 3/5
180. Vladimir Nabakov not sure
181. Nico not sure
182. Ian Curtis not sure
183. Nick Drake 4/5
184. Marlon Brando 4/5... I identify a LOT with him, not that that's a good reason
185. Elizabeth Taylor not sure
186. Orson Welles 3/5
187. Cary Grant 1/5
188. Angelina Jolie 1/5
189. Elvis Presley 1/5
190. John Lennon 3/5
191. Bob Dylan 3/5
192. Jim Morrison 3/5
193. Elton John 1/5
194. David Bowie 1/5
195. Ozzy Osbourne not sure, hard to tell after the drugs
196. Marilyn Manson 2/5
197. Courtney Love hard to tell
198. Tiny Tim no idea
199. Edgar Allan Poe who knows
200. Truman Capote 2/5
201. Andy Warhol 4/5
202. Ed Wood no idea
203. J.D. Salinger 3.5/5

Forgot to mention Kubrick - I am certain he was an aspie.

So, in my opinion, almost none of these people are cut and dry aspies. It's a thought provoking list, and I would love to hear any more thoughts on the list or on my ratings.

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12 Feb 2008, 8:08 pm

a personal favorite and long beloved celebrity of mine, on the list, is Bjork. I think so many people misunderstood her incident at the airport, and called her mean, she wasn't being mean or like a diva at all. That really bothered me. She's not weird, (to quote last post) and she surpasses eccentric, she's just an extraordinary brilliant light in this universe, her music is incredible and shes also an amazing visual artist, her videos are so magnificent!

my thoughts:
I love Mariah Carey, she seems really sweet. I saw an interview with her once and she actually took the interviewer very literally when he made a joke, so maybe but then again maybe not.
maybe Anne Heche? Of Men in Trees, I've always liked her because she seemed to march to her own drummer and has overcome a lot. I haven't read her book yet but I want to.
maybe Calista Flockhart of Ali McBeal fame, because she seems introverted and quirky,
Andy Warhol - I think many people have written this about him.
Glenn Gould - that was confirmed I think, yes
I think David Byrne has actually said he is aspergers.
Jennifer love Hewitt - I don't think so,she's extraordinarily social - She's wonderful though, I like her!
Bill Murrey, I don't think so, he's just eccentric. I liked "What about Bob" it was funny. And Groundhog Day.

I don't think the people on this list largely are, Nicole Kidman is lovely and charming but she's so social - could an autistic person really stay married to tom cruise that long? i don't know, also I just can't see Julia Roberts or Ben Affleck being autistic at all. Ben Affleck actually used to have a problem with harassing people. Shirly Manson, maybe, yes, because of her lyrics.

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12 Feb 2008, 8:22 pm

Britney Spears? Michael Jackson? Those two are both rediculous and vaugely insulting, lol.

nory
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12 Feb 2008, 8:39 pm

i think Britney Spears might have a chemical inbalance

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13 Feb 2008, 12:31 am

nory wrote:

i think Britney Spears might have a chemical inbalance

That's what happens when you do a lot of coke, ecstasy, and God knows what else.

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13 Feb 2008, 2:51 am

Reodor_Felgen wrote:

95% of the people mentioned here are NTs.

I would say 100%, plus the person who compiled it obviously doesn't know what an Aspie is.

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13 Feb 2008, 2:57 am

I honestly think that big list of alleged Aspies is BS to the Max!
Britney Spears? an alleged ASPIE??........WHAT THE f**k! :lol:

here are two more supposed aspies(that latter Im DAMN sure was one):

1.Howard Stern
2.H P Lovecraft

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13 Feb 2008, 4:26 am

-Adam Sandler...No way, hes just a great commedian!
-Jennifer Love Hewitt...This is a joke right? Theres no possible way that she is an aspie!
-Robin Williams...I would say, possibly. He is quite "quirky" but then again, he could just be a quirky person.
-Lindsay Lohan...One word: NO.
-Jim Carrey...Possibly. He is the "autism whisperer" after all lol.

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13 Feb 2008, 4:03 pm

I feel like this obsession that I've had for several years is controlling my life. I try to stop obssesing about it but I guess I don't have enough will power. It's caused me alot of grief. I've lost countless friends and I feel pretty much alone. If anyone could give me some advice on how to stop obsessing it would be very much apperciated.

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13 Feb 2008, 5:51 pm

The obsession being to diagnose celebrities as aspies?

Snoopy
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13 Feb 2008, 7:22 pm

Yes . I wish I could stop .

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13 Feb 2008, 9:11 pm

Try to think about it as little as you can... find new things to replace it with. Tell yourself over and over how much it's eating up all of your time and how you wish you had more time to do other things. This should be a good start.

Lots of people have beaten a lot of much tougher addictions than diagnosing celebrities as aspies. Like, say, heroin and alcohol.

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13 Feb 2008, 10:19 pm

The only way to quench an obsession like that Snoopy is to replace it with another obsession. What astonishes me
is how poorly understood OCD and Obsessive-compulsive thoughts are by neuroscience as well as psychiatry and neurology.
There are PLENTY of medications out there for altering and stabilizing moods but medications to control
OCD and to stop obsessive thoughts seem to be non-existant.

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13 Feb 2008, 11:45 pm

I don't think Sarah Silverman is an aspie. I do think she plays an aspie-like character in her show, however.

My brother thinks it's ridiculous to think that Jake Gyllinhall is an aspie.

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14 Feb 2008, 12:00 am

The List, boiled down to those I could believe...

Snoopy wrote:

4. Jack White
9. Daryl Hannah
15. Jeff Goldblum
34. Mitch Hedberg
45. Tim Burton
70. Keanu Reeves
94. Bobby Fischer
109. Syd Barrett
110. Beck
124. Thom Yorke
134. Andy Kaufman
143. Gary Numan
157. Dan Aykroyd
165. Albert Einstein
166. Marie Curie
176. Woody Allen
178. Steven Spielberg
188. Angelina Jolie

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14 Feb 2008, 12:03 am

DeaconBlues wrote:

The List, boiled down to those I could believe...

Snoopy wrote:

They got a name for the winners in the world, but I want a name when I lose. They call Alabama the crimson tide. Call me deacon blues.

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