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I thought Hitler got his ideas from Nietzsche.

It's true; he did. Hitler read about Nietzsche's philosophy, but then interpreted it in a way that fit the Nazi ideology, pretty much bastardizing it. So even though he really did get his ideas from Nietzsche, the Nazi version has little in common with what Nietzsche originally came up with.

Now that that's out of the way. . .

All of you out there who are so stuck in this "social darwinism, women are only after power and looks and if my date isn't gorgeous I've low standards" rut please consider the following:

Some of us, even if it is far less than 1% of the female population, want something different.

If you did too, maybe you'd have a shot at finding us.

Yes, but why do you choose to call me too confident?



Hell if I know.

There are a couple of diagnosed people in my family; when my little brother was getting his diagnosis, I was there, and I was like, "you aren't saying I'm autistic, and I have. . . (basically every symptom, except I shower and stopped physically fighting my classmates when I was nine) also."

Of course, the shrink took this to mean I had an emotional resistance to the idea of autism in the family; he didn't even throw out the possibility that I was Aspie too.

If I am, it's pretty well covered by the fact that I spent several years fascinated by social analysis. I read everything Judith Martin (Miss Manners) had written at the time, relationship books (many of which made little sense to me, as they usually don't describe how I think, feel, and respond), older behavior guides. . . spent a lot of time watching people and trying to figure things out. . . My attempts to learn the detailed nonverbal stuff were less easy; I started studying fashion from a historical/formal standpoint- didn't know where else to start- and it takes a lot to get from there to "is this the right thing to wear to this event" in real life. I then studied dance and Bartenief movement analysis, which includes (my favorite part) a freakishly detailed analysis of body language and it's phychological implications.

So now, it's great, I even have NT friends who ask me for help with social analysis regularly. . . the only catch is, I often hate interacting with people, especially new people, with whom I have to use all that stuff. It's pretty funny. I choose to have a social life anyway because it helps with the depression (no new people eventually means few or no close friends either), but social interaction is. . . yeah. A little to much means I want to hide under a rock, rock back and forth, and cry.

One of the reasons I love WP- and online in general- is because I can hear and be heard without dealing with all the crap. . . and I can always just turn my computer off.


So you tell me. . . am I autistic or aspie?

except I shower

I have never had a date, this is almost completely down to me, and I'm trying to rectify it instead of blaming genes or some inherent defect in women.

I have a copy of the Genealogy of Morals on by bookshelf. The three of us should get together in the chat room one day and discuss Nietzsche.

Nietzsche fans, excellent! I might swing by the chat room sometime this weekend. I have read Beyond Good and Evil and am in the process of reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra.His ideas are interesting although sometimes he rings of the lonely, cranky old man variety.

By the way, just because we acknowledge the unfairness of sexual selection doesn't mean we just give up and sit at home. It's a valuable source of knowledge that alerts us to the suffering of others and allows us to do something about it.

That's bravely conceded and very refreshing.

Nietzsche fans, excellent!

I'm not sure whether you're autistic, but you definitely sound very intelligent. I see that you're a student. I'm curious, what's your major? Mine is mathematics.

By the way, just because we acknowledge the unfairness of sexual selection doesn't mean we just give up and sit at home. It's a valuable source of knowledge that alerts us to the suffering of others and allows us to do something about it.

I'm just getting into calculus now.