Tim_Tex wrote:
I like the Simpsons, South Park, stand-up comedy, and indie/foreign films. But most people who like those things tend to fit into the "artsy hipster" category". I am artsy, but I am no hipster. In fact, I am a Christian who backs the Republican Party.
Yet because of that, people immediately assume that I am sexist, bigoted, and homophobic without ever getting to know me.
Also, I will only date Aspies because of bad experiences with dating NTs.
I know this guy who started out just liking The Simpsons, South Park, and stand-up comedy on Comedy Central and at local comedy clubs just like many young adults. Then he took a drawing class in college "just for the fine arts credit." He fell in with the wrong crowd and started watching the Sundance Channel and seeing films at the local alternative theater. He'd say, "I am artsy, but I am no hipster." A few weeks later, he came back from an "ironic trip" to Disney World to tell us about the blog he had started about environmental and local concerns, which was to be featured in
The Riverfront Times, Saint Louis's hip alternative newspaper; he was wearing black-rimmed glasses, a scarf even though it was 76° F out, and a faded Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles t-shirt. I asked him, "Why the glasses? I thought your eyesight was 20/20!" His reply was, "It just looks cool, but I am no hipster. In fact, I am a Christian who backs the Republican Party."