Any Aspies out there who are NOT into "nerdy" thin

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I do consider myself to be a stereotypical nerd in some ways but not all. For example, I've no interest in sci-fi or anime but am rather obsessed with technology and railways.

I like both nerdy and non-nerdy activities, i see no reason to limit myself to one group.

I don't like nerdy activites mainly, but I do love my videogames

i will just talk about the "emo" aspect.

i have seen many references to "emo" in forums for AS people.

it is annoying that other people who may read these forums to find out about AS see so many associations with "emo" people.

i do not think that a significant proportion of AS people are "emo".
i do think that a significant proportion of "emo's" would be partial to the idea they have AS after they read about it.
they like to project a "mysterious" image (a bit of an oxymoron really because "mystery" does not like to be revealed ("projected as an image")).
they like to be seen as uniquely individual, because they follow a "trend" of individuality (another oxymoron ("man it's trendy to be individual! everybody's doin' it hey")).
they seem to compete with each other to be the most "unique".
maybe they should have "uniqueness" contests where the winner is the person who scores highest on all the common traits of "uniqueness".

they like to identify with vampires etc as well.

if there really were vampires, and they were very rare, and if they had a vampire forum, and if that forum required no proof of identity as a vampire, then it would be full of "emo's" who identify as being vampires (self diagnosed).
they would also reject the few authentic vampires because they are in the minority of consensus.

if i found that forum and was interested to learn how vampires think, then i would be deceived by all the emo's who are imposters on that forum, and i would think most vampires are emo's.

i am going to find this hard to explain because i am in a "vague phase" in a linguistic way.
anyway, anyone can say in their profile "AS Diagnosed". if they are a liar, it is very easy to do. a liar would say that to seem more credible as a tru AS. they may be telling the truth of course.
but if i check a persons profile because i think they are self glorious and they are acting like an authority on AS and i do not agree with what they say, then when i read "AS Diagnosed" i think "yeah! you would say that".

but if i see "AS Undiagnosed", then i realize they have some honesty because they could easily lie and say they are diagnosed but they do not.
so i give them more credibility.

people who say they are NT i believe fully, and if i disagree with their sentiments, i am OK because it is not a sentiment from an NT who claims to be an AS.
i very much dislike imposters whether they are deliberate or just misguided into believing they are AS without a diagnosis.

and another thing is the fact that i blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah....

i have drifted too far off course and i will end here.

Yea, I agree. Everytime I meet an aspie offline he starts lecturing me on video games. I really don't care about any of that.

Listen, I probably have more indie cred than anybody else I know. I have spent an incredible time around musicians, artists, filmmakers, etc. I met Jack and Meg White, spent time with Connor Oberst, was friends with Rainer Maria, Tara Jane Oniel, Jason Anderson, Brief Candles and Mirah. Guess what, as hip as this all sounds, I am a nerd. Just because you may have more "cool" interests does not make you less of one. All of my friends in the indie community who are actually well, active, are not shy about admitting it. While thier nerdiness is in diy crafting, art, literature or music, it does not make them less of one. The fact is I have my indie grrrl side and my sci-fi/anime geek side. The very fact I have that duality expands how many people I can be friends with, because I have a hard time talking to people I don't share interests with.

The indie community celebrates nerdiness as much as the sci-fi/anime community. That is why many of us wear horned rim glasses. I mean maybe I am to entrenched with the International Pop Underground, but there is no shame in it. Just because there is supposedly the veneer of cool doesn't mean we are not nerds beneath it (or even on the surface) and celebrate it. Its really just a different type of nerd, and a different type of costume at its heart.

My interests:

Animated sitcoms (especially the Simpsons and South Park)
Stand-up Comedy
Indie Movies
Foreign Movies
Transportation
Geography
Geology

Well, not to bash the "nerds" but Anime leaves me cold, other than drunken Rock Band participation I would not take part in any kind of computer game by choice, never liked sci-fi that much (other than to laugh at), I find anything involving wizards or dragons really embarrassing and I have no particular knowledge of philosophy....I would say I'm a geek though seeing as I "do" science, although it's a pharmacology masters, a bioscience, and it's my daytime thing.

So despite the fact I'm in the completely wrong age demographic (GriffinGuitar12, I'm probably nearer your Dad's age, he sounds cool btw, the nearest my Dad got to knowing celebs was finding him chatting like long lost pals with Meatloaf ) I'm glad there's this thread!

Athough I LIKE vampires, particularly Count Duckula

Sqrannel and Amazontelevision, similar interests to me, although as well as old US punk I do like a bit of indie, metal, electronica and techno. Basically, as I discovered, anything that's hard to buy in a major store

Thank you! I have AS, but I am the furthest thing from a nerd.

I'm kind of a jock, but I'm interested in music too. I play soccer, basketball and tennis, and I like running and working out. I play the guitar, bass, cello, piano and drums, and I like all types of music. Right now I really like Kings of Leon, All-American Rejects and the Fratellis, but I also like country (Doc Walker, Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban and Taylor Swift) and hip-hop (Kanye, Akon and Lil Wayne).

I'm not at all interested in video games (besides Rock Band), anime or sci-fi. The only technology that I care about is my Iphone, and I only use the internet for Facebook, espn.com and this site.

I hung out with Conner once years ago, I think on his birthday at one of my friends houses. I have better connections with some other people. I probably spent more time with the K Records folks, than the saddle creek folks.

I like stereotypical nedry things. My interests are video games and anime, but it dosen't make me a nerd. I used to be really into music...it just depends on what I get interested in...no matter how nerdy or not nerdy the subject is. I also used to be interested in psychology and neurology which is how I found out about Asperger's. I wouldn't consider that nerdy, I just know things most people my age don't. BTW, Asperger's Syndrome is sometimes call the Geek Syndrome because we have bad social skills.

I am into both nerdy stuff and fashionable stuff. If I like it, I like it.

Examples:

Nerdy: I like choral music.
Non-nerdy: My favourite rock group is Muse. I have just about every CD they ever made, including Hullaballo Soundtrack.

Nerdy: I don't drink or smoke.
Non-nerdy: I go clubbing at a rock/alternative/grunge bar where everyone else smokes and drinks.

Nerdy: I like to wear my hair in a neat balletic bun.
Non-nerdy: I like to wear my hair in a mess some days, with camo and a peaked cap.

Nerdy: One of my best friends is a nerdy computer progrmmer who walks funny and who wears glasses and has a squeaky voice.
Non-nerdy: One of my best friends is a part-time Goth. Another friend has the best-looking dreads in town. Another one is a struggling muso/rock drummer with long scruffy rock musician hair.

Hmmm, I think I should start this all over again. I have now given the impression that nerdy = neat and well-behaved, and non-nerdy = scruffy and unhealthy. Someone is going to smack me with a solid accusation of stereotyping soon. Revision pending...