Why are "nt's" ignorant

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NTs hide feelings, are dishonest, and don't understand half the stuff we say. Well... a majority atleast. There a few good ones out there, but i'm starting to get annoyed with people in general.

It's like talking to a brick wall most of the time! seriously! I am flat out getting my words out as it is No matter who i talk to! they just reply with yep yep yep yep! Showing no interest in what i say! I feel like i'm second best! a loser even!

what should i do?!

unpack all my troubles and frown frown frown???!

It's like talking to a brick wall most of the time! seriously! I am flat out getting my words out as it is No matter who i talk to! they just reply with yep yep yep yep! Showing no interest in what i say! I feel like i'm second best! a loser even!

what should i do?!

unpack all my troubles and frown frown frown???!

Neurotypicality is a pervasive developmental condition, probably present since birth, in which the affected person sees the world in a very strange manner. It is a puzzle; a enigma that traps those so affected in a lifelong struggle for social status and recognition. Neurotypical individuals almost invariably show a triad of impairments, consisting of inability to think independently of the social group, marked impairment in the ability to think logically or critically, and inability to form special interests (other than in social activity). It is my hope that this article will help us understand the very different world of the neurotypical.

Neurotypical individuals show difficulty in forming an individual identity, or in thinking outside of the bounds of the accepted norms of their social groups. It appears that each group a neurotypical belongs to will have its own set of "official" opinions, and each neurotypical within that group is expected to adopt those beliefs. As strange as it sounds, they generally do so very readily, and are not hesitant at all to help enforce those beliefs and ensure group homogeneity of opinion. There appears to be an innate drive for the neurotypical to fit in with groups in that manner, and their own innate opinions and desires are modified automatically to fit the group ideal. This bizarre lack of independence explains the tendency for neurotypicals to engage in fads of various sorts, or for the existence of certain trends. Neurotypicals will change the way they talk or dress according to these trends, and other neurotypicals will admire and imitate such "trendy" behavior. As such, neurotypicals are easy prey for TV commercials or other means of advertising that seek to portray the purchase or use of various products as socially desirable or "cool."

The need for neurotypical individuals to "jump on" the latest trend is a function of their excessive level of concern of how they are perceived by others. Neurotypicals form their self-image based at least as much on the opinions of their peers as they do on their own opinions. They do not perceive themselves as individuals in the manner that you or I do; they see themselves as individual members of a group, but in practice, the opinions of others weigh heavily upon them, and there is a great drive to obtain the acceptance and admiration of others around them, including complete strangers. There is a built-in tendency for neurotypicals to blend in, to become "one of the herd," so to speak. Most of them never realize how much their opinions are dictated by the group. They want the things that the group deems desirable, and they internalize that desire so fully that it feels to them as if it was an internally-motivated desire.

In part:

it is very very biased

I think that the goal of every Aspie is to eventually turn into an NT. I know that's my goal. Hopefully it happens sooner then later for me.

That's just my 2 cents. Hope they're worth something.

Any more so than some of the descriptions of the "deficits and shortcomings" that AS "wreaks" on us?

when i was talking abou the Xmen thing, i was talking about how we are different from normal NTers, we look like they look but we are not them, and we can never be them. and we often (not always) don't fit in because we are different. i find Xmen and Heroes and such "celebrating the differences from the norm" as i say.....and i guess being aspies we are the differnece from the norm....so in a way we are like them....i guess that is why i like Heroes so much. (new season starts on the 24 of September, Monday on NBC!! !! !)