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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 21, 2018 6:07:50 GMT
It does kind of sound like autism or Asperger's, even. The only thing that would make me think it's not autism is that people with autism or Asperger's is that I don't believe they are aware that they do not make connections with other people. They just do their thing and go on their merry way. I have a friend who has Asperger's and he is the most clueless person I know. He seems to like everybody and everything and would just as soon strike up a conversation with a rattlesnake. I'm not sure if he has been depressed a day in his life. That doesn't sound like the OP. That appears like a very astute observation. Do you feel he is detached from feelings Mr. Dirty? Would that be a negative thing perhaps? I wouldn't say that Walter is detached from his feelings. I've seen him get very, very enthusiastic over things, many times. Some of the things he gets excited about might seem mundane to others. I've also seen him be sentimental. He just doesn't seem to have any capacity to go with the social flow.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 21, 2018 6:11:20 GMT
Using a toothpick is more subtle than using dental floss. But I see your point. Either way, I would say go to the bathroom mirror to do it, or wait until one is outside or in a vehicle. And that's exactly what I told him. We came up with a code word for when we are out at a restaurant for when he starts doing some inappropriate thing, at which point he can go to the restroom to finish doing whatever he needs to do. The thing is, he's always finding new inappropriate things to do in public, so if I use the code word, he has no idea what I am referring to!
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 21, 2018 6:13:31 GMT
Using a toothpick is more subtle than using dental floss. But I see your point. They have toothpicks at the restaurants but you are supposed to duck into the bathroom to take care of business. There are people with Asperger's and people who were just never taught how to be human beings. And then, there are people who have both. Yes, and my friend may have some of the latter as well. I don't think his parents were very invested in raising their children. From what he has told me, they seemed very passive.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 21, 2018 6:15:25 GMT
And that's exactly what I told him. We came up with a code word for when we are out at a restaurant for when he starts doing some inappropriate thing, at which point he can go to the restroom to finish doing whatever he needs to do. The thing is, he's always finding new inappropriate things to do in public, so if I use the code word, he has no idea what I am referring to! The brains thing was pretty funny though. I would have cracked up. Surely you are referring to sticking out the arms and going "brains! brains!"? Yes, that was funny to me. Though, my friends thought he had lost his mind.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 21, 2018 6:34:28 GMT
I wouldn't say that Walter is detached from his feelings. I've seen him get very, very enthusiastic over things, many times. Some of the things he gets excited about might seem mundane to others. I've also seen him be sentimental. He just doesn't seem to have any capacity to go with the social flow. I responded to you before I had read your more comprehensive later post. He does sound like a bit of a social moron, but due to his condition, I suppose that can't be helped. But you did mention if he isn't interested, he will attempt to turn things around to be about him. I do believe we all the capacity to turn things around and fight for our own mind. No-one else is going to do it for us. Did he have a f<>ked up childhood, or was he spoiled or something?I don't think either applies to him. He just cannot get out of his own world. He is very much socially backwards. One time this other friend of mine was talking about his day at work. Then, as soon as my friend took a pause, Walter immediately started talking about Bozo, the Clown (kiddie show host from the 60s and 70s) and how the last of Bozo's sidekicks had recently passed away. I mean it was like going from A to Z to the 10th power in an instant. His "segue" was out of nowhere, and, Asperger's or not, it was disruptive and off putting, if not rude. But my point is that he obviously is not able (or maybe doesn't care) to track the conversation. If he's not interested in the topic being discussed, he'll just come right and start talking about, say, the radio frequency spectrum (it's one of his beloved interests). He just has diminished capacity with regards to certain things. But it can be highly annoying, particularly when other people are in the circle. I'm mostly used to it.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 21, 2018 6:47:18 GMT
I don't think either applies to him. He just cannot get out of his own world. He is very much socially backwards. One time this other friend of mine was talking about his day at work. Then, as soon as my friend took a pause, Walter immediately started talking about Bozo, the Clown (kiddie show host from the 60s and 70s) and how the last of Bozo's sidekicks had recently passed away. I mean it was like going from A to Z to the 10th power in an instant. His "segue" was out of nowhere, and, Asperger's or not, it was disruptive and off putting, if not rude. But my point is that he obviously is not able (or maybe doesn't care) to track the conversation. If he's not interested in the topic being discussed, he'll just come right and start talking about, say, the radio frequency spectrum (it's one of his beloved interests). He just has diminished capacity with regards to certain things. But it can be highly annoying, particularly when other people are in the circle. I'm mostly used to it. Is he highly intelligent? He may have thought this guy was being a bozo, so that is why he brought up a clown. I also believe that the radio frequency interest, is also what he picks up in his head as well. We are all transmitters and receivers and some may just get more white noise than others. Yes, he is very intelligent. Super smart. He would like your last comment and would agree with you that he does, in fact, pick up lots and lots of white noise. (He's actually told me that this happens to him quite a bit.) To the extent that, a couple times a year, he has to "defrag" his brain's contents. (Don't ask, because I couldn't explain it in a hundred years.) I suppose he might have made the friend-Bozo association. That's just as willy-nilly an explanation to account for his way of thinking as any I might be able to provide.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 4:01:03 GMT
Wildman says you hate Jews. Wildman has also said he once found a womanβs discarded flat shoe in a parking lot, which he then took home and sniffed whilst masturbating. He then deleted the post out of regret, but not before I managed to read it. I honestly thought you two were the same person. Shows how I don't know anything
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 4:14:20 GMT
It does kind of sound like autism or Asperger's, even. The only thing that would make me think it's not autism is that people with autism or Asperger's is that I don't believe they are aware that they do not make connections with other people. They just do their thing and go on their merry way. I have a friend who has Asperger's and he is the most clueless person I know. He seems to like everybody and everything and would just as soon strike up a conversation with a rattlesnake. I'm not sure if he has been depressed a day in his life. That doesn't sound like the OP. 2 things here. 1. Asperger's is high functioning autism and now both are referred to as just "Autism Spectrum Disorder." 2. I am more than aware and I think so are many people who have Asperger's syndrome. In fact, my awareness of me being so different makes life even harder for me. Though I can't speak for everyone with Asperger's obviously. Your friend actually doesn't even sound like the typical Asperger's personality based on what you have said about him and based on what I know about people with Asperger's. I've known a lot of people with Asperger's and they all seemed like completely different people from each other to me. I couldn't even compare them together so I just find it very interesting. How do you know if someone has it? Typically I would describe them as odd but not always in a bad way.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 22, 2018 10:06:00 GMT
2 things here. 1. Asperger's is high functioning autism and now both are referred to as just "Autism Spectrum Disorder." 2. I am more than aware and I think so are many people who have Asperger's syndrome. In fact, my awareness of me being so different makes life even harder for me. Though I can't speak for everyone with Asperger's obviously. Your friend actually doesn't even sound like the typical Asperger's personality based on what you have said about him and based on what I know about people with Asperger's. I've known a lot of people with Asperger's and they all seemed like completely different people from each other to me. I couldn't even compare them together so I just find it very interesting. How do you know if someone has it? Typically I would describe them as odd but not always in a bad way. How is it that you have known so many people with Asperger's?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 18:04:38 GMT
I've known a lot of people with Asperger's and they all seemed like completely different people from each other to me. I couldn't even compare them together so I just find it very interesting. How do you know if someone has it? Typically I would describe them as odd but not always in a bad way. How is it that you have known so many people with Asperger's? Mental hospitals and treatment centers mostly-.- They may have had other mental disorders combined with it that made them different and more crazy. I knew one in particular that hated me and took everything literally. I one time sat down a chair but I had to move her laptop that was on it and put it on the floor, and when she came over to me I just "oh sorry for just kicking your laptop off the chair" and she got upset because she thought I meant I literally kicked her computer off the chair and she could not get over it even when I told her I didn't mean I actually kicked it literally.. It was even a day later and she still was going on about it and told people I kicked it.β She would always ask weird questions like "do you think I'm insane?" just out of nowhere. I would just laugh at her because of how weird she was but I really just couldn't understand her. I also had a roomate at school that had it and she legit stole my cheese out of the fridge once while I was sitting down by the counter and she sat right in front of me as she was eating it and stared right at me doing it. It was extremely awkward and it was my cheese. :/ I really wanted to be like "why are you eating my cheese?" -.- but it was just so awkward and weird and didn't actually say anything and it just added to the awkwardness. And I'm dating a guy now who has it and his seems the most functioning because I didn't really know he had it until he told me. I only really noticed how he is extremely organized and particular with how he wants stuff to be arranged. He seems to be socially advanced though when it's a formal or business setting and does it better than most people. He knows what to say and how to talk to people better than I can, but I think he sometimes misses out on social cues that I get annoyed at sometimes or gets way too interested in researching something that's really not a big deal to look up within small talk conversation at that given moment. He also constantly asks me what certain every-day-conversation words or commonly used words mean. He knows a lot about his interests and what he does but doesn't have much knowledge outside of it. But he is very romantic and takes advantage of his interest in researching things to surprise me with nice things πβ Like right now I'm on a trip and he put these letters in my suitcase without me knowing it and he made them so I open one a day and sent me roses πβ He always surprises me too with little things like that. Tbh I didn't realize guys like him ever existed.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 22, 2018 18:56:05 GMT
How is it that you have known so many people with Asperger's? Mental hospitals and treatment centers mostly-.- They may have had other mental disorders combined with it that made them different and more crazy. I knew one in particular that hated me and took everything literally. I one time sat down a chair but I had to move her laptop that was on it and put it on the floor, and when she came over to me I just "oh sorry for just kicking your laptop off the chair" and she got upset because she thought I meant I literally kicked her computer off the chair and she could not get over it even when I told her I didn't mean I actually kicked it literally.. It was even a day later and she still was going on about it and told people I kicked it.β She would always ask weird questions like "do you think I'm insane?" just out of nowhere. I would just laugh at her because of how weird she was but I really just couldn't understand her. I also had a roomate at school that had it and she legit stole my cheese out of the fridge once while I was sitting down by the counter and she sat right in front of me as she was eating it and stared right at me doing it. It was extremely awkward and it was my cheese. :/ I really wanted to be like "why are you eating my cheese?" -.- but it was just so awkward and weird and didn't actually say anything and it just added to the awkwardness. And I'm dating a guy now who has it and his seems the most functioning because I didn't really know he had it until he told me. I only really noticed how he is extremely organized and particular with how he wants stuff to be arranged. He seems to be socially advanced though when it's a formal or business setting and does it better than most people. He knows what to say and how to talk to people better than I can, but I think he sometimes misses out on social cues that I get annoyed at sometimes or gets way too interested in researching something that's really not a big deal to look up within small talk conversation at that given moment. He also constantly asks me what certain every-day-conversation words or commonly used words mean. He knows a lot about his interests and what he does but doesn't have much knowledge outside of it. But he is very romantic and takes advantage of his interest in researching things to surprise me with nice things πβ Like right now I'm on a trip and he put these letters in my suitcase without me knowing it and he made them so I open one a day and sent me roses πβ He always surprises me too with little things like that. Tbh I didn't realize guys like him ever existed. He sounds a bit like me, but I am bad with talking to people. i like to listen rather than talk, so i like girls who won't shut up. That cheese story is funny. I could never do that.
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