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Did college just get harder for those with AS?
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Prof_Pretorius
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Isn't it the ones who are able to 'connect' with someone quickly that are a real threat? I'm thinking of Ted Bundy who was able to hoodwink young women into thinking he was crippled and needed their help?
Aren't NT's really the problem???
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, psychopaths are the real danger. Most of them do not directly murder anyone but are responsible for people getting harassed and whatnot. Someone check the numbers 'cause I know there are quite a few. . .

IMO, if someone says anything to me, people are just projecting their guilt on the victim (of ostracism/mobbing) in the form of fear. A common thing in these cases and a sign of immaturity (as opposed to true guilt stemming from honest acknowledgement of faults).


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Come to think of it, I do feel for you AS guys... I suppose maybe a reason I have no problem is that I'm a female, who are just generally looked at as less of a threat anyway. If a guy does something that makes ANYONE uncomfy, then they are immediately seen as a threat, but it doesn't seem to matter how nutty a girl acts...

For instance, my boyfriend was in a computer programming class last semester, and there was a girl who invited him to join some club type of thing. He is very introverted and usually doesn't talk to many of the people in his class at all, so when she invited him, he tried to carry on a conversation with her a few times. There were a few times he tried to talk to her about something that went on in class while they were on the way out, or he'd ask her a question in the parking lot or something since they were both headed out that way anyway.

She up and decided one day that she hates him... can't stand him at all, and he couldn't understand why. Come to find out, it's because he happened to talk to her on the way out of class, and she decided he must be stalking her...

Also found out later that she brings empty containers with her to class, then looks at them (they are spotless) and swears up and down that someone stole the salad that was in it... and she thinks everyone is out to get her in one way or another... yet... HE is the one being seen as a weirdo for trying to socialize with someone who invited him to join a club, lol.

It really is rougher for guys in general, but AS quirks certainly don't help.
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