Distrust of quiet individuals

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I haven't encountered this yet, but my prepared script is: *laugh* "don't worry. Since I didn't shoot my ex-husband, I guess the rest of the world is safe [from me.]"

I've had less problems with people trying to pry since I started making it a habit to cheerfully greet my coworkers when I first encounter them each day.

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Aspie score: 142/200 NT score: 64/200
AQ Score: 42
BAP: 109 aloof, 94 rigid and 85 pragmatic

The recent mass killings here in Seattle were perpetrated by a loner. And he may have been autistic, to boot. He did try to make friends but was rejected from a café which he eventually shot up one morning. From all accounts he spent a lot of time by himself. There seems to be a general idea that loners, when left unchecked, concoct dangerous plans which a few actually do see to its horrendous conclusion. Would someone with a bucketload of friends and good social life go on a killing spree? I don't think so.

To wit: (from The Method and Madness of Monsters by Peter Vronsky, pg. 271): One very common factor in the childhood of serial killers is their loneliness and isolation from peers - even in cases where there is little or no maladjustment in parental histories. As children, they rarely fit in with their playmates. Henry Lucas and Albert DeSalvo were obviously isolated from other children outside their family by their living conditions, but the histories of other serial killers are frequently typical of Peter Woodcocks's. By the subtle rules of society they do not fit in - something is already out of kilter in their personalities.

Apparently, people who are quiet are always contemplating how to kill everyone or cause mass destruction... Wow... I wonder if people think this about me because I'm so quiet.