tim armstrong and asperger

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my father (who has most likely AS but was never diagnosed because he's from a backass village) and i, have both agreed that Tim armstrong, guitarist and vocalist for the punkrock band Rancid, has AS or is at least on the autism spectrum.

1. he has weird untimed movements and weird stances, he holds his guitar really weird as if he isn't really comfortable with his body.
2. he finds it comfortable to hide his face under a hat, most likely because he doesn't wants to look anyone in the eyes.
3. his mannerism of speech, its kind of slurred and sometimes you can't really hear what he says. much like kurt cobain
4. when operation ivy quit he sank into depression and became an alcoholic and was completely unmotivated, i see this with myself too, if i'm out of routine i have no idea what to do and if its really bad i bacome depressed too.
5. now he's in rancid a couple of other bands and runs hellcat records, he clearly enjoys this and puts all his time in it, this is seen with more people with AS/autism who can spend all theyre time in their hobby.

perhaps it's true, perhaps it's not he's still a great guy.

cheers

tim armstrong rules, i enjoy his music alot

hehehe, cool. but do you think he's an aspie too?

i dont think so, he seems to have a lot of friends and knows how to communicate