Aspergers

[MarillionFan]

Well, if you'd admitted to it earlier, people would have made allowances for you.

Probably the first sign was the time you pissed your pants when confronted by a couple of thirteen year olds

Whip us up a sandwich and make us a cup of tea will you? There's a good fella. And if the service is good, there may be a 10p tip for you, don't spend it all at once or better still why not put it in your Aspergers charity box.

I'm off for the day, but enjoy your greasy spoon.

[doodab]

The point concerning both individuals and the comment around the Lawnmower man pertains to the fact that IRL they have a handicap and in anonymous cyberspace where interaction is more logical / more black and white then that isn't a handicap but appears to be beneficial. On that basis, where these autistic kids become keyboard warriors then it can be argued that they are in full control not someone's stooge and therefore fully responsible for their actions.

Interaction with machines might be more logical but interaction with ones fellow human beings in cyberspace is arguably more complex and open to deception than real life, hence the proliferation of internet scams, fishing emails, fake news stories, urban myths and what not that even otherwise streetwise adults can fall for. Deception is a natural human behavior and the internet makes it easier. Hardly a safe place for those who are unable even to conceive that someone might be deceiving them.

[minestrone]

The GF thinks I have it, apparently I can just zone in and out of conversations which is a common trait, I call that being a man with little appreciation of soft furnishing chat.

[TestMangler]

Whip us up a sandwich and make us a cup of tea will you? There's a good fella. And if the service is good, there may be a 10p tip for you, don't spend it all at once or better still why not put it in your Aspergers charity box.

I'm off for the day, but enjoy your greasy spoon.

If you ever do come in to my 'greasy spoon', please be sure to identify yourself. I'd personally make sure you got some 'Chef's Special Sauce' on your sandwich

It's a shame you've got to go. Does your coke dealer not do deliveries on a Sunday ?

[SueEllen]

The GF thinks I have it, apparently I can just zone in and out of conversations which is a common trait, I call that being a man with little appreciation of soft furnishing chat.

Nah that's normal male behaviour.

Even men that can "appreciate" a soft furnishing chat brains explode when you talk about handbags.

[doodab]

The GF thinks I have it, apparently I can just zone in and out of conversations which is a common trait, I call that being a man with little appreciation of soft furnishing chat.

My girlfriend has something similar, any mention of high tech, tools or machines and she's off with the fairies.

[minestrone]

My girlfriend has something similar, any mention of high tech, tools or machines and she's off with the fairies.

"Why is the internet not working?"

[SueEllen]

Interaction with machines might be more logical but interaction with ones fellow human beings in cyberspace is arguably more complex and open to deception than real life, hence the proliferation of internet scams, fishing emails, fake news stories, urban myths and what not that even otherwise streetwise adults can fall for. Deception is a natural human behavior and the internet makes it easier. Hardly a safe place for those who are unable even to conceive that someone might be deceiving them.

The mitigation in these cases comes with sentencing.

This is how our criminal justice system works any way.

For example if a 22 year old and a 12 year old do the same crime (but not together) our criminal justice system realises that a 12 year old doesn't have the same self-awareness and maturity as the 22 year old so they get treated more leniently.

Even two drug addicts who commit burglary can be treated differently due to slightly different circumstances. For example one can be banged up while another can receive a suspended sentence if they remain clean due to having a young daughter.

BTW I wouldn't admit you had anything like bipolar disorder when you commit a violent crime unless you want to spend an indeterminate length of time in a secure mental hospital.

[minestrone]

Bipolar 2 is the up and coming next "I know I have it, I have read about it on the net" thing everyone is self refering themselves with.

[SueEllen]

Bipolar 2 is the up and coming next "I know I have it, I have read about it on the net" thing everyone is self refering themselves with.

Everyone wants to be like Catherine Zeta Jones or Carrie Fisher.

Feckwits