What it's like to have Asperger's Syndrome (part 4)

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Home2022-02-10 What it's like being an Aspie (4 of 4)
2022-02-10 What it's like being an Aspie (4 of 4)



25 Uncanny Valley.

That is where I suspect every Aspie lives.
Robotics professor Masahiro Mori.
He noticed that people find lifelike robots repulsive
Still, like corpse. Moving, like zombie.

Charles Darwin creeped out by a serpent with human-like face

"I imagine this repulsive aspect originates from the features being placed in positions, with respect to each other, somewhat proportional to the human face; and thus we obtain a scale of hideousness." — Voyage of the Beagle

• At the best, we don't fit. We're oil in water, ukulele in an orchestra.
• Sometimes we're included due to courtesy or empathy,
sense that it's not right
• At the best, others tolerate you with indifference

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26 Don't belong in this world

• Like a ukulele section in an orchestra
You just don't belong
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27 Don't understand greetings and goodbyes

• Most Aspies know to say hello; but the big hugs?
Experience with Mom
• Same with goodbyes
On rare occasions I would find myself walking out or hanging up

28 Don't care for touching and hugs

• Apparently, neurotypical people get a rush of warm emotions
Why are we touching entire bodies. I don't even like to shake
hands.
• To me, it's just awkward and pointless.

29 Conversation is largely pointless; talk is for necessary communication

• Aspies often learn to have conversations because interaction doesn't
come natural or easy
• "Awkward silence"
• Exception is when the Aspie's topic of interest comes up.

30 Fantasize of being stranded on an island

• Robinson Crusoe was a happy Aspie
Fine tuned to eliminate mosquitos, hostile natives, and venomous
snakes

31 Speak a different language

• The word fun in English is not same as Chinese
• What is fun to an Aspie is may not be fun to a neurotypical

32 Certain sounds are annoying

• Crowd talk
• Sound of traffic

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