AQ Test, anyone?

[archibaldcrane]

I work with children who HAVE mercury poisoning from vaccinations aside from children with autism.

No, you work with children whose parents got swept up in misguided hysteria and told you that they got mercury poisoning from vaccinations.

I understand how that can be confusing, but you can't get mercury poisoning from thimerosol in the amounts that it used to be used in vaccinations.

Children are vaccinated naturally against literally thousands of ailments just by being outside the womb and being exposed to all sorts of bacteria and viruses that exist everywhere in our natural world. Throwing another dozen dead viruses or protein shells that resemble viruses doesn't complicate their immune systems more than life does.

[Demosthenes11]

i love me some ass burgers

[archibaldcrane]

No, autistics generally don't share the same urge to breed as most people do.

It isn't like we're a bunch of fucking rainman supergeniuses, at best some of us

What is this "we" and "us" shit.

You don't have autism.

You don't know if you have aspergers.

You're fucking annoying, and you look like a tryhard who wants to belong in this post.

[Max™]

Max, repeat after me:

I know you claim to be bad at understanding how normal people think, and let me help you by saying that your self-diagnosed stance on aspergers is fucking annoying. You might not think it's annoying, but normal guy over here is letting you know that it is.

That is more helpful actually, what a trip.

I'd still prefer to have a clinical diagnosis done, yes.

I didn't decide this though, I merely suspected it.


Upon sharing that suspicion with the small group of people who have known me for the last decade or longer, and showing them the criteria, everyone has agreed that it actually makes sense of a lot of shit I do.

Sharing experiences with a community with numerous diagnosed Aspies, who are understandably sick to death of the special and unique butterfly geniuses wandering in wanting validation, all confirmed what I had been thinking. Many asking why I hadn't been diagnosed earlier, offering advice on seeking an adult diagnosis, etc.

I fit there, you see. It isn't just about them understanding me, I understand them, fully, these people are normal to me.


So yeah, it isn't a clinical diagnosis, but if I'm not Aspy, then I don't know what the fuck I might be... I'm not one of you guys, neurotypical is the term often used.

[archibaldcrane]

I'm very happy that you've found a club where you fit in.

[Darus Grey]

Darus Grey really wants to fellate the idea of autistics as geniuses from whom society greatly benefits.

No dude, just no.

Also, you are comically mis-using the idea of natural selection - being autistic (high functioning, genius, or poop-flinger) doesn't increase your chances of procreating.

Didn't realize you conducted a study to determine that fact, oh wait, you're just talking out your ass. Carry on.

[Warudo Ecksu]

No, you work with children whose parents got swept up in misguided hysteria and told you that they got mercury poisoning from vaccinations.

I understand how that can be confusing, but you can't get mercury poisoning from thimerosol in the amounts that it used to be used in vaccinations.

The mother didn't diagnose the child. His doctor did. The vaccines he received after birth caused stroke-like symptoms on his second day of life. Then he was diagnosed. Now he's 7 and unable to talk or piss in a toilet by himself. You know not every child is going to react the same way to vaccines.

[Shiroikage]

Since it's late, I'm not going to give proper sources but you could probably find them if you really wanted from this: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1008131852.htm
There's also a beautiful study that I cannot find for the life of me right now.

The amount of mercury in vaccines is too low to have a causal link. Mercury levels are similar in children developing with autism and children developing normally. Of course, let's just ignore all of the environmental sources of mercury that children are exposed to that nobody is blaming for autism because we're focusing on vaccines. It's no coincidence that the association between autism and vaccines came about because autism tends to be noticed/diagnosed around the time of immunization for measles. This is because the measles vaccine tends to be given around the time where autism shows up, and we're sort of wired to look for patterns.

Jenny McCarthy, obviously a worried parent and you can't fault her for that much, is just part of a terrible trend of celebrities promoting bad, harmful science. Measles is going to do much worse to a child than the vaccine ever would, and now we're seeing more and more measles cases because of people not vaccinating for this terrible reason or religious ones. I don't mean to offend but if you're in the position to give people advice about these sorts of things, it's irresponsible to spread this kind of misinformation, particularly when it can be harmful.

[Demosthenes11]

i thought we already decided you were the second coming of conan with your far superior intelligence, max?

[The Stig]

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Aspergers

[archibaldcrane]

Didn't realize you conducted a study to determine that fact, oh wait, you're just talking out your ass. Carry on.

You are the one engaging in hilarious speculation about autism being "naturally selected".

Hopefully "not knowing what the fuck" isn't naturally selected either, although I do worry...

[Darus Grey]

You are the one engaging in hilarious speculation about autism being "naturally selected".

Hopefully "not knowing what the fuck" isn't naturally selected either, although I do worry...

I speculated...speculation is open ended, "Maybe, maybe not".

You stated your opinion on the matter as a fact, and I laughed at you for it.

Did I miss anything in our debacle?

I agree, it's hilarious to see people like you jump at a chance to insult someone and then trip over your own tongue.

[Warudo Ecksu]

Since it's late, I'm not going to give proper sources but you could probably find them if you really wanted from this: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1008131852.htm
There's also a beautiful study that I cannot find for the life of me right now.

The amount of mercury in vaccines is too low to have a causal link. Mercury levels are similar in children developing with autism and children developing normally. Of course, let's just ignore all of the environmental sources of mercury that children are exposed to that nobody is blaming for autism because we're focusing on vaccines. It's no coincidence that the association between autism and vaccines came about because autism tends to be noticed/diagnosed around the time of immunization for measles. This is because the measles vaccine tends to be given around the time where autism shows up, and we're sort of wired to look for patterns.

Jenny McCarthy, obviously a worried parent and you can't fault her for that much, is just part of a terrible trend of celebrities promoting bad, harmful science. Measles is going to do much worse to a child than the vaccine ever would, and now we're seeing more and more measles cases because of people not vaccinating for this terrible reason or religious ones. I don't mean to offend but if you're in the position to give people advice about these sorts of things, it's irresponsible to spread this kind of misinformation, particularly when it can be harmful.

I'm not in any way telling people to NOT vaccinate their children. I'd never, ever say that. It's the law - you have to vaccinate your children. All I stated was some people believe vaccines and autism are linked. Whether or not they are is, again, a really difficult subject as the government has always denied there was any link whatsoever. I didn't say it DOES cause autism, only that there are studies being conducted to see if the two are linked.

The issue of mercury poisoning is a different subject, and something else I've been a witness to with my work. I think it's interesting to read the comparisons between mercury poisoning and autism. My posts are only misinforming if you misread what I said, or maybe I chose my wording poorly; maybe a combination of the two. Either way, it wasn't my intent to drastically derail Max's LOOK AT ME thread.

[Curzori]

32 here. I'm not so social, but i'm not so interested in numbers either.

[archibaldcrane]

I speculated...speculation is open ended, "Maybe, maybe not".

You stated your opinion on the matter as a fact, and I laughed at you for it.

Did I miss anything in our debacle?

Just that you're wrong, I'm right, and that having autism doesn't enable greater propagation of one's DNA via offspring. I don't know why you would speculate that having a disorder that very specifically disables social skills would help you have children at a rate higher than people without this disorder.

I think that's all you missed.

[MisterBob]

34, lol. It's honestly quite a silly test.

[Faris]

score 14..very silly questions, yet i did it :D

[Lliandra]

11 here...

I really want to get my boss to do it cause I think he really does have Aspergers or a mild form of Autism but no ones told me...His son has Autism also. Is it inherited? Apologies for my ignorance on this.

He seems to struggle with the team we work with, can't really hold a decent conversation and is very fussy about things like food and germs. He also says things to me that are pretty bad :/ Like as a conversation opener: "Kylie, you've been around a bit..." ¬_¬ and then theres the time when we were looking at pictures of the team "I'm sure theres better pictures of you Kylie"

Before I lose my rag and report him for being a twat, should I consider speaking to someone higher up about his potential "condition"? Its pretty odd that no one else has noticed it...or mebs they have and just not told me as i'm pretty new, but thats bad crack if thats the case...

[Kaylia]

Taking the test atm...

When I'm reading a story, I find it difficult to work out the characters' intentions.

What kind of ambiguous question is this? What if I find it difficult because many writers are fucking terrible and never heard the word character development?

I would rather go to the theater than to a museum.

Where is the "go read wikipedia and tvtrope instead" option, because both are on the same level of "i dont want to go". Sure, both offer me an opportunity to study social behavior and try to fit in, but I would rather pass and do something else.

When I was young, I used to enjoy playing games involving pretending with other children.

No...but playing D&D for years make up for it? What am I suposed to answer to question like this.



I ended up scoring 27..but damn...it was a torture to answer everything. I don't understand how anything worthwhile could be found from a set of ambiguous question like this. Introvert, extrovert?...it doesn't take a test to find out what you are. I'm surprised I didn't score higher, but I guess it's because I was trying to average the answer when the question was shitty.

[archibaldcrane]

I really want to get my boss to do it cause I think he really does have Aspergers or a mild form of Autism but no ones told me...His son has Autism also. Is it inherited? Apologies for my ignorance on this.

It has a stronger genetic link than most mental illnesses, but since the "cause" of it is still undetermined it's hard to say.

I'd like to think that anyone who has a child with autism would've taken at least a moment in their lives to look in the mirror though.