An inspiration to us all

first time: him and his friend were on shrooms. they were arrested for stripping naked, painting themselves like african hunters, and running around residential communities spearing trashcans with handmade spears

Nice, though, are you sure he has autism? It really doesn't sound like it.

yes, but he's on the high functioning end. actually, i'm the only person in my family who doesn't have autism.

Are you sure about that?

Interesting.

that is fucking awesome

It's simple

Not all autistic people are like that, only really a handful. Some might be of average intelligence and some might find it really hard to even string a sentence together. Autism has a large spectrum and sometimes you might not even notice a person's autistic because it'd be a mild case, so it's possible to have a person with autism who's attractive but maybe has some behavioural problems or can even be fine socially.

Doesn't matter whether they're decent looking but neither learning difficulties nor the inability to socially adapt are attractive qualities. Natural Selection simply does not favour people with any form of mental disability. I don't make the rules here.

Very true, but in the society we live in there are people who may be able to sympathise with and possibly be attracted to the person. Natural Selection indeed doesn't favour those with disabilities, but sometimes all it takes is one person.

Pity and sympathy are COMPLETELY separate from sexual attraction. Attraction is that love you genuinely feel inside and not something that's fuelled by your 'guilt' or 'sorrow'. Maybe friendship can sometimes be established from sympathy but with relationships, no one is obliged to date a person just because they 'feel sorry for them'.

My partner is autistic, I find him pretty damn attractive. Sure he is a little strange at times but being awkward does not rule out actually being a good person. Plus the autism frequently does lead to excellence in academia as you say and that can be pretty damn attractive. You also forgot, autism doesn't lead to physical defects so he may be a social retard but he could be the sexiest man in the world and I think most women could get past a little thing like actually being able to communicate, I mean fuck, some find fabio attractive.

*All find Fabio attractive. I mean, look at that flowing hair!

It is a glorious glorious mane, so lush and vibrant, truly an inspiration. Tis the accent that gets me.

Being a nice person alone doesn't guarantee you to get laid or find love. For my situation, I've been called goodlooking and hot by a few girls but not never attractive since I'm a bit socially awkward and quirky myself. If what you're saying is true, please tell me where I can find more 'tolerant' women such as yourself!!!

Sorry, not actually a tolerant woman on the net, just a fag. But considering everything I tried when I was trying to convince myself I was straight... honestly that kinda tolerance doesn't seem to come from women very much. Sorry if that's insulting to anyone but it''s been my experience, quirky seems to make them run and hide. If anyone evidence otherwise please do correct me, I would like to be able to think otherwise.

That's... completely untrue. Asperger's is basically a mild form of autism that's distinct enough to have its own designation. Savantism is as rare in people on the autistic spectrum as genius is for neurotypicals.

I have autism and i have a serious boyfriend. Were getting married next May.
So you could say its the other way around....
Inb4 we dont give a fuck.

that is because a desperate man will take ANYTHING

We all know that anyone girl can get fucked as long as they have a vag. Just take Honey Boo Boo's mum for example.

Have you considered that they're people too and just because you have autism doesn't mean you're unfuckable? I know a few people with autism and they live perfectly normal lives for the most part. I didn't even know my one friend had it until his dad told me several years after meeting him. It's not like they're retarded.

Some people are just good at hiding it (or others are just oblivious to it). No woman wants to breed with a man who has a form of autism and it's unfortunately one of the most stigmatising disorders there is.

Most people never realize i have Autism until i tell them.

He could have had a high functioning form of Autism, people like that can be almost completely normal.

>.> hey there

Sup?

oh, noting much, just browsing FJ

Nice, it's good for you

yup
well, i'll leave you to browsing

Ok, have fun
I love you

love you too

Ladies and gentlemen of FJ, what you just saw was the exact steps to getting a girlfriend/boyfriend. That feel when no gf? Just do what these perfect beings just did.

Am I alpha now?

No, for a true alpha decides when he is alpha, and does not leave that decision for his peers to make.

Ok.

You are just so fresh...

Nah, I just decided that I'm too alpha to talk to you.

Gotta be fresh.

Right in the heart...

>.> hey there

Hey friend.

OP here. actually, i'm the only person in my family without autism. my mom and brother have it, too.

River from To The Moon has autism. Didn't stop that game from being pretty much the most romantic thing ever.

You evaluation is only true for functional autism, which his dad appears to have.

Alot of kids with autism arent taught about sex because their "mind is too immature"...and some women take advantage of this strictly for child support. Disgusting...but it happens, ask my brother in law.

In one of the cases I could think of, since the autist is probably intelligent enough to get a high paying job, the woman learns he makes a lot of money and wants in on it. Just a thought.

My job is pretty shitty.

As a high funtioning autistic I call bs on that. Those social problems distract a great deal (Read: we tend to fuck up more socially, and it causes stress)

Hell if I know. A psychologist told me I was autistic, and I didn't really bother to ask "are you sure?"
I figured he had his shit together.

It's sorta funny that you're shitting on psychologists when you just diagnosed him over two words.

One of my classmates growing up was autistic- very obviously not just socially awkward, at that- and it caused lots of stress for him, the social issues he dealt with. He was also extraordinarily smart, even in a 'gifted' class considered more intelligent. Not just book-smart. Maybe, just MAYBE, its actually a characteristic that frequently comes with high-functioning autism.

i know some autistics, i agree

^this

Trust me, I'm very over myself.
(I'm really just looking for an excuse to use this picture)

Actually, the social problems can cause massive stress, as I've found. It's pretty shit, usually it doesn't get to me, but, most people with Autism excel not at everything in school, but seemingly, they are incredibly good at one specific subject. Theres a guy in England I think who knows a shit ton of languages, he can learn whole languages very quickly, and hes autistic. I excel at history and video games. People with Autism, or maybe it's just me, have a strange way of thinking, I imagine it to be different from others. Whether it be an odd way of doing a math problem or saying things completely nonsensical to most but to the autistic person saying it, it makes perfect sense. I feel like that all the time, no one else knows what I'm saying or trying to say, but I understand perfectly.

Anyway, the social problems have for me caused massive stress in the past but like I said, I tend to ignore it. And these aren't run of the mill social problems, I can't look people in the eye and I constantly fuck up sentences. Also, large amounts of people and noise make me incredibly nervous, because if someone talks to me, I won't know what to say, I never have time to think of what I'm going to say, so I fuck it up. This inability to communicate is a massive weight because I can never get the courage or find the words to ask for help when somethings wrong with me. To most it's a simple "Hey, I need help" but for me, I just can't do it, I fucking suck.

TL;DR, Autistic people often excel at one thing like painting or learning languages, but the social problems aren't a simple thing, they are fucking awful.

spot on, one thing to add:
[People with Autism, or maybe it's just me, have a strange way of thinking]

i always explain that as this: people with autism have a more logical (mathematical) approach to things, "normal" people have a more emotional approach to things
when shit gets unlogical (random noises for example) it gets confusing because your mind cant quite figure out what's going on or what to focus on

and i feel you man, i've painstakingly learned to communicate with people at a decent level but i still don't feel like i can find the perfect words for saying shit half of the time, so much just stays unsaid because of that
thats part of the reason i like the internet and text chat so much: you can take your time to find the right words and edit shit when you think of something better

people with autism are just uncompatible with the rest of the world, it sucks but we're the minority and cant do anything but try to deal with it to the best of our capabilities

it feels *really* weird talking like that btw, "we" and "our" and stuff like that

yup.
yup.
yup.
I was going to add something, but this is the most complete description I've seen in awhile, thumb for you.

Just btw, my thing is math.
^
\ everyone else's face when I try to ad-lib something:

as a person with serious autism... i am currently one of the best in my classes. but it is not because i am distracted by friends or that kind of thing. i do worry about making friends, but i dont have ability to make them. I do worry about summoning the balls to talk to other people, no matter who they are, even if they someone i like.

I did not heed your warning.

In the hopes you shall forgive me, take this thumb.

why do you think they're on this website

I had ASD before it was cool... apparently...

And I have Asperger's but you don't see me telling everyone.

Wait... whoops.

asperger's is on the autism spectrum. (asd is autsism spectrum disorder.)

But it is what first came to my mind when I heard it for the first time.

oh, come on. Haven't you ever been as far as even decided to do go look more like? I've been as far as even decided as anyone can. being ever as far as do more wish than is to never afraid the everything. It's just common sense.

Ow. Just..........ow, man.

I give you this green thumb out of hatred.

I didn't ask for that feel.

Those Thais know how to fucking sell... damn that was good

....that....what was an insurance commercial??

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNmrLEC-T4s

that was good