(11-02-2022, 08:32 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Wow, so very much explained by this post. I sincerely apologize for not recognizing your condition. I always thought it was intentional but now I see that you really can't help yourself.

I don't think that's true. I have to work hard to pick up social cues in real life conversation, but with internet forums, text is text.  I read what you read.  
The first problem is I usually don't speak up when I agree with what's already being said.  I usually speak up to disagree.  It doesn't mean I disagree more than I agree, but it does look that way.  The second problem is I identify as conservative just like most of you, which doesn't make sense if you think I disagree with you about everything.  But I don't.  You don't realize how many things I agree with you about.  The third problem is I only rarely make jokes.  I can deliver a good one, but only rarely.   Autism spectrum has nothing to do with the first two problems, only the third.

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