Auties, Aspies, and other CloudCuckooLanders!

Meanwhile, the teachers at my school would repeatedly reprimand me for stuff I didn't do, reprimand me for the absolute smallest of things (I got in trouble once for saying "friggin'". Seriously), randomly invent new rules and pretend that they were always there, and I'm pretty sure actively provoke me in some cases just to get me in trouble.

Yeah, the staff at my school were a bunch of dicks. Word to the wise, aspiring parents, if you love your child, don't send them to any school with a "pointsheet system". No matter how good it looks, I can guarantee you it's a Crapsaccharine World. And you can take that to the bank.

What's a pointsheet system?

Hello everyone, I am back for the night.

Basically they tally you to see if you're being a good little prisoner student and reward you based on your performance. My mother compared it to holding a carrot in front of a horse's face.

Whenever I get to a new school I try to be on the best possible terms with the teachers. It really helps.

I always tried to get on with my teachers. It just made sense to be nice to them, since they had a hard job and were trying to help me. And if a teacher was mean, there was no sense in antagonising them more.

Now that I think of it, my friends did always tend to be younger or older than me. I was on friendly terms with the kids in my class, but there were only a few I'd call "friends". All of my closest friends from school (as in, the ones I am still in regular contact with today) are either a bit younger or several years older than me.

edited 6th Apr '16 6:18:38 PM by Murataku

I was mistaken for a teen today. lol.

Also, I went shopping, by myself, for the first time. Bum bum BUM!

:D That is so vicariously exciting!

It seems to be human nature to want to kiss ass to the people you like socially, and discriminate against those you dislike socially. Which means that popular jocks who bring money into the school get off free for things that other kids get in trouble for.

I've heard stories of autistics at work who propose ideas that are rejected, then have their same ideas stolen by coworkers, and suddenly accepted. And of autistics who get passed over for promotions despite doing great work, as people who work less hard but are more fun to be around get pushed up.

The working world is not a meritocracy.

do really mean that is it it just sarcasm?

I don't do sarcasm.

Join the club.

No sarcasm here!

I'm in an odd position where I use a ton of sarcasm, but I can never understand when other people use it.

I'm snarky, but not sarcastic and I don't really understand it.

There is a significant difference between sarcasm and most forms of deadpan humour.

Sarcasm relies on irony. Most forms of humour rely on the double entendre. Sarcasm works as it uses irony to construct the double entendre.

I do not remember seeing you use sarcasm on this forum.

Because a lot of people on this forum don't understand it, I try to be courteous I don't usually use sarcasm too much online in general, because it's hard to convey without a tone of voice

(My troper page has a touch of sarcasm in it)

edited 7th Apr '16 12:00:45 PM by Cailleach

Oh, I understand sarcasm well enough. Picked that up from my younger sister. Don't use it all that much though.

That's where they problem lies, I do not get irony, thus I can't use sarcasm.

I was able to identify a fair amount of humour on your profile, but none of what I identified counts as sarcasm.

I would like to point out that most people don't know the meaning of the word irony.

Irony is a term only litterally applicable to an audience performer relationship. Where an audience sees a reality and a performer acting contrary to that reality as if they are unaware of it.

By extension, it is applicable to anyone saying an obvious untruth for comedic or rhetoric purposes.

edited 7th Apr '16 12:21:46 PM by war877

irony is using language or literary device that normally signifies the opposite. (My particular favorite subtype is Romantic Irony, a la Lord Byron's Don Juan, which sadly isn't used or understand too much)

edited 7th Apr '16 12:27:21 PM by Cailleach

Melissa, I was trying to summon you to the Trash Heap. I've got a sale on ray guns going on!

Anyone else ever get "the look" from people?

Yes. The Look. No definition needed.

What look?

@Cali I think you would have to modify that sentence to get a 100% consistent definition of irony. Not all usage of language which is opposed to the standard meaning counts as irony, and not all irony uses language.

An additional problem with sarcasm is the word sarcasm usually refers to sardonic uses of irony.

Also, what is the look?