I scored 31, which is apparently at the high end of "low". Which amuses me, I thought I'd score higher. Maybe I've just been in a sub-set of society1 for so long that my expectations of "normal" are low?
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1Scientists and engineers, and those that would be scientists and engineers.
0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 20)
Seems accurate
Except for HS. He's the outlier.
Very interesting...
Seeing as one day I hope to have a data port wired directly to my spinal column and/or nervous center, I think an extra hole in my head, properly placed, would be quite useful.
That said, yeah, the test isn't terribly useful for us. But it is amusing. And isn't that what counts?
Your score: 25
0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 20)
Seems accurate
The test reflects the perceptions we have of ourselves, not how we actually interact with people.
It could just means that HS as a high opinion of himself.
So does that mean you're all a bunch of mutated swamp rats with low self esteem?
These types of tests are basically completely useless for me since they reduce things to a single score, whereas I'm never that simple. I scored 41, which is average, but I always score average on these things since about half my answers are usually close to the middle-of-the-road and the rest are out on the extreme fringes, which always tends to average out to, well, average...
People have told me I'd make a great serial killer.
Hrm... it seems the tavern is full of anti-social loners who have the empathy of a mutated swamp rat.
You're genuinely surprised?
Surprised? No.
Amused to have it confirmed by science1? Yes.
So does that mean you're all a bunch of mutated swamp rats with low self esteem?
... Hm... I'm gonna go with "no". I don't think anyone would mistake me for someone that has a low sense of self-esteem. The empathy of a mutated swamp rat? Possibly. But to put in playground terms... my Ego can beat up your Ego. And don't even get me started about my Super Ego or Id.
And don't even get me started about my Super Ego or Id.
When I read this, I immediately pictured a drawing of you wearing a cape with a big "E" on your chest...
Hm... no shield on the chest, but it does have me wearing a cape. [link]
On the other hand, I also think it's a silly test.
ok so im bored, so I did it
got a 47 which appreantly is average for... women!!? what the hey!?
Though I think the test fielded some rather odd questions, furthermore anyone with a truly massive ego problem and sense of self worth would score at least that much.
I don't need a test to tell me I hate people. Work with the public for a few years; if you didn't hate people before, you will.
Having worked with people for a good while I'm sure that also damaged my score heh. After a while it's just hard to give a damn anymore.
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I got me a 22. Yippee!
makes sense considering my stance on people: people, i like. people, i dislike
Your score: 15
What a surprise; I hate people.
being a telemarketer who calls car dealers and then tell me how empathetic you are.
Ewwwwwww. Did you developped a drinking problem?
Nope. I already had one.
It's as if the tavern is full of people with Aspergers.
i think it's more like we consist of the jaded outer rim of humanity, then people who have a legitimate disorder.
i mean, we can still feel emotion, we've just learned not to care about the general idiots who make our jobs difficult.
It's as if the tavern is full of people with Aspergers.
Do people with Asperger have trouble getting sarcastic remark and call people names?
Yes.
It's as if the tavern is full of people with Aspergers.
i think it's more like we consist of the jaded outer rim of humanity, then people who have a legitimate disorder.
i mean, we can still feel emotion, we've just learned not to care about the general idiots who make our jobs difficult.
No, I think I'm stiking to the Aspergers diagnosis
It's as if the tavern is full of people with Aspergers.
Do people with Asperger have trouble getting sarcastic remark and call people names?
Yes.
Yeah, I'll go with a bunch of Aspies.
being a telemarketer who calls car dealers
Used car dealers? Cuz if you spent your time harrassing used car dealers, then I consider that a pubkic service and you should get a medal for it.
...don't hate me, I might be able to tell if you do
That scares me.
Imagine what an OTTer gathering would be like. No one would talk to each other.
Then we'd get drunk.
Then we wouldn't care.
wait so Naga, apparently HS, grehn and I are the most sociable?
That scares me.
You know how you're supposed to develop social skills in your teen years and what not? I spent most of that time trying to lock my emotions up in a bottle and hide my feelings and thoughts from the rest of the world for fear they'd beat the snot out of me if I let it slip. And then I worked multiple fastfood jobs, a call center job, and then tech support, before finally become a library worker.
I don't know what excuse the rest of you have.
More like how much are you able to pick up people's feelings and how much will you be affected by their feelings. Empathy.
Which directly translates to how well you can manage yourself and others in social environments.
Which, again Scares Me.
I need to be held.
EE. My excuse such as it is, is spending my entire time as an elementary kid as the subject of being picked on (including being thrown in a dumpster). Then spending the entirety of junior high making sure no one picked on my autistic sister, ditto through high school.
Throw one Nightmare of a relationship, and family troubles into that mix, and then post high school... well ya'll know some of my jobs one of which was doing customer service in an auto parts store. Though that one did more to -help- me than hurt me I think.
I just hate people, and the more I get to know them (humans in general), the more I believe the world would be a better place if humans became extinct. Humans are violent, selfish, destructive, vindictive, uncaring monsters. It's time they made way for a more advanced life form. Like amoebas.
Meh. If you met me and we have common interests, you'll find I am a friendly guy who likes to joke and might say all sort of "inappropriate" stuff because I think you also can handle the stuff.
If we have nothing in common to discuss, well it will be a long night.
I'm pretty much the same. Though I also have great potential to be a terrible person. I usually keep it reigned in now that I'm older but every now and again something slips. It's difficult for me to care and I've kinda put off dealing with a lot of emotional stuff for a long time. But yeah, overall I'm easyish to get along with. And I say a lot of inappropriate stuff - typically for my own amusement. That's really what seems to be paramount to me: my own amusement. But I can do nice things, too. Whatever. I'm what you call an average human being, IMO. It's just that I may be more honest about it than most.
[60 question quiz (61 if you count the male/female question)]
I scored 31, which is apparently at the high end of "low". Which amuses me, I thought I'd score higher. Maybe I've just been in a sub-set of society1 for so long that my expectations of "normal" are low?
________
1Scientists and engineers, and those that would be scientists and engineers.
Hmm, upper end of average.
Wich is higher than I expected given that I can be a real ass....
But the weird thing is, I pick up emotions rather well I think. I have a bunch of female friends that like talking to me and I seem to have a knack for cheering them up when they're feeling down; they see me as a good friend, but sadly none of them seems to want me as more than that
And I'm really bad at broadening my social circle or when there is someone I don't know that shares a friend with me present; I tend to retreat then.
It's as if the tavern is full of people with Aspergers.
Do people with Asperger have trouble getting sarcastic remark and call people names?
Yes.
Yeah, I'll go with a bunch of Aspies.
I gots a 20.
wait so Naga, apparently HS, grehn and I are the most sociable?
That scares me.
You know how you're supposed to develop social skills in your teen years and what not? I spent most of that time trying to lock my emotions up in a bottle and hide my feelings and thoughts from the rest of the world for fear they'd beat the snot out of me if I let it slip. And then I worked multiple fastfood jobs, a call center job, and then tech support, before finally become a library worker.
I don't know what excuse the rest of you have.
I spent alot of time alone as a child, and as a teenager, and now as an adult. People tell me I am mean beacuse I answer questions truthfully instead of lieing while seeming to think nothing of harming me for their own personal goals, and expect me to harm myself for their benifit. Suspicious, agressive stance is best starting point.
Edit: Basically I would say the diffrence between me and your average person is this: I behave selfishly, admit to behaving selfishly, and expect others to behave selfishly. Average people behave selfishly, claim to behave generouslly, and expect others to behave altruistically. Bunch of lunatics.