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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are an epic fun sponge. You take joy in sucking up all of the happiness and excitement in a room because you want people to know how smart you are. I have a son with autism and he goes to social skills camps so he doesn't grow up to be like you.  [/quote]

What does autism have to do with it? You called op “smart.”[/quote]

I read that as sarcasm -- OP thinks he is really smart, and wants to display that supposed superiority at every possible opportunity.  People like him are exhausting to be around and demoralizing to live with.  Sometimes you share your disagreement, because it's important, and sometimes you keep it to yourself, because it's tangential (the microwave story -- even if SIL is nuts, it's not cool to buy appliances for kids that their parents don't want them to have) or unimportant.  Because constant disagreement and criticism just ships away at affection and respect.   [/quote]

DP but also, plenty of people with autism are very smart, and it's rubbing me the wrong way that PPP seems to be using them as antonyms.  Like fun sponge poster said, it's the social skills that usually need improvement.[/quote]

I don’t care if it rubs you the wrong way. Some people with autism may be smart about something but not in general (hence the old term idiot savant) but it was a strange comparison to make. Autism and “smart” typically ARE antonyms.[/quote]

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