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Are most forumers here a liitle autistic or scizophrenic?

william chanwilliam chan Posts: 1,326
edited 2011-06-15 03:37 in General Discussion
I have his theory that most geniuses carry the autistic or schizophrenic gene, even though they may not be aware of it.

Here's a test. How many of you here :-

1. Have autistic or schizophrenic relatives?
2. Are yourselves a little autistic, schizophrenic or eccentric?
3. Flap both your hands when excited about a prop design?
4. Think about Prop programming while doing other work?
5. Have other people think that you are daydreaming all the time?
6. Cover your ears when encountering a scary PASM code?
7. Live a recluse life? like on a boat?
8. Have delusions about creating a Prop based PC, Notebook, Tablet or PDA?
9. Turns your gaze to somewhere else when people are still talking to you?
10. Does not believe in seeing doctors when sick?
11. Cannot find your way around the city?
12. Hears voices while programming in PASM or SPIN?
13. Does not take baths every day or takes baths without soap?
14. Talk to yourself when trying to figure out a complex problem?
15. Prefer to hack the Propeller than go out on a hot date?
16. Can't hear people calling your name when watching a movie or when engrossed in programming?
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Comments

  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-06-08 17:33
    Guilty on #8. In fact I was in the process of putting what used to be a DVD player back together when I had to put it aside for UPEW, need to get back on that...
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2011-06-08 17:37
    Slightly eccentric perhaps, occasionally yes to #4, and no to the rest. You may have a point though. I've often noticed that those who are brilliant in one area are quite the opposite in almost everything else.
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2011-06-08 18:19
    Well I know at least one forum member who thinks his cat can type (but can't spell well). Edit: The cat can't spell well, not the forum member.

    I think I'd be classified a bit reclusive. But not so much so as to live on a boat. That's just crazy!

    Edit again: I'd say this deserves a "chatter" prefix.
  • John A. ZoidbergJohn A. Zoidberg Posts: 514
    edited 2011-06-08 18:28
    1. I have a friend's sister who is schizophrenic. Unfortunately she had commited suicide due to the extreme depression she had. RIP.
    2. I'm a bit eccentric.
    7. I'm a recluse, but not living in a boat. I'm still doing my stuff and mix around with students and officemates.
    8. Of course. I'm planning to do this some day.
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-06-08 19:10
    I am perfectly normal.

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    And so are my relatives:

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  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2011-06-08 19:15
    That Marilyn's neither Pat Priest (the hot one) nor Pat Olsen Beverly Owen (the other one.)
    So what gives there EA?
    I have trouble reading faces.

    [Gotcha.]
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-06-08 19:15
    A colleague of mine once told me I was eccentric.
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-06-08 19:16
    Leon, your avatar is a cat. You're eccentric.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-06-08 19:39
    Schizophrenic? No way!
  • BrowserBrowser Posts: 84
    edited 2011-06-08 19:40
    Schizophrenic? No way!
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2011-06-08 20:09
    autistic for realz ! By way of aspergers .


    Leon I AM A CAT .

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    Some how Browser looks JUST like Mr Misto from CATS .

    Peter
  • ctwardellctwardell Posts: 1,716
    edited 2011-06-08 20:23
    I'm not schizophrenic.

    Neither am I.

    Who are you? Never mind, maybe we are...

    I do have 4 cats, that might be an issue...

    C.W.
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2011-06-08 20:39
    4. Think about Prop programming while doing other work?
    -- Only while doing yard work, taking a shower, or driving.

    8. Have delusions about creating a Prop based PC, Notebook, Tablet or PDA?
    -- PDA for sure: PropTouch and GameBaby.

    9. Turns your gaze to somewhere else when people are still talking to you?
    -- Only if I'm annoyed.
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2011-06-09 04:01
    I'm guilty of 4,5,7,8,9. I wouldn't say a "reclusive" life, but I sure spend more than a few hours a day at my workbench.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-06-09 04:39
    This is all rather personal. I'm far from being a genius but here goes:

    1. Have autistic or schizophrenic relatives?

    No, but my grandmothers sister was a resident of Britain's highest security mental hospital back in 1936 (seriously). Never did find out what she had been up to but in those days you did not have to be so eccentric to get into hot water. Anyway it's kind of hard to live to:)

    2. Are yourselves a little autistic, schizophrenic or eccentric?

    No, we are not autistic. As for eccentric that's for others to judge.

    3. Flap both your hands when excited about a prop design?

    I never flap anything.

    4. Think about Prop programming while doing other work?

    Oh yes.

    5. Have other people think that you are daydreaming all the time?

    What was that you said?

    6. Cover your ears when encountering a scary PASM code?

    Yes, so that I can hear the voices clearly See answer to 12) :)

    7. Live a recluse life? like on a boat?

    No, far from it.

    8. Have delusions about creating a Prop based PC, Notebook, Tablet or PDA?

    Delusions no. We just did it. A full up CP/M computer capable of running you favorite editors, compilers, word processors etc from the 1980s. See PropAltair, ZiCog and Pullmolls Z80 emulation threads.

    9. Turns your gaze to somewhere else when people are still talking to you?

    Oh, sorry, you are you still here.

    10. Does not believe in seeing doctors when sick?

    Doctors, bleh, worse than lawyers. Not only expensive but ultimately less successful.

    11. Cannot find your way around the city?

    No problem. My phone has GPS:)

    12. Hears voices while programming in PASM or SPIN?

    Sometimes I believe I can here Lonesock or Bill Henning or Kuroneko advising me to look at things from a different angle.

    13. Does not take baths every day or takes baths without soap?

    I'd love to take a bath. No one I know in Helsinki has a bath tub. Mostly only a shower. Mostly homes have a sauna rather than a bath tub.

    Also soap. What happened to good old fashions soap, in hard lumps and medicated enough to sting your eyes? Like we had at school. I hate this fruit salad scented dish washing liquid everyone uses now a days.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-06-09 05:08
    Carbolic soap. Lifebuoy was a toned-down version and is still available here:

    http://www.store.soapcafe.co.uk/

    We can still get Wright's Coal Tar soap (it smells similar) here:

    http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/wrights-coal-tar-soap_1_10932.html

    I used to like it but it doesn't seem to be sold in shops any more. It no longer contains coal tar, which is a pity; it was probably carcinogenic.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-06-09 05:38
    Leon,

    Great, Wright's Coal Tar soap, that's the stuff. I'll be trying to pick some up on my trip to Blighty at the end of the month.

    God knows what we had back in school. Similar smell but came it lumps the size of half a house brick. Industrial strength. That and Izal "skid Smile" toilet paper. That's what turned boys into men in those days. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/minor-british-institutions-izal-toilet-paper-1727294.html
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-06-09 05:47
    A much older friend of mine who went to a top public school has two types of bog paper in his bathroom - the old shiny stuff and modern toilet tissue. I've never asked him which he uses. He told me once that they had to leave all the dormitory windows open at night, and they sometimes woke up with snow on their beds in winter. It was things like that that made the British Empire what it was. He's always been interested in electronics and is more than somewhat eccentric - his wife left him after a couple of years because he was so untidy. He's a millionaire, BTW.
  • Invent-O-DocInvent-O-Doc Posts: 768
    edited 2011-06-09 07:02
    You can get coal tar shampoo for various skin conditions. Trust me on this one, I'm a Doctor

    I like lava soap with the Pumice, and it floats.
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2011-06-09 07:04
    @Peter, That is awesome!
  • Invent-O-DocInvent-O-Doc Posts: 768
    edited 2011-06-09 07:11
    1. Have autistic or schizophrenic relatives? Great-grandmother and cousin schizo

    2. Are yourselves a little autistic, schizophrenic or eccentric? Eccentic, perhaps, but not as much as Leon ;-)

    3. Flap both your hands when excited about a prop design? I do this happy arm shake thing

    4. Think about Prop programming while doing other work? Yes

    5. Have other people think that you are daydreaming all the time? Yes, I have ADHD

    6. Cover your ears when encountering a scary PASM code? Not really

    7. Live a recluse life? like on a boat? No, but would like to

    8. Have delusions about creating a Prop based PC, Notebook, Tablet or PDA? I admit it!

    9. Turns your gaze to somewhere else when people are still talking to you? Sometimes

    10. Does not believe in seeing doctors when sick? YES, AND THIS IS THE SCARY ONE BECAUSE I'M A DOCTOR

    11. Cannot find your way around the city? no
    12. Hears voices while programming in PASM or SPIN? no
    13. Does not take baths every day or takes baths without soap? no
    14. Talk to yourself when trying to figure out a complex problem? yes

    15. Prefer to hack the Propeller than go out on a hot date?

    No, can't you talk about the propeller whilst on the date?
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-06-09 07:43
    #6 is kind of interesting. I don't do that, exactly, but I've never been able to read or do work with music playing in the background, however softly. And when I'm in the car trying to find a new destination, I have to turn the radio off.

    -Phil
  • bomberbomber Posts: 297
    edited 2011-06-09 07:43
    Guilty of #8, #14. Still working on figuring other ones.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2011-06-09 07:45
    Misanthropic and masochistic? Sociopathic and egocentric?

    Or just can't stand not know what really makes some invention work? Oh, that might be someone that is just inquiring and intelligent.

    Neutrogena makes Coal Tar Shampoo. Occasionally, my dog needs it.

    I was adopted by the MD that delivered me, so I have no idea about any blood relatives. But my adopted ones are adequately horrific.
  • william chanwilliam chan Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-06-09 07:50
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    #6 is kind of interesting. I don't do that, exactly, but I've never been able to read or do work with music playing in the background, however softly. And when I'm in the car trying to find a new destination, I have to turn the radio off.
    -Phil

    This means that your brain works well only when all processors work in concert concurrently.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2011-06-09 07:52
    @william chan
    we are beginning to worry about you.
  • RiJoRiRiJoRi Posts: 157
    edited 2011-06-09 07:52
    #12 -- I HAVE heard voices while programming. But then I turned the radio off!

    --Rich
  • lardomlardom Posts: 1,659
    edited 2011-06-09 08:24
    I'm a bit weird which I wear as a badge of honor. I would say a lot of people have no interest in the things I like to think about and I consider some of their interests a distraction. I like hanging around geniuses even though I'm not one myself. This forum makes me think deeply which is right up there with air, water...etc.
  • bomberbomber Posts: 297
    edited 2011-06-09 15:19
    #6 is kind of interesting. I don't do that, exactly, but I've never been able to read or do work with music playing in the background
    This is amazing. I have almost the exact same problem. I am able to do math with the piano playing in the background, but I can't read a book when I have the radio going.
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2011-06-09 17:12
    same with bomber .


    math + BACH .


    and handel for of all things soldeirng and fab ...

    peter
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