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I read kids' books. Seriously. I have Asperger's, is that an excuse? I'm a nerd.

Okay, but anyway, Grey Griffins is a guilty pleasure of mine. The characters are cartoonishly exaggerated, the situations almost random, and interesting ideas get introduced and later forgotten in the rush to make cool things happen. Yet, it's pretty fun, probably because it takes itself just seriously enough to be fun instead of annoying.

I reviewed it at my list of Amazon reviews here. I haven't gotten into the third yet.

I've also enjoyed a graphic novel called Amulet. It's rather, well, formulaic, and it has a mixture of original ideas and not-so-original ones. But it's also fun. Like Grey Griffins, it feels like it has arbitrary elements in there to make for a diverse "who knows what will happen next" kind of story, but done well enough to be enjoyable.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Denicalis

No you fucking don't. No one does. Complete horse shit. Being a socially awkward prat isn't a disorder. Get out of your house. Interact with people. Asperger's. Please. Fucking internet disorder.

Asperger's is high functioning autism. I didn't speak my first word until I was 3, and was eventually mainstreamed into kindergarten. Yes, I always was socially awkward, and always a little behind the times socially, unable to understand the norms. Does that sound like an internet disorder to you?

It's real, though I'm sure idiots have overused the term "Asperger's" and thrown it around until it lost all meaning, much like how words such as "satire" have lost all meaning due to overuse by people who don't know what it means.

I get out of the house to go on many walks and get into shape, and that's all I care to do outdoors.

Anyway, is this going to turn into a fucking flame war about autism/Asperger's and whether or not it's real? Anyway, I read and sometimes review kids' books, and that's the truth.

EDIT: Okay, I just looked up "Asperger's" on Encyclopedia Dramatica. It looks like the term is somehow a fucking internet fad, which is why apparently many people believe it doesn't exist for real. Apparently I should just say "I was diagnosed autistic as an infant and said my first word at age 3", which at least means something. Well, the condition exists, even if people who don't have it claim to, or if, much like ADHD, it's over-diagnosed. Stupid internet fads and attention whores (and believe me, I do NOT like attention whores), taking something legit and stripping it of its meaning.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Pangalin

Look, regardless of that whole mess it's just tactless to march into a thread with "I HAVE ASPERGER'S". It looks like attention-whoring. Everyone has their own tics, but we don't need to announce them.

Point taken. You're right. I don't like attention whores, and I don't want to be one either. I've seen some especially annoying ones in my time, believe me, and I don't want to join their ranks. Thanks for the hint - I'll take it to heart.

Originally Posted by Pangalin

You don't need to provide an excuse for reading children's books anyway, even if you have one — half the people on this board don't read anything other than Harry Potter unless it's assigned to them.

Lol, probably true about the Harry Potter comment! Although people who read it have an "excuse" as well - the author herself said that Harry Potter was originally intended specifically for adults.

Then again, so was Donkey Kong.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.