Have any of used this website for a while but made no friends here?

[Amethystgirl]

Sure I would love a new avatar Shamar. What pronouns do you go by? Mine are she/her.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

You being a geologist make you interesting to me after all my sister is a geologist/economist. Does not make you a friend, who knows possible friend if we meet in person many others here in similar positions.

 

[Masked Man]

Before you guys (all of you who are worried if you are liked, not just OPs) get to that "no-one likes me"-pit, try to remember that as an autistic people you might have just limited perception.

For example, I couldn't even tell if I have made any friends or enemies. It requires something really in-your-face kind of interaction me to realize that "hey, this person might like/dislike me". I have actually been slapped to the back of my head for being dumb enough to not notice that "she was all over me".

Forum-format creates even less interaction to analyze than real life situations, thus decreasing chances of noticing social signals.

(Hmm... I think this forum needs a reaction "a comforting hug". That heart-symbol does not quite mean same thing to me)

Yes I have said this before - autistics typically mistake a blank face for being angry. A blank face is just that - it's blank. People rarely actually hate anyone - usually it's that they don't know you so they have no opinion of you.

 

[NB79]

Is not like i am dwelling in sadness etc or feeling a lot less by saying i don't make friends, its just what seems to happen. Something doesn't work right. Other people even evil people has more success in this.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

I don't know about friends. There are people on this site that I do have a fondness for. People who buoy me up. I like reading them and commenting. Some I wish were doing better than they are.

 

[lunarious]

You were talking about that forum is not for making friends. But i think it is. Online is same as offline.

I feel better when I get Negative attention here compared by my everyday life, where i'm bored out.

Once I was talking to a Nurse and I told her: "Let it out, you can be angry at me...". Anger is forbidden, but I'd expect 60 olds to fear fights/anger online, because if they say "let it out" online they risk getting beat up by dumb people.

@Amethystgirl

 

[Crossbreed]

@Shamar, she might just be sobering...

 

[Amethystgirl]

Did I say something wrong?

 

[lunarious]

Did I say something wrong?

No. You didn't.

But what is wrong? What is wrong should be clear, like what is right should be clear. There should be people whom should clear up these things.

 

[Crossbreed]

Did I say something wrong?

If you are referring to @Shamar's post, an amethyst gem is purple-colored. (I presume that he was being playful.)
The word amethyst originally meant "sobering." Some believed that the gem would have a sobering effect on a drunk person.

 

[Amethystgirl]

Do you own a dog Crossbreed? Your avatar is cute.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Excellent thread had to read it from the start the follow it.

 

[Crossbreed]

Do you own a dog Crossbreed? Your avatar is cute.

I have no dogs right now.
That is a lowchen, which means "lion dog." It loosely symbolizes the root meanings of my real first & middle names (crowned + loyal).

FYI, "shih tzu" also means "lion dog" but in a different language.

 

[AuAL]

If you are referring to @Shamar's post, an amethyst gem is purple-colored. (I presume that he was being playful.)

For what it’s worth, @Amethystgirl, I had a similar double-take from your avatar colour as @Shamar. That green is more a match for peridot.

 

[Crossbreed]

For what it’s worth, @Amethystgirl, I had a similar double-take from your avatar colour as @Shamar.

I think her avatar was auto-generated by the forum software.

 

[AuAL]

I think her avatar was auto-generated by the forum software.

Whoops! It’s no biggie - probably just sparks a synapse in those of us with special interest in precious/semi-precious gems.