[Iftheshoefits]

Almost nobody in this industry has "mild forms of Asperger's." That canard is used far too often, and far too often as an excuse for something much more simple: these people are socially indifferent, to be polite. Some of them are merely socially inept, but others (many? most?) are, to be quite vulgar about it, simply assholes.

[serf]

>> Almost nobody in this industry has "mild forms of Asperger's."

but you're wrong.

http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aspergers_pr.htm...

http://blog.codinghorror.com/software-developers-and-asperge...

(not that I put much faith in Gawker..) http://gawker.com/5885196/the-tech-industrys-asperger-proble...

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/111102/full/479025a.html

[applecore]

That's, like, not even the fourth most point of that quote.

[jdimov]

What's wrong with being an asshole? The fact that you can't handle it is your problem, not the asshole's. An asshole is simply someone who won't allow themselves to be swayed by anyone else's ignorant opinions.

[Diamons]

Exactly. That's also one of my biggest gripes with yc - Dont be an asshole. If I want to be an asshole, that's my god given right. I say things how I see them and am under no obligation to sugar coat my words. Sorry the chemicals in your brain are signaling discomfort, but that's your job to suit up not mine.

[acomms]

My brain is signalling that you may be missing the point.