Maybe you think too much. :S
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Asperger's Disorder is a little similar, but without pervasive linguistic delays. It's characterized by a lack of social reciprocity. So accusing someone of being an Aspie on a forum called "Sociopath World" renders your own position here redundant.
What are your thoughts on reciprocity, if you have any? How much do you reciprocate? I've always thought that people who are nice to everyone will eventually be well liked and succeed.....this was until I saw white liberals get bashed when equivocating to blacks who unjustly harass them http://thedailybanter.com/2014/05/racist-asshole-trolls-toure-course-toure-must-apologize/ as opposed to Donald Trump's fiery rhetoric that lands him victories against SJWs. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/614807981188710401 Arguing with others is fun compared to just being nice to people who are mean to you.
I have personally reciprocated more following my interest in race/politics.
Aspergers is actually characterized by a lack of understanding of social cues, interpretations of others motivations and understanding of how social interactions work. Lack of social reciprocity is only a small portion of it, if it is a symptom in an individual as not all with AS fail to grasp concepts of social reciprocation.
"Cluster B" personalities fully understand social reciprocity and take advantage of it more than most.
In any case, lack of social reciprocity still doesn't warrant a diagnosis of either. Many people, if given the opportunity, will take advantage. At the very least they will do so on occasion.
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What are your thoughts on reciprocity, if you have any?
"Monkey See, Monkey Do". Be one who is prone to sharing and others will feel compelled to share back. Control what you're willing to share and how it appears and others will give you more than you gave out. Through making that which appears valuable not much of a loss to spare, others will refund it as if it were something greater through projecting their own idea of what it must be worth onto it.
Reciprocity is a wonderful compulsion. It paves the way for all sorts of social compliance chains through both pressure and comfort. It's the doorknob for both trust and control.
From the other side of it, it pays to be wary of those who offer you gifts. Those gifts always come at a cost, even if the cost is simply how they'll respond if/when you do nothing back.
OK, no questions?
Asperger's is now lumped in with classic autism under only one group with no subgroups, autism spectrum disorder. There it talks about a deficit in social reciprocity. It can be mild to severe. The old manuals where Asperger's was separate, there was a clause about lacking social or emotional reciprocity (you did not have to meet all criteria so it was kind of optional), but that manual was written for children only, and when Asperger's was only diagnosed in its most severe forms.
As an aspie, I reciprocate on a social level, but mostly socially (verbally). I pretend sometimes to reciprocate emotionally.
According to the new manual, the symptoms are as following:
* Deficits in socialâ€emotional reciprocity; ranging from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back and forth conversation through reduced sharing of interests, emotions, and affect and response to total lack of initiation of social interaction.
Lets compare myself with a friend I have that is not an aspie but autistic. I tend not to follow conventional rules for social communication. I'm not a great initiator. That hardly shows since everyone is a damn chatterbox. I really dislike, IRL, catching someone's attention even if it is to ask a simple question. I usually have no real issues with back and forth speech and timing, but initiating, I do purely off autopilot so that always feels awkward. The back and forth thing of course depend on the situation, this is under sane circumstances, one to one or a small group. When a bigger group chit-chats and never finish a subject or waits for a reply, well it drives me crazy. I reciprocate emotionally much better in situations of humor and laughter, than in one of sensitive emotion. That is simply because I might feel like laughing while I have no interest in having people boohooing all over me. I have learned to manage that though, with an aloof style that actually does not repel. but attracts people who want to "talk". Sigh. I also hate hugging as a mean of social interaction. Talking for talking is rarely my thing, even if it sometimes seems that way. That does not seem SO crazy, does it.
My friend has no issue initiating, she is actually in people's faces. She does not seem to reciprocate emotion at all, because she does not truly understand other people's feelings are real. If focus is not on her, she stays silent and does not know how to enter a conversation. If it is one to one, she cannot take turns, she can only monologue and does not really listen to what the other person says to weave that into what she says next. She more uses people like talk robots. Also she never talks for talking, all initiation is to get her help with things.
I have actually never met an aspie that failed to reciprocate. But I have met many that have done it in an unusual way.