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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2007-06-11 01:17 pm

Social categorisation for beginners

1.) People who don't grok social cues = Asperger's Syndrome
2.) People who see, yet choose not to acknowledge social cues = Quite possibly Sociopathic
3.) People who only use social "cues" (hints) to communicate = Passive Aggressive

Stolen from the ever-sparkly [livejournal.com profile] autodidactic

[identity profile] pisica.livejournal.com 2007-06-11 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose that's not entirely a parallel situation, but let's say that the electrician starts hinting about his cup of tea - I am quite likely not to pick up on his social cues unless I have already consciously observed or been told that it is accepted behaviour to offer said cuppa.