Rate your social skills

Unless you actually interact with someone and can observe them in real life social situations (i.e. not a message board) you can't really gauge their social abilities.

I know I say whacky things on this board at times for attention, but that does not correlate to how I would interact with people in real life.

Greg, here's the crux of the matter. When you asked, "Rate your social skills", I knew what you really meant was: "Rate my social skills."

And that being the case, I would think that being overly focused on oneself is not, she we say, a particularly exemplary social skill.

seattle prattle wrote:

Greg, here's the crux of the matter. When you asked, "Rate your social skills", I knew what you really meant was: "Rate my social skills."

And that being the case, I would think that being overly focused on oneself is not, she we say, a particularly exemplary social skill.

Kind of you are right.. I started the thread to illicit a reaction because I know my rep. on the board is what it is..

I started the thread to entertain myself. I don't see the harm in that.

But at the same time, posters have no idea what it's like to be around me in real life situations, so I know they are incorrect when they say I have awful social skills.

To say that you'd have to actually be around me in person for a while to make that assumption and observe behaviour which would prove this.

And no poster on the board can say this because I don't interact with any of them IRL.

Ok, cool.

I hope you are getting out and getting into some social situations. That is a tremendously healthy thing to do. That's just one of the reasons I like running clubs but there are plenty of alternatives,.

Lett's face it, all the social skills in the world aren't worth sh!t if you don't socialize. (microphone to floor)

Gunndar wrote:

Part of the reason you do not work is you have lousy social skills. It is also part of the reason you do not have a girlfriend. You are capable of working and having a girlfriend but your lousy social skills do limit you. I am not saying you cannot deliver a monologue on YouTube but you are emotionally retarded and you emanate hostility. You also are so self involved that most will be turned off by you.

Dude you are spouting nonsense and trying to get on my nerves.

You talk about hostility yet are saying this nonsense to provoke me.

What kind of person would speak like this? You obviously have low self worth or are projecting onto me.

I've had dozens of jobs in the past and did well at many of them, so your belief I can't work because of social skills sounds ridiculous. It's not as if 1 day my social abilities disappeared and suddenly I couldn't work.

My personal life isn't your business.. Men in their late 30s living on welfare are generally going to have slim pickings anyways.. I could be the most charming guy but that wouldn't mean I'd find the kind of woman I like.

Lack of career and financial stability are largely the reason I am single, as is the fact I don't actively seek dates. Has nothing to do with social abilities.

Also there is nothing wrong with not having a job or being single.

Neither are faults on someone, they are simply circumstances.

I am a bachelor largely because I am introverted, never put myself in social situations and don't have a job. If I had an average or above average income that would drastically change my ability to date.

Greg there is no intention of provocation. When some of us speak the rude truth, you end up blaming the messenger. We are telling you what we observe and you find it rather unpalatable. Who are you going to believe, dozens of people who are saying you have lousy social skills, or yourself who cannot even be remotely objective about yourself. I am. It saying you cannot converse. That is not your problem. But you cannot relate to others because you are so involved with yourself. Everything is about you.

When I typed gibberish it was supposed to say “I am not saying you cannot converse. That is not your problem.”

Gunndar wrote:Who are you going to believe, dozens of people who are saying you have lousy social skills, or yourself

I am not going to take the opinion of random strangers on a message board who've NEVER interacted with me in person for ever a single minute too seriously.

I will use my own opinion where I have interacted with ease for the most part in the social situations I've actually experienced in my lifetime.

Why do you feel your opinion is correct here when you've never interacted with me in real life?

Don't you feel silly making such a broad assumption?

You sure look silly to me.

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There is no rude truth when you are claiming my social skills suck on the basis of never having interacted with me.

It is just bogus talk from you.

You are saying 'I believe this because of what I've read about so and so on Letsrun'

and that's all it amounts to.

If you weren’t so insecure about your social skills you wouldn’t brag about them. It is like Trump saying how smart he is when deep down he knows he is an idiot. Deep down you know your social skills are not good. Maybe you can improve them.

Gunndar wrote:

If you weren’t so insecure about your social skills you wouldn’t brag about them. It is like Trump saying how smart he is when deep down he knows he is an idiot. Deep down you know your social skills are not good. Maybe you can improve them.

I'm not bragging. Maybe your social skills are inferior to mine and that is what bugs you on this thread.

Maybe if you improve your social skills you won't argue with me?

After all the thread asks the question to evaluate your social skills.

You didn't give any answer, which leads me to believe you are not very secure in your abilities social wise.

I rate my social skills highly and I vouch for myself in those regards.

Greg wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

1) Who said I take this board too seriously?

2) No, your social skills are not "fine". It's ok, brother...you have a valid reason why they aren't, but they aren't.

Yes they are, I know how I conduct myself in real life social situations.

You arguing about someone you do not know in real life is telling of less than stellar social abilities.

Like I said, this is the biggest trolling thread you have ever created, and that's saying something.

Sure, Greg, you are the only person with autism who has excellent social skills. Diminished social skills and difficulty understanding tone are things that are key to people with autism. I do not need to know you in "real life". I see how you interact with people here. I have seen your angry and defensive YouTube videos. You are quickly triggered and defensive and you go to projection almost immediately when someone disagrees with you. None of that shows excellent social skills.

I'll not comment to you again on your social skills (not in this thread), but dude, they are not excellent. They are not "fine". Below average is what they are...and again, that is understandable and ok. I do not judge you for it...but I WILL tell you the truth.

Gunndar wrote:

If you weren’t so insecure about your social skills you wouldn’t brag about them. It is like Trump saying how smart he is when deep down he knows he is an idiot. Deep down you know your social skills are not good. Maybe you can improve them.

1) You are correct about Greg.

2) You are incorrect about Trump. Trump is delusional and actually believes he is a smart person.

My are good situationally. Depends on the situation. The liquor helps.

Flagpole wrote:

Sure, Greg, you are the only person with autism who has excellent social skills. Diminished social skills and difficulty understanding tone are things that are key to people with autism. I do not need to know you in "real life". I see how you interact with people here. I have seen your angry and defensive YouTube videos. You are quickly triggered and defensive and you go to projection almost immediately when someone disagrees with you. None of that shows excellent social skills.

I'll not comment to you again on your social skills (not in this thread), but dude, they are not excellent. They are not "fine". Below average is what they are...and again, that is understandable and ok. I do not judge you for it...but I WILL tell you the truth.

Flagpole, I could be at a party, the same party as you and interact with the same people you do.

I could do so with ease and the people might say that I have superior social skills over you.

You would have no way of knowing how you would handle the situation nor do you have any idea how I would.

All you are doing is saying I have bad social skills based on Letsrun,. That's all.

Get over yourself.

You have no idea how I'd act in a real life situation and it's quite possible I would get along in many social situations better than you would.

Flagpole wrote:

1) You are correct about Greg.

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No he isn't, he just gave an opinion as you did.

Your opinion is only correct indoor mind, your opinion isn't fact.