# I pit Diamonds02 and his honk-happy friend **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 13, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065 "2011-12-13T19:39:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/61 "2012-05-09T06:48:01Z")
God she is a fucking moron. Please people, stop trying to help her. How can I get a commercial fishing license to fish a lake empty and fry all the fish and sell them out of the back of my truck at a flea market??? Does that seem like a non-trolling request to anybody? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/62 "2012-05-09T07:41:43Z")
The awkward moment when the vanity search goes horribly wrong. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/63 "2012-05-09T07:55:52Z")
But BTW I have VIP Meet & Greet tix to a Big Time Rush show…I was outbid for the One Direction tix though: +$5,000? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/64 "2012-05-09T08:46:36Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > But BTW I have VIP Meet & Greet tix to a Big Time Rush show…I was outbid for the One Direction tix though: +$5,000? Seriously? …what? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/65 "2012-05-09T09:46:21Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Seriously…it sounds like all the ideas she has for making money involve more actual physical work and scrambling around for less money than just getting a damn job and doing it. Yes, we’re just coming out of a recession and unemployment is high, but fast food and retail are hiring. It doesn’t pay GREAT but if you are even halfway responsible you’re worth more than gold in those areas and you should never want for work. Yea but with a real job you have to show up on time, not accidentally offend anyone, need charisma to explain away oddness in your education/employment record which is common, and you have to interact socially and have to socialize to even get the job. People with AS can have such poor social skills they REALLY rub people wrong. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/66 "2012-05-09T12:54:19Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > But BTW I have VIP Meet & Greet tix to a Big Time Rush show…I was outbid for the One Direction tix though: +$5,000? Seriously? I don’t understand…Were we not paying enough attention to you? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/67 "2012-05-09T12:56:54Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > But BTW I have VIP Meet & Greet tix to a Big Time Rush show…I was outbid for the One Direction tix though: +$5,000? Seriously? Vogue, for your own good put down the vodka and back away from the computer slowly. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/68 "2012-05-09T13:19:51Z")
To be fair though, someone with Asperger’s Syndrome lacks the physiology to ever understand the discomfort of the person they’re offending. The cost/benefit calculation of telling a joke includes the chance someone will be offended by it for the person finding humour, unless they have Asperger’s. I used to volunteer with someone with Asperger’s and their idea of a joke was “how are your parents” to a woman whose parents he knew had just died recently or “how’s your girlfriend” to me, when I’d been perpetually single at the time. I think quite a few of the snuff style videos appeal to them on that basis, they know they get a rush out of it but can’t place themselves in the position of the person being hit by a car for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/69 "2012-05-09T13:34:38Z")
Yes, but I don’t think she’s ever been definitely been diagnosed with Asperger’s. She says she has OCD here [Why treat mental illnesses that you don’t suffer from?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638307) but I don’t remember seeing anything about Asperger’s or other autism spectrum diagnosis. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/70 "2012-05-09T13:38:37Z")
Note to **Diamonds02** : I commend you for driving sober, but really, you shouldn’t be driving if you’re [so fatigued that you keep getting pulled over](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=651128). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/71 "2012-05-09T13:51:00Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Or possibly roots 😛 That too. 🙂 > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Note to **Diamonds02** : I commend you for driving sober, but really, you shouldn’t be driving if you’re [so fatigued that you keep getting pulled over](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=651128). Driving fatigued is driving impaired. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/72 "2012-05-09T14:02:21Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Driving fatigued is driving impaired. It’s also dangerous. My dad managed to total his car that way a few years ago. He didn’t get pulled over- he woke up on impact with a guard rail. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but I could easily imagine a similar scenario where that wasn’t the case. The NTHSA says [drowsiness or fatigue at the wheel causes at least 100,000 car accidents per year in the US, killing 1500 people and injuring 71,000](http://www.edmunds.com/car-safety/asleep-at-the-wheel.html). ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/73 "2012-05-09T14:15:09Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I don’t understand…Were we not paying enough attention to you? “By the way everyone, I’m still a middle-aged woman obsessed with boy bands!” ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/74 "2012-05-09T14:37:06Z")
> [@Who\_me\_1](#): > > no one is that stupid. Prepare to be frequently disappointed in life. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/75 "2012-05-09T15:11:37Z")
I don’t think she has Asperger’s. I think she was either raised by a wire-mesh mother or is actually an alien sent to gather intel on human life. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/76 "2012-05-09T17:05:43Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > But BTW I have VIP Meet & Greet tix to a Big Time Rush show…I was outbid for the One Direction tix though: +$5,000? Seriously? My 17 year old would envy you SO much. We saw BTR in March at Reliant Stadium in Houston, but we were WAYYYYYY up in the nosebleed section. She still loved it! (OK, I will admit to enjoying the show myself and to having some of their music on my mp3 player!) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/77 "2012-05-09T17:19:22Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > My 17 year old would envy you SO much. We saw BTR in March at Reliant Stadium in Houston, but we were WAYYYYYY up in the nosebleed section. She still loved it! (OK, I will admit to enjoying the show myself and to having some of their music on my mp3 player!) What could this possibly have to do with this thread? (Apologies if a boy band honked at you early this morning) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/78 "2012-05-09T18:05:08Z")
> [@digs](#): > > What could this possibly have to do with this thread? I don’t know, but I’m suddenly overcome by Chanel and Southern Comfort fumes. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/79 "2012-05-09T22:26:42Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Yea but with a real job you have to show up on time, not accidentally offend anyone, need charisma to explain away oddness in your education/employment record which is common, and you have to interact socially and have to socialize to even get the job. God I fucking hate having a job. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/80 "2012-05-10T00:01:49Z")
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