Heard on the CBS news that Elliot Rodgers had Asperger's Syndrome.

[Warpy]

1. I found them restful in a weird way

because I didn't have to keep up the social facade and if I was tired, hungry and cranky, I could let it show on my face. If I wanted them to pick up on how I was feeling, I had to tell them.

However, I did wonder about that when I saw his "farewell" tape. Something about him had to be off-putting over and above his sense of male entitlement and his deep seated hatred of women.

As for functionality, it varies. I knew cutting edge math and science whizzes who couldn't get it together to order a pizza or do the laundromat thing. They didn't need much guidance, but verbal cuing was necessary to help them along.