I just thought up a kind of fun thing for a GURPS character

I was just thinking about how to model "calm in emergencies, even though freaks out other times." And I got this image of a fun bit for a character. . .
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A note for all my autistic-spectrum, Asperger's, and face-blind type friends:

Just because us neurotypicals are better at this social stuff doesn't actually mean that we're any good at it.

Seriously. I mean, a lot of you folks, having worked on trying to figure out what is socially-appropriate, how to tell what people are feeling, and whether to take some one literally or figuratively, may find yourself in the uncomfortable position of being among a group in which everyone else is NT, and you're actually better than they are at all this stuff.

Just something I was thinking about after seeing various experiences and thoughts that different autistim-spectrum folks on my friends-list were talking about.