I don't pick up social cues well no matter how hard I try to implement changes and do all the reading. I'm poorly calibrated from years of isolation playing MMORPGs. I was kind of the orbiter/ tag along of my social circle, but I realize now they were moreso acquitances than real friends. When I talk to people in social circles they deny even knowing the person next to them then later talk about me behind their backs.

I've made some real friends now and I've achieved bodybuilder status but it doesn't change how poor I am with social cues.

Whenever I'm in public, I get people staring and even people who laugh at me as I walk by them. The last person who did it to me I grew a pair and called him out on his shit. He was shocked, even terrified. I'm a bodybuilder so I demand respect, not people laughing at my Asperger's.

Does anyone know any famous people with Asperger's who I can study and model myself after? How should one with Asperger's use their strengths to become more self aware? Is it possible?

I'm very comfortable with Kino from years of mosh pits that have changed my conditioning but I still suck at conversation.