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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Anyone Walk? |
| elf_wizard |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2017, 11:58 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 526
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| Walking's great. Due to my job I don't get as much as I'd like. Probably average around 8k/day. Highest days were over 20k. I don't generally multitask, just walk & see what's around me. I find it benefits physical & mental health. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: are you a parent |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2017, 11:54 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,871
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Being an Aspie in different cultures |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2017, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,628
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| I wonder what it is like to be an Aspie in other cultures, like Middle East or East Asia. What are the main challenges there? What is easier? It would be great to read about it! it is very variable. Autism as an example did not exist in Kuwait until 1991. It was only when Iraq invaded and rich Kuwa... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Any other D&D / TRPG peeps out there? |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2017, 1:18 pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,077
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@Zaarin Cairn sounds awesome.
Speaking of indie games and wuxia, has anyone played this one?
http://danielbayn.com/wushu/
It's pretty rules-light, but they're smart rules and it's all about enabling the crazy. Really, really fun if you have a DM that "gets it". |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Being an Aspie in different cultures |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2017, 3:46 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,628
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AuntieMatter wrote: ... people are more likely to accept your eccentricities if you accept them yourself.
I've never heard that before but I'm glad you said it  & thanks for the rest of your response also. |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Any other D&D / TRPG peeps out there? |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2017, 12:14 pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,077
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Sweetleaf wrote: pretty cool, I really like the zombies.... and yeah here's mine the lighting isn't quite the best either, some of the details are kind of hard to see:
Those look really good & are shot pretty well. How long have you been painting? |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post a random fact about yourself. |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2017, 11:44 am
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Replies: 400
Views: 12,183
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| I'm a closet Buddhist. I don't directly say so for social reasons but I live by the Eightfold Path. A little bigger than I like string cheese sorry if it got too real... :) Here's another one then -> I don't like string cheese, in fact I quit eating dairy all together & went to a plant-based/alm... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Any other D&D / TRPG peeps out there? |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2017, 9:55 pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,077
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| Love D&D (currently playing 5e) & have played a lot of other tabletop pen & paper games, including playtesting with a group of indie game designers that I met from Meetup. Loved me some Warhammer once upon a time too. Did a fair amount of painting and rewrote the 8th ed. fantasy rulebook... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A personal autism reference card |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2017, 2:59 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 817
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| I've been mentally working on a similar thing, something like an "elevator pitch" to explain to people what it means when I say I have an ASD. The only thing I'd put on mine that I haven't seen here yet (forgive me if I've missed it) is * I struggle with quickly shifting my attention, espe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you cope with the feeling you don't belong? |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2017, 11:33 am
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Replies: 56
Views: 1,796
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| tl;dr via finding places to belong & if that's not possible, by accepting it & focusing on things that I can do alone. Also by having a healthy mental "script" about failure/disappointment/lonliness, etc. Lot of sad but true and familiar sentiments here, and it's an evocative topic... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: The Blackcoat's Daughter (February) |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2017, 4:27 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 191
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| Anyone seen this & if so what is your opinion? For anyone that hasn't seen it, it is a supernatural horror flick. I saw it last night and wow... loved it. Lot of long shots, Kubrick-style, and you can really soak in the details and admire the composition of each shot. Also very suspenseful and m... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Anyone watch or have watched Sailor Moon? |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2017, 4:18 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 497
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| I like the first SM a lot, though I haven't seen close to all of it. Crystal... eh. I enjoyed it for a while just because it was new and it's Sailor Moon, but it has a completely different tone and it doesn't have the fun & sometimes zany feel of the original (though I understand it's much more ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Walked 200 miles last week. |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2017, 3:11 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 994
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I'm happy it was less than 500 because that way we got a reference to a reference, which is even more referency than a reference
Seriously though, that's awesome. I love exercising and walking but I typically get < 80k steps/week plus about 4 "hard" workouts. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Being an Aspie in different cultures |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2017, 2:58 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,628
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| It's an interesting topic. I have a small flood of thoughts in response. In my case certain aspects of "Aspiehood" that can be troublesome are diminished by the expectations & behaviors of other people, and others are not. For example, I don't know how the issue of attention shifting w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you wish you had known about living as an adult? |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2017, 2:31 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,286
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| I don't think it's patronizing. There were (are) many things that are painfully obvious to some that I flat-out needed to be told. And for decades, no one explained them, as they may have felt that it would be insulting to do so, even if (because?) I explicitly asked them to do it. I have a habit wh... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: movie rental stores |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2017, 10:54 am
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Replies: 53
Views: 989
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| I used to like them too. Walking around and seeing all the stuff. Heck I even worked at a one. Vivid memories of it, mostly good, though honestly it was kind of a rough gig. Going through & organizing the shelves was great, like when I worked in the library, except the customers were constantly ... |
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