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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How to Be a Kavorka Man |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2017, 8:19 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,057
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| I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts or advice on how to become a Kavorka Man. This is an obscure Seinfeld reference turned trope on TV Tropes and is defined as "this character has a long list of conquests and can bend any woman to his will — even though there's absolutely nothing attrac... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever feel boring? |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2017, 10:09 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,031
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| sometimes, someone uses "interesting" in a judgmental, condescending way. like they are trying hard to avoid saying something negative. but they can't phrase it in a positive way. so they say something that sounds like it's positive, but connotation versus denotation. I've actually lashed... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have any of the classic Aspie special interests? |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2017, 10:06 pm
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Replies: 79
Views: 2,947
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| My interests primarily include classic and alternative rock music, movies, comedy, cartoons, reading, writing, and video games. And that's it. Pretty normal stuff in my opinion but that doesn't stop people from thinking I have "esoteric" interests whenever I talk about them. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever feel boring? |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2017, 6:51 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,031
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| If anyone thinks I'm boring in any way, it's just because of my monotone voice which people have compared to that of Ben Stein and Steven Wright, or that I tend to talk about cartoons and other things they aren't interested in. Otherwise, it's much more likely they'll call me a weirdo than boring. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Getting Flustered and/or Overwhelmed at Work |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2017, 6:43 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 643
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| I have been working in customer service for the past two weeks at a greater capacity than I have ever worked with customers in my life (I had two previous retail jobs but they mostly involved stocking and recovery) and was wondering for AS people who work in customer service, how do you deal with be... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Do others here have an unusual taste in music? |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2017, 5:06 pm
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Replies: 115
Views: 11,547
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| I can't think of any artists I listen to who are any more "unusual" than Captain Beefheart, who a lot of people listen to regardless of neurotype so I'm not special. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How to Be a Kavorka Man |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2017, 12:46 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,057
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| I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts or advice on how to become a Kavorka Man. This is an obscure Seinfeld reference turned trope on TV Tropes and is defined as "this character has a long list of conquests and can bend any woman to his will — even though there's absolutely nothing attract... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Unemployed Again (Naturally) |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2017, 12:25 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,566
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| I don't understand why all of these replies are only coming in now as opposed to a month ago when I actually was unemployed and could have used the help. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Encouraging Scripting? |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2017, 12:38 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,348
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| I'm not saying that echolalia doesn't have its uses, but this particular incident happened at a class that was trying to encourage real communication. I think, to a certain point, that this is autism at its truest. It is hard for us to"get into the moment" and reveal ourselves. This is pr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Encouraging Scripting? |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2017, 10:09 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,348
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naturalplastic wrote: That sounds more like echolochia (however the heck it's spelled).
"Scripting" is just a more informal synonym for "echolalia." I still like it a lot more as a synonym than "parroting" though. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Unemployed Again (Naturally) |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2017, 10:07 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,566
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| If you can focus on self employment. Try selling things on ebay or such, even if it's just a small part time business such as soap making. Also try and get part time work. This can help you last longer in the job, and allow time for you to increase your self employment. Also helps with boredom/burn... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Encouraging Scripting? |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2017, 6:21 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,348
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| Because for instance, I'd be talking about SpongeBob and quote a line like "Can we say that PLANTS from Texas are dumb? Can we say that SHOES from Texas are dumb?" And then for weeks on end, someone else would keep repeating "Can we say that PLANTS from Texas are dumb? Can we say that... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Encouraging Scripting? |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2017, 4:34 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,348
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| Not that I don't have my own issues with scripting that aren't as obvious because for the most part they are mental and not verbal but are often quite painful. See viewtopic.php?t=352364 |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Encouraging Scripting? |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2017, 2:55 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,348
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| I was in a group for autistic adults and the leader got bothered by me because I kept talking about cartoons, movies, and other popular culture with quotes in them that other members started quoting from and scripting as a result. He said that by talking about cartoons all day, I was encouraging scr... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Mental Echolalia and Writer's Block |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2017, 1:43 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 707
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| So in recent years, I've found it much more difficult to write cohesive stories and poems because what I believe to be some form of mental echolalia or intrusive thoughts have intensified so there's this buildup of crap in my brain that at times keeps me from being able to think straight and writing... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone ever been told you look like you're on drugs? |
| JohnnyLurg |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2017, 12:17 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,301
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| I've been told that I act like I'm on drugs, but not that I look like I am. |
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