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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how many other long term NEETs? |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2017, 6:33 pm
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| I'm happy. I've come to accept my limitations, and I enjoy my quiet, solitary existence. What would you change, if you could? my life in general, really. ideally it would be more normal.. like having something of a social life and being more comfortable around people, a gf, a stable income and gain... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Robert De Niro? |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2017, 5:32 pm
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sure, i wouldn't be surprised if he has very mild autism (or asperger's if we still use that term).
i think there are (and have been) more famous autists out there than we realize. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how many other long term NEETs? |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2017, 5:25 pm
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Ashariel wrote: 15 years, due to physical and mental health issues.
wow how does that feel? do you have any hope of getting out in the future? i'm 'just' 6 years in but i feel like i'm stuck here forever now |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how many other long term NEETs? |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2017, 2:36 pm
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| i've almost reached 6 years clocked in as a NEET (not in education, employment, or training). how do other autists do it? i now have health problems but would have remained NEET regardless almost certainly. am i just low-functioning? i've never had any direction in life and i am simply dysfunctional... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else feel sad when plants die? |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 9:56 am
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| I feel sad when plants die. They're part of that green fuzziness called LiFE. but why is life so special? sperm are alive, are you in dismay whenever you ejaculate and genocide all those sperm cells? how about cockroaches and fleas, do they hold sentimental value to you as well? this thread is VERY... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else feel sad when plants die? |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 9:00 am
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| In the way you describe it, yes that would make me feel sad. Anything dying from the callousness and carelessness of others is sad and upsetting. why? nobody answered my question. if i carelessly jack off is that a tragedy of epic proportions then? Some things are hard to explain; perhaps it is was... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else feel sad when plants die? |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 8:01 am
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Jacoby wrote: In the way you describe it, yes that would make me feel sad. Anything dying from the callousness and carelessness of others is sad and upsetting.
why? nobody answered my question. if i carelessly jack off is that a tragedy of epic proportions then? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: animal consciousness |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 7:37 am
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| a pretty good reason to think (at least the majority) of animals aren't conscious comes from anthropic reasoning, which states that if it WAS possible to 'be' anything like a cow, a bat, a chicken etc. then we'd much more likely be one of those many animals instead of humans, which are a minority a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: animal consciousness |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 7:24 am
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| If other people are conscious, I have no reason to believe animals aren't also conscious. People are just animals. Animals have individual personalities just like people do, so if personality implies consciousness, then that applies to animals. The main reason for denying animal consciousness is fo... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: animal consciousness |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 7:01 am
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Replies: 22
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| a pretty good reason to think (at least the majority) of animals aren't conscious comes from anthropic reasoning, which states that if it WAS possible to 'be' anything like a cow, a bat, a chicken etc. then we'd much more likely be one of those many animals instead of humans, which are a minority a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: anyone been to Japan? |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 6:44 am
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| if japan's such a great place for autists and the like then explain the hikikomori epidemic? i think they have strict standards for who you should be and what's expected of you in society. not to mention i hear they are rather xenophobic when it comes to non-japanese. they have a long history of rac... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you enjoy social situations? |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 6:31 am
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of course not, i'm autistic.
seems like almost a joke question lol.. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: would rather have a disorder |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 4:47 am
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| no. it's basically like saying would you rather an NT was born instead of you anyway as we wouldn't truly be 'us' anymore, but just for the sake of myself i'd choose an NT to be born instead of me. What? what don't you get? a huge part of what defines ourselves is our autism, without it i assume ou... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: animal consciousness |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 4:40 am
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| do you think it exists? i don't, at least not for the vast majority of animals. i think they are pure automata a la descartes view, operating on instinct with no self-consciousness, or consciousness of one's consciousness, and no ability to think abstractly and to come up with even the idea of other... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: would rather have a disorder |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 3:54 am
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no.
it's basically like saying would you rather an NT was born instead of you anyway as we wouldn't truly be 'us' anymore, but just for the sake of myself i'd choose an NT to be born instead of me. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else feel sad when plants die? |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2016, 2:00 am
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Replies: 26
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| I feel sad when plants die. They're part of that green fuzziness called LiFE. but why is life so special? sperm are alive, are you in dismay whenever you ejaculate and genocide all those sperm cells? how about cockroaches and fleas, do they hold sentimental value to you as well? this thread is VERY... |
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