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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you UNHAPPY today. |
| shortfatbalduglyman |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:33 pm
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| knob broke on the dryer. now i have to waste time, $$ and energy hiring someone to fix it. and have to hang the wet clothes to dry. Good thing it's april and not that cold. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: "can you" |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:31 pm
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Replies: 5
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| "Please" is not a tongue twister and not hard to pronounce, for me. "Can you" is two syllables and "please" is just one syllable. "please" is short for "if you please", which means "if you want". "Can you" sounds like just b/c you... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Safeway security guard |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:09 pm
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Replies: 6
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| My guess is that he was being a tad malicious but backed off when he figured out he might get into trouble for it. Safeway's management crows about its reputation on diversity and inclusion, and wouldn't take kindly to an employee bringing them into disrepute in case they get downgraded by the Huma... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: "can you" |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:39 am
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Replies: 5
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| "precision of language" ("the giver") At my job at home Depot, all customers and associates phrase requests as "can you". "Can you" is not specific enough. "Can you" could mean "do you know how", "will you", "are you allowed ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: "helping people" |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:28 am
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Replies: 10
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Bee
Nobody is perfect
One quality could be a good thing in one situation and a bad thing in a different situation
For example, some job descriptions specify "outgoing", but outgoing is not always a good thing
It is not possible to objectively measure the quality of a character trait |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Safeway security guard |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:58 am
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Replies: 6
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| Bee Not everyone defines and measures "friendliness" the same way Yes, like you said, it is possible he was trying to be "friendly", but I don't think that was a good way to be "friendly" or "engage in conversation ". However I am not telepathic. For all I kno... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Safeway security guard |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 11:01 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Today I had barely walked inside Safeway when some dude in a security guard uniform had the nerve to walk towards me, with an over exaggeration of my walking gait. "You got a pimp walk", he had the nerve to tell me. "The way that I walk is a function of autism", I told him. Then ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What do you like to smell? |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 2:12 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 508
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Particular foods |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 5:50 am
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Replies: 9
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How do you feel about the following foods:
Celery
Broccoli
Natto
Sushi
Licorice
Tempeh
Seitan
Beets
Chocolate
Tofu |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: former aikido "instructor" |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2024, 8:47 pm
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Replies: 0
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| A former aikido "instructor", KF, has had plenty of "volunteers" do work for her. The volunteers have been working for her, for a couple of years, for a couple of hours each week. The work they do: WordPress, bookkeeping, janitorial, teaching, fixing the building. Fair Labor Stan... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you happy today. |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2024, 8:26 pm
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Replies: 32,985
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went to an unfamiliar home depot
not that tired
zero symptoms |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you UNHAPPY today. |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2024, 8:25 pm
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Replies: 31,997
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1:30-4am tried and failed to sleep
got lost on the way to home depot |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: New supervisor |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2024, 8:18 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Aspergers445 for a couple years before home depot hired me in 2020, i was applying to a lot of jobs. some in person interviews, some phone interviews, zero other offers. if/when i get made redundant or quit my job, no other company will hire me. some people are just more receptive to autistics than ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: trying new foods |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:05 pm
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Replies: 5
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| about 3 years ago, tried a new food: la cascada, lentil salad (about $7 for 10 ounces). liked it a lot. about one year ago, tried instant oatmeal. (which is doesn't really count b/c it's so similar to granola, which i used to eat a lot of). today, finally summoned up the energy to go to an internati... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: New supervisor |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2024, 10:12 pm
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Replies: 2
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Today at work I found out I have a new supervisor. Instead of Stephanie, Angela
I like Stephanie a lot more than Angela because Stephanie has never been out of control around me.
But whatever. "Life" goes on and on and on |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Finding out |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2024, 6:07 pm
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Replies: 1
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What are some secrets that someone else found out about you, that you didn't want them to know?
How did they find out?
What are some secrets about someone else that you found out?
How did you find out? |
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