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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Now *this* is why I avoid non-compulsory work gatherings. |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 5:30 pm
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| I'd have been mortified if somebody sent me an e-mail like that. Well, it's my best friend at work. She's as odd as I am, in a subtly different way (bipolar) and so she's the only person I trust. It wasn't the nicest email I ever got, but I'd rather know what was up so I could attempt to adapt cert... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Now *this* is why I avoid non-compulsory work gatherings. |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2007, 11:08 pm
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| My workmate gave me the following helpful email today: Just a little “Heads Up” on your potential for aspy-like behavior – It’s probably not a good look to start reading the paper on the table in the middle of the assembled staff while the top boss is giving a speech. :-) *facepalm* You see, I would... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being Suspicious |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2007, 7:14 pm
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Replies: 34
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nomessiah wrote: Quote: It pays to be suspicious. every time i trusted someone they betrayed me. i trust no-one but god now. Well give him time.
Religious people sometimes say "I fear no-one but god". The two statements make an interesting counterbalance. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Need to get life outside of computer. |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 11:33 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,165
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Do something outrageous like joining a radical political group, so your family start begging and pleading you to sit in front of your computer again.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who else is borderline AS/NT? |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 10:51 pm
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Replies: 51
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bobert wrote: Yea, we could call ourselves, half apies.
In honour of one of the most famous "borderline AS" people, we could call it "Numan's Syndrome".  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do/did you get special treatment in school? |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 10:06 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I skipped a grade in primary (elementary in American terms) school and another two in high school. I was in university at 15. It was either that or expell me for continually hitting and abusing people. As far as my behavioural problems went, they kept sending me to shrinks, none of whom had a clue w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who else is borderline AS/NT? |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2007, 9:05 pm
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| Wow. This all sounds extremely familiar. I was extremely smart at school (maths as well as verbal), but I was also disruptive and angry. I would always be getting into fights at home and school. At 13 the school sent a letter home with me saying they were -> <- close to kicking me out. Instead, they... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not diagnosed with Asd but discriminated against for traits |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2007, 11:11 pm
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Replies: 8
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| I live in my own world, and I don't care about others. I'm selfish. Here's one of the refrains: "We're not playdoh!" They use my being different in the way that I'm not as social, as an excuse to say I don't care about others, basically that I don't have empathy. This is to them, makes me "cold", "... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ego dissolution.... |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2007, 7:24 pm
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Replies: 14
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| I'm 33 and just found out about Asperger's. It really was a double-edged sword. On one hand, I was so relieved to finally know why I always felt different and to know that there was a reason, other than "I'm just weird", for how I was. On the other hand, the label "autism" really did a number on ho... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Famous Bands-Overlooked albums |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2007, 2:46 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Oh, that Robert Fripp. Who listens to King Crimson for the lyrics? ;) Richard Palmer-James' lyrics on Larks' Tongues in Aspic are, to my mind, possibly the best rock lyrics ever. But certainly that's not usual. Generally, Sinfield's lyrics make me cringe and Belew's make me roll my eyes. Aradford: ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Famous Bands-Overlooked albums |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2007, 5:29 am
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Replies: 8
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| Oh... wow. Yes, this is the right thread for me. I triple-endorse the nomination of Calling All Stations - some of the stuff on there would have been a classic for the ages if the idiot Collins had sung it. So too with Relayer (Patrick Moraz was critically underused in the Moody Blues), but I would ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "We've got a problem with communication" |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2007, 1:42 am
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Replies: 13
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In two sentences:
People with the normal type of brain use speech and writing to score social points and to "fit in", as well as using it to communicate information and ideas.
This annoys me. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: REBT/Helpful Therapy for Aspergers |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2007, 7:25 pm
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Replies: 3
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"Awfulisation" is indeed a great word - as is "musturbation".
[rest of comment deleted as a snap judgement which I now see was unfair] |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "We've got a problem with communication" |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2007, 6:15 pm
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Replies: 13
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| I don't know if I was reading into what you were saying correctly, so let me know if I'm way off in the direction that I'm going, lol. No, I think your train of thought is running along similar tracks to my own. ;-) I particularly liked this observation of yours: There seems to be this mentality in... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "We've got a problem with communication" |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2007, 5:43 pm
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Replies: 13
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| Humanity has communication problems with the perforated English Language which seems to be dominating the planet. :oops: Even though English is my native language, I must say "perforated" is a great word to describe it. Or, better yet, a Frankenstein's monster, cobbled together from linguistic spar... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "We've got a problem with communication" |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2007, 5:07 pm
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Replies: 13
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| As I've said elsewhere, my experience of people with AS leads me to think that I haven't got that precise condition myself - although I certainly have many things in common with people "on the spectrum", and I am trying to put a name to exactly in what way my brain is different and interesting. One ... |
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