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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Dangerous talents of aspies :-) |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2019, 10:07 pm
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| The person who wrote that article is blaming his drinking and criminal behavior on his AS/ASD instead of on his own stupid decisions. Autism is a developmental disorder , not a form of dementia or insanity. Autism is not a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card. A pity. I have a parking ticket which... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Have you ever been attracted to unattractive individuals? |
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Posted: 28 Sep 2019, 11:09 am
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Replies: 60
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: First time in history!! !! The NT/AS open hotline ! !! !! ! |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 8:39 pm
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| Hello, everyone! I'm a female NT getting married to a very intense, creative AS man in a few weeks. I have a few questions.. 1. Any advice on practicing two-way conversations? On our first date, I sat and listened to him talk for six hours (and he'd only just started learning English!) I said maybe... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Neurotypical Privilege |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2019, 8:32 pm
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Replies: 45
Views: 2,912
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Too jaded to care.
All of human progress is driven by the atypical. Without the aspies all STEM would grind to a halt. If they dont value us well good luck running those nuclear plants. Har har. AQ is 18.9 for NTs and 21.9 for STEM workers. |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Electrical Engineering Fundamentals |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2019, 10:34 pm
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Replies: 13
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| op-amps for everyone. Free ebook |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm more afraid of the left than the right in the US |
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Posted: 27 May 2019, 10:27 am
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| But I am one who likes to eat meat and believes in the positive “old time values.” like when certain people sat on the back of the bus and werent allowed to vote. The past is dead and good riddance, it is full of murder and bigotry. I would rather live in a world where someone urges me to recycle m... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientology and other sects. |
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Posted: 27 May 2019, 10:04 am
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Replies: 22
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I think with Jehovah’s Witnesses it’s more about control, but one of the leaders was secretly filmed recently buying $1,000 worth of alcohol, so...
To be fair who among us can claim to have never done this? [/joke] |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: huggers |
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Posted: 26 May 2019, 11:45 pm
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| begin rant Dont hug me. You are not my partner, you are not a close family member, you are not a great friend who just survived surgery. Did my obvious flinching not show you how much I hate it? I thought you NTs were supposed to be good at reading people. Well read this. I DONT WANT TO BE TOUCHED B... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Tips on Meeting New People? |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2019, 7:22 pm
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Replies: 5
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| offer to teach ESL at the library. I know someone with agrophobia who did that. Worked for them. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Thirteenth grade |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2019, 7:20 pm
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| 4 years was already too long for me. Hated high school. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Question For Those With AUTISM LFA MFA HFA |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2019, 10:32 pm
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I manage alright.
The stuff that only happens once in a while I struggle with. Like getting haircuts, but daily stuff is fine. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Adults- how much hand flapping do you do? |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2019, 10:19 pm
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| none. I have other stims. They havent gone away as I have aged. Saying my mantra works. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are your hypersensitivities and special interests? |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2019, 10:04 pm
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Replies: 33
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certain noises.
It changes a lot, right now carabiners.  |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: I really like P&IDs |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2019, 6:31 pm
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Areas where technology is worsening equality |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2019, 6:24 pm
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Replies: 14
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| For now, I meant talking about technologies that are with us currently or are just near becoming mainstream. Computers aren't really decision making for us yet (at least, not political or social decisions). The book is about the decisions that we are already delegate to computers and how the algori... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Specialization and Interdependence |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2019, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 6
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| the biggest problem with your analogy is that a cell within an organism is a dead end. From selfish gene theory point of view the cell best serves the organism not itself. Case in point: every cell in your body has a suicide gene if it detects that it has gone cancerous. Your cells act more like dro... |
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