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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My lack of understanding jokes |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2024, 9:21 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,587
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| I have been known to make jokes in bad taste that insult people. Like a coworker who was divorced from a Japanese woman told us the Japanese translation of some nasty word and I made a joke that the word had something to do with his divorce. Oops, I can read an icy expression however :oops:. One of ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Started my official diagnosis today |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2024, 9:08 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,469
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Mountain Goat wrote: I know when I mentioned about likeing trains, that the two psycologists looked at each other. Think it must be common.
That one of several stereotypical special interests. Other's include dinosaurs, cars, ham radio, computers, software, video games, role-playing-games, furries. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Trump has Mocked Biden's Stutter Twice |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2024, 9:00 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,795
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| Trump should be more tolerant of disability. If his aphasia keeps progressing, he may make history as the first non-speaking president. Why should his supporters be concerned about that, they're not concerned about anything he says or does. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Trump has Mocked Biden's Stutter Twice |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2024, 9:13 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,795
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| Starting early this year, Trump is now mocking Biden's stutter Trump Finds Another Line to Cross Former president Donald Trump, perhaps threatened by President Joe Biden’s well-received State of the Union address, mocked his opponent’s lifelong stutter at a rally in Georgia yesterday. “Wasn’t it—did... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: L.I. county bans trans athletes from competing with girls |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2024, 10:46 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,328
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| The criteria for deciding who competes on a women's team is not a simple question. In any case, there is no reason the Blakeman and the county to be getting involved other than politics. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: getting followed around like you are going to steal somethin |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2024, 9:21 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,892
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| I remember one bad incident when I was a teen. An interaction with a salesman in an consumer electronics store got me upset (I can't remember the specifics but I think he thought I was a shoplifter) and when I hurried out of the store he announced on a PA system for security to watch out for me like... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: EVs are the future; Also EVs: |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2024, 2:02 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Please take a step back before you damn EVs with this story from the EV hating FOX. The problems these people encountered is only applicable to EVs which rely on public charging only, which is a small percentage of EVs. Also, many of these people did not have the knowledge they needed to deal with t... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Since when are sandals only for women? |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 27 Dec 2023, 9:59 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 19,354
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| That is a silly idea. Of course men wear sandals. There are certainly many styles that are marketed only to women and other styles that a marketed to both genders. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Are autistic people expected to like famous autistic people? |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2023, 11:47 pm
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Replies: 22
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| Joking aside...we already had a thread were one person defended Elon Musk (alleged aspie) against a whole mob of WP Musk-haters. I hope I wasn't the one person you are referring to. I reviewed "How Did Elon Musk Succeed" and found several posts that had a nuanced view of Elon. He is what ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: seeing a lot of autistic people lately |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2023, 11:28 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 109,250
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| Glad to hear you are finally getting your assessment. I think you have been waiting since before I joined WP in 2019. Oddly, no one has ever asked me directly if I was autistic. But several have indicated they think I am in indirect way. I would guess they think I would take offense. My brother came... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When did you feel 'seen' by a piece of media? |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2023, 3:28 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,076
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I think I would have to pick traits from multiple characters to describe myself from fictional autistic characters.
Doc Martin: people skills
Harrison (As We See It): Social anxiety, but not the general anxiety.
Sam (Atypical): executive function |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Media opportunity: Seeking sources |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2023, 2:58 pm
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Replies: 11
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| My friend Mona Pereth referred me to this post. I am self-diagnosed, having read about Asperger's in 1978 and have never had any doubt about it since. I too would not like my name used in the article. Yes, I love the outdoors and have found outdoor activities to be very useful in living with ASD. I ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: UK GOV Definitions of Neurodiversity |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2023, 8:11 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,984
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| They are defining neurodivergent very broadly. It seems to be including any neuro issue other than ID. What issues other than ASD and ADHD do we think this definition would include? |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Gender, and Aspergers judgementality |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2023, 8:46 pm
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Replies: 33
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| We still don't know the full story of Ellon Musk, i.e is he diagnosed or self diagnosed. From Chapter 2 of his latest biography: "He was never diagnosed as a child" says his mother, "but he says he has Asperger's syndrome and I'm sure he's right.". I was sure he was ASD after li... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are any of you also great at accidently injuring yourself? |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 25 Nov 2023, 7:22 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 5,777
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| Yes, I have a knack for injuring myself. My bones must be unbreakable though, I have never broken a single bone. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Dark Mode on Macbook Chrome |
| CarlM |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2023, 8:10 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 576
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| Here is are the steps for Chrome website dark mode: How to force dark mode for Chrome web content ⋅ Enter the following address in your URL bar: chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark ⋅ This will bring up a hidden Chrome settings menu and the Force Dark Mode option ⋅ Go to t... |
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