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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: TV Episodes You Have Just Watched |
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Posted: Yesterday, 2:39 pm
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| Last night we finished watching our way through season 1 of What We Do in the Shadows [2019–2024]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfBbSwX6kEk This TV series is clearly related to the previous movie but with adjustments that justify using different actors. The movie is a mockumentary about some vam... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Carl the Collector, autistic raccoon |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2024, 9:27 pm
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| My bride enjoys it, I think it is OK . I like that he is high-functioning and is actually functioning, just a bit odd. I collected a few things but I don't think I had as many collections as Carl does. My bride laughed when he had a collection of toothbrushes, but I don't have a collection of tooth... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New here |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2024, 9:21 pm
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| Welcome to WP. I hope you find an accepting community here. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Banking |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2024, 5:57 pm
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| I try to keep good records. Things are still puzzling but I might have all of the puzzle pieces to work with. I log all of my financial transactions, even the little ones. How much, where to or from, why, etc. Today two credit card bills showed up so I went through my log to see what I thought shoul... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Wrong Answers Only |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2024, 5:44 pm
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They're in denial. They have the issue and cannot reconcile themselves with the unavoidable result.
Why is Uranus so far from Earth? |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I thought she was interested, but she rejected me |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2024, 5:39 pm
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| Hello, I'm new here. There is this girl that works as a volunteer in a place where they have coffey and other things. I first met this woman three years ago but we didnt speak much. If we did speak it was two or three meanings, nothing more. I was not interestred in her at this time. This year we h... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Wrong Answers Only |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2024, 11:34 pm
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Simple statistics. They have yet to find a human they do not hate.
Why do the hate themselves? |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I thought she was interested, but she rejected me |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2024, 4:48 pm
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| Hello, I'm new here. There is this girl that works as a volunteer in a place where they have coffey and other things. I first met this woman three years ago but we didnt speak much. If we did speak it was two or three meanings, nothing more. I was not interestred in her at this time. This year we h... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: TV Episodes You Have Just Watched |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2024, 4:38 pm
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The camerawork is a bit stark. Just bear with that. And visually it reminds me of Star Trek...but both are "nice" military in spaceships, I guess that constrains things. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: TV Episodes You Have Just Watched |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2024, 2:32 pm
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| Last night we finished watching our way through season 2 of The Orville [2017–2022]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFXqS-GWx8I Like season 1 , it is excellent television and excellent science fiction. Visually, it appears to have been inspired by Star Trek . Storywise, it is better than Star Trek... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: What movies have you seen recently? |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 5:40 pm
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| Last night we watched: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [2024] <=> "You've waited an eternity for this." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFalF88454I Good movie. If you enjoyed the first one I think you'll like this one, too. But, if you are familiar with the films then you know you have to say his ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I'm new here |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 5:11 pm
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Welcome to WP! I hope you like it here.
And, I agree, the diagnosis was enlightening...and good to know. |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: That's a band name |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2024, 4:41 pm
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Discriminatory hiring process? |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2024, 4:02 pm
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| Do they understand you do not have a guardian? It would be a very reasonable policy to require you to bring your guardian if you had one . Might they think you have a guardian and are trying to do something without their knowledge? I recommend asking them: "I was diagnosed as being a High-Funct... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why Are Autistic Children at a Higher Risk of Drowning? |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2024, 1:03 pm
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| Hmmm... Perhaps related... When I was quite young my parents signed me up for Red Cross swimming lessons. I did not have any diagnosis at the time...I wasn't even eligible for a diagnosis until 1994, the year I turned 40 and the year Asperger's Syndrome was added to the DSM . They just thought it wa... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I'm newww |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2024, 12:47 pm
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| Welcome to WP! No matter what diagnosis they give you, you are welcome here. And, remember, the best diagnosis is the correct diagnosis. But I think the assessment process was fun...parts of it were clearly designed for children, the usual patient for an assessment...but that amusing aspect of the p... |
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