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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should I convert back to Islam? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 11:09 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 443
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| TBH, I think in general if the term is "reconverting" the answer ought to be just no unless there's a real reason to do it. It's one thing to drift away from ones religious beliefs as a kid, but quite another to affirmatively leave the religion. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: The term neurospicy |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 13 May 2025, 4:38 pm
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Replies: 6
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carlos55 wrote: Its a load of rubbish, like trying to turn something sexy or something
The whole point of it is as a response to people claiming that people have it mild.
I do think it's kind of a dumb term and getting less and less meaningful over time. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: We're taking in White Afrikaner refugees now |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 12 May 2025, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 766
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| Not enough of them to get him reelected in 2028! No one I know here is interested in going to Trump's American scream. TBH, if it were anywhere near as bad as Musk is suggesting, I'd expect for there to be far more white South Africans abroad than there are. I encounter them occasionally, but even ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: We're taking in White Afrikaner refugees now |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 12 May 2025, 12:21 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 766
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| But the ANC certainly has failed the people and the people have begun to respond to the ANC's failure to provide a better life for them. They have been between a rock and a hard place hence lately been trying to patch up the cracks by avoiding load shedding among other things, and pretending to be ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Can autism be diagnosed at any age? |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 8:40 pm
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Replies: 4
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| My friend has been diagnosed with ADHD. She thinks she’s also on the autism spectrum but has learned to mask so well that it’s very unlikely she would get a diagnosis now. Is that true? Surely if you are autistic then it can be picked up at any age, even if it presents itself differently. A lot of ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Interracial couples |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 5:59 pm
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Replies: 9
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funeralxempire wrote: Neutral. It's none of my business who other people date.
I've dated people from different backgrounds and would do so again.
It can be a lot of work, but it's also cool the access you get to other views. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Are You A Heathen |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 10 May 2025, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 61
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funeralxempire wrote: I thought Heathens were followers of Germanic paganism.  I don't believe anyone can be the son (or daughter) of any gods, given that gods don't exist.
Probably originally, I don't know that that's how the term is used these days though. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Peace Time |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 10 May 2025, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 8
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| I can recall once in the late 70s hearing it said on the news that there was no major conflict happening anywhere in the world at that time. I suppose that may have been right before the USSR invaded Afghanistan? I think it was a very brief episode of unusual world peace. It hardly ever happens, an... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Smokey Robinson denies claims of sexual assault |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 09 May 2025, 11:23 pm
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Replies: 4
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| He's 85 years old. Not sure how long he'll survive beyond any possibility of prosecution? Its horrible to imagine how much these poor women put up with his assaults - one woman endured it for 12 years. Robinson picked on these women because they were likely undocumented, being paid below minimum wa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you view being a perfectionist. |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 07 May 2025, 2:49 pm
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Replies: 23
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ASPartOfMe wrote: Like with anything it is generally a good thing but too much of it is a bad thing.
Yep, typically performing to what you consider to be 90% of perfect is plenty. If you can't identify both a point where it will be perfect and a viable path to getting there, perfection is too high a standard. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Elon Musk is obsessed with America’s falling birth rate |
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Posted: 06 May 2025, 10:59 pm
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Replies: 15
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| these bloodyminded sorts who insist on shoving square pegs through round holes just don't get the fact that the working class can't afford kids, and the middle class increasingly can't either. I have the bad feeling that if the handmaid's tale crowd takes over in full, orphanages are gonna be a gro... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Elon Musk is obsessed with America’s falling birth rate |
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Posted: 06 May 2025, 10:57 pm
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| ^^^ But he's using IVF which makes me wonder now whether he actually has ever had sex? I think normally, they don't like to do IVF unless there's an actual problem. However, if you've go the cash, there are probably doctors that aren't going to expect that you're trying it the old fashioned way or ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Scientists Debunk themselves into a corner |
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Posted: 06 May 2025, 10:56 pm
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Replies: 96
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| It just seems really stupid to be studying something like the model T and not think at all about the various statistics related to car ownership versus later periods. Or, when comparing the impact that various vehicles have. Do you mean descriptive statistics? sure historians do that all the time. ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: OH YEAH, RFK JR?!? |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 06 May 2025, 2:55 pm
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Replies: 8
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| "Autistic People Will Never Write Poems" Okay. *Thanos Snaps All Of The Useless Poems I've Made For Creative Writing.* Did he actually say this? That's crazy to me! I fail to keep up with much news on him because it irritates me... but are you taking a creative writing course in highschoo... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Scientists Debunk themselves into a corner |
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Posted: 06 May 2025, 9:46 am
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Replies: 96
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| That's not science though. That's what historians do. Part of why science is the sort of mess it is now is that things that either aren't science have been allowed to pretend to be or things like psychology have been allowed to have super low standards. Historians generally don't do statistical ana... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: May the 4th be with you! |
| MatchboxVagabond |
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Posted: 05 May 2025, 4:18 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 553
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| Saw the new tales of the Underworld - cool Andor is hard work. I am not sure I can watch episodes 4, 5 and 6. I've heard Andor is good, it's a shame that so much of the rest of the recent Star Wars stuff has been crap or narrowly targeted at people that obsess over lore. I rather liked Obi Wan Keno... |
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