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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Greta Thunberg Debate |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2019, 2:30 am
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Replies: 272
Views: 21,711
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| There's billions of dollars in profit at stake, so a lot of money gets spent to defend that, I think. And, there are plenty of people who will say anything if you pay them enough. Apparently, there is a network of opposition working to criticize her. I heard/read that they're radical free market tru... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Andrew Yang 2020 and UBI |
| Apple_in_my_Eye |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2019, 2:39 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,454
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| UBI is an interesting idea and could be great, but I wonder about the practical political realities. Replacing all existing social welfare programs with UBI means only one thing needs to be reduced or cut to reduce or end it all. The current Repub. strategy is to massively cut taxes and then say tha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else hear a humming noise when in bed at night? |
| Apple_in_my_Eye |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019, 8:34 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,483
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| If it sounds like a 60Hz hum, maybe it's a buried electrical transformer. There was a place I lived once where I'd hear a hum at night. I traced it to a spot about 2 blocks away but couldn't see any obvious indications of electrical equipment on the surface, so I don't know for sure. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Why do liberals care more about illegal immigrants? |
| Apple_in_my_Eye |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2019, 6:21 pm
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Replies: 303
Views: 6,399
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| The immigrant-crime meme is BS. Immigrants have lower rates of criminal behavior than native born Americans, which makes sense because they don't want to be deported because they got caught jaywalking. I grew up (and still live) next to 100 acres of commercial apple orchard/vineyard (not mine), and ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why America is the World’s First Poor Rich Country |
| Apple_in_my_Eye |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2018, 8:44 am
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Replies: 63
Views: 3,005
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| IMHO the obscene self-contradictory term " affluent poor " belongs in the trash heap of history. What about “wealthy hand-to-mouth” households? :o "70 million Americans may live in families they describe as “wealthy hand-to-mouth” households". https://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Are most autists unemployed? |
| Apple_in_my_Eye |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2018, 12:59 am
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Replies: 76
Views: 3,584
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| So i will End up homelessness? It's not guaranteed, at all. You have to try and see how working goes. You could get lucky -- I did with my first job. My supervisor left for college classes an hour after I got there, and no one else worked in the mail room. And, I was too low in the pecking order to... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Are most autists unemployed? |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2018, 8:04 pm
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Replies: 76
Views: 3,584
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| So how are you guys not homeless in the us? Some undoubtedly are, and most of them probably don't have internet access to reply. I'm disabled and on benefits for other reasons. Some may be just underemployed. Some might find a niche where they're allowed to be weird because the job doesn't involve ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Treatment resistant individuals |
| Apple_in_my_Eye |
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Posted: 16 Nov 2018, 10:06 pm
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Replies: 53
Views: 1,855
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| One of the most staggering, jaw-dropping observations is when someone with obvious and profound disabilities, such as physical disabilities, plus head injury, plus PTSD from long military service, refuses to apply for medical benefits. I don't understand that at all. Well, receiving gov't benefits ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have You Ever Changed Your Stance on Self-Diagnosis? |
| Apple_in_my_Eye |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 11:21 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,593
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| I've become less inclined over time to see self-diagnosis as a good thing. Why? Because "diagnosis" is an activity engaged in by medical doctors Perhaps then the term "self diagnosis" should be replaced by something like "self identification" or "self recognition&... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why was it so hard for girls to get diagnosed? |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2018, 3:59 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 917
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| The DSM was created to standardize diagnostic criteria because various shrinks in various different places were making up their own. So, maybe that's an indication that there's just a strong natural tendency in the field to make up one's own criteria, and the inconsistency is how people end up not d... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Sayings |
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Posted: 01 Nov 2018, 1:38 am
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Replies: 558
Views: 6,399
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnosis confusion. |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2018, 11:34 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 607
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| I had a cardiologist pull that crap on me about a heart condition, and after pushing him to test me anyway it turned out I was right. So, medical people can be wrong in their snap judgments in a way that is mind-boggling. Shouldn't they be more fact-based and careful in their thinking? I could be wr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I sometimes hate people's attitudes to Asperger's/Autism |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2018, 8:56 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,415
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| An upside to lacking a lot of social instincts is not being obsessed with social status, I think. It seems to me a lot of people are thinking about it (probably unconsciously) in literally every social interaction. They seemingly can't help looking for any and every reason to think themselves superi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why would any Aspie pretend to be NT or non Aspie/Autistic? |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2018, 5:50 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,539
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| I don't understand why any Aspie would hide or"mask" their true self to pretend to be NT or a non AS/ASD person.It seem a lot of Aspies out here are trying to be someone that they're not and will never be.To me,pretending to be NT are doing things like trying social,making small talk,tryi... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Signs of Autumn (Post Them Here) |
| Apple_in_my_Eye |
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Posted: 18 Sep 2018, 6:06 am
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Replies: 264
Views: 8,141
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| The neighbors' vineyards are thick with grapes, and two of the apple trees have broken limbs from being overloaded with fruit (the wonders of pesticides). And big boxes of watermelons in, seemingly, every store. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are You Afraid Of? |
| Apple_in_my_Eye |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2018, 3:26 am
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Replies: 138
Views: 2,984
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| Snails, slugs, and fungi <--fungi are biologically more like animals than plants. Which is wrong. So very wrong. Animals don't grow roots. G*d hates fungi. I also have a recurring nightmare about forgetting to mail some critical document by a deadline, where there are Dire Consequences for failing t... |
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