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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Power |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:05 pm
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Replies: 11
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| ^ I wonder what would happen if everybody had my attitude towards "powerful" people? I don't willingly obey anybody unless I can see good practical grounds for their authority, such as understanding the subject better than anybody else, and having good intentions. I suspect there'd be a lo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it normal for someone on the autism spectrum to be... |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:26 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Using only the two metrics of academic achievement and money, most here would not be shining examples of success. As has been cited even if you look closely at those two areas. Having enough money and being able to communicate with others can be a sufficient success. As Stargazer99 indicated there ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post a blatant lie |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2025, 6:35 pm
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Replies: 19,251
Views: 771,980
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| Britain's economy has done wonderfully since we left the European Union. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: doing nothing |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2025, 6:30 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I get bored if I don't have mental challenges to occupy my mind, and the boredom drives me to find something at least vaguely interesting to do, something that might get me something I'd like. Some of the projects I take on are pretty trivial, like how to shave a couple of minutes off the time it ta... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it normal for someone on the autism spectrum to be... |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2025, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 16
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| It might be the style of teaching that's making you think you suck at understanding academic information. I suspect anybody can understand anything if it's explained clearly enough. I struggled during my high school years but did much better at finding things out for myself in my own sweet way. That... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Power |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2025, 12:00 am
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Replies: 11
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| I think power is to some extent in the minds of those who obey the powerful. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere. |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2025, 8:47 pm
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Replies: 4
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I've always liked that show. I knew that's what the thread was about as soon as I saw the title.
Favourite episodes:
Gunmen Of The Apocalypse
The Inquisitor
Confidence And Paranoia
Demons And Angels |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Winter is almost upon us |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2025, 8:20 pm
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Replies: 185
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| It got down to 9F early in the morning here. That's round about the point where our air-conditioning unit is challenged. Heat pumps are great for efficiency but their weakness is that they can conk out if you try to run them normally in extremely cold weather. Last year the landlord told us to turn ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Tik Tok users going to even further chinese site. |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2025, 8:01 pm
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Replies: 15
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funeralxempire wrote: ToughDiamond wrote: Er......shouldn't this thread be in PPR? News and Current Events seems most appropriate, PPR seems next best.
Dammit, that's spoiled my chance of being able to smugly say, "Everybody comes round to my way of thinking in the end." |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Tik Tok users going to even further chinese site. |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2025, 4:31 pm
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Replies: 15
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| Pointing to "the enemy" is a propaganda technique that governments and other actors often use. I remember Trump saying on one breath that there was no such thing as global warming and that it's China that's causing it. So I'll wait to hear from somebody who can be bothered to make sense be... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Self Worth (YouTube video) |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2025, 3:45 pm
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Replies: 1
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| It took me a while to take that video in. Clearly it was an unscripted ramble, and I found it hard work to figure it out, perhaps because of my general difficulty in taking in the spoken word. Eventually I had to get AI to convert it to text, which made it a bit easier. I was forever wondering where... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: things do not add up sometimes |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025, 6:10 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 280
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| Ah well, if you've got somebody to do it for you, and they're used to the concepts, life gets much easier. I usually try to do everything myself, which may be a grievous fault. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: If most people were autistic, they would be neurotypical. |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025, 4:15 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,057
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| For some reason I don't worry about the numbers. I might be part of a minority group, but I've always felt that the majority is the group that's got it all wrong. It seems my view isn't without support: “I never feel unsafe except for when the majority is on my side.” ― Criss Jami, Healology If Aspi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: things do not add up sometimes |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025, 3:03 pm
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Replies: 5
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| I've never understood how so many other people can stand doing their jobs, how they manage to stay on benefits, fill in their tax returns in the USA, and travel by plane. So far I've always been able to do these things well enough to survive, but it's always felt like very hard work and I've always ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not fully grown up |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025, 2:50 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 344
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| Meltdowns may look like childish tantrums, but the difference is that a tantrum is an attempt to get something, while a meltdown just happens. I was lucky while I was working because it never got quite bad enough to give me a meltdown, though there was a time when I had to take time off because of s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not fully grown up |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2025, 12:40 pm
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Replies: 8
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| You've mentioned a number of different things, so for now I'll just focus on one thing and talk about that in detail - chaotic conversations. I've noticed that neurotypicals do have chaotic conversations. They seem happy with that. I think Aspies just have a thinking style that's more in-depth, and ... |
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