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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: We need EQUITY |
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Posted: Yesterday, 11:15 pm
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| Maybe it's a minor point, but where in the world did you get your definition of the verb "gaslight" from, Fnord? |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Has 'Chat GPT' proven helpful? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:07 pm
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Replies: 22
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| Certainly it's been helpful to me. I haven't bothered downloading apps, I just go here: https://chat.openai.com/ All I've done is to ask it questions and read the answers. That's enough for me so far. I'm quite impressed. The Web itself has revolutionised learning by making access to information so ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's the last weirdest dream you had? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 2:14 pm
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| I love Lord of the Rings too btw, and I think that Orc Lives DO matter! 8) It's a beautiful thought, but I fear Sauron wouldn't have reciprocated the gesture and that the consequences would have been dire for the righteous. But after I'd read The Hobbit to my son, he had a dream in which the evil d... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's the last weirdest dream you had? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:34 pm
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| I love Lord of the Rings too btw, and I think that Orc Lives DO matter! 8) It's a beautiful thought, but I fear Sauron wouldn't have reciprocated the gesture and that the consequences would have been dire for the righteous. But after I'd read The Hobbit to my son, he had a dream in which the evil d... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's the last weirdest dream you had? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 12:28 pm
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| Get Em..! next time...! :mrgreen: :ninja: I'm planning to bellow "That's for the Shire!" :P if I get the chance. Somehow... Am getting the Impression there maybe a " Lord of the Rings" :heart: fan amongst our dreamers.. :D :D Guilty, your honour. It was at least a light special ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Divorce or just acceptance |
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:10 am
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Replies: 3
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| ^ You're welcome. I don't know why I have that reluctance to make small affectionate gestures either. You could be right about it simply being down to the "typical bloke" syndrome, which curiously has been a view of ASD expressed by some folks, though others say it's not a good view. Anywa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For older folks, do you still feel young for your age? |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2024, 5:24 pm
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| I feel kind of 25 but with a few more relatively minor physical aches and pains and a bit less physical stamina. Singing voice still no worse except that I can't scream my head off for hours like I used to, or even just sing my highest notes in a muscular kind of way for more than a few minutes with... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: UK Smoking Ban |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2024, 4:57 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Yeah. Didnt NZ have that clever system in which they raised the minimum age one year every year? Eighteen was legal in year X, But you had to 19 in year X+1, and 20 in year X +2, and so on. So the oldsters already hooked could keep on smoking, but no new young recruits to smoking would be (in theor... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Divorce or just acceptance |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2024, 4:29 pm
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Replies: 3
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| My wife says she loves me but we live like two strangers in a house. Sex is a long-distant memory, intimacy doesn't exist. But we don't fight, we get along, we are friends, we have a comfortable life so why do I feel so lonely? Not really sure what anybody can say I guess I have to put up and shut ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's the last weirdest dream you had? |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2024, 3:15 pm
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| I've been having a lot of dreams lately of traveling back in time to the 80s or the 70s, probably because the present time is so awful and I'm really really afraid of getting older and the BIG M. Last night I dreamed that I traveled back in time to when I was nine years old. and I became nine years... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: UK Smoking Ban |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2024, 3:07 pm
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Replies: 21
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| The thing about banning things is that a) its very quick and b) it's very cheap so if you're a government with a record of not achieving very much and an electorate that's written you off as ineffectual, a few bans (particularly of things that are unpopular anyway) starts to seem like a good idea. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: No one believes my obsessions... |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2024, 12:09 pm
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Replies: 10
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| It seems a very strange thing for somebody to express disbelief in - "I'm really interested in this" - "No you're not." Don't see what they have to gain, except sadistic pleasure. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: UK Smoking Ban |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2024, 12:03 pm
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Replies: 21
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Weren't they set to try it in New Zealand? Don't know the exact reasons why they dropped it.
Health-wise, its impact won't be seen for a very long time.
Hard to know what will happen. It's never been tried before. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Trump's Trial in NY |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2024, 11:42 pm
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Replies: 10
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Awkward and tongue-tied in conversation |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2024, 11:19 pm
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Replies: 8
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| These days I'm more likely to say too much, but there was a time when I'd often go mute if I didn't feel confident about my ability to cope in the presence of the people I'd got landed with. Finding the middle ground has always been the hardest thing, but I'm getting better at that in real time. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Newly diagnosed and struggling |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2024, 11:14 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 209
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| Does the chronology of suspecting ASD, getting diagnosed, and experiencing burnouts support the notion that the knowledge of having ASD is having a debilitating psychological effect on you? Just a thought. I experienced a certain loss of social confidence from finding out I had ASD. It took a while ... |
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