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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Having Trouble |
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Posted: Yesterday, 3:41 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 189
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| I've got some kind of habitual checking routine for that kind of thing, which mostly works. It often annoys me to fasten buttons, but I have no choice. One of the worst things is when they've made the buttonholes a bit too small and every button takes longer to sort out. I don't know how many times... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Addicted to |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: Yesterday, 3:35 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 260
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| Nicotine. I no longer need tobacco but I can't get off the gum. So that's a lot safer but I resent the high price of gum. It's true that the nicotine gum and lozenges are expensive, and probably unnecessarily, but they are still cheaper than cigarettes. The extra-strong gum is the same price as the... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Addicted to |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:14 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 260
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| Nicotine. I no longer need tobacco but I can't get off the gum. So that's a lot safer but I resent the high price of gum. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Having Trouble |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: Yesterday, 4:36 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 189
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| I've got some kind of habitual checking routine for that kind of thing, which mostly works. It often annoys me to fasten buttons, but I have no choice. One of the worst things is when they've made the buttonholes a bit too small and every button takes longer to sort out. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Spread 'em! |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2024, 11:23 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 217
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| None of the above. I used to eat blackcurrant jam but not very often, so once they started selling it with reduced sugar content, it used to go mouldy over the months. Also I always consider my health before buying anything sweet, so jam soon got the boot. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have comfort objects or places? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2024, 10:56 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 172
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| I don't consciously know of many comfort objects or places, but I think they exist. If videos count as objects, there seems no logical reason why I keep watching TV shows and movies when it's so rare that I enjoy them (they move too fast and have too many characters, and even when I can follow the p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stress Tolerance |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2024, 6:18 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 145
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| Don't know if it's directly down to ASD, but I worry a lot and can't seem to rest until I know how I'm going to dig myself out of whatever the latest hole is that I'm in. I suppose it's an Aspie thing to want to tackle problems immediately and full-on until they're solved, which isn't always the bes... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Taylor Swift endorses Harris after debate |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2024, 5:01 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 359
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Seems odd to me that anybody takes seriously the expressed political opinions of a musician. No worse than anybody else's opinion, but no better either. Still, if it helps to keep Trump and the Republicans out of power, I won't knock it too hard.
Musk's comment is just plain bonkers. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you need people in your life? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2024, 4:20 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 255
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| Yes I've always needed people in my life. It's not just the comforting feeling of having friends, though that's very important. It's also the practical need. Generally speaking humans do better in groups than alone. Mutual protection and assistance. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Anybody here used Anki or similar program? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 6:39 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 123
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| The idea of the program is that it reduces the world of learning to question-and-answer flash cards and reminds you of any given answer just before you're about to forget it, which is supposedly a very efficient way to learn. It's called a "spaced repetition system." https://apps.ankiweb.n... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Trump Finally Admits He Lost 2020 election |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 4:42 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 260
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| I don't see much of a smoking gun there. Technically it looks like an admission but they'll just say he didn't mean it in that way, he just meant he lost in the eyes of the corrupt or gullible, he lost a game against a cheat, or whatever. I don't think the matter will be taken very seriously and wil... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What is y'all comfort food |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2024, 2:29 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 187
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| Anything I enjoy eating. Currently boiled egg on toast with buttery-tasting margarine. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Have You Read Pollyanna? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2024, 6:27 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 260
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| I think they read it to us at school. Glancing now at the plot, it sounds familiar. Interesting that it taps into "positive thinking" as a mood-management thing. I'm not sure that it works very well in real life, except on people who have been seeing things in a jaundiced light. To me, the... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2024, 4:16 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 382
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| Nothing of the kind, if the writer is to be believed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Japanese According to songwriter David Fenton, "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect." Fenton intended the song to be a love song, w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did your ancestors fight in the wars? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2024, 4:00 am
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Replies: 41
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| Dad was in the RAF in WW2. Wouldn't have thought of him as an ancestor though. No information about military stuff further back than that. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Real Reasons Why People Become Atheists |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2024, 4:43 pm
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Replies: 46
Views: 941
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| I think he's describing the different things that nudge people towards or away from religion, and he's right that the religious display of the surrounding people is the strongest predictor we know of. |
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