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 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion   Topic: Trump selling Bibles

 Post subject: Re: Trump selling Bibles
Posted: 40 minutes ago 

Replies: 24
Views: 374


Disturbing man selling a disturbing book at a disturbing price. Not just way too expensive for a mere paper copy (only one version included, very hard to search*), but doesn't everybody know that anybody who sets a price with .99 at the end of it is playing a dishonest trick? It's a mystery to me ho...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Do you think animals have feelings?

Posted: Today, 5:07 pm 

Replies: 19
Views: 223


To me, it makes no sense to say that humans have emotions but all other animals don't. Why would emotions have been invented out of nowhere just for one species? I think emotions are basically the way complex animals decide what to do. Strong point IMO. I've long felt that humans are just another s...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Post something that made you LAUGH today!

Posted: Today, 4:45 pm 

Replies: 739
Views: 112,695


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I don't usually find weak jokes like that funny, but I must be a complicated person because I couldn't stop laughing at that one.

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: What did you do today?

 Post subject: Re: What did you do today?
Posted: Today, 4:30 pm 

Replies: 1
Views: 45


So far, made breakfast, messed about on the Internet, mostly WrongPlanet, and replied to instant messages from Mrs. ToughDiamond who is away helping her autistic daughter to get a medical problem sorted out. If and when I tear myself away from the Web and get some time to myself, I'm planning to cra...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Does anyone else hate being outdoors?

Posted: Today, 4:15 pm 

Replies: 3
Views: 60


Yes I'm familiar with the ridiculously extreme Arkansas summers. I consider it to be madness to be out in it at all. Can't even dodge the heat by going into the shady woods because of ticks and snakes, so it's all about being on baking hot tarmac and concrete, risking skin cancer and cataracts. And ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Why is it that people with autism may be forgetful?

Posted: Today, 3:31 pm 

Replies: 5
Views: 163


Yes I think that people generally have trouble remembering things that bore them, and chores usually pale into insignificance compared to special interests. In my case, if I neglect chores too much then I get scared about descending into squalour, and fear is a strong motivator, so although I often ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: How do you cope when feeling pretty exhausted?

Posted: Today, 2:49 pm 

Replies: 4
Views: 158


Assuming she has no particular power over you, you're free to do as much or as little for her as you see fit. I suspect there's some emotional thing at work here that's making it difficult for you to say no to her demands. I mean nobody likes saying no, but some folks have more of a problem with it ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Ceremony

 Post subject: Re: Ceremony
Posted: Today, 1:49 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 219


It may seem odd to some, but I don't think I've ever been to a funeral that's had much theatrical nonsense going on. They've all been fairly genuine meetings in which the people there just seemed to be appropriately sad about the death of somebody they cared about, though they were never ostentatiou...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Translating sentences from thoughts to words when we speak

Posted: Today, 12:51 am 

Replies: 20
Views: 495


I am always surprised by my inability to come up with words to describe it. I'm often taken by surprise by that too. While the idea is just a thought in my head, it seems like it'd only take a quick sentence or two to communicate it clearly. But when I try, it's another matter entirely. It can also...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Translating sentences from thoughts to words when we speak

Posted: Yesterday, 2:29 pm 

Replies: 20
Views: 495


I've always thought in thoughts more than words. Language can feel limiting, because you can only express a relatively small thought in a given sentence. The brain works so much faster than the tongue that it's impossible to ever truly keep up . I personally agonize over being unclear. I always pic...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Ceremony

 Post subject: Re: Ceremony
Posted: 26 Mar 2024, 10:55 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 219


I didn't go to any exam-passing ceremonies because they didn't do them for the exams I passed in the UK in those days. I attended a ceremony for my girlfriend's passing of a similar exam - a part-time degree in lab tech - because that was a bit later on and they'd started doing them by then. But I o...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Translating sentences from thoughts to words when we speak

Posted: 26 Mar 2024, 9:13 pm 

Replies: 20
Views: 495


I don't seem to think in words. I seem to think in "mentalese," i.e. in wordless ideas. How easy it is for me to put my thoughts into words depends on the subject matter. For everyday ideas I don't have much trouble at all, but with some of my more complicated special interests I have trou...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I don't have a special interest

Posted: 25 Mar 2024, 2:55 am 

Replies: 22
Views: 777


Mine tend to be smaller than the stereotype special interest. They're more like projects - they usually have a completion point where the goal is reached and it's all written up and put away. How long it takes me to compete a project depends on what problems I encounter with it. Although I usually ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I don't have a special interest

Posted: 24 Mar 2024, 10:39 am 

Replies: 22
Views: 777


Mine tend to be smaller than the stereotype special interest. They're more like projects - they usually have a completion point where the goal is reached and it's all written up and put away. How long it takes me to compete a project depends on what problems I encounter with it. Although I usually g...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Loving with a pure heart

Posted: 24 Mar 2024, 10:27 am 

Replies: 8
Views: 383


I guess it depends on the individual Aspie. I tend to love conditionally, though my conditions aren't very harsh. I still care to some extent about the partners I've lost, but I avoid meeting or talking with them, and I try not to think about them.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Sound Sensitivity

 Post subject: Re: Sound Sensitivity
Posted: 24 Mar 2024, 10:17 am 

Replies: 7
Views: 260


Depends where you are. I've got a few speakers around my house connected up to an mp3 player which plays rain and thunder sound effects to drown out incoming noises. It works quite well, but it's not very portable.
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