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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: How One Folds Their Hands Query |
| ToughDiamond |
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| If you're interested, there's this: https://udel.edu/~mcdonald/mythhandclasp.html But they don't cover the left-right handedness thing, they're more interested in whether or not it's genetic. With me it's the right thumb and I'm right-handed, and it's a fairly strong unconscious preference. Though I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Want to completely overhaul my "life" |
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| I'm not too sold on the idea of trying to change everything very suddenly. I think it can get very overwhelming. But I know the feeling. I made a lot of changes in a fairly short space of time when I was about 18, and I found it helpful. Really it was a whole shebang of complaints I had about my way... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Wish I was more creative |
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| Yes I think doing it more helps it to get easier. And reading what other good writers have written might be a good source of inspiration. Unlike a lot of so-called inspirational people, with the arts you get to see exactly what they've done in the finished work. You're unlikely to be able to just lo... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
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| Well, some say language is functional, and I understood it. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Songs and anthems for hippies |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:11 pm
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Charismatic Leaders |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:01 pm
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| ^ The notion of Farage having anything like a charisma seems really weird to me, seeing as how he's so hideous to look at, but then I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe I'm confusing charismatic with sexy? I mean what is charismatic exactly anyway? I've read about it on Wikipedia bu... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 4:22 pm
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| Sycamore in winter has a lot going for it too, when the leaves are out of the way and you can see the way the twigs are arranged. They look very witchy and mystical to me. But they weren't quite as good after I'd stopped taking the mushrooms, so maybe it's just me. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Charismatic Leaders |
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Posted: Yesterday, 2:45 pm
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| No, charismatic leaders aren't for me. I'm suspicious of any kind of leaders but I'm even more suspicious of that lot. Anyway when I vote at all (and that's rare), I vote to keep somebody out who I think is even worse. I suppose who the most charismatic one is depends on the people who have been cha... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 2:04 pm
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| A tree with a parachute stuck in it of course. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Things That Are Hard To Do For an Autism Person |
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:12 pm
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| Oh, I had as much obsession with my appearance as any girl, but I had some weird ideas about what people would find attractive - basically if I liked it I thought they would. And I'd get very concerned about the tiniest thing that seemed wrong, and I'd think everybody would notice and they'd never f... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Feeling ridiculous being scared of thunder? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:58 am
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Replies: 9
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| These powerful forces can bring out the superstition in people. I told a joke at work once about how it would be if God was a woman, and I had to cycle home through a thunderstorm soon afterwards. I must confess I felt a bit worried that Big G might have a go at me for my cheek. Luckily for me he mu... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Saints and archangel if you please |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2025, 5:25 pm
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| I like St. Thomas because as a disciple he was very skeptical about the resurrection. I also like the story of St. Christopher and was annoyed when the Catholic church decided to delete him just because the story wasn't likely to be true. I just thought, if you're going to take that attitude then yo... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Who studied Theology |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2025, 5:06 pm
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| I did a bit of theology at school for the Religious Knowledge 'O' level. But a lot of it seemed like pointless, overcomplicated gobbledegook - I think the world could manage very well without the concept of Logos Spermatikos for example. We only covered 2 books - John and one of the others, I forget... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Religion and Comedy |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2025, 4:42 pm
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| Organised religion is notorious for not being able to laugh at itself. I suppose a lot of them are scared it'll undermine church authority. But the Zen people are pretty relaxed about humour and irreverence, and that's one of the reasons I prefer Zen to the usual religions. I read somewhere that the... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Cartoons and Funnies; Apolitical |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2025, 4:20 pm
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Feeling ridiculous being scared of thunder? |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2025, 4:12 pm
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| No I like them as long as I'm safely indoors. My cat isn't scared of them either, but the previous cat used to be so scared that he'd hide in the cupboard. He knew when there was going to be thunder and he'd get in the cupboard before it started. No idea how he knew. The sudden loud thunderclaps mak... |
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