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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Why Are TV Adverts Getting So Stupid? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:59 pm
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| Scratching cars is wrong, be it a beat up old rust heap or a luxury new car. If it was an accident then one has an excuse but one still needs to try and put it right. But if it was done on purpose no one has an excuse! Most new cars today in the UK are leased as big companies offer bigger discounts... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Why Are TV Adverts Getting So Stupid? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:16 pm
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| I have a theory as to the connection between affluence and conformism, and the mentality in the US began after WWII when Europe was struggling to recover from devastation while the US economy was booming. If your neighbor has an iPhone or a MacBook Pro, then you have to have one too. Nobody will ad... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: sensory friendly soaps |
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:40 pm
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Replies: 5
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| I prefer bar soap for two reasons. First is it is easier to regulate on ones hands. Liquid soap can easily come out with too much soap. Second thing is soap smells can cause me shutdowns. Third is my skin is sensitive (And my brother) to perfumes put in soaps. Fourth is that some popular makes of l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: sensory friendly soaps |
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Posted: Yesterday, 11:41 am
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| Done. I had to lie for the question "What do you dislike about bar soap" because none of the response options applied to me, but I wasn't allowed to move on till I'd checked one. What I really dislike about bar soap is that eventually it dries out, cracks, and makes a mess. Also it doesn't... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Why Are TV Adverts Getting So Stupid? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:08 am
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| I could go on about Apple ads for a long time. One annoying thing about them is that the people in the ads are shown as hipsters, which I take to mean that they think most people see themselves as hipsters, which is discouraging if true, considering how much product they seem to move with those ads... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hospital waiting rooms |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2023, 8:41 pm
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Replies: 3
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| It might be worth asking them if they'll text you. I'm sure I've heard that some hospitals do that. I also hate having to sit around for ages waiting to be called at random. I can't stand waiting if I've nothing to occupy my mind, but if I occupy my mind, I fear I'll miss the call and get sent to th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Getting over emotional pain |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2023, 8:04 pm
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| Strangely, I seem to bounce back quite well, at least superficially, once the source of the pain has been removed. But I'm not so sure I get over things well at a deeper level. Recently a cat I loved died. I was heartbroken while he was dying and when he died, but seemed OK again after a day or so. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: No desire to travel |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2023, 6:10 pm
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Replies: 13
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| I don't much like the actual travelling. I'm always a bag of nerves when I have to fly between the UK and the USA. Might not be quite so bad if I didn't have to connect between a transatlantic flight and the domestic flight, and the journey from Leicester to Heathrow always worries me. They always g... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Government subsidized housing |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2023, 5:39 pm
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Replies: 7
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| My partner was on the HUD subsidy and it wasn't a completely great experience. Landlord and "housing officer" (or whatever they call those people) stuck together whenever there was anything contentious. Moving her support animal in caused acrimony. She asked for permission, the landlords s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Going to Japan made me dislike my own country even more... |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2023, 5:18 pm
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Replies: 19
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| Yes there does seem to be something kind of "spiritual" about Japan that the USA doesn't have so much of. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: “Be yourself and you’ll attract the right friends” |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2023, 5:09 pm
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Replies: 52
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I suppose a lot of it's the luck of the draw. Though sometimes it's a tad more predictable. Close-knit groups often cold-shoulder newcomers. Still, I don't know how anybody's supposed to know in advance quite what they're moving into, till it's too late. Moving is expensive and hard work. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: “Be yourself and you’ll attract the right friends” |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2023, 2:58 pm
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| Rural population friendly and helpful??? That doesn't happen here. I'm just that weird woman who has no friends. I found living in London FAR more friendly, people were lovely there. I don't try to make friends anymore, I can't deal with humans. I always say the wrong thing and people (especially w... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Brexit a mistake? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2023, 10:20 am
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Replies: 49
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| While Britain's ties to the Commonwealth are a part of our culture, our ties to Europe are stronger and we have more in common with our neighbours than we do with India or Nigeria. But, Britain has spent centuries fighting numerous wars against most parts of Europe at one time or another. I think t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2023, 7:55 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Like blindness aspergers is absolutely a disability. blindness is a disability. Yes it is, primarily, but plunge a group of people into pitch darkness and the blind one, being the most accustomed to coping without sight, may suddenly become the most able of them all. The matter isn't absolute, it's... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: “Be yourself and you’ll attract the right friends” |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2023, 4:56 pm
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| But even though we were the 'losers' corner, we had some great, fun times together. We were a group of girls, and we found ourselves sitting next to a group of 'loser' boys, so the two groups made friends! We were often the loudest group in the common room. You don't need to be popular to have a go... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Was Brexit a mistake? |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2023, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 49
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| Now the shortfall is being made up by migrants from places further afield and more culturally removed like India and Pakistan Pakistan and India were part of the old British Empire, and part of the Commonwealth https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries Maybe people from Commonwealth countrie... |
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