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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Social Anxiety |
| Thom_Fuleri |
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Posted: 24 Oct 2014, 1:37 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,690
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Struggling socially is par for the course for us aspies, but some of us struggle more than others.
What are your experiences with social anxiety, and what coping strategies and therapies have you tried?
http://freedom-muse.com/2014/10/20/social-anxiety/ |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Man has his gun robbed... ...at gunpoint |
| Thom_Fuleri |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2014, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,842
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| Why would anyone rob a gun? They don't have any money. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're having an aspie moment rather than being sarcastic. Take the time to read the link please. The victim was robbed OF HIS GUN. The gun was STOLEN. The gun was not "robbed". Exactly. The gun... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Man has his gun robbed... ...at gunpoint |
| Thom_Fuleri |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2014, 12:17 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,842
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| Why would anyone rob a gun? They don't have any money. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Are things getting worse? |
| Thom_Fuleri |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2014, 2:40 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,947
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syzygyish wrote: ...or should I quote Hitler?
Hitler wrote: Nein! I said get rid of the JUICE! This grapefruit stuff is terrible!
We need Liebfraumilch! |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Gender Gap |
| Thom_Fuleri |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2014, 2:35 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,225
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| What about unmarried men? apparently not addressed in the study above. And exactly why I'm suspicious. Why go into the study with married and unmarried women as different groups, but not the men? Either this is begging the question (because they already know the results) or they split the sample in... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Gender Gap |
| Thom_Fuleri |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2014, 2:57 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,225
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| What I find interesting is the difference between married and unmarried women, what does that say? It says to me "cherry picking interesting results". It's too random a subset. What about the married and unmarried men? Many years ago, I saw a curious statistic that stated 87% of the children of Isr... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: All one needs in life... |
| Thom_Fuleri |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2014, 2:50 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,306
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| Are hedonism and nihilism so closely related or is it just me? On some level, they're the same thing. Both the hedonist and the nihilist feel life has no inherent meaning, but the hedonist concludes that they can therefore maximise their own pleasure. I suspect many nihilists secretly like being mi... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If Aliens Did Suddenly Appear What Would they Say about God? |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2014, 2:45 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 22,964
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why do people choose to be evil? |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2014, 7:01 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,975
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| It depends on where you live. Per science the 20 most peaceful societies are relatively small and people share instead of collect goods. Humans by nature given a relatively small population with the ability to share instead of collect are peaceful cooperative social animals, not unlike the Bonobo w... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why do people choose to be evil? |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2014, 3:31 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,975
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| It depends on where you live. Per science the 20 most peaceful societies are relatively small and people share instead of collect goods. Humans by nature given a relatively small population with the ability to share instead of collect are peaceful cooperative social animals, not unlike the Bonobo w... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: What does a man mean when he... |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2014, 3:20 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 515
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| I think it's mostly an availability check, but not necessarily in the way you think. It can be very difficult to tell when someone is flirting with you (even for NTs!) and it's a good way to cut down the uncertainty. If she says yes, she's not flirting, and the conversation can carry on in that unde... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Turn on your neighbour |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2014, 5:59 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,033
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| Yes, I was addressing the original topic. But the principle is much the same. Convince the general populace that an individual or a group is evil in some way, and they will turn on them - though the extent varies. I'm sure Nazi Germany had a large number of people who simply avoided the Jews or kept... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Turn on your neighbour |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2014, 5:48 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Welcome to human nature. There's been a lot of stuff in the UK recently about celebrities and historical child abuse. Jimmy Saville was the first case; now Rolf Harris has been taken down as well... and police are now investigating Cliff Richard. Now here's where it gets quite interesting. I can't s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How do I work this thing? |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2014, 5:30 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 837
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| "Waves a tool over it"... I must admit that the wand was NOT the first thing that came to mind. You may want to wash that ball now. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Psychic Reading (Long Discussion) |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2014, 5:27 pm
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Replies: 12
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| There is a reasonably high profile psychic in the UK who used to tell people all the gory details of family members' suicides... Ah, the wonderfully talented and unimpeachable Psychic Sally. Largely because she'll sue the crap out of anyone who claims she's a fraud out to steal people's money. In o... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: The Friendship Ladder - How to Make Friends |
| Thom_Fuleri |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2014, 12:07 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,099
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| Hello everyone. As someone who used to struggle with making friends, I've written up how I eventually figured it out: http://freedom-muse.com/2014/07/21/the-friendship-ladder-how-to-make-friends/ There are many different levels of friends. You can't simply jump straight into a full-on friendship str... |
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