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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I consider myself an ex-christian (who else does?) |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2006, 7:00 pm
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Replies: 19
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| i'm an ex-christian too, but my parents were never religious or pushing me to be religious, i just went to church because my best friend invited me along and his dad was the minister. anyway, as i got older i started questioning why i considered myself a christian. and my response was "i believe in ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How often do you get a haircut? |
| edwardp |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2006, 2:08 pm
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Replies: 45
Views: 5,185
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| i don't like it, but that's mainly because i don't know any haircut shop apart from the one round the corner who is your basic "six quid an' i'll do you a short back and sides" type barber. i don't know where any proper male hairdressers' shops are, and i wouldn't want to walk into one. when i'm get... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger Syndrome "ridiculously" blown way out of |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2006, 1:55 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 6,196
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| maybe AS has been blown "ridiculously" out of proportion because so many aspies seem to define themselves as such, as people WITH AS , rather than PEOPLE with AS. but i don't know about what shane said. asperger's seems very loosely defined from my point of view. in my case, i'm sure some doctors wo... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: what are you listening to THIS VERY SECOND? |
| edwardp |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2006, 7:27 am
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Replies: 63,336
Views: 2,259,576
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The AS checklist - Do I really have it? (warning:a bit long) |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2006, 6:14 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,691
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i must admit i couldn't be bothered to read everyone's posts.
how can you discern whether you have it without going to see a doctor?
i have a feeling that if i did post everything why i suspect i have as on here, you might be more inclined to say i have it because this is an as forum.... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Why am I so obessed with video game music? |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2006, 6:12 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,012
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| the final fantasy 8 soundtrack is actually the best, i think you'll find. before i got into contemporary music or whatever you want to call it (don't call it pop or rock or anything) i listened almost exclusively to video game music and felt continually inspied, particularly by nobuo uematsu (final ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Words stuck in your head- perservation/echolalia? |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2006, 9:19 pm
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Replies: 51
Views: 60,057
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| i often find it tremendously difficult to stop saying words which sound funny, and they're not only the usual "poo", "fart" etc. it can be words like "was" or made up silly things like "wooter". |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Today, April 20, is my favorite day of the year. |
| edwardp |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2006, 9:04 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,221
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| 20th april is my late mum's birthday |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you suppose AS and autism are different from NT's? |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 6:39 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,170
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| is there a defining line between a neurological condition and simply strong personality traits? also, if "normal" people are called neurotypicals does that imply there are several different "neurotypes", like there are blood types? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Words stuck in your head- perservation/echolalia? |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 6:33 am
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Replies: 51
Views: 60,057
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| recently i have been thinking of lots of words beginning with "asp" whenever i read the word "asperger's". |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Songs that bare an incredible likeness to each other... |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 6:27 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,073
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| on radiohead's amnesiac album, the exact same weird sounds can be heard at the end of both pulk and pyramid song. that's kinda different though, because it was intentional and not plagiarism. however, the chorus of karma police is the same chord sequence as part of "sexy sadie" by the beatles. lucky... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Words stuck in your head- perservation/echolalia? |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 5:50 am
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Replies: 51
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| i am a new user. not sure whether i have asperger's or not. anyway, i was reading through this thread and when jayshaw wrote "qualitatively appealing" it stuck out in my head as a lovely phrase. could one use the adjective "aspergetic" as in "i am aspergetic"? it may be grammatically incorrect but i... |
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