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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: So, what ARE the most common special interests? |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2011, 2:35 am
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Replies: 140
Views: 18,442
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| Roleplaying games - both pen and paper and computer. For the last couple pf years it has been White Wolf's old world of Darkness line. They released a new one, but I just like the old one better. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Really Stupid Special Interests |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2011, 2:31 am
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Replies: 59
Views: 7,097
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| VHS tapes - the history of the format, mechanics behind them, the different releasing companies, collecting, displaying, and proper storage. And what's wrong with Betamax? :) Lol... Nothing whatsoever. And if I ever get my hands on a player from goodwill or some place akin for cheap, i'm sure i wil... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Really Stupid Special Interests |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2011, 3:46 am
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Replies: 59
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| guys, you do know you can intentionally choose your special interest? why not think about a specific goal you have.. eg lose weight.. make friends.. make money.. whatever.. and figure out how to make that your special interest. sometimes it can take a while for the "special interest overdrive" to g... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you know you are wrong when you make a social faux pas? |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2011, 3:42 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,931
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| I would like to say most of the time, but I suspect that I might look past some situations where others think I'm rude. For me I mostly get aware of it if I think the situation through. Then it occurs to me that from a NT perspective, what I said might have been considered rude, and then I used to f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Girls, Girls, Girls. |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2011, 3:25 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,380
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| Let me change the scenario a little bit on you. I can ask girls questions about themselves all day long. One of the problems is that usually, we still don't "connect." I ask a question and they answer it. They may or may not ask a follow up question. But then there's the pause (somewhat awkward but... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Getting a diagnose or not? |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2011, 3:16 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,730
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| I face the same dilemma. Since I am high functioning as well, I don't really need any medication or services provided by the diagnosis. However, I would really like to know if I really qualify for aspergers, since this provides a far better explanation for why I am like I am than anything else I've ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and Driving |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2011, 3:04 am
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Replies: 240
Views: 74,100
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| I have a drivers license, but I'm not a very good driver. I don't have regular acces to a car and therefore I don't have a lot of experience. But I'm not very good at it. I'm best at things where you can define some rigid, stationary rules for how it's carried out, and in driving there's just too ma... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Talking too much |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2011, 2:53 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,825
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| I do so too. And I can especially relate to the whole "sharing too much personal information" thing. I also tend to be too one-sided in the conversation. Around others I talk a lot, but it tends to be ME talking, and driving the conversation in strange directions. Sometimes it's perfectly logical to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My Obsession With Cooking |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2011, 5:22 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,760
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| Cooking and gastronomi has become a great interest to me as well. I have bought a lot of books with recipes and I love to investigate what people other places on earth eat. The good thing about having cooking as an interest is that a lot of people can relate to it, so you can get to talk about it. I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Really Stupid Special Interests |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2011, 3:56 am
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Replies: 59
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| I have also had my share of weird interests. When I was 6 years old my SI was in the candy bags of a specific company. I didn't even like all the candy they made but I liked the way the bags looked. I even got my room designed with the mascots on the walls. I was also very much into soccer and cycli... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I hate talking on the phone |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 6:06 am
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Replies: 44
Views: 6,676
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| I'm okay if it is someone I know well. My mother, my girlfriend, that's fine. But for others, I really really hate it. I get anxious and try to run my distinct "phone-politiness-routine", which makes it sound awkward and often don't leave time for the recipient to speak. I prefer texting, since that... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Memory |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 5:57 am
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Replies: 2
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| My memory is peculiar as well. I can recall obscure information in great detail, and often remember conversations from years ago quite detailed. I am good at remembering information for school too, obscure facts. However, other things can't stick no matter how hard I try. Places, dates, time, direct... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Easily discouraged? |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 5:45 am
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Replies: 27
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| I'm extremely sensitive to criticism. It was one of the ways I discovered that I have aspie traits. It's given me a great deal of trouble over time. I tend to take criticism very personal. I also have a hard time imagening why someone else feels another way that I do. So when I discuss with someone ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie Sense of Humor? |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 9:13 am
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Replies: 110
Views: 14,292
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| A lot of people say that I am a funny guy and that I have an excellent timing in jokes. To me it's quite natural. I hear what people say, analyse it and then I'm quick to point out if something in there sentence could be understood in another way or if something sounded funny. Otherwise I palce it i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I think I might have been wrong... |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 9:03 am
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Replies: 181
Views: 14,132
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| I have empathy, a rather good sense of humor, it's only the more subtle non-verbal cues I don't pick up on, or sometimes in a groups situation in real time I can't follow. My memory is more than rote. I'm interested in many topics and my interests are only narrow within the scope of those topics, a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fellow Aspies, would it scare you to go to a metal concert? |
| White_Wolf |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 8:58 am
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Replies: 57
Views: 7,097
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| The hard part for me at this metal festival was not the crowds or the loud music, but the sleeping in a tent just inches away from other tents and people partying all night and keeping me awake, this really began to take its toll on me after a while. There was just no space or privacy (and no sleep... |
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