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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Seriously P*ssed Off. |
| PresidentPorpoise |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2013, 1:01 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,976
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| Having good communication skills has always been an important part of what employers look for. Another important thing that the vast majority of employers are looking for is education, so you're certainly not doing yourself any favors if you drop out next year. You say your future employment is alre... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New Aspie Here |
| PresidentPorpoise |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2013, 4:02 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,036
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Judge orders name change for child |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2013, 4:00 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,182
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| It's kind of sad that the parents needed court intervention with the name in the first place, but the court-ordered first-name change seems out of line, and strikes me as overbearing religious conservatism. I suppose some Christians might not like the idea of naming a child Messiah, but it's not lik... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Does anyone know any GOOD Christian rock acts |
| PresidentPorpoise |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 10:43 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,926
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| I'm not so sure that I'd call Arcade Fire a Christian rock band. Just because they make a lot of references to Christianity doesn't mean that they're doing so in a worshipful manner. Honestly, from what little I've analyzed of their stuff, I would say that their references to religion are more likel... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Neurotypical weaknesses? |
| PresidentPorpoise |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2013, 9:08 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,895
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| They're people. Everyone has some sort of weakness, and can have any sort of weakness that you can think of. But what general weaknesses to NTs have? You can't answer that question without massively over-generalizing, or just listing every conceivable human foible. Think about it this way: when peop... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Evolutionary psychology |
| PresidentPorpoise |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2013, 10:49 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,629
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| I don't know enough about evo-psych to give a super-informed opinion on it, but I feel like it's suffered from a lot of unfortunate focus on why stereotypes exist, and the subsequent justification of holding these stereotypes by, for example, the PUA types that the OP mentioned. I also can't see its... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Done |
| PresidentPorpoise |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013, 4:18 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,121
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| I'm sorry for whatever it is that you're going through, OliveOilMom. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by your post, but please don't do anything to hurt yourself. I don't post on here that often, but I've read some of your posts, and the advice you give people on here is always straightforward an... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Jenny McCarthy joins The View |
| PresidentPorpoise |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2013, 1:26 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 11,563
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| Yeah, she's absolutely awful. I never watch "The View" (not surprising since I don't exactly fall in the primary demographic that they're aiming for), but this is absolutely terrible. You're pretty much giving her a chance to spread her dangerous and outrageous claims to millions more people than sh... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: The Bridge |
| PresidentPorpoise |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2013, 1:17 am
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Replies: 87
Views: 181,569
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| The second episode may have me hooked. I just realized this actress was also the German film star in Inglorious Basterds! What talent to play such different roles and be believable in both of them. Yeah, Diane Kruger is awesome. Her only weakness thus far in "The Bridge" is that every once in a whi... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: The Bridge |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2013, 2:02 am
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Replies: 87
Views: 181,569
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| I thought it was fine except for the apparent format. I thought that the acting and portrayals were fine. It took me a few minutes to recognize the voice of her boss in the show -- the police captain from the series Monk. I prefer a tv show to be self contained instead of dragging issues over to th... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: The Bridge |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2013, 11:17 pm
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Replies: 87
Views: 181,569
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| Watched about 75% of it will watch the rest later. I thought Cross' AS was spot on. I am dissapointed that they did not say She has AS. Why do people here think telling the audence she has AS is a bad thing? IMO its a positive character with AS. So they don't come out and say she has AS here, they ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Hygiene Hypothesis and Autism |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2013, 2:43 am
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,959
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| Don't really have the time to look into your links just now, and I'm not sure that I'm knowledgeable enough about the subject to assess the validity of the claims. But I think that some of your arguments supporting the hypothesis are flawed, specifically those relating to the lower incidence of auti... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Autistic people and romantic relationships! |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2013, 3:59 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,003
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| The article skirts dangerously close to eugenics, and that has a rather nasty taint to it, since it was a tool used by the Nazis in WW2. The article specifically mentions the eugenic practices that occurred in the United States during the 20th Century. But the article (the parts that Jamesy quotes ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: person i'm working with |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2013, 2:46 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 548
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| There are a lot of intolerant/tactless people in the world. Unfortunately transphobia is rampant in society, as are tactless and poorly informed generalizing comments about ASDs, and utterly tasteless jokes about sexual abuse. I'm sorry you have to deal with her. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Questlove is one of us. |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2013, 2:30 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,590
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| A lot of NPR radio programs are available in podcast form. Have you checked to see if Fresh Air is one of them? |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Single/EP/Album |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2013, 12:46 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 706
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| Honestly, I think those are some solid guidelines for what should constitute an EP, but I think that that it's more subjective than that. I think that the length of a band's usual studio albums can have something to do with how a band classifies something. For example, the EP "No One's First and You... |
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