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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Why is it hard for us to make eye contact? |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2007, 10:22 pm
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Replies: 38
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| I just had an idea! Let me know if this would help anyone: You will need: ⋅ Mirror ⋅ Someone you trust who is both NT, and willing to help with this experiment. I will denote this person "Person A" ⋅ A modest amount of nerve I notice that when the person isn't looking b... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Has anyone changed there monotone voice? |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2007, 9:51 pm
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Replies: 45
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| Any good books for changing from a monotonic, robotic, uninspiring voice, to a normal, expressive voice? On amazon, the books about voic training seem to be all about singing . perhaps those would be of value? Since I don't speak with any inflection, my voice is obviously out of tune. I don't know ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: My existential crisis |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2007, 4:44 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I went thru that too. I started out as a computer systems engineer, and went to psychology. Engineering is something I will always keep as a hobby, but I need a purer science to hold my attention. Do you program at all? If so what languages? Perhaps we can collaborate. Linguistics is an interesting ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How do you feel about Death? |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2007, 3:09 pm
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Replies: 36
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| The wife and child thing I can understand. But death is a release from pain. Not strictly painful in and of itself. Why worry about dying? No one gets out of life alive anyway. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Are you unable to make people laugh |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2007, 3:05 pm
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Replies: 23
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| I find the idea of letting off a really loud fart in a quiet art gallery amusing Haha!! It's funny to me because I know those people who take art analysis really seriously. Seems like that might bring them back to earth. I often burst out laughing simply because a funny idea has run through my head... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: My existential crisis |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2007, 1:32 pm
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Replies: 19
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| maldoror, May I ask what you are studying in school? |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: What is your favorite 311 song? |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2007, 1:30 pm
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Replies: 2
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Haha, while I'm at it, what was your favorite breath of air?
Perhaps that should be top 5...
Evolution, Jupiter, Sick Tight, Flowing, Use of Time |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Do you use a bookmark? |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2007, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 14
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| I use a bookmark because I often read 2 or 3 books at a time. If I'm only reading one book, sometimes I'll go with out one. OMG, I thought I was the only one who did this. Numbers stick in my head better than color or shape. My bookmark is a printed circuit board that's been cut to have a flap. My m... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: question |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2007, 1:08 pm
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Replies: 22
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| You seem to think that its better to be alone. <sarcasm>Very observant.</sarcasm> There are other girls out there. I'm glad you and your ex can be friends, but in my experience, girls (and guys) can can be heartless in a breakup, and that isn't any way to start a friendship. Perhaps I'll someday su... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Has anyone changed there monotone voice? |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2007, 4:52 pm
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Replies: 45
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| I asked my mother about it, because I used to speak in monotone. It was so persistant that my dad called me "eeore" (the character from winny the pooh). She said I lost it around 3-yrs old. I don't remember how. I wish I could be more help. I do think that singing has helped me refine it. I've never... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I realized just how much of an outcast I am |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2007, 4:27 pm
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| Haha! Yeah! I had the experience of "sudden realization" on April 21st, 2004. I wrote this as a result. ⋅ What is your favorite OS? ⋅ C programmers do it with long pointers. This is to be taken in the most vulgar way possible. ⋅ I use words like 'errata', 'inverse', 'de... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: My existential crisis |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2007, 4:11 pm
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Replies: 19
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| Just wanted to say...I like your profile picture of an ostrich. It's very cute... Haha! Yeah, my mom liked it too. 311 is teh bomb. I'm happy being me. I have a few NT friends that I'm very close to, and they seem to enjoy my differences. Have you ever considered a career in the sciences? Tell us m... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Do you consider yourself shallow? |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2007, 8:55 pm
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| I don't consider myself shallow now. But before about age 20, for sure. Not because I was an a$$ to people (but I certainly was sometimes), but just in terms of depth of emotion. I'm not talking about how one evaluates the opposite sex, although that is a component of what I mean. I understand that ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: question |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2007, 8:11 pm
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Replies: 22
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| and he ( in my opinion) is being immature about not wanting to talk to her or be friends with her anymore, because he can't handle that fact. I behave the same way he does. It's difficult enough to deal, without seeing and hearing about the happy new couple. If I have to be lonely, I'd rather be al... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: My existential crisis |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2007, 5:43 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I've been there, friend. Religion was my tormentor. I found out about AS after going throught the crisis (shedding) of faith. But I won't deal with that, as you're having enough of a rough time already... How do you reconcile the view you have of the world with the view everyone else has? I feel lik... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Advice For me Please |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2007, 3:51 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,505
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| I was manipulated a lot as a teenager because I really wanted people to like me and didnt lie myself,so didnt realize how much others did it. I can relate.... I grew out of that, however. Taven... While the people on this board can't control what you do with what gets posted here, keep this in mind... |
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