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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Obsession about money |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 24 May 2024, 5:44 pm
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| No I don't obsess over money. I never was particularly ambitious about getting more than I did get. There was always enough to pay the bills and have a bit over for a few treats, and any attempt to get more would have involved an awful lot of bother and might well have failed. I guess I can see the ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you UNHAPPY today. |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 24 May 2024, 3:58 pm
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Replies: 32,837
Views: 1,189,713
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| Preparation for a long journey. Horrible job. Tons of important tasks that can't be done till the last minute, when there won't be time to do them all. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you feel about 'The Good Doctor'? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 24 May 2024, 11:57 am
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Replies: 69
Views: 6,751
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| Final episode aired a few days ago, I've seen them all now. Earlier I said I wanted Dr. Murphy to have more status. I see it went to his head a bit when he got it, but he mellowed later. Some interesting moral questions here and there - including one about taking a decision on a loved one's behalf t... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Labour to win next UK general election? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 24 May 2024, 11:47 am
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Replies: 292
Views: 11,548
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They've called an election for the 4th of July. 
I don't know quite what we'll wake up to when it's done, but it won't be a Tory government. At least not the official one. |
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Forum: Stats Topic: How creative is your imagination? |
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Posted: 24 May 2024, 11:16 am
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Replies: 16
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| I answered a little bit creative. I find creativity and imagination very difficult and I am drawn to rules and structure instead . I found school subjects like art very difficult for this reason. That's my problem in a way. Something about the brain wiring keeps shoving me towards analysis and logi... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you UNHAPPY today. |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 11:06 pm
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Replies: 32,837
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do you try to be a lifelong learner? |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 8:38 pm
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Replies: 35
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| I don't really try to be a lifelong learner, I just get really curious about things and as soon as a question occurs to me I'm hungry for answers. I was very glad to discover ChatGPT because it's the only easy way I know of getting clear, reasonably non-partisan answers to pretty much any question I... |
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Forum: Stats Topic: How creative is your imagination? |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 6:58 pm
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Replies: 16
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| No idea. I took an online test and scored fairly creative but I didn't trust the reductionist questions, and felt I was just guessing a lot of them. I think it depends. I often pursue cold, logical methods of solving problems, and can get rather robotic about things, I've had a great deal of science... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you evaluate arguments? How do NTs? |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 5:03 pm
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Replies: 8
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| ^ That need to belong to a group had massive survival connotations at one time. Probably not so important these days, but relics of antiquity linger. I like belonging, but not to the degree that the group's views have to be mine. I did notice a trace of it when I was in a group I'd invested a lot of... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: A Dementia Exercise |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 1
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| Interesting. A yoga teacher once said that the yoga headstand makes you younger. I always thought that was magical thinking, but it's starting to look like there's a bit of method in his madness. Head-standing won't stop anybody getting shorter of course, but it might stop the body sagging, though I... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Acid Reflux |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 1:06 pm
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Replies: 3
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| I get that when I'm in bed sometimes. It goes off if I sit up but it can take an hour or two. I probably wouldn't get it if I stopped pigging out on fatty food just before bed, but fatty food is very nice and I hate refraining from pleasure. It might be wise for you to get medical advice if homespun... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Cash |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 12:30 pm
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Replies: 5
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| What kind of jobs are you currently working? None, I'm retired. What kind of jobs did you used to work? Science research. Growing organic herbs. How many times did you get made redundant and for what reason? Never. I was once on a 3-year contract for a university but after 6 months they gave me ten... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ten Commandments from Judaism help me understand |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 11:37 am
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Replies: 26
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| You shall not steal. Generally I agree but I think there are exceptions. If I was starving and somebody else had a lot more food than they need, I wouldn't see myself as wrong to grab some of it. If I could with impunity steal 99% of Zuckerberg's billions and distribute it among myself and other pe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If you swear to God and it's a lie, do you go to Hell? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 1:24 am
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Replies: 33
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| comedian steve allen [an intellectual sort] wrote two scholarly tomes detailing all the things in the bible for which there was no backing information available anywhere, and/or bad translations of existing original material. Might be a good read. The only things about Jesus that are generally agre... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If you swear to God and it's a lie, do you go to Hell? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 12:20 am
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Replies: 33
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funeralxempire wrote: ToughDiamond wrote: ^
AuntBlabby is right IMO. Don't get me wrong, I also agree with Blabby. That said, the bible is very clear that it does not agree with him.
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If you swear to God and it's a lie, do you go to Hell? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 23 May 2024, 12:06 am
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Replies: 33
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^
AuntBlabby is right IMO. |
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