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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: what is everyone's favorite movie? |
| elderwanda |
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Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 175
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| "What is everyone's favorite movie?" Ha ha! This is the kind of question that used to drive me nuts when I was in school. The teacher would say, "How far did everyone get on their homework?" Or "did everyone understand what the author was trying to say?" And I'd think, "How the hell would I know? I ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NT's can't comprehend the value of solitude |
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Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 3:05 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,856
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| I think it's a mistake to automatically equate NT with "extrovert". Extroverts are energized by social contact, and get worn out if they are alone. Introverts are the opposite. They get worn out by social interaction, and recharge by being alone. Those are the definitions. NT's can be either extrove... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Non-specific instructions |
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Posted: 17 Sep 2010, 7:29 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,996
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| ie, a manager asking me to do something and I go to do it and find it is impossible because some of the stuff I need to complete the task is missing, or completing the task involves having been trained in a way i havent been. Oh my goodness, I relate to this so much. I don't think I'm quite on the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are there any NTs on this site right now? NT's only please |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2010, 5:46 pm
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Replies: 9
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| If you are NT, how does it feel? How many friends do you have? How do you party? How do you feel looking into a strangers eyes? How are your anxiety levels? Is it easy to socialize and make new friends? I believe I'm NT, although I do have a few AS traits. I thought I was AS for a while, but a lot ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Revenge of the Introvert" |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2010, 4:55 pm
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Replies: 14
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| "According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality test administered to two randomized national samples, introverts make up 50 percent of the U.S. population." I didn't know that. Interesting. What do y'all think? However I find that "50% of the U.S. population is introverted" seems implausi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do I get so angry when I see people ignoring the rules? |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2010, 4:34 pm
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Replies: 39
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| What I hate is when people break rules in front of their kids, because it gives the kids the message that rules don't apply to "us". At school pick-up time, there isn't enough space for all the parents who come in cars to pick up their kids. So, a lot of them will park illegally instead of parking f... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Let's play: Name your Most Unusual Special Interest! |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2010, 1:41 am
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Replies: 88
Views: 7,070
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| -The shooting of the Romanov family) You might be interested in the movie "Rasputin", starring Alan Rickman in the title role and Ian McKellan as Nicolas II. (I suppose Alan Rickman is my special interest, all though I'm not AS enough to talk about him non-stop). I think another title for the movie... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Do you feel sympathetic for somebody who can not have sex? |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2010, 9:01 pm
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Replies: 148
Views: 11,719
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Janissy wrote: I used to before all these threads. But the endless, endless threads have just killed whatever sympathy I might initially have had. It's so dead now I can't even remember what it felt like to feel that sympathy. But it was killed by these threads.
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: I hate/ hated gym class. |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2010, 8:21 pm
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Replies: 62
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| I've always secretly suspected that anyone who actually enjoyed gym class must have had a screw loose. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What are you not doing, right now? |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2010, 12:28 pm
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Replies: 88
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| I am not directing a Broadway musical. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Propper eyelid openness |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2010, 7:10 pm
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Replies: 7
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| We each have our own perfect eye openness, and I think that the majority of people are just too picky about our eyes. I feel that if somebody has to complain about the openness of our eyes to the point of yelling, they have too much time on their hands, or they're just too picky, for their own good... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Take the Alexithymia test |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2010, 5:30 pm
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Replies: 161
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| Result: 108 Possible alexithymia: You show some alexithymic traits This had too many questions that were impossible to answer. For most of them I put "undecided", which would explain my score. I hate those question which say, "People tell you...." or "others complain that you...." Those kind of ques... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Looking for opinions about afterschool activity |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2010, 5:07 pm
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Replies: 3
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| My 9 year old son is NT, but quite introverted, with a few AS traits. He's got quite a bit of anxiety about stuff like giving oral presentations, and that kind of thing. That's why I think your input might be valuable. I see that he has certain talents, like being able to sing well, and being able t... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I'm not sure what/if I missed certain social skills here but |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2010, 9:49 pm
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Replies: 15
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| Mostly, he just sounds a little immature and needy (although not incredibly so, for someone high school age). He seems to not be able to handle the fact that you aren't answering as quickly as he would like, and you aren't getting all excited about the same thing he's getting excited about. I'm not ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Traveling Alone |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2010, 6:35 pm
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Replies: 10
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| I haven't been on a plane since the early 90's. But I'm actually thinking of going to New York in January (from Oakland, CA). There is an event in Brooklyn that I really, really want to attend, so I'm looking into it. (The event is a play, in which my favorite actor, Alan Rickman, will be performing... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Would you consider yourself a perefectionist? |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2010, 5:04 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,441
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| It's good to see you are back in college. I remember that's something you really wanted. It sounds like you've still got a lot of anxiety about upsetting teachers, and having misunderstandings. I wish I had some good advice, but all I can think of is the totally useless and lame comment: "Try not to... |
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