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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Work leave process is giving me anxiety |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2021, 7:27 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,293
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| I was on COVID leave from work in October and I still don't understand anything about how the leave process works. Right now I just put in for leave again, even though I don't think I have COVID this time, I have a couple of the symptoms listed on the health screening survey we're required to take. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do people hate us? |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2021, 6:05 am
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,207
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| From my teenage years through my 20s, I would try to be very polite and people would still get furious at me over seemingly nothing. I don't think I went a single day during that period without someone being furious at me. There were people who were close to me who acted like they hated me, though i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I feel like Im the only nd person with low empathy. |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2021, 7:13 am
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,464
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| I guess I have selective empathy. If a customer at work wants a product and we're out of it, I usually feel badly for them. However, sometimes they'll be talking about the weather or whatever and then suddenly, they'll mention that they have a severely devastating life problem. I know I'm expected t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and climate change |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2021, 6:42 am
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,105
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| I don't know how I would respond to climate change if it happened, so I'm not sure if I can properly answer your question. However, I have a weird view on the topic and I'd like to see whether other people feel the same. Most people seem to either believe that climate change is the most important is... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Special interests |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2021, 4:56 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 8,793
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| Dreams. A friend described an amazing one to me that he'd had just the other day and it was hard for me to stop myself waxing lyrical about it, despite it not even being my dream. Dreams are interesting. My dreams are usually about my special interests, such as that I'm trying to get to Disneyland ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Special interests |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2021, 12:38 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 8,793
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| Interests: -- Disneyland and other Disney theme parks -- Animated films and TV -- Furry artwork -- Broadway musicals (but specifically Sondheim or other similar musicals) -- "Back to the Future" trilogy -- "I Love Lucy" -- Comedy about movies, such as parodies or The Nostalgia Cr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do we misread hostility? |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 16 Nov 2021, 7:39 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,306
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| Sometimes I feel like every person I interact with could, at any moment, without warning, become furious at me for no apparent reason. This is mostly left over from my experiences as a teenager and a 20-something, when many people assumed I was giving them "attitude" and responded with ho... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do we misread hostility? |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2021, 10:45 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,306
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| Sometimes I feel like every person I interact with could, at any moment, without warning, become furious at me for no apparent reason. This is mostly left over from my experiences as a teenager and a 20-something, when many people assumed I was giving them "attitude" and responded with hos... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How did you play as a child? |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2021, 5:54 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 2,804
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| At recess at Elementary School, when all the other kids were playing tether-ball or other such things, I was re-enacting the "Back to the Future" trilogy or pretending to be riding a theme park attraction I made up. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: America Has Lost the Plot on COVID |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 12 Nov 2021, 6:04 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 987
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| As a politically unaffiliated person, here's how the changing COVID narrative seemed to me. LEFT: "Most people will get COVID, but we need to 'slow the spread' so that everyone doesn't get it at once and overwhelm hospitals." RIGHT: "It's a hoax." Later... LEFT: "We need to ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anxiety about return-to-work process after COVID |
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Posted: 09 Nov 2021, 7:26 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 530
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| I'm on COVID leave from work and in order to validate my leave, they want me to get a form filled out by a doctor. It's filled me with anxiety the entire time. Without going into too much detail, there are few issues complicating this. For one thing. I don't have a doctor. I've been trying to work o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone else have trouble answering "-est" questions? |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 09 Nov 2021, 6:50 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,186
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| That sounds like me. I would probably name several things and explain what the strengths of each one are. I can picture one particular friend of mine saying, "I just asked which one you liked the best! Just tell me that!" |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does systemic racism against blacks even exist anymore? |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 2:33 am
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Replies: 334
Views: 12,200
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| ^ Brilliantly simple visual representation of the point. Sometimes I wonder how many people who use those tactics: A) Don't actually want to win anyone over to their cause, but would rather actively repel people just to have more "bad guys" to point at. B) Are just trolls. I know they're n... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: [ POLL ] An Argument Against Universal Basic Income. |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2021, 4:57 am
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Replies: 172
Views: 6,626
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| I don't understand enough about the economy to say whether UBI would work out on a large scale. However, as a poor retail employee, it certainly sounds nice. Paradoxically, my job is sometimes regarded as "not a real job! Just something students do for extra cash!" yet it's also so "e... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does systemic racism against blacks even exist anymore? |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2021, 5:27 am
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Replies: 334
Views: 12,200
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| If you'll indulge me in a thought exercise...let's say you're put into a room with a black conservative and a white liberal and they each give you their opinion on a race-related issue. Which one do you agree with? Nice. [comic] Thanks. LOL, that's great. Actually that's quite funny :lol: It's an o... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does systemic racism against blacks even exist anymore? |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2021, 4:32 am
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Replies: 334
Views: 12,200
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| Who are you to speak for black people's perceptions? I can't, but neither can you. I only see myself as an ally. You seem to be avoiding the fact the 90% of blacks who vote for the democrats for a reason. It's not for their historic love of that party. It's because the democrats have a platform fro... |
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