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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Socially acceptable obsessions |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2009, 2:23 pm
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Replies: 55
Views: 5,539
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| Any obsession is acceptable, with success. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is a Depression better for Aspies? |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2009, 11:54 am
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,062
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| I respectfully must disagree with the OP. The current economic condictions are not favorable for aspies because aspies generally have not built up the informal "social" networks required to advance or survive in a recessionary economy. The "lower rungs" of the economy are being wiped out on a daily ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court-USA |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2009, 10:57 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,297
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Friday Night Rants: The Aspie "Agenda" |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2009, 11:38 am
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,326
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| Is there a transcript of the video? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Making fools of us all |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2009, 8:05 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,414
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| Tahitiii, you make several interesting and valid points. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Big NO-NOs in NT society |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2009, 11:54 am
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Replies: 63
Views: 6,006
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| Self-awareness and thinking for one's self is a capital offense. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Actual US unemplyment rate is around 10% and climbing. |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2009, 11:12 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,426
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| New unemployement claims are the only measure for which the US Government has direct data, all other calculations are estimates. However, the fact that the long-term unemployed and underemployed are not directly counted means that the "official" number is not represenative of what people believe the... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Steak and Strippers |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2009, 9:55 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,226
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| Is there a written transcript of the speech? |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Spread AS awareness through an ASPERGER-THEMED RESTAURANT!! |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2009, 9:52 pm
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Replies: 45
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KateShroud wrote: And when I come to the Aspie Bar and Grill after a hard day, I'd like my usual along with a Shutdown shot. I know it has to taste good and feature alcohol, but I'll let the Aspie experts determine the ingredients.
And now the establishment will require a liqour licence, and increased liability. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A Novel Idea on Why Aspies Are Resistant to Change. |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2009, 6:53 pm
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Replies: 6
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| My theory is that the resistance to change comes from the fact that it just takes a large amount of effort to get used to a particular approach, and that the more things change, the more things can go wrong. From personal experence, I can tell you that I can tolerate change up to a set point, before... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Spread AS awareness through an ASPERGER-THEMED RESTAURANT!! |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2009, 6:48 pm
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Replies: 45
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| Treating the idea as a non-humorous concept, Is it possible that the hypothetical restaurant would serve as an "outreach" center for aspies who may be unaware or not entirely sure that they are aspies? |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Aspergia |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2009, 6:45 pm
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Replies: 83
Views: 8,097
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Admittedly, no one has ever "priced out" any of the Aspergia/Autfinity concepts. Most of the estimates I read were unrealistically* low.
That said, the basic concept does have some value.
* I realize that we are discussing a hypothetical concept here. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Spread AS awareness through an ASPERGER-THEMED RESTAURANT!! |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2009, 2:45 pm
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Replies: 45
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Are posters looking at this restaurant as a establishment to display the achievements of Aspies and to provide an aspie-friendly enviroment, or are posters viewing the restaurant as a way to humorous way to mock stereotypes about aspies?
Edited for clarity |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Please help me figure this out: Aspie, Bullying or Both? |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2009, 1:56 pm
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Replies: 6
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| This is not the extent of what has happened to me. I had a promotion deliberately blocked and opportunities blocked. Everything I say is twisted. I can trust nobody. Before I got this job, I was always considered, "abrupt, business-like, meticulous, quiet", all of those things, but before I got thi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What would it be like if you lived in an AS Community/Home? |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2008, 7:30 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,117
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| The price is probably relatively high because of the location (Modesto, CA), which is greater San Francisco. I'm impressed that someone actually got that far in working on the project, most other attempts have failed long before they reach the stage of actually lining up money. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Five YEARS of recession? |
| AgentPalpatine |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2008, 12:05 pm
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Replies: 20
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| Let's hope that this only lasts 5 years. The worst might not be behind us. If, as it now appears likely, that most of the post-2002 gains were fueled by inflation and did not really exist, then we have the world's 2nd biggest economic hangover in history. It will be very interesting to see who picks... |
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