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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Is Aspergers the 'anti-charisma' disorder? |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2010, 2:05 pm
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| i mostly agree. the majority of people, who like to be like others & to have others be like them, are often repelled; a lesser proportion, that likes to be different & appreciates difference in others, will sometimes welcome me as another misfit. but i really don't fit in with them either. i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do psychedelics like shrooms do to people with ASD |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2010, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 7,920
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| there was a time in my life when i really liked doing this (strong doses & often), but it's been ages. i had many interesting experiences, 99% positive, but what i'd like to focus on was a certain persistent illusion it gave me: that i could read minds . i've had occasion to wonder lately whethe... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Chess |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:55 pm
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Replies: 45
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| i took to it immediately i guess it was the year of Bobby Fischer; i was an unformed pre-adolescent & it gave me, for the first time, an area outside of school i could excel at. i played passionately at the local chess club for a number of years, with a little bit of monetary success, & a lo... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Do you own astronomical equipment? |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:48 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,183
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| ever since i was quite young, astronomy has been one of my obsessions. living in the city, there wasn't a big observational component (the moons of Jupiter, Saturn's ring, some larger features on the moon), but i made do with calculations, which i began with logarithms & eventually got a scienti... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Anyone here obsessed with chemistry? |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:43 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,387
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yeah, i even have favorite chemicals
hydrogen fluoride
phosphorus sequisulfide...
in high school i made a sulfur-nitrogen compound (after having to first synthesiize the catalyst)
good times, good times
m. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Why do people hate Autistics?? |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:39 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,831
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| i agree that there sometimes is an instinctual aversion in neurotypicals. not all of them; a few are highly compassionate. but this issue, more than most (i guess you would have to compare a severe physical deformity to incite the same depths of cruelty perhaps) makes it easy to see us as an "un-per... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Trapped in My Own Point of View |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:30 pm
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Replies: 3
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| i know what you mean. i was completely mystified by "the problem of other minds" for the longest time. i read all the time, trying to understand why people did the things they did. unfortunately, characters in novels mostly do things for plot-reasons rather than for their own. what changed it for me... |
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Forum: Stats Topic: Talented and Gifted Program? |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:26 pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 27,463
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yes, i was much better at taking tests than with communicating with people in other ways.
(i still think only words on paper are "really real"...)
m. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Bizarre Way of Achieving Balance in My Life |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 1
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try finding something you really like & learn everything there is to know about it.
then if nothing else you can get respect as an expert.
m. |
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Forum: Stats Topic: College Statistics |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:21 pm
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Replies: 82
Views: 43,892
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i got a 4 year degree in 7 years, including a year off for bad behavior.
m. |
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Forum: Stats Topic: Poll: Do you like Candy/Sweets? |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:20 pm
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Replies: 48
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| these days i don't (much), but when i was a kid i would become obsessed with a particular kind of candy or candy flavor & want to eat it all the time. fortunately, my parents didn't think that was a good idea (unlike some parents these days). i still have weird feelings when i contemplate those ... |
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Forum: Stats Topic: Are you left or right handed? |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:16 pm
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Replies: 107
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| "handedness is a homeland." i started out left but was made in school to learn to write with the other. (i suppose with increasing tolerance there will be fewer & fewer & finally none treated so.) i've observed over the years various facets of this, which i call being "parasinistral". for in... |
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Forum: Stats Topic: Current Relationship Status |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 12:09 pm
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Replies: 93
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married coming up on 11 years now, after a long time searching & mostly not finding
m. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: The Neologism Project |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 11:23 am
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Replies: 7
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| i started my own language when i was 12 or so. you can find a lot of them on the internet now. the term preferred is "conlanging". i wouldn't be surprised if many of them were aut-spectrum (cf Rick Harrison's poll). but it's not easy to get other people to learn strange words (not to mention grammar... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's---word |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 11:14 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,823
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Asp-Z wrote: Asperger's is created due to high levels of awesome in your brain, present from birth.
"awesomeness"...? |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Wrongplanet Musicians' Showcase |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 6:17 am
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Replies: 1,671
Views: 392,372
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