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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I used to think I was single because I was ugly |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 27 May 2021, 3:48 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 931
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| All anyone has to do is spend five minutes looking around in a public place at some of the people who have successfully attracted a partner and they'll rapidly see how important good looks are. You're right, blaming your appearance is just a way of absolving yourself of responsibility for making any... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Post Something That Made You Stressed Today. |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 27 May 2021, 3:37 pm
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Replies: 166
Views: 67,059
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| Situation with neighbours becoming unbearable. Started looking at the local property rental market. Very depressing and stressful. I don't like my home, but it's bigger, cheaper and better situated than anything else out there. Feeling trapped. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you like to travel for fun? |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 24 May 2021, 9:28 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,166
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| I generally find it stressful. Doubly so if the country I'm travelling in isn't an English speaking country - it's hard enough talking to people in my own language. Having said that, I have travelled a bit and I have fond memories of the places I've been. So I don't enjoy travelling so much as enjoy... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Liking the idea of sex but not the reality of it |
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Posted: 23 May 2021, 4:58 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 203
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| Have you explained this? Maybe she doesn't really want sex either. Some people just do it to please their partner. Libidos change, and partners need to roll with it. We do talk, we've been together a looong time and she knows mostly where I am. The only thing here we haven't talked about are my adv... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Perhaps reducing work hours |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 8:55 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,368
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| Cool. No being bullied isn't an illness. But it can affect your mental health. Which can become an illness. Just like eating bad food all the time isn't an illness. But it can lead to diabetes. Which is. So it's not an illness, but it's a matter of health. That's all I meant. Glad to hear you're tak... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Anyone here hate art? |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 8:11 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,256
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| So yeah, it's not the art that people hate. It's the artists, right? If they feel the work is merely being passed off as meaningful, if they feel the artist has nothing to say or hasn't mastered the medium they've chosen to work in. Art to me is just a conveyance of meaning. So I don't really differ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do sweet dreams exist? |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 7:25 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,101
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| I'm pleased to hear that people are having nice dreams. Maybe I just don't remember mine and the negative ones are the ones I bring with me when I wake. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Perhaps reducing work hours |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 7:20 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,368
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| Work should never be so important that it trumps good health. If you need time off to function properly then take it and if your boss is good enough to pay you anyway then accept that help without any feeling of guilt or shame. Autism isn't an illness but it's a condition that messes with our abilit... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Liking the idea of sex but not the reality of it |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 6:52 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 203
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| I want to talk about sex. I feel like, generally, I prefer to masturbate than to have sex with a partner. I think this has always been the case for me. The idea of having sex with a person has always been very appealing, the idea of someone wanting me and getting physically excited by me, but the re... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Any old PC collectors? |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 6:35 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,178
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| I have a soft spot for 90s PCs, 486s and the first generation of Pentiums becaused that's when I first got interested and it was all so exciting - massive leaps forward were being made. I'd love to collect these things and tinker with them but I have neither the space nor the time for now. Maybe whe... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Mushrooms Found on Mars! Or, not. |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 6:30 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,001
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| I would add that among the flakes and oddballs spouting pseudo science and speculation on YouTube, there are also genuinely free-thinking, knowledgeable people who are putting valuable ideas out into the world that wouldn't get a hearing on filtered media channels because they don't fit with accepte... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Assistance in organizing thoughts for an outline? |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 6:21 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 933
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| I think finding a way of working is very personal. I don't know how much good any advice would be. My ability to actually get work done was greatly improved when I started using Scrivener (paid software) to organise my writing. Breaking the work down into small parts really helped me. I too often st... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Hi, any writers here? |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 6:13 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,076
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| I'm a writer. I've written quite a few short stories and a novel which I'm trying to rewrite into something that makes sense. I write for my job too, but that's copywriting mainly, not creative. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Films Containing Trains.. |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 6:10 am
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,793
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The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) - Classic British movie in which a couple of drunk men steal a steam engine and drive it through a village before crashing it. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Men |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 5:59 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 833
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| I've always found 'messy' girls attractive. Far more attractive than girls who spend ages painting their faces until they look like CGI and smell like some weird chemical-approximation of flowers. I just assume girls who don't bother much with personal hygiene have other things on their minds, which... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Games you enjoy, hated by everyone else |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 5:34 am
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Replies: 46
Views: 16,241
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| But once I met Beedle at a stables I cheered up and as the game progressed I found the humour was there. I wished Beedle would've had more to do though, I didn't find him very useful in that game. No, he doesn't. But it seems he has even less to do in WindWaker, he only ever seems to sell bait or p... |
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