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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you heard of "malicious compliance"? |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2023, 4:41 am
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Replies: 55
Views: 20,734
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| I have practiced this both at work and in my personal life. At work, I will give one warning if I feel something will not work and if they insist, I will then do what they want and if it fails, that is on my boss. Granted, I do have a boss that is willing to admit failure. As for personal life, it h... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: whats the difference between aspergers and autism |
| demeus |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2023, 1:11 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 23,033
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| In the days of the DSM-IV, psychologists had divided out each item with a specific diagnosis criteria. When if came to Pervasive Developmental Disorders, there were separate categories for Autism, Asperger's, and then a catch all called PDD-NOS. The differences were really based on IQ and a few othe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How Did Some Americans Become So Stupid? |
| demeus |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2023, 8:39 am
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Replies: 317
Views: 7,778
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| I think this article by John Taylor Gatto sums up American Education and why Americans appear to be so dumb. If you want to do more research, here is the link to the article: http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher by John Taylor Gatto, New York State Teacher of the Year, 1991... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Is Being A Single Financially Independent Aspie Possible? |
| demeus |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2023, 11:45 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,538
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| The problem is that the term "Financial Independence" has different connotations. Do you mean as in you can support yourself from your own work income without assistance from parents or government? Do you mean that you have enough passive income from investments that you don't need to work... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: [ P O L L ] Christian Nationalist Beliefs. |
| demeus |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2023, 5:02 am
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Replies: 26
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| Back in Europe Protestantism took hold in the Germanic speaking countries of northwest Europe:England, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Scandanavia. So Americans descended from immigrants from those places are now known as "White Anglo Saxon Protestant Americans" or "WASPS". I... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Nearly half of Americans worry about their money in banks |
| demeus |
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Posted: 04 May 2023, 3:43 pm
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Replies: 2
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| First off, unless you have more than $250,000 in any one bank, the FDIC will cover your account and you will be made whole. The FDIC has the backing of the federal government in the event they run out of funds. Now, if the federal government stops covering their obligations, then it will not be mone... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The evils of HOA's (and neighborhood assocations too) |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2023, 6:03 am
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Replies: 3
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| HOAs were initially inventions for Condos and COOPs where they are needed because you not only own your own unit but a fraction of the common areas so there needs to be a way to take care of those areas. They quickly expanded to single family homes, probably by white, wealthy, NTs as a way to keep u... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: is Dave Ramsey prosperity gospel??? |
| demeus |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2023, 8:24 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,082
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| What Dave Ramsey wants is for people to be self-sufficient by retirement so that they are not dependent on the government as their sole means of support. As someone who follows Dave Ramsey's program, I am at the point where I am saving money for retirement with no debt (including my house). At curre... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Homeschooling? |
| demeus |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2023, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 23
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| The public school system is a roll of the dice. There are very good public schools....and there are very bad public schools. Ya Texas does not have good schools where I live. Texas seems like a pretty wealthy place, does none of that money make it into the public school system? Texas does not tax i... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: MAGA Pastor’s Unholy Racket Is Driving Neighbors Nuts |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2023, 12:04 pm
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Replies: 13
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| When I was in middle school, we had a church across the street from us that was way too loud. To the point we could hear their services in our home which was about 500ft from the church. My mother's boyfriend had a great solution. One day he took our earth shaker concert speakers to the porch near t... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How can we get wages rising? (US) |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2022, 8:07 pm
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Replies: 11
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| Require mutual fund companies to allow the stock mutual fund investors to vote on all stock proxy votes in the case of individual stocks in the mutual funds. This would put the power back into the individual investor who until the 1970s controlled CEO and board pay with the vote. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Evidence of systemic racism, implicit bias, etc. |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2022, 3:41 pm
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Replies: 75
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| Personally, I would like to see if employers use zip codes to determine who to interview and not interview. Especially in larger cities where it is easier to determine race/economic status based on zip code. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autistic man to be released after 21 years in hospital |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2022, 11:14 am
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Replies: 8
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| BBC [b]An autistic man who has been held in a secure hospital for 21 years has been told he can finally go home.[b] Tony Hickmott, 45, was sectioned after he had a mental health crisis in 2001, and despite a long fight by his family, he has not been released since. Last year, a judge criticised his... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Central Park Karen Loses Lawsuit against former employer |
| demeus |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2022, 11:10 am
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Replies: 12
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| Defamation is notoriously hard to prove in this country. This is a capitalist favoring country and most companies and employees are not unionized meaning that employers can hire and fire you for most any reason they damn well please. You are associated with negative publicity for your employer whet... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: King Charles III |
| demeus |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2022, 3:44 pm
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Replies: 230
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Rossall wrote: Will cost a fortune to reissue all those bank notes and coins.
True but my old Canadian Notes and Coins with QEII will go up in value. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Trophy hunter executed |
| demeus |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2022, 11:15 am
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Replies: 136
Views: 3,301
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| I don't care for trophy hunters but this is not state justice, this is vigilante justice and I really do not care for that. I am not allowed to kill someone, even if they are a hated member of the community. |
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