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I guess it's really hurtful when women are told that a certain form of feminine hygiene protection might make them smell fishy.

It's also hurtful to be told to "Piss Off" when you are trying to stand up for others.

Perhaps if you need to throw AS tantrums, it's best to not visit websites and be cruel to others and call them trolls when they are sticking up for the ones you are picking on. People with AS get picked on enough IRL.

Last edited by hale_bopp on 20 Feb 2011, 9:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.

You were picking on others. In fact the intro to the women's forum states it is a place where people can be free to be themselves. Not be abused and told that their feminine hygiene habits may make them smell fishy or stick their fingers way up there. Rude and disrespectful to the lovely women who shared their own very intimate and personal stories.

Nor do people have the right to tell others to piss off when they are trying to stand up for others personal views.

Your profile says you have been a member here since 2004. I don't think that gives you any right to belittle others for their own personal choices in regard to feminine hygiene.

You didn't even apologise for you insensitivity.

* Butting in *
She doesn't need to appologize - I read that forum, and it just sounded like she was genuinely curious - her later posts even said that she read the information the other woman sent her and she pointed out the positives of that other woman's method - doesn't sound like she was picking on anyone to me.

I notice that YOU have only been on here for 10 days - maybe you should read not only THAT forum more clearly, but others as well, before you start judging other people and making a person who already clearly isn't in the greatest state of mind feel even worse.

Maybe I am trying to figure out exactly what this site is about. Thank you for your warm welcome.

When at about my third topic, I see someone being mean to someone else, it is not a judgement, but rather an observation of behaviour perhaps you have become desensitised to and think is acceptable in a forum for people with AS. Because I said it was not a nice thing to criticise others for genuinely sharing, now I am the bad person???

Then I am told to 'piss off', and as a parent, that makes me very cautious about the site.

I was also called a troll, goodness knows what that is in internet bully speak, when I am here to see if the site actually supports people with AS, and childrean and if it does conform to the own rules it sets, and it does provide a healthy environment for people and children with AS.

Again, thanks for your warm welcome.

If this is a popularity contest...I note Hale Bopp's profile says she has been here since 2004, then the site is being exclusive in it's treatment to only some members as swearing is a direct contravention of site rules.

And lastly, what do you know of my personal circumstances? Does length of membership somehow give someone the right to tell others to piss off without first some courtesy? Just because I have new ideas does not mean they are any less valid., nor does it mean that I have any less feelings than others and I personally took offense to the fishy comment as it was derogatory to women who chose alternative methods for menstruation.

I guess if I had been a member for 7 years I could do what I want and tell others to piss off. Now I just get attacked because I am seen as new. These are very destructive attitudes, and not in the spirit of supporting others.

No, I don't believe in popularity contests, and I am not saying that just because you are new, does not mean you don't get to express your opinions. In fact, I haven't been a member that long myself. What bothers me, is that you haven't been here that long, and you are already picking fights with someone based on very subjective evidence. If you read my post (not to mention the posts in question), you would see that she was not actually trying to insult anyone. And yes, people shouldn't tell other people to "piss off", but if I was already down, and I felt like I was backed into a corner ... I'm just saying, I think a little empathy is in order. You are allowed to express your own opinions, but so are other people.

nevermind.

Last edited by emlion on 20 Feb 2011, 11:06 am, edited 1 time in total.

Anyway actual rant:

You're a waste of space. If you'd die that'd be fantastic. And i've never wished death on anyone before, and probably never will again but - I won't let you hurt me anymore. Aren't parents supposed to protect their kids?
I've gotten along fine without you for the past 17 years. Keep away now.

Ahh much better.

i went to feed my possums (which i live "nearby to" rather than "with" nowadays), and i bought some fresh corn cobs and some packaged meusli from the supermarket on the way.

i forgot the blasted scissors to open the muesli, and i spent tremendous energy opening the muesli. i had to stab the bag with a key to punch a hole in it that i could rip open with my fingers to a size i could fit my hand into.


stinking terrorists are the reason my products are so hard to open!!
all the companies that make the things i buy to eat have made it very hard for anyone to maliciously contaminate their products, and as a result, i can not open their packaging until i get some tools to do so.

i hate impediments to ordinary routine. i really damned well do!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaargh!! !! !! !! !! !

(no particular reason... it's been building up for a while. Probably lack of exercise)

[rant]Okay, I think it goes without saying that I do not like to be bothered when I'm playing the piano. Please tell me why my parents insist on bothering me when I play the piano. I don't think they understand how unbelievably frustrating it is for me to be disturbed. It bothers me so physically sometimes that it makes me nauseous. I start stimming so badly if they disturb me.

And they know it!

So, please, tell me why my mother decided to loom over me like a wraith while I was playing today?! Why, why, why?! She knew it would bother me, but when I stopped playing and asked her why she was doing that, she replied, "Oh, I forgot! I didn't remember!"

...

Lies.

To make matters worse, she went and sat on the couch behind me, and then started playing a recording while I tried to resume playing. At that point, I just stood up and told her, "If you wanted me to stop playing, you could have just told me!" And then I left.

Do my parents enjoy doing that to me? Poking me while I'm playing because it's fun? Standing over me? Flicking the light on if I have it purposefully turned off in the dark? Tickling me? Is this a game to them? The truth of the matter is this: They see my personal qualms as unimportant and insignificant, and for this reason, they conveniently 'forget' about these type of things![/rant]

Oh my goodness, I ranted, but is it bad that I don't feel any much better?! I feel like destroying something...

leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone.

that sums it up.

I was listening to a political talk show on PBS radio the other day and there was this woman who was talking about Libya and she said, "I'm really disappointed that the United States hasn't done something already. They need to do something about this (this = killing innocent Libyan people)." I am so sick of hearing that kind of crap! It's not the United States' problem. Fix your own country! We have our own people to take care of so f**k off.

And another thing, I wish those damn South African guys who live across the street from me, would get their mess together and do something about their piece of crap car alarms. WTF people, give us a damn break and like make them stop going off all the bloody time.

Okay, I understand how I got a cold, but how the goddamn hell did I get pink eye?!?!?!?!?

I NEVER get physically sick, and now, the one time when I absolutely NEED to be healthy, I get all this!! Other people in my dorm have a cold, but I know NO ONE with pink eye, and I am NOT the type of person who is going to be taking a s**t and then rubbing my eyes without washing my hands.

I feel absolutely disgusting right now!! !!

Can we swear here? If not, I'll come back and edit it when I'm feeling calmer..

[edited]

From a young age I've generally had to be really submissive around people. I think the combination of being female and being disabled and scared of my parents and scared of authority figures in general did that to me. I do what people tell me to. I try to have old fashioned, impeccable manners (though I make a trillion faux pas in other ways). I'm constantly saying I'm sorry.

The thing is; I actually have high standards of other people. Higher than what most people have. I treat people really well and expect it back - I'm stupid like that. When people do disrespectful things, I am furious. When people have a different opinion (which I'm fine with) but they dominate me into submitting to it (and I always do submit) I'm FUMING. I always have to bend my will to have a quiet life. I'm so crap at standing up for myself, though. I do it quite a bit, but the results are always bad. People don't gain any respect for me when I do stick up for myself...so I always go back to submitting. Only after I stand up for myself, people see me as bad-tempered and diva-like. Which I am. *throws shoes at people*

I wish I could have one of those sweet tongues, where I could force people to do something they hate but sound all nice and friendly doing it. Oh wait, no I don't, because that would make me into everything I hate.

A lot of the things I've had to do lately have compromised my standards. I don't want to go into it. I don't mind compromising, but not on my standards. I feel like I've made a Faustian pact. I feel unclean. I wish I had bigger cojones, but I know that speaking up would get me into deep trouble. Not speaking up might get me into trouble, but speaking up will definitely get me into trouble.