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Boy that cat parade really got stuck in your craw. Maybe if you post a picture of a cat you'll be able to choke it out.


Typo edit.

I mentioned using wikipedia as a source, and Myrtonos responded with stuff I don't really remember all that well.

My point about it was that wikipedia is viable as an informal source, especially given that wiki pages tend to have links back to primary sources, many of which are available online. It's an inappropriate source to use in academic writing, but informal internet discussions tend to hang arguments on much thinner threads than that.

Wikipedia is viable if they make copious use of outside sources. It should carry at least the burden of a regular encyclopedia. I happen to use it very much on an everyday basis. If I'm skeptical, I just conduct more research dealing with the topic.

I think it's a really good academic resource, but then I am skeptical of anything by nature. I wouldn't as a general rule take one book or one web page or one anything as gospel truth. We see even scientific papers sometimes have lies and errors. IF you use your brain along with the WIkipedia, it's a pretty darned good resource. I think Jimmy Wales should have gotten a Nobel prize for bringing that to the masses. IT was the precursor to Kahn Academy and iTunesU.

Besides, cats write it!

littlebee wrote:

LOL, I really think it would make you feel good to post one!
It might have be more fun for you if you had done it during the cat parade, but if you post one I'll post one with you and maybe we can get these other cat happy people to join in. You might like it, you never know.
Or you could try it alone if you like that better, I wouldn't want to ruin it for you.

Edit, I did want to say, the only reason I think this is because you keep bringing it up - it is clearly on your mind.

W--I came here just now to post a different message than on this cat subject,but will respond to you first. It's not on my mind at all, though it did make an impression as an interesting anomaly to use as a device to enquire into object relations as it may relate to group organization, especially since it seems to be so meaningful and hitting the spot for others.

What I came here to write is that to me it seem that the way the op phrased things is intentionally provocative and a deliberate form of gestalt, though I really don't know for sure, plus the way he wrote it made it all very difficult to sort out, but I tried to and did see something new. The only reason I participated on this thread is that I have recently been very very interested in the subject of special interest and how it relates to my own brain function, as for me this is the clue to solving many mysteries. I think some people may be too more preoccupied with defending and supporting their own idea of what autism is rather then enquiring into it, so approaching from a fixed idea rather then a question. .

Hmm, he didn't bother me that much, I just thought he was excited when he wrote it and words came spilling out.

It's kind of sad that we disappoint you so much. I mean I relate, when I go out with my friends sometimes I wish I could change the subject to science or art or anything but how boring our jobs are or stuff like that. They key is just to remember that because we think something is important, doesn't mean everyone at the table is ruining their life if they aren't discussing what we want to discuss. It took me a while to get that and sometimes I just intentionally zone out when I'm with people to keep myself from petulantly trying bend them to my will (I can be rather persistent when I let myself loose) . Probably a typical Aspie struggle.

While it is true that non-autistic people of all (normal) kinds make the rules of societies and such people do on average better in those societies, many of us on the spectrum do have the following things in our favour:

*Being accepted into mainstream schools in spite of social difficluties and given integration aides sitting next to us in school classes, and constant prompting.
*Having mentors keeping us on track helping us with social success.
*Being allowed to go on disability support payments if we don't have a job, rather than have to go to job interviews to stay on uneplymont benefits. Mentally normal people can only go on them if physically disabled.