02 May 2010, 4:16 pm
Kiley wrote:
My eldest son is obsessed with robots, flight and mechanical things in general as well as electronics.
Sounds like me at 12, or any age for that matter, my I suggest a career in aerospace engineering or a gift of neodymium magnets
Kiley wrote:
I think it isn't unreasonable for you to try to develop a different interest, but really it's up to you.
Allot easier said than done, and if you try I would say it is like rolling a pair of dice, you have very little control over the result.
03 May 2010, 1:02 am
03 May 2010, 1:10 am
Willard wrote:
pensieve wrote:
A special interest is fine as long as it's not doing anything bad to a person or yourself (like smoking).
Smoking is not an evil perversion in spite of the brainwashing you've undergone, it's a personal choice and even as an obsessive interest can be quite enjoyable - there are more blends of pipe tobacco and types of cigars than there are Ice Cream flavors at Baskin-Robbins. I know all non-smokers are going to live forever on a sterile, cancer-free planet with a perfectly balanced climate and an all vegetarian diet, but some of us just don't want to be that perfect.
A special interest, however, is not an addiction - it's an interest (and a routine is a routine, also not to be confused). What in all creation could possibly be wrong with that? Considering most of us have problems concentrating on anything we aren't obsessively interested in, that's pretty much all we have to live for. I made a living (such as it was) for over 30 years because I had an obsessive special interest. Without it, I don't think I could have held a job for two months running. If I'm not obsessively interested in it, I just don't care at all.
Somebody has to know everything there is to know about the private lives of Mediterranean Tree Sloths. How many Non-Autistics do you know who are going to spend their lives cataloging that information?
Enjoy emphysema.
I'd rather be 'brainwashed' than take the risk of smoking and thinking it's not detrimental to my health.
I would rather feel energized and not smelling god awful all the time and coughing up my lungs.
I may get cancer but at least this way I can decrease the risk.
It's better to be safe than sorry and save a few bucks in the process.
About the special interest thing - I was trying to see it from an outsiders point of view. I still think you should eat three meals a day and get proper sleep. You can still have a special interest and do those things.
03 May 2010, 5:02 am
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