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17 Oct 2020, 2:47 am

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The orcs are nice folks.


So sayeth their Infernal Majesty. :twisted:


I think I will make that into a character for DnD :twisted:


Good idea, mistress.
May I be of assistance? :mrgreen:



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17 Oct 2020, 4:08 am

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Anyone who has read The Malay Archipelago would be difficult for me to forget.


Thank you! So, that's one....


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17 Oct 2020, 5:51 am

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Anyone who has read The Malay Archipelago would be difficult for me to forget.


Thank you! So, that's one....


I’m curious: Are you interested in life sciences? Exploration? Historical accounts?

Mildly wondering what led you to The Malay Archepelago.


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17 Oct 2020, 11:32 am

I wonder if anyone even noticed that I was gone for... I don’t actually know how long, a week, maybe? I was just obsessing hard and didn’t even think to check in. But I’m pretty much the definition of “out of sight, out of mind,” I think. Heck, even when I’m in sight, people seem to forget I’m there.


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17 Oct 2020, 4:38 pm

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I wonder if anyone even noticed that I was gone for... I don’t actually know how long, a week, maybe? I was just obsessing hard and didn’t even think to check in. But I’m pretty much the definition of “out of sight, out of mind,” I think. Heck, even when I’m in sight, people seem to forget I’m there.


Who are you? :scratch:
Why are you here? :scratch: :mrgreen:



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17 Oct 2020, 5:56 pm

Didn’t think I’d be unpopular so fast, but I guess I could have expected as much. Every group has an in-group and I’m always too opinionated and tone-deaf to fit in. Who knew that I’d be tone-deaf even by the standards of a message board for autistic people?



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17 Oct 2020, 9:29 pm

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Didn’t think I’d be unpopular so fast, but I guess I could have expected as much. Every group has an in-group and I’m always too opinionated and tone-deaf to fit in. Who knew that I’d be tone-deaf even by the standards of a message board for autistic people?


You aren't.

You mentioned you have depression.
I think that may be causing negative internal dialogue.
There is nothing I can see to justify your belief you don't fit in.
From where I sit, you are being too hard on yourself. ;)



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18 Oct 2020, 6:29 am

malavois wrote:
Didn’t think I’d be unpopular so fast, but I guess I could have expected as much. Every group has an in-group and I’m always too opinionated and tone-deaf to fit in. Who knew that I’d be tone-deaf even by the standards of a message board for autistic people?


You aren’t unpopular, just new. It takes a while to figure out how everything works. When I was new someone berated me for a joke I made about NTs. I thought about never coming back. Instead, I apologized like you did and it is long forgotten. I don’t even know who made that post.

Many of us make similar mistakes, over and over again.


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18 Oct 2020, 7:20 am

malavois wrote:
Didn’t think I’d be unpopular so fast, but I guess I could have expected as much. Every group has an in-group and I’m always too opinionated and tone-deaf to fit in. Who knew that I’d be tone-deaf even by the standards of a message board for autistic people?
I have more than 10 times the number of posts you do...so that makes me over 10 times as unpopular as you are. Hang in there...



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18 Oct 2020, 8:40 am

blazingstar wrote:
PhosphorusDecree wrote:
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Anyone who has read The Malay Archipelago would be difficult for me to forget.


Thank you! So, that's one....


I’m curious: Are you interested in life sciences? Exploration? Historical accounts?

Mildly wondering what led you to The Malay Archepelago.


Science in general, but zoology is a particular obsession.... They had a paperback copy in Waterstones- couldn't believe my eyes when I spotted it, and there was no way I was leaving it there! How 'bout you?


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19 Oct 2020, 1:40 am

Wow, thanks y’all! I’m glad I didn’t just leave and never come back :)



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19 Oct 2020, 4:38 am

blazingstar wrote:
malavois wrote:
Didn’t think I’d be unpopular so fast, but I guess I could have expected as much. Every group has an in-group and I’m always too opinionated and tone-deaf to fit in. Who knew that I’d be tone-deaf even by the standards of a message board for autistic people?


You aren’t unpopular, just new. It takes a while to figure out how everything works. When I was new someone berated me for a joke I made about NTs. I thought about never coming back. Instead, I apologized like you did and it is long forgotten. I don’t even know who made that post.

Many of us make similar mistakes, over and over again.


Making fun of NTs isn't a mistake. 8)



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19 Oct 2020, 4:39 am

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Wow, thanks y’all! I’m glad I didn’t just leave and never come back :)


Why so surprised?
Weirdos are welcome here. :mrgreen:



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19 Oct 2020, 5:37 am

PhosphorusDecree wrote:
blazingstar wrote:
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Anyone who has read The Malay Archipelago would be difficult for me to forget.


Thank you! So, that's one....


I’m curious: Are you interested in life sciences? Exploration? Historical accounts?

Mildly wondering what led you to The Malay Archepelago.


Science in general, but zoology is a particular obsession.... They had a paperback copy in Waterstones- couldn't believe my eyes when I spotted it, and there was no way I was leaving it there! How 'bout you?


My original interest was in field biology/ecology and my education ran like general biology/botany/mycology. I’ve always been fascinated of the historical accounts of explorations, the sort of “when the world was new” type. The accounts of the botanists traveling along with the teams of explorers. Ethnobotany has been a more recent interest.

I just finished reading Into the Silence by Wade Davis. One River, same author was fascinating. I wish I could have studied under Richard Schultes or E. O. Wilson.

Do you have any reading suggestions?


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02 Nov 2020, 8:43 am

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren is about the life experiences of a botanist. It’s pretty good.

Does anyone have any suggestions for adult books to read based on childhood fairytales? I like books that have a hint of being based on of children’s books but not really.



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02 Nov 2020, 10:31 am

malavois wrote:
Didn’t think I’d be unpopular so fast, but I guess I could have expected as much. Every group has an in-group and I’m always too opinionated and tone-deaf to fit in. Who knew that I’d be tone-deaf even by the standards of a message board for autistic people?


You seem agreeable so far. :nerdy:


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