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LauraJones
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26 Dec 2021, 10:44 am

Thought this might be interesting.

Mine is astrology.

No mocking please!

Anybody else? What floats your boat?



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29 Dec 2021, 3:01 am

I've had various special interests over the years.

My current special interest is the autistic community (in the sense of subculture).


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29 Dec 2021, 7:04 am

autism in seniors, especially promoting and supporting elders to get diagnosis and sort out life from the new perspective or autism. I have more than one passionate interest.
I also love learning about rocks and fossils and have had a life long passion for horses and other animals, and nature in general. I love to learn about any of these subjects, search for info, and share info regarding them.


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29 Dec 2021, 7:14 am

I guess; Media. (the entire electronic sphere of music, movies, tv, pop culture, technology) Marshall McLuhan was one the first to put a spotlight on all this.


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29 Dec 2021, 7:20 am

LauraJones wrote:
Thought this might be interesting.

Mine is astrology.

No mocking please!

Anybody else? What floats your boat?


Absolutely no mocking, astrology is one of my oldest special interests! That and tarot, anything to do with occult, mythology, languages,eastern cultures and folklore.



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29 Dec 2021, 7:29 am

Yes i have a taste for that. (occult, mythology,...ect) Have looked into that. Occult = hidden. Mythology = ancient symbolism hidden in plain sight to be decoded. I have looked into Buddhism also. (zen.)


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29 Dec 2021, 10:37 am

Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance History
Astronomy
anything ending in -ology has floated my boat at one time or another
Art
Music

What i'm not interested about........ hanging out with NTs and their boring social interest. I don't care about what she said/he said who did what to who and so forth. BORING! Please, share something with substance.



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29 Dec 2021, 10:43 am

Making conversion tables between different tabletop role-playing game systems, amateur astronomy, and amateur radio.



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29 Dec 2021, 10:45 am

How interesting we all are! :D



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29 Dec 2021, 2:28 pm

I have a few but dogs especially are my thing. I love everything about them, behavior, learning about all the different breeds around the world, dog sports, natural feeding/rearing, grooming etc. :mrgreen:



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29 Dec 2021, 2:43 pm

Nintendo games, and learning about animals and other organisms.



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01 Jan 2022, 7:22 pm

LauraJones wrote:
How interesting we all are! :D


Welcome aboard:

My special interests are related to; Artificial-Intelligence (AI) related TECH. (especially Natural Language Processing (NLP) and pattern recognition), environmentally-friendly practices, process, etc., and art esp. the Experimental Minimalist styles in Art - My WP image I have titled 'Sign-Road' is an example of Experimental Minimalism in art.



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02 Jan 2022, 3:11 pm

Higher education for me; I love reading about higher ed.



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15 Jan 2022, 6:24 pm

Trains of course.


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15 Jan 2022, 7:15 pm

Most often my primary interest falls somewhere in the category of body horror and/or cosmic horror. The weirder/less conventional, the better.


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15 Jan 2022, 7:36 pm

For a while I've had an interest in animal social structures. It's just fascinating to me to think about how there are so many differing social structures co-existing in the world. This interest also extends into physical traits of an animal and why they developed. I also find learning about genetics and brain structures to be of interest. Especially discussions of nature vs nurture.


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