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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: VERY upset when you can't find something |
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Posted: 18 May 2015, 4:21 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 6,252
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| I'm pretty sure I live in a broken universe, where the impossible is common. Losing things is just one manifestation. I think the universe was created to piss me off. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do I never heed advice from anyone? |
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Posted: 18 May 2015, 4:11 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 417
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| Perhaps taking advice would mean change, and you don't like change, or perhaps the advice is to expend effort and you don't want to, or perhaps you are finding small faults in the advice and using that as reason to dismiss it entirely, or perhaps you are trying harder to defend how you got where you... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Poor Short Term Memory vs Sensory Overload |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2015, 8:16 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,412
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| I can open any door, drawer, or cupboard, or enter a room, and by the time I have completed the move, I have forgotten why I am doing it. It's called refrigerator door amnesia. By the time the light comes on, you can't remember what you were going to get out of the fridge. :lol: I was going to resp... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Creating pictures in your mind? Visual thinking question! |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2015, 8:10 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,290
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| I have almost no visual memory. Very much not a visual thinker. I do have excellent spacial reasoning skills, and I can plan things in 3D really well, which is odd since I don't even see in 3D. But actual pictures? Nope. I couldn't even tell you what I look like, beyond basic things that I've memori... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fictional Characters With Undiagnosed Aspergers or Autism |
| ICollectWatches |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2015, 7:58 pm
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Replies: 958
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| Anya from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are Autistic Men More Likely to be Misogynistic? |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 6:59 am
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Replies: 284
Views: 15,133
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| Behind the scenes of *any* geeky convention there is always a discussion of poor impulse control and sexual harassment. Geek culture is such an enigma. There is certainly a problem of frustration and poor impulse control, but there is also a desire to be seen as progressive. On the internet, the lat... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are your stims? |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 6:33 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,713
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| Listening to the same song over and over. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: attractiveness and aspergers |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 6:29 am
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Replies: 62
Views: 8,314
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| An attractive aspie is going to be an enigma to people. They will approach you more readily, and probably give you the benefit of doubt, at first, but their effort will be unrewarded so they'll judge you harshly. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: attractiveness and aspergers |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 6:25 am
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Replies: 62
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| I've met plenty of very shy people who have succeeded quite well in their chosen field. The common denominator: the ability to LISTEN rather than merely TALK. I see this a lot. Part of how people perceive social skills is in whether they think you give a crap about what they are saying. You also ha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever wonder if people on WP are secretly people... |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2015, 12:38 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,211
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| Some people on the spectrum spend a great deal of time online and you've probably encountered them on other forums. They are over-represented online, not because there are many of them, but because they post a lot, or in multiple forums. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What wristwatch is most comfortable to wear? |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2015, 9:05 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,108
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| What do you think of the "mesh" straps, like the one on the Skagen watch posted earlier? Some of them are awesome, some not so much. I had a Skagen with a glossy black mesh strap and it was awful. It felt sticky, the edges were rough and it didn't lie on the wrist at the point it attached... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What wristwatch is most comfortable to wear? |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2015, 4:50 am
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Replies: 14
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| I think I'm required to participate in any thread about watches :) I own dozens of them and hang out in a forum of watch enthusiasts. What's comfortable for one person isn't for another, but it sounds like your primary concern is that it stay put without being too tight. That's a tough one. I think ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should I be bothered by my new nickname? |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2015, 5:56 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,019
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| I get called Sheldon fairly regularly since that show started. Usually it means I was right in the argument I was having right before the other person called me that. I have asked on occasion why they called me Sheldon and the answer is usually something like "you are smart and obnoxious"... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Research: Autism as a Disorder of Prediction??? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 5:34 pm
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Replies: 15
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| "magical" was probably a poor choice of words. I think "unfathomable" is more to the point. When you're a kid, there doesn't seem to be rules. Things just happen, and since you can't affect the outcome, things just seem random. Then you get older and have some understanding that ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should I be bothered by my new nickname? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 4:39 pm
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Replies: 17
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He's funny, but he isn't admirable.
My boss once called me Sheldon after I made a cryptic Facebook post. I think she meant that she recognized that it probably had something to do with work but didn't understand it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Research: Autism as a Disorder of Prediction??? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2015, 4:32 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,011
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| Maybe they've been reading my notes. Maybe I should publish my damned book. |
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