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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Binge drinking affects social cognition via gut microbiome |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2023, 3:10 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 3,517
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| How's the doctor training going? |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Bird Surnames |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2023, 2:34 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 6,379
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| I have a book about the seashore written by J D and Susan Fish. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A fly lands on your food |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2022, 11:12 am
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,733
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| Yep, just shoo it away and carry on eating whilst thinking about how amazing flies are and how they are such an essential part of the biosphere. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Has anyone here ever been rather obsessed w/ shark attacks? |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2022, 11:09 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,639
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| As a keen sea kayaker I try not to think about sharks too much when I'm out on the water. Fortunately on the NE side of the Atlantic most encounters are likely to be with the harmless Basking Shark. I've had a few encounters including having been 'bumped' by these very large fish but fortunately the... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do you drive? |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2021, 12:39 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,561
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| I love driving. I find it very therapeutic. To do it well requires intense concentration to the exclusion of everything else which is perhaps why I like it so much. Unfortunately, many of the people you have to share the road with will be focused on anything but their driving. They will be focusing ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Trade Union |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2021, 12:04 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 973
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| I've been a trade union member for well over thirty years. I belong to a specialist union that looks after people in the particular job I do. I have never had to use their services but I still appreciate all the hard work they do in the background to look after my interests. I pay a lot more than th... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Fuel shortages in the UK |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2021, 11:46 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 682
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| Not really had any problems here in the north west of England. There were a few days where supplies were a bit short but no serious problems now. As a key worker I like to keep the tanks of both my car and campervan full so I can get to work and haven't had any significant issues doing so. Things se... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: GREEN! |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2021, 2:00 am
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,816
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Brown.
I've always liked being a contrarian. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: To those whom want to be Neurotypical |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2021, 1:06 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,126
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| You need to get out and meet some real people rather than the ridiculous caricatures and stereotypes portrayed above. You'll find real neurotypical people are just like autistic people. Some are absolute twats and some are really lovely, genuine people who are interested in interesting stuff, with e... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Man films UFO shooting down his drone |
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Posted: 26 May 2021, 12:37 am
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Replies: 108
Views: 3,816
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| Bird attacks on drones are pretty common. I'm with the birds. The more of these annoying things they bring down the better. I would also make it a legal requirement for the propellers on drones to be fully enclosed to reduce the risk of injury to birds, and massively increase the penalties for peopl... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Man films UFO shooting down his drone |
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Posted: 22 May 2021, 12:04 am
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Replies: 108
Views: 3,816
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| ......but its definitely not a pine cone I think we can both agree on that. I've enlarged the relevant part of both still images considerably using Adobe Lightroom and then had a play around with the contrast to see if that makes things any clearer. When enlarged, in the picture with the red line d... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Man films UFO shooting down his drone |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 12:11 pm
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Replies: 108
Views: 3,816
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| Unfortunately I don't have any means of adding photos to this post but having enlarged the still frames posted earlier and played about with the contrast, one of the photos appears to show a very small object close to the drone rather than a large object further away, and the other photo just shows ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's the last weirdest dream you had? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2021, 2:30 am
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Replies: 8,089
Views: 458,409
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| I spent part of last night on a distant unknown planet looking for a new house. Nothing perhaps odd about that for an autistic person, but whilst I was there I found myself in some sort of underground bunker. The bunker had special ovens where cakes were being cooked by using nuclear explosions. Eve... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: What is your profession/occupation? |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2021, 2:31 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,726
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| Train Driver - a job I ended up doing quite by chance but it suits me perfectly. Whilst I'm still part of a team I have my own personal office and most of the time nobody else is allowed in. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASMR triggers |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2021, 12:18 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 899
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| .....I think this happens to me with some songs. I feel it in my neck and it can radiate out in all directions, or hover here or there in my body...... Could this perhaps be musical frisson rather than ASMR? I find frisson to be a relatively brief and quite exciting phenomenon, whereas for me at le... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASMR triggers |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2021, 12:10 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 899
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| .....My common trigger is actually not sensory at all. I experience it when someone does a nice selfless act specifically for me, completely unexpected and unprompted, and I would feel personally "touched"...... This is also one of my common triggers. Feeling "touched" is a real... |
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