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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: GOP tax scam |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 6:48 am
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Replies: 215
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| As far as "trickle down" economics, it has simply been sold on false pretense. The original formulation is "if you give people easier access to financial capital, they will employ it to buy machinery/ build factories that can produce more stuff" (as this would be the most long-te... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: GOP tax scam |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 5:46 am
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Replies: 215
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| Now the long answer and my reasoning. The tax cuts proposed, would in a normal economy, make all of you poorer (unless the direct benefit of the cuts to you personally, exceeds the benefit provided by the taxes [stay with me on this] and services they fund). As to the benefit of taxes, the main purp... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: GOP tax scam |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 5:28 am
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Replies: 215
Views: 2,771
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| I simply give an analysis as a distant observer, somewhat isolated from the effects (assuming my country's right-wing government doesn't carbon-copy it). tl;dr version, if most of your income comes from financial assets, interest, divideds or property investment, it's probably good news for you, if ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Asking aspie out? |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 3:34 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 361
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| Perhaps I should clarify, by convention men aren't "supposed" to show vulnerability, so to confess to you places him in a position where he could be shamefully (publicly) rejected. [Or at least that Is the messaging given by mass media, does it ever happen in real life?] |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Asking aspie out? |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 3:20 am
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Replies: 5
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| Hi guys, I am a NT girl so so so very much in love with a guy at my uni who happens to have Aspergers. What is a good way to ask him out without terrifying him? Text, phone, face to face? There are always lots of other people around. He has given several signals he likes me, but on other ocasions s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: is there a way to stop a meltdown? |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 2:14 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,128
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| I need some advice. I recently found out a family member has said a bunch of nasty s**t on Facebook about my son, and now it has me in the middle meltdown. Does anybody have any tips or advice on how I can get myself out of this rage with out blowing up and destroying stuff? Through trial and (much... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eye contact |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 1:38 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 614
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| I don't really get WHY it's so important. I get the How and What, but not really the Why. There are multiple avenues available to take the measure of a person aside from eye contact. The explanation I've heard is that It's cultural (social norm which varies depending on cultural background), for ex... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eye contact |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 1:13 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 614
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| Now, I do occasionally look into another's eyes. And, for me, I find it quite uncomfortable when the eyes lock. It's almost like my entire mind shuts off. Yes, that is actually because you focus all/most of your attention on the person you are making eye contact with, and their attention will also ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eye contact |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 12:55 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 614
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| Just wondering (this is mainly a question for NTs but if not you are still welcome to respond) how much of an impact eye contact makes for an impression of a person, I personally, am pretty much completely unable to make eye constant for some reason, as soon as I do it for any reason I just automat... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why school sucked |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 12:33 am
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Replies: 80
Views: 3,811
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| Answer: free access to expensive text books and the bell to go home. Text books over here are an absolute rort, I have a book on telecommunications networks which was required reading for a university subject. It cost AU $150. I later discovered, the exact same book, same publisher, sells in the Un... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why school sucked |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2018, 12:13 am
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Replies: 80
Views: 3,811
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| I think a more appropriate question for me would be: what didn't suck about school? Answer: free access to expensive text books and the bell to go home. My school removed the bell for some reason or another :roll: , meaning teachers let us out according to "their own time". It wouldn't ha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why school sucked |
| TheAllegedlyQuietOne |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2018, 6:28 pm
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Replies: 80
Views: 3,811
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| [quote]"Some kids just do it faster than others or are more subtle about it."[quote] My observations exactly. On state tests I was exactly the opposite, great on reading/comprehension, and science (even moreso once I reduced the science test to a set of reading/comprehension problems), abo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why school sucked |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2018, 5:51 pm
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Replies: 80
Views: 3,811
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| I hated school growing up. There were so many things about school that sucked. 1. I was bullied endlessly. 2. I was a faster learner than my classmates so I was bored all the time even in honors classes. 3. I hated homework. 4. Some kids hogged up the teachers' attention( the troublemakers and the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and "extreme male brain" |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2018, 5:25 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,172
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| I have been reading that people with Asperger's Syndrome are often described as having an extreme male brain A trope I wish would die, if only due to my own personality rather than AS. I find that in order to fit in as a culturally acceptable male, I have to suppress both my emotional reactions and... |
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