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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Got in trouble for not "paying attention" - your a |
| Glasskitten |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 3:22 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,878
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| But you did notice the mushroom spots, you just had no prior information on the relevance of that detail. Paying attention to things can't bring the desired result without a framework of knowledge for acting on what you perceive. o_0 There really are some fungi and plants that are supposed to have s... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Can forcing a kid to torture animals cause sociopathy? |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 3:03 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,431
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| Holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap :cry: Er, what I mean to say is that while I'm far from an expert, I have heard that the strategic blunting of relevant liabilities like empathetic emotion is a common psychological adaptation to experiencing ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can people with aspergers manipulative others? |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 2:18 pm
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Replies: 78
Views: 13,308
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| a. Animals can be pets. b. Dogs are animals. :: Dogs can be pets. a. Animals can be pets. b. Orcas (killer whales) are animals. :: Orcas can be pets. May I have one? Or maybe a velociraptor, which is also an animal? ;) On topic: Being manipulative with underdeveloped social skills sounds very compl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Reading the mind in the eyes eyes not so difficult for HFA. |
| Glasskitten |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 2:17 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,470
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| Back when I took it, I scored higher than average, then stopped and contemplated why I almost never pick up other people's emotions in real-life interactions. It probably comes down to my inability to sustain mutual eye contact long enough to gather data. In fact, I'm normally fidgeting so much that... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Avoidance of people outside of required structured contacts |
| Glasskitten |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 1:40 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,652
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| Aww, yet more psychiatric labels that describe me perfectly? The more of those I have, the less anyone is going to take me seriously! Haha, no, never mind, that's not a concern when there's barely anyone who needs to know I exist in the first place. ^_^; |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What kind of crimes are committed by Aspies? |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 1:36 pm
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Replies: 51
Views: 6,273
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| I can definitely see stalking. It's so hard to tell whether someone is shy like oneself or experiencing a technical outage or just hoping you'll go away. I can also see impulsive violence, i.e. self-defense in situations where people of other neurological configurations would not be in enough pain a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why is the aspie stereotype ugly? |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 93
Views: 17,621
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| What puzzles me is that there actually is a slightly-noticeable characteristic "look" for spectrumites, and it's almost mutually exclusive with ugliness, but the stereotypes apparently don't bother incorporating that information. When you have information, why ignore it? Must be a neurotypical thing. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: NT Husband with suspected aspie wife |
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Posted: 25 May 2013, 1:56 am
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Replies: 34
Views: 23,496
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| I think if I were the Aspie wife in a conflict of love languages, I would want to be explicitly trained in the new system. "In situation X, try to do Y or Z even if I don't say anything. Let's both practice providing each other's favorite kinds of affection this week and keep a chart of our progress... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: anyone wish their wife was dead ? |
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Posted: 25 May 2013, 12:03 am
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Replies: 21
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| Are you in a country or family situation where you can't get a divorce? o___0 I mean, normally I wouldn't encourage married people to separate, but she sounds like she has very serious issues to work through before she is ready for a serious relationship...yet she's been able to have one regardless ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you do when your obsessions are worthless? |
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Posted: 24 May 2013, 11:58 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,846
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| Computer hardware doesn't sound useless; some people get college degrees in it, presumably because there are decent jobs available for computer hardware experts. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and weird taste in music. |
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Posted: 23 May 2013, 8:01 pm
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Replies: 164
Views: 52,837
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| I would be interested to know if autism influenced my musical tastes. It might explain why the way I classify and select music doesn't line up with existing genre systems. I seem to be listening for different characteristics than whoever it is that defines genres for widespread use. I am already fai... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Am I the only person who wants to be cured? |
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Posted: 23 May 2013, 7:59 pm
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Replies: 105
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| Some of my Aspie(??) traits have been driving me bananas lately (though the world drives me bananas more frequently/noticeably than anything internal). I wish I had workarounds. But being cured is unthinkable. If I weren't Myself, I'd have no incentive to stick around on Earth in first place. I wou... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: I think I'm going to start work on an Asperger's-related RPG |
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Posted: 23 May 2013, 6:27 pm
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Replies: 41
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| I look forward to seeing your results! :D I had an idea for a game about autism, but like all my other magnificent ideas, it's getting suffocated under my executive functioning issues. It was going to be a puzzle sort of thing about a barely-verbal magical girl who has to make friends with someone f... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Any type of games or gameplay you don't like because of AS? |
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Posted: 23 May 2013, 6:02 pm
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Replies: 54
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| I can't play any game that requires me to be social (i.e. cooperate or compete in realtime) in order to advance. It's odd, I used to form parties with MMORPG players back in my teens, but I guess the social anxiety just gets worse the more bad experiences I accumulate. ^_^; The other strange thing ... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Does anybody play WoW?? |
| Glasskitten |
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Posted: 23 May 2013, 5:09 pm
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Replies: 46
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| xMistrox, I rerolled on one of the two remaining US-side crossrealm-free servers. Ravenholt and The Venture Co are RP-PVP yet physically isolated from other RP-PVP servers, so they haven't been integrated (yet). Though I don't mind crowded places as long as everyone is ignoring me, the treasures I n... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does social life really matter to you? |
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Posted: 23 May 2013, 2:47 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,962
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| It seems pretty normal and healthy for an Aspie--and probably some neurotypicals--to be alone when they wish, even if that works out to be almost all the time. You might find gaps in your life, as I do, where it would really help to have a designated person to fulfill a specific role (for instance, ... |
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