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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Bill Gates etc. |
| IronicChef |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2008, 11:53 pm
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Replies: 65
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| @Jonathan Mitchell Jonathan, Your participation is appreciated, and I hope your sentiments are well regarded by other folks here. To clarify - I agree that there is no reason to categorize Mr. Gates or any of the other oft-referenced celebrity figures that are mentioned here, and in numerous other A... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post what you got for Christmas!! |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2008, 10:37 pm
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Replies: 108
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: most prized possessions |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2008, 10:37 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 3,956
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| On the one hand, there is my data, which I back up onto a portable hard disk on a regular basis (and burn to DVD often as well). In my nightmares, the fire alarm goes off and I grab that little bundle of information at the same time I am tying my shoes. If I have to jump, it's still going with me. I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it hard to talk at times? |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2008, 10:01 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,942
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| Constantly. The only time I approximate "fully functional" verbally is when I'm with the few people I've known and learned to trust over many years, and even with them I generally have bad meltdowns if the conversation veers into an "emotional" subject. They've seen it before, though, and I know the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Bill Gates etc. |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2008, 9:35 pm
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Replies: 65
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| Forget the Microsoft bashing. Forget that Gates is richer than any other singular individual on the planet (and wealthier than most, if not all, organized religions). When we look at people like Gates, or Einstein, or any of the thousands (and perhaps tens-of-thousands) of far lesser known geniuses ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do You Have Asperger's? Take the Online Quiz |
| IronicChef |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2008, 8:33 pm
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Replies: 66
Views: 16,358
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| 39. in the top one-percentile for my age, meaning that if AS averages about 1-in-200 (which is conservative) then I'm certainly the one who got tagged. What always saddens me is that tendency for posts like this to promote an "I'm not just AS, I'm THE-FREAKIN'-AS-POSTER-CHILD!" from some, and a disa... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Life partners |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2007, 9:59 pm
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Replies: 9
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You are in a bad place - seek therapy. What you think you want will not satisfy or "cure" you. Sorry to be blunt, but I felt the same way a long time ago.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did your bullies end up better off than you did? |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2007, 9:36 pm
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Replies: 117
Views: 23,111
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| @MW99 My information is only slightly second hand - the sources were another class mate (an oaf of a fellow who has managed to splatter paint on canvas and seduce Toronto art enthusiasts with his "masterworks") who claims to still be the guy's best pal, and the brother of a friend who'd remained clo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do Aspies have a desire to be special? |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2007, 9:11 pm
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Replies: 33
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| I certainly went through a phase when I was a teenager - I remember a period where I would wear a single leather glove on my left hand (this was prior to Michael Jackson making the one-glove-look into a fashion statement). I didn't think of it in terms of "making a statement" at the time - it was mo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ever had sleep paralysis before? |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2007, 8:43 pm
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Replies: 25
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| Heh, yep, I usually get it before I fall asleep, and very rarely when waking. It's a pretty well documented phenomena and accounts for most of the reports of alien-abduction-from-bedroom stories that float around. It's entirely natural. Your body produces a chemical/hormone that insures your sleepin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did your bullies end up better off than you did? |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2007, 8:19 pm
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Replies: 117
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| It's an interesting question, if only because I do know what ended up happening to the ringleader of the bullies who made my life hellish during grades 6-8 (Canadian here, I think that's sort of equivalent to O-levels in the UK). While I was wending my way towards my current career, he was streamed ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How to speak to NTs in the right way about AS |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2007, 10:22 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I've told only my mom (dad's not around any more) and my closest friends. Mom, surprisingly, accepted the assertion immediately ("we always knew you were different") while my friends have been far more skeptical. They have a hard time accepting that AS does NOT mean "rainman", and it's been tough de... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is AS nothing more than low self esteem? |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2007, 9:52 pm
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Replies: 42
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| Low self-esteem is a symptom, and (repeating a bunch of others with this statement) not the cause. AS is predominantly a social dysfunction - we don't relate to others the way they expect us to. This leads, when we are young, to bullying and exclusion. When we are older, it results in scapegoating a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were you scapegoated by your family due to AS? |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2007, 9:17 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Constantly by my father, never by my mother. It's a funny thing, because my mom's recollection is that dad had "detected" qualities in me that he felt had hampered his own life, and when I was young he'd tried to steer my development by forcing me to do things that he thought would help me avoid the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Thank You Letter to a Rational Scientist |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2007, 8:46 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Science always begins with a sort of reverse-engineering approach. We experience a phenomenon - "Why do things fall?" - and we look for the process that causes it. This results in a model that we can use to predict subsequent phenomenon - Newton's theory of gravity for example. All of science is at ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Indecisiveness |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2007, 12:50 am
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Replies: 33
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| LOL - Yes, definitely this poll needed "can't decide" as an option :) It's strange - I can be very decisive, but only in regards to things that I am very knowledgeable about (mostly work related, or anything to do with film/TV production) or that are important to my personal well being. Dinner? Nope... |
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