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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Australians Only: What does Australia mean to us.... |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2008, 1:49 am
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Replies: 70
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| The illusion’s plain for all to see Our jobs are now all overseas What's the unemployment rate again? Less then 5% assessed using a methodology that's known to overestimate, in a country where the Dole provides a comfortable standard of living? What's the most common complaint from employers along ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism as an intentional eugenics experiment (HEAR ME OUT!) |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2008, 1:20 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,756
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CockneyRebel wrote: That makes good sense.
It doesn't. It really doesn't. There's a reason why there's no scientific evidence to back any of his theories up. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New Interests Needed.... |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2008, 1:11 am
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Replies: 64
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| Tried reading "Eye of the World". Didn't grab me. If you're a self declared Cynic, you might get further with George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire. It's a series made for cynics. Besides, Robert Jordan died before he finished the series - do you really want to get 13 books (if you include the pr... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: how did monogamy become the accepted relationship in society |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2008, 1:07 am
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Replies: 19
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| what's wrong with men having relationship with more than 1 women Polygynous cultures tend to be more prone to violence as as a means of fault resolution. One of the more popular hypothesis presented to explain the rampant extremism in many Muslim cultures is that those cultures tend to by polygynou... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Any one else have atrocious handwriting? |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2008, 12:01 am
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Replies: 87
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| I have Dysgraphia. I wasn't diagnosed untill after highschool - but I know in university - my marks went up by an average of 30% on multiple choice questions when I stopped trying to fill in the little circle on the answer sheet and started just drawing a big circle around the correct answer on the ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Islamofascism |
| Scootah |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 11:54 pm
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Replies: 49
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| Second off, if the threat of terrorism was gone Aren't we talking about islamic extremists? It's not like they're the only terrorists in the world. Half the governments in Africa achieved their position through the use of terrorism. Nelson Mandela lead the ANC which commited numerous acts of terror... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Do you really have to do this to lose your virginity? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 11:29 pm
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Replies: 28
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| Virgin - 1. a person who has not had sexual intercourse Sexual Intercourse - 1. the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur (wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn) On a purely technical level,... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: What complaints have you received from your supervisor(s)? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 9:46 pm
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Replies: 61
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| Personally, I think they overestimated the customers' supposed love of small talk. I don't know why they act as if engaging in excessive small talk with the customers is gospel; I know that I (and my NT immediate family) do not like being small-talked at all when at retail locations. They (and I) a... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Do you really have to do this to lose your virginity? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 9:35 pm
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| Virgin - 1. a person who has not had sexual intercourse Sexual Intercourse - 1. the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur (wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn) On a purely technical level, ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are people with AS predisposed to drug abuse? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 8:16 pm
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Replies: 42
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| I think alot of drugs would appeal to a majority of Aspies who tried them. I think almost any Aspie would enjoy Pot or MDMA, probably more then somebody without the equivalent issues. There are however several studies that link the use of these drugs with a variety of neurological conditions - pot i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Left and Right? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 7:29 pm
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Replies: 22
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| I did when I was a kid - but years of trying to fix my handwriting broke me of any ambidexterity and made me a firm righty. That said - I almost never write - my handwriting never did get fixed, thankgod for keyboards. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Seeing spoken words |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 7:25 pm
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Replies: 27
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| Wonder if it could be synesthesia? link to article about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synethesia It's quite common amongst people on the autism spectrum. Am do not have it,but sister [who is on the spectrum] does have it. That was my first thought as well - I know someone with Synethesia a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New Interests Needed.... |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 7:20 pm
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| Nah, I don't wanna get singed. Fire makes things dead. :) I don't think I have the hand-eye co-ordination for any of those. Thanks anyway. *laughs* I understand that. At the risk of being a pedantic Aspie though - it's not really a hand-eye coordination thing - you can't watch the movements, or eve... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Psychologist says he doesn't think I have Asperger's |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 6:30 pm
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| I've never been diagnosed as having Aspergers. I've never even sought diagnosis. I think it's wildly obvious that I do have it - anyone who knows me reads the wikipedia article, or a journal description or a forum like this and then immedately comes to the conclusion that I have aspergers. I think I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New Interests Needed.... |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 6:23 pm
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Replies: 64
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| I get alot of mileage out of fire spinning. It's not a good hobby to take up without a teacher of some nature as fire is kinda dangerous.... but despite the fact that I'm reasonably unco and not good at most sports or video games - I'm pretty good at the whole spinning thing. The number of 'tricks' ... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: BDSM |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2008, 6:08 pm
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Replies: 41
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| I'm tntnikki's husband. Obviously, I'm into BDSM - I basically always have been. Some of my earliest childhood memories are of the smell of leather and some movie where the male lead bossed a female lead around. I don't really have much to add to the topic that hasn't been discussed apart from to sa... |
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