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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Learning to accept yourself as a neurodiverse Christian |
| zekeboy |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2025, 3:39 pm
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being likeable. |
| zekeboy |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2025, 2:01 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,813
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| Self-love has three meanings: an appreciation of one's own worth or virtue, proper regard for and attention to one's own happiness or well-being, and inflated love of or pride in oneself. The first two meanings sound too close to the third one, and humility is a core value where I live in, which may... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: It is weird that I don't like it when people call me "young" |
| zekeboy |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2025, 1:08 pm
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Replies: 8
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| May I ask if you live in a country where one of the beauty standards for ladies is youthfulness? If so, I'd assume they're just trying to make you feel better. I hate to say, but it doesn't make sense to me why you wouldn't like when people call you young , especially since it's often seen as a comp... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don't believe in "age appropriate" interests |
| zekeboy |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2025, 8:39 pm
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Replies: 65
Views: 9,926
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| I'm afraid I believe in age-appropriate interests, and the same goes for "gender-appropriate" ones (Fashion for girls and cops for boys). To be fair, I enjoy Looney Tunes, but I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of it - just watch it every Saturday morning. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Arrogance |
| zekeboy |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2025, 12:47 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Montaigne at one point said beautifully that he wouldn't feel bad about negative perceptions others have of him that are not true, since he also wouldn't feel good if people praised him for something he never did well That is how I feel. On some occasions I have been accused of being arrogant by su... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Arrogance |
| zekeboy |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2025, 5:42 pm
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Replies: 16
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| To work on my impression, I've been reading Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition by Daniel Post Senning and Lizzie Post. By the way, Emily Post is a lady who made a career out of good manners. She carved out humorous caricatures of the "Types of Talkers" that we all encounter - r... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Arrogance |
| zekeboy |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2025, 5:19 pm
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Replies: 16
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| As someone with autism, I tend to talk about myself instead of giving others a chance to do the same, which suggests an apparent lack of interest in them - in other words, arrogance. Interestingly, autism is from the Greek word for self , which is quite self-explanatory. The American psychiatrist Le... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Signs of a Troll |
| zekeboy |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2025, 12:28 pm
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Replies: 18
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babybird wrote: No but feel free to prove me wrong if you like
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The autism social rule book. |
| zekeboy |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2025, 12:23 am
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Replies: 877
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If you’re a kid, do not speak unless spoken to while the adults are talking. If it’s important, say “Excuse me” to interrupt or get one of the adult’s attention.
Just a darn minute! Is this 1955?  |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Signs of a Troll |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2025, 7:52 pm
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Replies: 18
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babybird wrote: zekeboy wrote: I don’t know what the signs are. I thought you was one I can normally sniff them out pretty easy
May I ask why you thought I were one? |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Signs of a Troll |
| zekeboy |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2025, 7:42 pm
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Replies: 18
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CockneyRebel wrote: You see one of those cute, little dolls with the funny hair.
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Sometimes I just don't talk |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2025, 6:13 pm
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Replies: 9
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| I'm sometimes shy to speak when people are talking about something I don’t know. This is why it's often a good idea to talk about things of common interest. It's good advice. However, I might stay silent at the table or during adults’ conversation because “children should be seen and not heard,” eve... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Swearing is annoying, Am I right? |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2025, 3:11 pm
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Replies: 47
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funeralxempire wrote: I'd argue it's a high enough portion of the population that eventually someone will call you out for it. It's happened to me more than once.
Didn’t you say “some”? |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Swearing is annoying, Am I right? |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2025, 3:02 pm
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Replies: 47
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| No, but it makes the person using them sound childish, or like Ned Flanders. No one thinks that. No one thinks that, or you don't think that? I've heard people express exactly that sentiment, so clearly some people think that. I meant “no one” as in “not a lot of people.” I forgot that people with ... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Swearing is annoying, Am I right? |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2025, 2:14 pm
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Replies: 47
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| ^ Obviously, some people DO think that. I think so, but I use them anyway sometimes because I like being dorky in a Ned Flanders sort of way now and then. I would only care if everyone thought that (“everyone” in this context means “most people”). I just use them to be polite or to avoid taking the... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Swearing is annoying, Am I right? |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2025, 1:44 pm
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Replies: 47
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funeralxempire wrote: No, but it makes the person using them sound childish, or like Ned Flanders.
No one thinks that. |
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