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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: EQ Test (Full Version) |
| ASTROBOY |
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Posted: 11 May 2014, 10:51 am
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Replies: 129
Views: 24,712
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| I'm probably older than most of the posters and I thought the various strategies I'd learned over the years would skew the result. That is, I thought I'd have answered some of the questions differently years ago. But.....I guess not. What bothers me is the somewhat bland advice that I "need to work ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Jobs that ARE for autistic people |
| ASTROBOY |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 11:15 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,314
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| Motion Picture projectionist. My job for decades. No NT wants the job because it involves odd hours, no breaks and the person is pretty much stuck in the projection room all alone with ten or more projectors to tend. For me it was the perfect job. I could go downstairs to the concession stand and co... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do Aspies and sociopaths complement one another? |
| ASTROBOY |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2012, 10:32 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,598
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| As I look back on my life I'm truly amazed at how many sociopaths I've been friends with. OK, so 5% of the population is supposedly sociopathic but far more than 5% of the people I have known well fit the profile. In fact at no time in the last 30 years did I not have a close aquaintance, employee o... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: global warming models proven "huge"-ly wrong |
| ASTROBOY |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2011, 11:36 am
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Replies: 70
Views: 6,438
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| Supposedly scientists are always open to new ideas and data and ask for proof when they are introduced. Yet the whole climate issue seems dominated by emotion rather than reason. If I don't believe global warming or climate change or "man-made" change is altogether correct as presented I become a "d... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Good Videos showing Aspie Behavior |
| ASTROBOY |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2010, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,605
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| How about Dexter? At least in the first few eps. Then they started modifying his personality so they could pursue a love interest sub-plot. Initially he clearly stated that he had little or no interest in emotional relationships. He maintained his relations with his girlfriend because she too had pr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can you recognize if an actor has good acting skills? |
| ASTROBOY |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 6:28 pm
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Replies: 44
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| I think my standards are different than the general NT public. Example; Steven Seagal is, in my opinion, a good actor so long as he plays an individual who shows little emotion. All his "business" with the martial arts moves, make him convincing to me in those parts. If he were to play a great lover... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you think aspies might have an advantage over NTs? |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 6:04 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,834
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| Once you know what you are it is likely you will try to learn "proper" NT traits so long as they further your agenda. I had to learn a lot of "correct" responses to hold the job I wanted and it worked. So I wonder, are we better off than NTs who pick up stuff along the way, bit by bit. We, after all... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Movie and TV characters with AS? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2009, 8:16 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,286
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| Sam from Benny & Joon. Shy, aloof, outcast, obsession with old movies and quotes lines from them and acts them out. Is preoccupied with it. Is also literal. Good candidate but I think this character might have been intended, right from the start, to be AS, not someone who turned out that way wi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are You Told You Care About No One But Youself? |
| ASTROBOY |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2009, 7:31 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,702
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| I got that all the time when I was a kid. Teachers and relatives always told me I didn't care/like/respect others. And that made me a Bad Boy who should change his ways. Eventually I began to use lines and business from movies that I felt a "caring" person would use. Sometimes the results were deadl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Movie and TV characters with AS? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2009, 7:21 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,286
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| Not characters specifically written to have AS but characters who have been given traits which suggest AS even though the screenplay author never thought much about it. Consider: many writers build characters using bits of real people they have met. As a result they may create characters which are l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How did you feel when you found out you had AS? |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2008, 8:31 pm
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Replies: 70
Views: 5,782
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Did you ever see "They Live" with Roddy Piper? When he discovered aliens had brainwashed the entire world with bs he said "Well! It figures it'd be something like that!"
Thats how I felt. |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Who else isn't good at sports? |
| ASTROBOY |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2008, 10:04 am
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Replies: 69
Views: 14,388
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| In high school, decades ago, they still had "commando gym" a 5 day a week program started in WWII. School board just never got around to killing it. It was a gift to the bozo instructors: they would make us drill for 10 minutes and then it was "go play basketball" or if the weather was good, "go pla... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie quiz |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2008, 7:56 am
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Replies: 141
Views: 27,380
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| I got a relatively low aspie score (117) and a NT of 80. Other quizzes I've taken put me off the chart. I wonder if everyone interprets the questions as the quiz author intended? I know I've taught myself to act more and more NT as the years have passed, mostly by remembering and imitating scenes fr... |
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