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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: I hate that thing between my legs |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2013, 11:08 pm
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| Do you feel uncomfortable being male, or having a penis (the former implies the latter)? How do you feel about seeing other men? |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Calling all aspies with jobs... |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2013, 10:52 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I work as a pari-mutuel teller (clerk) at a race track. Essentially that means I sell wagers on race horses. Horse racing has never been a real interest for me. My dad used to be a jockey, my mom has worked as a teller since she was 16 (the track lied about her age to get her in). My grandfather was... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: really sensitive to specific noise, anyone use earmuffs? |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2013, 4:46 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,471
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| I've had the lawnmower wake me up one day. It basically ruined my entire day. I got into a tantrum and ran out of the house. Loud conversations are annoying indeed. Especially when you can't avoid listening to them. My dad watches old cowboy shows all day. Old-style sound effects, gunshots every sce... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: really sensitive to specific noise, anyone use earmuffs? |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2013, 3:53 pm
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Replies: 10
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| I wouldn't mind living in a world of silence. My parents watch TV so loud, and I have sensitive ears. It frustrates me to the point that it stops me from enjoying anything. Whenever I have the house to myself I turn all the TVs off and enjoy the lack of sound for as long as I can. I particularly can... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Explaining Aspergers to family members? |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2013, 3:28 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,457
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| Hey, man, sorry about that. I know there are a lot of gay Aspies out there. I was trying to be a little bit funny, so I apologize if I hurt anyone's feelings. I never did take offense. I actually found it quite funny! And the feeling of "coming out" as an aspie has felt similar to coming out gay. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is it with eye contact? |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2013, 3:26 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,221
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| I understand that NTs seem to require eye contact to ensure that what they are listening to each other. Maybe they can't listen without eye contact? Eye contact longer than three or four seconds makes me feel sick. I particularly don't enjoy it when people try their best to engage contact while I am... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Shopping (Black Friday or in General) |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2013, 3:13 pm
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Replies: 11
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| This is where being an aspie has its advantages. I can almost say with 100% certainty that no aspie was crushed as the doors opened for Black Friday sales. I just don't see the rush as something an aspie would be interested in. Now I notice there were fights at Walmarts all over the country. I can ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Shopping (Black Friday or in General) |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2013, 2:14 pm
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Replies: 11
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| So now that it is the day after thanksgiving, it is officially "Black Friday" despite most stores having sales for weeks that could be considered door busters, and also that many stores opened at 8 pm on thanksgiving day.. Has anyone done any holiday shopping yet? Did you buy something for yourself,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Explaining Aspergers to family members? |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2013, 1:01 pm
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Replies: 12
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| Tell them you need to have a talk with them about who you really are deep down. Ask them to follow you to talk in the living room. Your parents will freak out that you will tell them that you are gay. Once you tell them that you have Aspergers they will be relieved. LOL I've already come out to my ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is your eye contact like? |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2013, 1:46 am
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Replies: 71
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| I've had a difficult time maintaining eye contact as a child. My teachers would always ask me to make contact when talking to me one-on-one: even after they asked me I felt very uncomfortable doing so that I could not even make out what they were saying after I did. I don't make eye contact with my ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Just finished my suicide notes |
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Posted: 28 Nov 2013, 11:31 pm
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Replies: 23
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| Kezzstar, I would first like to tell you that you're not alone with these feelings (although I'm sure you know many of us feel this way too). I too have felt as though I should give up. I too rely on my mother to house me. I live with her. And my dad. I don't drive, and they drive me around, or I ta... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Reintroduction! |
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Posted: 28 Nov 2013, 10:39 pm
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Replies: 1
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| Hello everybody! I have not been on this forum in one or two years time, and I'm sure plenty has changed, and many people have come and gone. So I'd like to take the chance to say "hi" to everyone who has joined since my hiatus, and everyone who is still around who likely do not remember me (and vic... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I'm radically different from people and wonder if I can make |
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Posted: 28 Nov 2013, 10:27 pm
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Replies: 35
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| Perfect. I get enough of that sort of talk in real life, why waste time with the same shallow talk online? If you really want some introspective input into how and why you feel as though you do, maybe you shouldn't just disregard everything we are trying to say. I'm sure that you can find something... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Windows 7 |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2009, 7:36 pm
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Replies: 50
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| I downloaded it, and it is very improved compared to Vista. However, it doesn't include "basic" features such as printing to PDF and spell check in every text box. I would assume they didn't implement this because of backwards compatibility. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Microsoft are clueless |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2009, 1:37 pm
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Replies: 54
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| hfs+ (the filesystem used in OS X) deals with disk usage much better than NTFS and does a pretty good job of preventing fragmentation. Defragmentation tools for OS X exist, but I have never once heard of them improving performance- in fact, they usually hurt. OS X automatically defrags files under ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Microsoft are clueless |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2009, 4:28 pm
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Replies: 54
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falcorn wrote: who defrags their computer? honestly. hard drive speed is not going to make your computer and faster it's all about the cpu and vid card
I have nothing else to do with my time. I end up defragging my OS X drive. |
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