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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Angry Music |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010, 1:01 pm
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| I get what you're saying about the whole judgment thing. I didn't go to college after I finished high school and a lot of people looked down on me because of it. I've done all right without no education, and my decision to not continue it was because of the various emotional traumas I endured in hig... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Angry Music |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010, 12:10 am
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| AC/DC during the Bon Scott era (pre-1980) is not only angry, or at the very least rowdy, music; it speaks to me like nothing else. Most of the lyrics of the lesser-known tracks mostly aren't superficial odes to sex and alcohol like the popular songs heard on the radio. They are the desperate lamenta... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The "Disappearing Act" Revisited-- It happened AGA |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 5:27 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,888
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| The issue of being "clingy" is very prominent in the Aspie world, but I am most definitely certain that that isn't the case with either of these individuals. It was a problem maybe when I was a teenager, like fifteen years ago, but it isn't now. I don't appear clingy in the least, and I'm not, reall... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The "Disappearing Act" Revisited-- It happened AGA |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 4:38 am
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| Fellow denizens of WP, recall my post from a few weeks ago titled "The Aspie Glossary." Some people found it offensive, which is beside the point. One of my "definitions" was as follows: Disappearing Act: When a Neurotypical you’ve known for a very long time, often a matter of years, and have suppos... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Deleted scenes from "Adam" |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 7:51 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I work in the film industry, so I understand how and why directors do things. Some of the deleted scenes in this film were not of good quality from a filmmaker's perspective. But of course the subject of this film was Asperger's, and the scene I referred to had cinematic value in and of itself. It d... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Deleted scenes from "Adam" |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 3:27 pm
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| I wasn't too impressed with the film "Adam"; I saw it when in first came out in the theater. Last week I rented the DVD from the library. It contains five or six deleted scenes. Had the director left the scenes in the film I may have felt differently. One of them was very important in understanding ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Was this real love? |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2010, 10:48 am
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Replies: 9
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| "Love" is a subjective term. Remember that as Aspies, we tend to take things much more seriously than everyone else. N is probably not even thinking twice about it. But for you, because you take things so seriously, and this was a glimpse of something maybe you've never had, and because your emotion... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Strip clubs/escort girls/hookers(where legal) |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 5:12 pm
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Replies: 28
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| they think the whole ASD thing is cute whereas girls in the "real world" may think it's a little creepy. A hooker will tell you whatever you want to hear if it means they'll make some money. :roll: Not necessarily... Most working girls do care who they choose to be with. If they don't like you or t... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Strip clubs/escort girls/hookers(where legal) |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2010, 5:40 pm
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Replies: 28
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| There are strip clubs in many cities around the country (Providence, RI; Bridgeport, CT; Detroit, MI) that are unapologetic whorehouses. Wherever you are, there's one not too far away, because there has to be. Street prostitution is disgusting and you should never participate in it. Anyone who does ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New Research on Autism and Circadian Rhythm Disorders |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2010, 5:04 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,486
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| I use it too sometimes. I have to be careful because I live with my parents and they would totally flip. I actually feel better after a drunken sleep than with the 20-minute "naps" I described in my original post (also contradictory to mainstream medical research), which is downright scary, because ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New Research on Autism and Circadian Rhythm Disorders |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2010, 5:02 pm
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Well I suppose so, but I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that I never get sleepy. Never.
Ferdinand wrote: I am pretty sure it's impossible for you not to have a circadian rhythm. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New Research on Autism and Circadian Rhythm Disorders |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2010, 2:26 pm
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| Autism and Circadian Rhythm Dysfunction I'm wondering if there is anyone else on WP who has the horrible problems sleeping that I do. I have ABSOLUTELY NO circadian rhythms. I NEVER get tired no matter how late it is, and I can NEVER fall asleep naturally without prescribed sleep aids. If I've been... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Aspie Glossary |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2010, 9:29 am
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Replies: 20
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| With all due respect, Sparrowrose, and I mean this with no ill will, I likewise find many things you've said on here in response to my threads to be offensive or arrogant, so I guess we're even. Case in point: I wrote in another thread, "Back in the day I did say and do some "inappropriate" things, ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Touch and Sexual Attraction |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2010, 9:09 am
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Replies: 20
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| The ONLY time I like touching is during a sexual encounter, which for me is when I see my "ladyfriend", about once a month. With family (all there is left are my parents) I'm very reserved. My dad has never been a hugger to start with, but my Mom always tries to hug me and I sort of automatically re... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: why can't I have real friends? |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2010, 3:24 pm
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Replies: 49
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It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself for the rest of the world being phony.
See my thread "The Aspie Glossary" and the discussion that has ensued. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Aspie Glossary |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2010, 3:22 pm
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Replies: 20
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| Having this viewpoint doesn't enrich me or empower me at all. It just makes me sad. You're not really disagreeing with anything I said, you're merely offering a different interpretation. If disingenuousness and disloyalty are okay with you, and you feel this is what constitutes a friendship, then by... |
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