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Forum: The Haven Topic: My only Aspie friend has just been sent to prison. |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 3:18 pm
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Replies: 36
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| It is difficult to accept that your friend has to go to prison, and it is natural for you to feel it is bad for him. However, according to your blog he was driving way too fast, and no matter his reasons, he knew what he was doing. To argue that he did not, means that he was mentally incompetent and... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: How do you define bullying, anyhow. |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2010, 2:52 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,386
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| First of all, you shall be happy that you have an understanding boss, who takes your problems into consideration. It makes me believe, that you actually may be quite good at your work. Second, you might consider an alternative explanation of what happened between you and your co-worker. First of all... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: writing like an Aspie |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2009, 11:40 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,382
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| I do not think Spokane girl is sarcastic. It is not easy to notice different writing styles and ways of writing. At the same time, there is no clear-cut line between the writing of someone with and without Asperger. In addition, there is a fairly simple set of conventions for writing in a Forum, so ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: writing like an Aspie |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2009, 11:07 pm
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Replies: 21
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| I have done a lot of writing myself, and I have seen writing from people who are Asperger. People with Asperger are not so restricted by the normal phrases and conventions of writing. When it is best, an Asperger can write something that is really new and original. However, the lack of restrictions ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Work that requires high concentration? |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2009, 12:52 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 16,758
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| Read the book about Richard Kuklinski - The Ice Man - who killed more than two hundred people, many of them as contract killer for the mafia. He not only had to deal with the victims, and find out how he could get them. He also had to deal with his customers, to ensure they were satisfied and recomm... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Help me explain to someone why we shouldn't eradicate autism |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2009, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,188
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| I have three arguments. The gene pool of the majority of humanity is very narrow. We shall avoid narrowing it further. There may be some survival trait that one day is urgently needed associated with any trait that has survived this far. Otherwise, autism had probably disappeared naturally. It appea... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Help me...please help me...I need a hug or something |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2009, 10:06 am
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Replies: 3
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| I have seen and experienced something similar to what you feel. Now you have something to loose, so of course you worry more about what might happen and feel get depressed. Now, I have learned that I make this feeling with my own thinking. I am thinking something that makes me feel nervous or depres... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Please Continue to Not Support Autism Speaks Video |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2009, 1:35 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,090
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| First time I saw this video, I could only watch the first minutes of it. They are eerily similar to the movies that was made in Nazi Germany to prepare the public to so-called mercy killings - murders - of children who many times were just suspected of having mental problems. The pictures, postures ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: I'm thinking of writing a book |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2009, 7:28 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I have written both creative non-fiction and fiction. I have some ideas, you may use - I assume you want this book published. Enlist in a creative writing course to learn the craft. It is better than having to learn everything on your own. Consider to write biographical or creative non-fiction inste... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: The Philippines |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2009, 3:16 pm
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Replies: 64
Views: 8,788
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| This may be of some help to Carlofirst and other. According to a study on the subject, Thai woman may often be rather materialistic and use the Western man simply as a survival strategy. In contrast, it is my experience, that Philippine women in general want the whole package, a good husband, romanc... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: WAS HITLER AUTISTIC? |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2009, 3:29 pm
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Replies: 308
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| OOo-. I will focus on the points most relevant to the discussion of whether Hitler had asperger. Hitler was more manic/depressive or Schizoaffective than Asperger's... Walter Langer did not even consider that he might be manic/depressive or schizoid. Langer is a psychiatrist who led the probably mos... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: WAS HITLER AUTISTIC? |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2009, 12:24 am
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Replies: 308
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| This topic will not go away. I got about 71,000 results when I searched Google for Hitler + Asperger, and I know about one book where Hitler being asperger is the central topic. So this is discussed. Ooo - I understand that you find it difficult to accept that Hitler might be asperger, but your argu... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: WAS HITLER AUTISTIC? |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2009, 7:29 am
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Replies: 308
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| This seems to stir up quite a discussion. I was struck by the similarities between Hitler's behaviour and indications of asperger, without knowing other already had discussed whether Hitler was asperger. It seemed obvious. It is also difficult to dismiss this, by stating that it is impossible to giv... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: WAS HITLER AUTISTIC? |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2009, 11:38 pm
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Replies: 308
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| Asperger seems by far the diagnosis that best fits Hitler's actual behaviour. This means, that we somehow has to accept that Hitler might well have been an asperger, and what that means for aspergers as persons and as a group. Diamonddavej mentioned the OSS study of Hitlers psychology, done by leadi... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: What do you think of the Bride Mill? |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2009, 5:12 am
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Replies: 15
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| My wife is from Philippines, I have spend some time there and met a number of women who were seeking contacts with Western men. They have more traditional values and want to appear feminine and attractive to a man. That is also what you see in the advertisments. But they are not docile or chattel, a... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: The Philippines |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 2:40 am
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Replies: 64
Views: 8,788
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| I agree very much with Stinkypuppy's analysis of Philippine society. I have together with my wife sometimes wondered about the women who worked as cleaning maids in Chicago and then came back on vacation to their home baranguay balancing with their jewellery and high heels down the gravel road. I ca... |
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