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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is everyone's definition of aspergers? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 8:52 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,268
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| I'm still trying to figure out whether I'm an aspie (even though I list myself as one) and I'm thinking that the way of thinking that leads me to be on the edge about being a aspie could be a defining trait of aspies. I always felt that most people were boring, just talking about themselves and each... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Everybody Lies |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 3:21 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,317
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| I believe that most of what people talk to each other about is just to manipulated each other's emotions and how they feel. In a sense it is a way to pass the time, and in another, it keeps people close enough to each other so that when something actually happens, they can do it together. The reason... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: philosophy: why people do smalltalk |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 2:46 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,097
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| I believe that in general, people talk to each other to manipulate each others emotions, and smalltalk is just doing that but in a light and mildly entertaining way. But since emotional manipulation can be difficult or misinterpreted by an aspie, he would rather talk about things that are more meani... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can AS be triggered by early-life events? |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2006, 9:54 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,193
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| I know that my (deceased) mother had trouble properly hearing other people speak, which seems it could be related to Asperger's like symptoms, and for the first year and a half of my life, I had colic and my parents found that afterwards, I didn't want to be touched or held at all. I'm actually a li... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: it goes without saying |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 10 May 2006, 8:40 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,004
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| It's not just that 4+5=9, it's also that mathematics is designed to be as absolutely consistent and rigorous as possible. It just happens that it was derived from being able to count. Then people extended it as they found inconsistencies, like what happens when you divide 3 by 2 or take the square r... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Where are your usernames from? |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 10 May 2006, 8:33 am
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Replies: 93
Views: 9,408
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| Some kid in elementary school called me "the boothinator" and I've just sort of used it off and on ever since. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can autistics be histrionic? |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 10 May 2006, 8:16 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,793
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| I believe so. I have a hypothesis that human society as a whole is getting more logical and structured, almost in a way that is more acceptible to aspies. I mean, imagine living in Victorian times where you could easily make a faux paux that was almost unknowable and be ostracised or be run out of t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Let's See Some Action! |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 10 May 2006, 7:59 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 863
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| Yeah, sort of like that. Could you put that in the side menu too? I already like to contribute to Wikipedia and think that if we can get people on the forums to go there for info on a specific topic, then we can clear up the forums for other stuff instead of people asking the same questions over and... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Facts about Thailand...Where I originally lived! |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 09 May 2006, 9:21 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,230
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| My girlfriend is half Thai -- Her mom is from Thailand, somewhere north of Bangkok, I don't remember. Her mom brought several of her family members over, too. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Let's See Some Action! |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 09 May 2006, 8:08 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 863
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| To me, it seems that people on this website are more concerned with voicing their own problems, like how they have no friends, and on learning more about each other than about doing anything substancial. I don't mean to offend, and I myself have asked WP about the goofy things that NTs do and tried ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: An obsession with mathematics? |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2006, 11:16 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,727
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| I agree with Awesomelyglorious. Math can be interesting, but it's a closed system with no mystery. There are just a bunch of clever tricks to get one equation to turn into another, but none of it means very much. That is, until you apply it to science. That's why I like physics. In fact, a good amou... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Probably OT, themes on Wrong Planet |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2006, 11:07 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,362
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| If you know CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), you can probably edit the style and tell your browser to use that instead. I'm not really sure how that all works, but in Firefox I can change style from the basic style to no style at all, which removes the coloring but changes the layout a bit. It may be a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Identity |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2006, 11:02 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,288
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| To me, a person's identity is simply your DNA, which gives everyone subtle little quirks but is also relatively consistent, combined with the entirety of your life experience and what vitamines and food you eat. All the sensations that you have ever had were picked up by your brain, and most were th... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Have any of you had psychic experiences? |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2006, 10:55 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,174
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| I get a bit of deja vu, but I just think i'm just slightly insane and don't take it seriously. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: How do you all deal? |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2006, 10:53 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,239
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| Just remember that you interests are not wrong. It is the most successful people who realize that what they like to do deep down is more important than what other people want them to do. If your parents are telling you that you should be an engineer and you really want to be a glassblower and you be... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Something is missing and I can't explain |
| boothinator |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2006, 10:46 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,914
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| I've found that you always need a good balance of things to do. Being an aspie, it is too easy to get stuck doing one thing completely, rather than balancing out different activities. I'm not saying to give up anything or to interrupt what you like to do to do something else, but when you are windin... |
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