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30 Mar 2023, 4:26 am

I don't think we have broth in Britain. It's all called soup. Maybe Scots have broth?

I think of soup as a starter, or a soothing thing for sore throats and when you're ill. That's usually the time I eat soups.


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30 Mar 2023, 8:29 am

When people complain about it not being a proper spring because it's raining. I think they're getting mixed up with spring and summer. Although rain can occur on any day of the year in the UK regardless of the seasons, it is a normal spring weather. I mean I don't exactly expect a heatwave in March. Even May can still sometimes be cold and wet. It's only really June to September is when the weather is more expected to be hot and dry and is disappointing when it isn't, although rain showers whilst still hot is appropriate in summer.


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30 Mar 2023, 8:58 am

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When people complain about it not being a proper spring because it's raining. I think they're getting mixed up with spring and summer. Although rain can occur on any day of the year in the UK regardless of the seasons, it is a normal spring weather. I mean I don't exactly expect a heatwave in March. Even May can still sometimes be cold and wet. It's only really June to September is when the weather is more expected to be hot and dry and is disappointing when it isn't, although rain showers whilst still hot is appropriate in summer.


I realized this recently that a lot of people just talk about the weather because it is an easy and simple thing to talk about. I’m curious if they actually care about it as much as they talk about it or it is just a conversation starter.


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30 Mar 2023, 12:41 pm

KitLily wrote:
I don't think we have broth in Britain. It's all called soup. Maybe Scots have broth?

I think of soup as a starter, or a soothing thing for sore throats and when you're ill. That's usually the time I eat soups.

Here soup is usually lumpy.Vegetable soups have chunks of veg.Tomato soup is smooth.Chicken soup has chicken and noodles.Maybe celery or carrots .It’s the best for sick people.Especially if a grandmother makes it.
Then there is chowder.Very lumpy and great on a cold day with hot buttered bread.Clam chowder.mmmm


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30 Mar 2023, 1:28 pm

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I don't think we have broth in Britain. It's all called soup. Maybe Scots have broth?

I think of soup as a starter, or a soothing thing for sore throats and when you're ill. That's usually the time I eat soups.

Here soup is usually lumpy.Vegetable soups have chunks of veg.Tomato soup is smooth.Chicken soup has chicken and noodles.Maybe celery or carrots .It’s the best for sick people.Especially if a grandmother makes it.
Then there is chowder.Very lumpy and great on a cold day with hot buttered bread.Clam chowder.mmmm


Eww. I don't like things with lumps in. I like either smooth things or crunchy things. Smooth creamy soup is yummy.


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30 Mar 2023, 1:31 pm

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I realized this recently that a lot of people just talk about the weather because it is an easy and simple thing to talk about. I’m curious if they actually care about it as much as they talk about it or it is just a conversation starter.


Yes they do that.

I read that a good conversation starter is to talk about something in the environment you're in. e.g. the weather. Or the scenery, the temperature etc.

That's a safe thing to talk about then you can move into other topics. I think autistic people tend to launch into big, important topics i.e. not small talk. But NTs can't handle that, they need gradually easing into them.

^I'm trying to give advice btw.


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30 Mar 2023, 1:40 pm

why can't I just FOCUS AAAA


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31 Mar 2023, 5:53 am

When strangers get shirty with you for not saying "please" and they show you up for it. Saying "thank you" is polite but sometimes saying "please" can sound like an order, unless you are asking something like "can I have a cake, please?" Or something like that.
But what I'm talking about is in situations where saying please isn't necessary but isn't rude not to.
Like one time when I was on a bus, I was sitting at the front and there were no bells to push near me so I thought I'd just stand up and ask the driver to stop at the next bus stop. He pointed to the upcoming bus stop and asked if I was getting off there, and I nodded my head and said "yes". Then he started having a go at me: "The word you're looking for is please! Remember that next time, or push the bell if it's that much trouble for you."
I would have said "thank you" when stepping off the bus like I always do, but I didn't want to after he spoke to me like that. I stormed off the bus and burst into tears.


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31 Mar 2023, 6:14 am

Joe90 wrote:
When strangers get shirty with you for not saying "please" and they show you up for it. Saying "thank you" is polite but sometimes saying "please" can sound like an order, unless you are asking something like "can I have a cake, please?" Or something like that.
But what I'm talking about is in situations where saying please isn't necessary but isn't rude not to.
Like one time when I was on a bus, I was sitting at the front and there were no bells to push near me so I thought I'd just stand up and ask the driver to stop at the next bus stop. He pointed to the upcoming bus stop and asked if I was getting off there, and I nodded my head and said "yes". Then he started having a go at me: "The word you're looking for is please! Remember that next time, or push the bell if it's that much trouble for you."
I would have said "thank you" when stepping off the bus like I always do, but I didn't want to after he spoke to me like that. I stormed off the bus and burst into tears.

Well, that bus driver was just asserting his authority, and you did something mortally wrong by making a tiny mistake and obviously deserve to be made to cry. Do better next time. /sarcasm
(This is a reference to some unhinged s**t that was on here, by the way. lmao I'm sorry the bus driver was an ass to you.)



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31 Mar 2023, 7:01 am

Fairfield wrote:
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When strangers get shirty with you for not saying "please" and they show you up for it. Saying "thank you" is polite but sometimes saying "please" can sound like an order, unless you are asking something like "can I have a cake, please?" Or something like that.
But what I'm talking about is in situations where saying please isn't necessary but isn't rude not to.
Like one time when I was on a bus, I was sitting at the front and there were no bells to push near me so I thought I'd just stand up and ask the driver to stop at the next bus stop. He pointed to the upcoming bus stop and asked if I was getting off there, and I nodded my head and said "yes". Then he started having a go at me: "The word you're looking for is please! Remember that next time, or push the bell if it's that much trouble for you."
I would have said "thank you" when stepping off the bus like I always do, but I didn't want to after he spoke to me like that. I stormed off the bus and burst into tears.

Well, that bus driver was just asserting his authority, and you did something mortally wrong by making a tiny mistake and obviously deserve to be made to cry. Do better next time. /sarcasm
(This is a reference to some unhinged s**t that was on here, by the way. lmao I'm sorry the bus driver was an ass to you.)


It can be intimidating when someone in authority has a go at you when you're not exactly breaking any rules or hurting anybody.

I remember when a teacher yelled at me at college once because I was feeling really sick and was concentrating on fighting off the urge to puke so I didn't want to move a muscle or speak and the teacher was calling me insolent. Surely she must have seen how pale and unwell I was looking. And they say NTs can easily pick up on body language and facial expressions?


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31 Mar 2023, 7:10 am

KitLily wrote:
magicantian wrote:
I realized this recently that a lot of people just talk about the weather because it is an easy and simple thing to talk about. I’m curious if they actually care about it as much as they talk about it or it is just a conversation starter.


Yes they do that.

I read that a good conversation starter is to talk about something in the environment you're in. e.g. the weather. Or the scenery, the temperature etc.

That's a safe thing to talk about then you can move into other topics. I think autistic people tend to launch into big, important topics i.e. not small talk. But NTs can't handle that, they need gradually easing into them.

^I'm trying to give advice btw.


Yeah, thank you. It feels so weird for me to “dumb down” (not exactly the word I’m looking for but I think it works well enough) when I have a conversation with someone I don’t know as well but that’s exactly what NTs need: to feel comfortable first. I’m certain that not all NTs like small talk as well but those who don’t like it can at least handle it. NDs (like myself) can’t handle uncomfortable situations too well. -_-


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31 Mar 2023, 1:34 pm

Joe90 wrote:
It can be intimidating when someone in authority has a go at you when you're not exactly breaking any rules or hurting anybody.

I remember when a teacher yelled at me at college once because I was feeling really sick and was concentrating on fighting off the urge to puke so I didn't want to move a muscle or speak and the teacher was calling me insolent. Surely she must have seen how pale and unwell I was looking. And they say NTs can easily pick up on body language and facial expressions?


Ah Joe, I sympathise. The sheer lack of awareness of people sometimes! Numerous times I've felt ill or upset and people have had a go at me for being rude. Can't they see I'm ill or upset?

One time a 'friend' did this. I had been ill earlier in the day, then needed the loo really badly and she was faffing about chatting to someone when I needed her to unlock her front door. I beckoned her madly but she just stared at me. I didn't want to shout out that I needed the loo because I was embarrassed in front of people. She eventually arrived and I begged her to hurry and she had a go at me. Then when I ran in desperately to the loo, she said 'oh. I had no idea you needed the loo.'

Erm...I had been ill earlier? I desperately ran to her front door? I was beckoning her and begging her to hurry? Why on earth couldn't she put the pieces together? She didn't last long as my friend.


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31 Mar 2023, 1:36 pm

magicantian wrote:
KitLily wrote:
I read that a good conversation starter is to talk about something in the environment you're in. e.g. the weather. Or the scenery, the temperature etc.

That's a safe thing to talk about then you can move into other topics. I think autistic people tend to launch into big, important topics i.e. not small talk. But NTs can't handle that, they need gradually easing into them.

^I'm trying to give advice btw.


Yeah, thank you. It feels so weird for me to “dumb down” (not exactly the word I’m looking for but I think it works well enough) when I have a conversation with someone I don’t know as well but that’s exactly what NTs need: to feel comfortable first. I’m certain that not all NTs like small talk as well but those who don’t like it can at least handle it. NDs (like myself) can’t handle uncomfortable situations too well. -_-


I know what you mean. Sometimes I want to shake people: 'wake up!' 'get your brain into gear!' I like to launch straight into an interesting topic, not talk about the weather.

But they seem to need boring topics to start with. :?


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31 Mar 2023, 1:56 pm

Pepe wrote:

Enough.


Enough what?

I just scrolled back. I posted this song because I'd posted one thing that was ironic elsewhere.
It had nothing to do with anyone in this thread.

I also have a personal connection to the Ironic video which I've explained before.

(Actually that makes it kind of ironic that you pointed it out. :P )


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31 Mar 2023, 1:59 pm

Jagged Little Pill is such a great album.



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31 Mar 2023, 2:03 pm

^ more Taylor Hawkins memories :(


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