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You are right.. The second statement is so true. Nts can block things out at will and keep going... I cannot and then freeze

I agree. And as much as I agree with her politics it's cultish that she's actively saying 'I don't know why people would read books they know they disagree with'.

1 That's basically the only way to read old classics if you're remotely left wing
2 Because your opponent might have ideas which are worth considering and it's not good to shut yourself off to them
3 Because if they are bad ideas being pedalled, at least you argue against them from a more knowledgeable standpoint if you know what's being argued. Means you can convince people better.

Bring back Contrapoints...

Xenophobic bullying my cousins got at school.

Some people shouldn't be allowed VE day.

It's not about Britain winning, it's about Nazis and far right losing. Don't make it into a far right event, it's not theirs.

Germany has moved on & learnt a lot more from the war than Britain has from the empire.

Thoughts about my father, who had he managed to get through his treatments back in the early 2000s without any problems, he would be 61 years old today.

Just remind the reichwingers that VE Day has always been about defeating fascist/right-wing vermin. If they don't get it, perhaps a reenactment might help.

I saw my doctor and she said "You're so atypical!"

I was taken aback and thought she was referring to the autism TV show, or teasing me about my autism.

Then I realised she was being compassionate and actually noting many ways in which my health history is unusual.

It shows that she was taking note of very tiny details in my chart.

I don't swear a lot, but sometimes I wonder if shouting F#ck loudly and repeatedly out the window would be as satisfying as the idea....

I also don't typically swear (it's only sometime within the past year that I would even say them in my head as I read them), but sometimes it seems like only a swear word will fit properly and anything else doesn't quite do the trick. For example, for me there is a big difference between having sex and having a f*** (sex is done with someone (or someones if that's your thing - no judgement from me) with whom one has a very close relationship. A f*** is more along the lines of a one-night stand, or probably any kind of "casual" sex.). Sometimes "f***" is exactly the word I need, and it just doesn't feel right if I replace it with "have sex" or something (although I still do - I've gotten to the point where I can swear in my head or even write swear words (but am picky about when it's appropriate and when it isn't, and will edit it if I deem it not appropriate use of the word in question), but not to the point where I can actually make myself say swear words because I grew up being told that that was something people are not supposed to do).

I remember having a similar problem with expressing those words verbally, but that inhibition dissolved steadily between 11 and 15 or so. I believe this has played a role in making it easier to precisely express ideas, because exactly as you hit upon, sometimes f**k is the appropriate word. Like when you're tumbling down a toboggan run with the tow cord on the sled wrapping itself around your legs and developing enough momentum that neither the increasing tension nor the big eccentricity in this tumbling mass the sled represented were enough to slow it down. I'm pretty sure there was a f**k to accompany every single rotation. My dad arrived there as this was unfolding, so while I wasn't aware he heard, he heard. I'm pretty sure didn't I get hurt enough already? you swear when you get hurt, you saw the marks it left, if you can tell me me you wouldn't have responded the same, i'll come out; if not, you don't get to keep my t-ball bat anymore and that door might be protecting you from me right now, not the other way around, you haven't heard my dresser move

Among things, because it helps you avoid being the kid who responds to a bully with well, you can go have sex with yourself or well, go eff yourself. The only time you want to intentionally say something that silly is if you're intending on sucker punching them when they scrunch their face up and ask Eff? I really can't fault any tactic that leaves one's foe unbalanced for long enough to make them a tile.

Dad is aspie and idk why his doctors don't tell him he is. But I'm pretty sure of it myself...

I'm telling him I love him cos I want him to be careful.
He knows the rule. Say 'I love you' back when someone you love says 'I love you' out of the blue.
He doesn't get that the reaction in this particular conversation is supposed to be to think about how someone who loves him is telling him to be careful and therefore, Be CAREFUL...

Idk how to say this without sounding boastful but I'm a lot better looking than a lot of guys my age and it puts me off dating them...

^ I agree with this, most guys my age are not well-kempt appearance wise, and don't even care about basic hygiene

That knowledge of actual real consequences is the only deterrent for certain types of people from immoral and oppressive tactics/behaviour. Maybe later they will change possibly but if injustice and cruelty is prevailing in the moment with no change despite advice, real consequences have to come in. Any other approach prolongs and exacerbates their power high from hurting others.

We're around the same age too.
It's a good job I'm bi. I'm just focusing on women.

Hahah i am also bi but where i live people are very homophobic so

"my best friend and i have always been together"


translated: "i never left my hometown"