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14 Feb 2017, 10:11 pm

Is it just me or is it a silly question? I mean what I'm doing at the moment is replying to your post,is the answer that comes to mind when asked.



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14 Feb 2017, 10:14 pm

firemonkey wrote:
Is it just me or is it a silly question? I mean what I'm doing at the moment is replying to your post,is the answer that comes to mind when asked.

At the moment before, I was (and will be) packing to move. I don't seem to have a natural gift for this.



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14 Feb 2017, 10:26 pm

Right now, I am on my way home for the day and listening to:


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14 Feb 2017, 10:33 pm

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14 Feb 2017, 10:36 pm

firemonkey wrote:
Is it just me or is it a silly question? I mean what I'm doing at the moment is replying to your post,is the answer that comes to mind when asked.


If your gonna get technical , the correct answer should be reading the title of the thread.

Personaly I was just about to prove why the suns corona is several million degrees hotter than it's surface but got sidetracked by my uncontrolable urge to read this site. :P


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14 Feb 2017, 11:11 pm

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15 Feb 2017, 1:26 am

i never liked the questions. "what have you been up too?" or "what did you do today?"

does it really matter? its like asking someone why their going to the grocery store. it doesn't concern you.



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15 Feb 2017, 1:51 am

I'm watching The Middle and browsing online.


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15 Feb 2017, 2:44 am

firemonkey wrote:
Is it just me or is it a silly question? I mean what I'm doing at the moment is replying to your post,is the answer that comes to mind when asked.


Yes, I agree that it is a silly question. I usually need to stop myself saying "answering you" and instead reply with what I was doing before they interrupted. The same goes for the "are you busy?" question when they can see that I'm furiously typing away at my keyboard while muttering under my breath.


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15 Feb 2017, 3:05 am

Belushi87 wrote:
i never liked the questions. "what have you been up too?" or "what did you do today?"

does it really matter? its like asking someone why their going to the grocery store. it doesn't concern you.

Dude my grocery store visits are exciting and the world needs to know ok? :P



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15 Feb 2017, 3:41 am

firemonkey wrote:
Is it just me or is it a silly question? I mean what I'm doing at the moment is replying to your post,is the answer that comes to mind when asked.


where are you, that you get asked that question?

i only ever get asked that over the phone, or on here where i can't be seen. :study:

i'm almost always temped to respond with biological functions. breathing, pumping blood, oxygenating erythrocytes, making pyruvate, binding actin and myosin, removing RNA primers with DNA polymerase I, linking okazaki fragments with phosphodiester bonds via ligase...etc, etc.


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15 Feb 2017, 4:55 am

I am currently working on two blog post about Asperger and the other travel/adventure related



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15 Feb 2017, 5:12 am

It's funny a few people didn't get past the title of this post. :lol:

I think it's meant to be what you were doing before you read the post, or what you're about to go and do, because it's a given you're reading the post.



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15 Feb 2017, 6:05 am

iliketrees wrote:
It's funny a few people didn't get past the title of this post. :lol:



Is it funny ? or is it an autistic thing ? or is it a certain type of person thing?


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15 Feb 2017, 6:26 am

SaveFerris wrote:
iliketrees wrote:
It's funny a few people didn't get past the title of this post. :lol:



Is it funny ? or is it an autistic thing ? or is it a certain type of person thing?

Yes, no, yes.



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15 Feb 2017, 2:10 pm

firemonkey wrote:
Is it just me or is it a silly question? I mean what I'm doing at the moment is replying to your post,is the answer that comes to mind when asked.


Its just you.

Whether on the phone, or online, when someone asks you that question even most autistics understand it to mean "what are you engaged in doing this afternoon/morning/evening?" (whichever it is). On the phone its implied that the REAL question is "could you drop what you're doing to come over, or is what you're doing too important to drop?". If its asked here on WP (or on most social websites) its just to give you an excuse talk about your life at the moment ( like what hobbies you're into).