Getting to know each other, Dino-style

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I love answering questions.. so let's begin

What is your first name?
...

Age:
24

Location:
Andromeda Galaxy

Current perseverations:
I don't understand "preservations", doesn't make any sense to me according to that content

When did you discover AS?
10 years ago

Do you have other psych diagnoses?
Social phobia, other stuff is undiagnosed

Do you have a degree?
Yeah, Salesperson. The worst degree a person with AS could ever have.

Kids?
Oh no.

Favorite music, other than NIN
Slipknot, heavy metal, metalcore, nu metal, actually all sorts of metal, hard rock, punk rock, drum'n'bass, darkpsy, forest psy, liquid dubstep


Relationship with significant other, past or present?
Had several relationships in the past, all of them ended badly. Can't build friendships with "female humans".

Plans for the future?
A LOT. One of my plans are travel and conquer the world.

Anything else you feel is pertinent:
SO MUCH, I can't even put that in words..

Perseverations are things with which you are obsessed e.g. my current perseverations are pagodas and Tomas Ledin.

Age: 51

Location: Atlanta, GA

When did you discover AS? July 2018

Do you have other psych diagnoses? No

Do you have a degree? B.Sc

Kids? No

Favorite music, other than NIN Mozart, various other classical, Beck, Sigur Ros, various other rock

Job? Software Engineer

Relationship with significant other, past or present? No. Last long-term relationship was in college. Never wanted kids so that ruled out most of the dating pool; add to that the un-diagnosed (until last year) AS and it's been a non-starter.

Plans for the future? Still have this crazy hope.

Anything else you feel is pertinent: Dealing with chronic blood cancer. Doing very well, feeling well, but it's not something I can get rid of, so it's not likely I'll be making it to retirement age. Actually, I'd rather not grow old alone. If I have to be at this weird, painful and glorious party called life I'd like to leave a bit early and go home.

Now that I'm officially a Dino, here I go:

What is your first name? Tim

Age: 40

Location: Houston, Texas, but want to get out pronto

Current perseverations: Animated comedies, traveling, geography, geology, programming, architecture, history

When did you discover AS? Diagnosed with PDD-NOS in 1988 at age 9, and with AS in 1996 at age 16.

Do you have other psych diagnoses? Depression

Do you have a degree? Yes, BS in Geography/Urban Planning

Kids? No, and I've given up.

Favorite music, other than NIN : Classical, current pop, old R&B, 80s, early 90s, jazz (both smooth and otherwise), some electronica.

Job? Looking for work in GIS, Urban Planning or Data Analysis.

Relationship with significant other, past or present? Two relationships in the past, currently single.

Plans for the future? I'll get back to you.

Anything else you feel is pertinent: No

Now that I'm officially a Dino, here I go:

What is your first name? Gerald

Age: 56

Location: Houston, Prince Edward Island Canada. A global pandemic is a good time to live on an island!

Current perseverations: Visual Art, made it my career. Element collecting, physics.

When did you discover AS? Late 2019

Do you have other psych diagnoses? No

Do you have a degree? Yes, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Kids? Yes one daughter

Favorite music, other than NIN : Music from the 70's and 80's that I grew up with.

Job? Professional artist. Day job, most artists have a day job, Carpenter.

Relationship with significant other, past or present? Six years with my current spouse. Previously divorced.

Plans for the future? Finish current project. Make more stuff. Travel

Anything else you feel is pertinent: Not yet

What is your first name? Whichever this username suggests

Age: .. This year minus 1995~

Location: 12.8797 and 121.7740

Current perseverations: Huh??? Unsure, other than boredom, maybe except this noise of a headache, that annoying stomach churning heartburn and the huge literal pain on the neck and back. I want them gone.

When did you discover AS? Grade... 2?

Do you have other psych diagnoses? Hahaha, NO.

Do you have a degree? 'YES'

Kids? N/A

Favorite music, other than NIN NO.

Job? Depends.

Relationship with significant other, past or present? Very likely ever disinterested to ever had any.

Plans for the future? Nothing.

Anything else you feel is pertinent:. I am sound of mind and body, and fully aware all my answers are done in a nonsensical manner.

And... Worry not, I'm not always like this.

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Lose more time here - Updates at least once a week.

What is you first name? Jess

Age: 44

Location: Wisconsin, US

Current perseverations:
Longstanding interests - Gardening, Perfume, Food, Weightlifting, Birds, Geology,
Recent interests - Cognitive Biases and logic with regards to persuasion, the early history of the United States with regards to slavery and class structures and their affect on current US society and groups within that society, researching anything else that attracts my skittery attention mid-sentence

When did you discover you had AS? I discovered AS as a thing in 2008, thought I might have it, had been judged to be too high-functioning, which I think only means I could pretend too well, and that’s going to come crashing down soon, so maybe it’s time to try again, but not sure that will really change anything

Do you have other psych diagnoses? Depression since 1995 (probably depressed since the age of 7), ADHD-Inattentive since 2018

Do you have a degree? It took three tries at college, but yes, a BS in Accounting

Kids? One ex-stepdaughter

Favorite music, other than NIN: Too numerous to list, but here’s some examples:
The Who, Pink Floyd, Rush, David Bowie, Queen, The Police, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, Jungle/drum and bass/some electronica, James Blake (except his latest), FKA Twigs, I also like classical music, blues, and old jazz but it’s too much to name specific artists

Job? I balance checkbooks for an adequate living, but it’s somehow both inordinately stressful and hideously dull

Relationship with significant other, past or present? I am recently divorced, no current person

Plans for the future? Start my life over on my terms. Includes disposing of extraneous material possessions, traveling, getting more into my interests and pursuing ways to get paid by them

Anything else you feel is pertinent:
Dog owner
Apartment-dweller
Agnostic towards a higher power

Now that I'm officially a Dino, here I go:

What is your first name? Julie

Age: 53

Location: Capitol of California

Current perseverations: Real estate, reading, music, gardening

When did you discover AS? Late 2018

Do you have other psych diagnoses? Yep, I've had depression since I was a kid

Do you have a degree? Yes, B.A. and M.A.

Kids? No. Not the human kind anyway.

Favorite music: Rock from the 80s and 90s, cello music

Job? Professional artist.

Relationship with significant other, past or present? Happily married for almost 24 years

Plans for the future? Retire and leave the stress of trying to be "normal" at work behind.

Anything else you feel is pertinent: No

What is your first name? Brad

Age: 54

Location: US-Tennessee-KnoxvilleArea

Current perseverations: Board Games, Music, Naturalism, Physics, Astonomy, Nature of Reality, Tie Dying Cotton.

When did you discover AS? 4 months ago.

Do you have other psych diagnoses? Yes.

Do you have a degree? Two.

Kids? Just a support dog.

Favorite music, other than NIN Radiohead, Muse, Daft Punk, Deadmau5, MGMT, Pink Floyd, newer Beatles, The Pixies, Zero 7, Worakls, Skinny Puppy, Talking Heads, old BNL, Spiffy Man, etc. (oh, and NIN)

Job? No.

Relationship with significant other, past or present? Currently, no. Past tons: Married for 3 years, she died of Breast Cancer in 2004, Engaged to last relationship, she dumped me, she didn't want to be married to an Autistic Guy. The writing was on the wall, she's a terrible alcoholic. About 13 other relationships, some fore 2+ years, some for 2+ weeks.

Plans for the future? I'm working on a Masterpiece project: A FaceBook Killer.