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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I am retiring from Wrong Planet |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2010, 3:41 am
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| I've only been here for less than a month, but now I am deciding to retire. For the reason that I need to allocate my time to other short-term and long-term priorities, and as a natural consequence, I have to cut down my internet usage, which essentially means my time on here. I truly enjoyed being ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does hand flapping look ret*d? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2010, 12:17 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,467
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| I wouldn't use the word ret*d, but drawing negative attention to oneself in public is never a good thing. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you like about being autistic? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2010, 12:15 am
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Replies: 84
Views: 10,385
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| The good things about me being born with autism are the habits I developed through it: The habit of me trying to improve myself everyday when I was autistic is still present now even though I no longer have autism. For example, most students only try to read for school (rather than reading for their... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: My Frustration Regarding Politics |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2010, 12:04 am
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Replies: 5
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| That could be because of one (or both) of two reasons: 1) It's their fault. It could be because of their political ignorance and misunderstanding, or they know better and are just trying to immaturely deride your beliefs with straw man arguments. 2) It's your fault. It could be because you lack a fi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stupid Question: |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 10:19 pm
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Replies: 7
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| so essentially it means "normal"? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stupid Question: |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 8:50 pm
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Replies: 7
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Obsessive Compulsive Behavior |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 8:13 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Do any Aspergers/Autism people on this forum experience this? I certainly do, a lot. And I am beginning to think that OCD and Autism could be related in some ways. For example, being irrationally obsessed with a certain band, or book, or color, or area of knowledge, and etc. for a few weeks and then... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Political Third Parties |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 8:08 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I'm not trying to whitewash the two current major parties in the U.S., but they do have something that third parties do not: accountability. If a person of the two major parties makes a mistake, he/she is accountable and will lose his/her seat. Nonsense. A congresswoman in a district neighboring mi... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Political Third Parties |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 5:35 am
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Replies: 20
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Sand wrote: And when both parties have nothing to offer but corrupted hacks do you think a third party has nothing to offer?
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Political Third Parties |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 5:10 am
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Replies: 20
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| The Republican party arose as a third party. The current Democrats and Republicans are pretty much defunct as representative of anything else but the corruptive money of the wealthy elite. Admittedly their power may be such that violence, not political initiative may be the only solution as distast... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The war on drugs |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 1:42 am
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Replies: 33
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| Despite idealistic Randite libertarian rhetoric, a society where heroin and cocaine are legal would be a dystopia. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Political Third Parties |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 1:38 am
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Replies: 20
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| I'm not going to say that all third parties are bad. They have every right to be part of our democracy, but I wouldn't take them seriously. That's not saying that the major parties are good, though. Third party candidates campaign that they are outsiders who are sick and tired of a bipartisan gridlo... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: trial and error |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 1:29 pm
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Replies: 7
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| If these encounters were face-to-face, did you ever say or do anything that you thought might have threatened your life, or made others want to physically harm you? No, because even though I was social, I still used my best judgment to filter out as much bad decisions as possible. I guess the best ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Why Are Nerds Unpopular? |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 12:57 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Since, many users on this forum fit the high school demographic, I felt that I should post this here. For those of you who do not know, Paul Graham is a very successful programmer who wrote many essays. Most of his essays are about computers, but there are a handful of them about his observations an... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are your religious views? |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 4:16 pm
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Replies: 132
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| What are your religious views? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are your political views? |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 4:12 pm
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Replies: 87
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| i voted moderate-conservative |
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