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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: My therapist thinks I can just learn social cues... |
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| Like many here, I often found it awkward to socialize for decades. But, I discovered when I changed my gender presentation from male to female, I could do things automatically and the other person would respond without confusion. Could I have been learning the wrong gender clues? Maybe my appearance... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: My therapist thinks I can just learn social cues... |
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| I posit there is a hard wired friend or foe routine hard wired into humans. It is very useful to know whether someone you meet is a friend or foe without thinking about it. IFF Indentification Friend or Foe was developed during WW2 for aircraft. You don't want to shoot down your own airplanes. There... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Advice: Printers for artists |
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Posted: Yesterday, 12:14 pm
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| An issue is having the proper print driver for your printer. I've recall having a Canon printer that didn't work for a while until they finally provided a driver for my semi-old operating system. Similarly, I have an old Nikon D70 camera. They have RAW software, but only for Win 10 and 11, so I boug... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Is it hopeless on dating sites? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:44 am
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| I think dating sites only work for a few. They may be more useful if you are looking for something specific and are willing to start a long distance relationship and move to someplace new. Or live in a big city with a huge dating pool like Phiilly, Boston, or NYC. But not a smaller city like Hartfor... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: America is a nightmare |
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Posted: 07 May 2024, 11:32 pm
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Hi Harmonie,
Welcome to New England!
It is very LGBTQ+ friendly where I live. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How can I make myself attractive to NT women? |
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Posted: 07 May 2024, 6:58 pm
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Replies: 47
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| NT women who could have supported a guy found out that the guys they married just didn't contribute the way women did in the past as homemakers. That was an experiment that failed. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: so stressed need some support |
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Posted: 07 May 2024, 1:45 pm
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Have you considered rooming with an elderly guy that could use come assistance keeping the place up?
Or maybe someone who is lonely and just needs someone to listen to him? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do you get the intonation of this Political Advertisement? |
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Posted: 07 May 2024, 6:44 am
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ToughDiamond wrote: ^
That's the message of the ad. But the OP is asking about intonation. Or am I being too literal?
Yes, I was curious if people with autism are aware of speaking patterns used here.
Are they too obvious?
Just right?
What is intonation? |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How can I make myself attractive to NT women? |
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Posted: 06 May 2024, 11:52 am
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| What if I can’t hide my autism enough? They’ll find out It may be better to embrace your autism. Maybe you are good at solving puzzles or fixing things. Girls like guys who can fix stuff. People can be odd in what they are attracted to. Maybe look into a long distance relationship despite all the r... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do you get the intonation of this Political Advertisement? |
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Posted: 06 May 2024, 11:45 am
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How can I make myself attractive to NT women? |
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Posted: 05 May 2024, 4:35 pm
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| Guys are more interested in appearance than girls.. Girls are more more interested in guys that make more money than they do. Or, if that isn't possible, at least make a lot of money compared to similar guys. Getting a degree or trademan's license. Shows earning potential. Winning can help as well. ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Worried about discrimination when buying a house |
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Posted: 05 May 2024, 5:54 am
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| We just gave the agent who was representing us copies of some financial documents he han no trouble finding a lender on our behalf. It was like Oh, Wow, plenty of money. You know you can buy a bigger house. Just saying. Later on he said that if we wanted, we could park a boat in the driveway. No nas... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: My therapist thinks I can just learn social cues... |
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Posted: 04 May 2024, 5:07 am
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| We do have hard wired social responses. Or at least most humans do. I've discovered that when I interact with other people, say in a store, I'll receive and respond social clues faster than I can realize that I have done that. It is over by the time I realize what I have done. I can process things q... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: My life is slipping by |
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Posted: 03 May 2024, 6:58 am
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Replies: 7
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I knows someone who celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary after having a really weird failed first marriage.
2nd time worked out much better for him even though he was in his 30s. Everyone is his family is really short. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What are you eating?/Last thing you ate? |
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Posted: 02 May 2024, 11:49 am
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Replies: 19,279
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| Deep fried Mochiko chicken with Ponzu sauce. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What did you cook today? |
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Posted: 01 May 2024, 7:47 pm
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| Pan fried Teriyaki flank steak. |
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