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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does any else HATE movie theaters? |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 7:47 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,302
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| I like to go to the movies during matinees, when it's just me and some random old people. Opening weekend of a highly anticipated action blockbuster, I never go, because it's just gonna be full of annoying people. Oh, and I hate the 3-D trend. The glasses don't fit well over my glasses (that I HAVE ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What kind of kid were you? |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 3:35 am
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,900
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| I obeyed the rules, did my homework, got straight A's, and was popular with adults as I was "never any trouble." But I was terrified of the other kids and only found "friends" among the other social discards. If anyone noticed, they took the easy out of labeling it a "phase." The only difference be... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Are you this big of a Trekkie? |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 3:16 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,373
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Well, at least you were imitating Spock and Data and not a lame character like Neelix.  |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Jeopardy and Watson |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 3:12 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,534
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| There's got to be a large number of us who enjoy Jeopardy and trivia in general. What did you guys think of the computer Watson, built by IBM to be able to parse natural language and idiom? Spoiler alert: Watson pretty much wiped the floor with Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the two best Jeopardy pla... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Rain Man Discussion |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 2:57 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,360
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I'm pretty ritualistic about eating different foods on different days. Like if I had a burger on Monday, I can't have that on Tuesday.
Also, I'm pretty good at blackjack, but since I'm high functioning, all I do is misread social cues and act awkward. (credit to John Hodgman for that joke.)  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you remember obsessive interests as a child? |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2011, 9:16 pm
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Replies: 106
Views: 10,031
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| Dinosaurs, astronomy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts, Star Trek, Star Wars, computers, science, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (there were a lot of cartoons around this time that involved animals behaving like human superheroes - Gummi Bears, Duck Tales, Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Tales... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: 'People With Aspergers Don't Care About Being Bullied' |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2011, 7:33 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 7,865
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| Aside from being wrong about Aspies caring about being bullied (we DO, and it HURTS), there's the simple fact that bullying is wrong. I might have read wrong, but is your workmate a teacher? Terrifying that this person is in charge of kids and doesn't think bullying is a problem that needs to be sol... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Grammar and Spelling. |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2011, 2:18 pm
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Replies: 74
Views: 12,776
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| I've always had almost perfect spelling and grammar from when I was very young. It's from reading all the time. Personally, I've always found it easy to utilize proper English on the Internet. I don't even like to run spell check, because I go back and edit automatically if I make a typo. Like coffe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's or Chinese mom? |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2011, 2:00 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,727
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| No, there is something more than just my upbringing. I didn't hang out with the other Asian boys either. In fact, during Chinese school, the other boys would always go outside during break to play football. The girls would...do whatever girls do (gossip?) I would walk around the building alone. One ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Talking to people in your head |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2011, 1:32 pm
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Replies: 89
Views: 22,380
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| Yes, I have very long conversations in my head. Sometimes it will be planning out things I'm going to say to people I know in real life. Other times I will go over past conversations and think of how I might have said something better. And still other times I will fantasize about meeting famous peop... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's or Chinese mom? |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2011, 12:42 am
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Replies: 9
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| So you might have read this article in the Wall Street Journal about "Why Chinese Moms Are Superior." I was raised in a manner somewhat like this. Although my parents were somewhat more lenient in some ways, they were pretty strict in others. I began piano lessons at 4 (was never very good, though I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Jared Loughner is an aspie? |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2011, 10:41 pm
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Replies: 96
Views: 10,753
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| What annoys me is that every time some nutcase goes on a shooting spree, the media is all, "He was a loner, quiet, kept to himself, didn't have many friends..." No wonder we have it rough. That not only annoys me, but makes me mad. Every time somebody goes on a shooting spree the media is quick to ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS and test of math abilities |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2011, 10:13 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,667
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| You had a score of 95% correct on this test. Based on the results we have so far, the average person who takes this test scores 90% correct. Your percentile score on this test was 72, meaning you scored higher than 72% of people who took this test It took you an average of 0.8 seconds to respond to ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your difficulty in socializing? |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2011, 7:22 pm
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Replies: 58
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| Joe, you've described a lot of my experiences. I often have the same "blocks" that you have, like not being able to talk in loud environments or changing appointments. I also have the trouble that Cornflake describes, of not understanding the subtleties of when to jump in on a conversation. Thus, I ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Name calling and stereotypical assumptions ? |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2011, 2:27 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,185
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| And then there's something about junior high and high school that brings out the mean streak in people. It is not a healthy environment in any way, shape, or form. You would think, gee, one more person volunteering to help out, that's a good thing. But that is not the way sports teams, or even thin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I have AS but I never had problem understanding metaphors. |
| chewingkebabs |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2011, 1:42 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,276
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| Never had a problem with metaphors. Even alien ones. "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra." |
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