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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are people on the spectrum capable of manipulation? |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 1:30 am
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,525
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| I am just about incapable of manipulation. Even seeing the ridiculous social behavior that people use to get ahead in the world is an utter failure when I try to have a go at it. Probably because it's obvious that I try to hard to emulate it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is the opposite of autism? |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 1:08 am
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Replies: 54
Views: 25,180
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| I have found that there are a very large number of INTJ and ISTJ Jungian personality types on the ASD spectrum. Similarities they share, cognitively are the extroverted thinking and introverted feeling functions. The former would explain why we want everything to be logical and orderly, the latter e... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don't have aspergers I hate people |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 12:49 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,761
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| The fuel for my misanthropic fire is how easy things could be far better, but because of stupidity, complacency and general cowardice, things remain the way they are. It is a curse to effortlessly realize these things, because the end result is a waning hope for humanity's long term future. We truly... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and above average IQ |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2012, 2:06 am
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Replies: 167
Views: 84,617
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| Actually, gifted children are more likely to be misdiagnosed with ADD/ADHD than anything else. Back on topic, I think there would be a small correlation, since ASD is strongly correlated with the introverted and thinking>feeling Jungian personality types, which are both correlated with IQ more posit... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's And Maturity: How slow did you grow up? |
| benr3600 |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2012, 2:11 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 5,548
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| Can I be 16 again with enough self-esteem to realize there are actually some girls who are into me. There's a few I can think back on, man how I could be so oblivious. Then I remember the six year frienemie I had who ground my self-esteem into the dirt. I had come to believe the put downs and was i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: On AS, giftedness, diagnosis and being female |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2012, 2:03 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,337
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On topic: if your mother is lying to you about this, it is one of the most vile things she could do to her offspring.
Off topic: is it an ASD trait to be even more argumentative with your parents than teenagers usually are, or no significant difference? |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Aspies and bereavement. Do we cope with it differently? |
| benr3600 |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2012, 2:34 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,012
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| I have really only lost one person who is somewhat close to me, my grandmother. We never got along, because she was depressed and drank her liver and kidneys into oblivion in less than 15 years (it's complicated) and I was the whipping boy. When she died, I couldn't handle it and started thinking sh... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Coin a word for discrimination of people on the spectrum! |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2012, 2:09 am
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Replies: 44
Views: 8,645
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why I'll Never Understand the NT World |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 2:59 am
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Replies: 77
Views: 5,923
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| I've learnt that much, much of the difference between our logic and NT logic can be explained by the NT top value of protecting the group. For us it's not even a value, let alone our top life value. They derive their strength from togetherness, safety in numbers, we derive it from rational, logical... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When did u/parents knew u had AS or autism? |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 2:44 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,603
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| This thread made me realize maybe my mother knew that I has ASD, and just never told me, thinking something like "if he never knows, he has no incentive to not be normal, therefore he might be normal." When I was about 13 she insisted that I became a "friend" of her friend's autistic son. Obviously,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Neanderthal really less advanced than H. Sapiens? |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 2:27 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,691
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| IIRC from my Human Evolution course, Anthropology has not concluded that we actually "defeated" the Neanderthals, all that is known is that our species overlapped, and we survived, although the behavior and brow ridge of some people lead me to think otherwise. I have a theory that is consistent with... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Considered acceptable to target those with Asperger's/Autism |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012, 6:47 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,301
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nrau wrote: Yes. We are considered ret*ds, and it's okay to bully ret*ds. After all they are ret*d.
That's actually part of my issue. I don't think it's considered acceptable in any walk of life to even poke fun at somebody who is legitimately ret*d. Yet it's perfectly A-ok to have open season on ASD. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why I'll Never Understand the NT World |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012, 3:12 am
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Replies: 77
Views: 5,923
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| Yeah people in general can't stand to be wrong. It's why adults argue so much more severely than kids ever will, they simply must be right and their ego is extremely hurt when you point out otherwise. One of the things that separates me from them is that I am very open to learning whenever somebody ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Considered acceptable to target those with Asperger's/Autism |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2012, 3:03 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,301
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| Does anybody else get the impression that many base people find it perfectly acceptable to mock, ridicule and exacerbate those with ASD? From the ridiculously high rate of being a target of bullying (do you believe this is done mostly due to knowing one has ASD, or just because they are easier targe... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Any Aspies in the South Bend/Michiana area? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2012, 2:52 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 849
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| I'm from around the corner, a bit north of Chicago. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do random strangers ever laugh at you? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2012, 2:45 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 27,590
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| Yes, sometimes. There was this one dickhead I used to work with who did it purposely. I wish he would have gotten run over by a mack truck. This actually just happened today. I was driving down a back road near my house, and a group of 19 year olds was sitting on their lawn, enjoying the weather. As... |
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