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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Body hygiene |
| Callista |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2015, 9:54 am
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,234
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| Yeah, unfortunately you may not be aware of smelling bad--even if you're odor-sensitive. This is because we get used to smells that we are exposed to all the time. The scent receptors just get "tired" of firing (it's a biology thing, you can research it), and eventually your new baseline i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The ol' "Buttburgers" joke. |
| Callista |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2015, 11:40 am
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,111
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"They call it ass-burgers because I have a deeelicious butt!"
I'd never say this, but it would be hilarious if someone did.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Worrying about leaving objects in a burning house |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2015, 11:36 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,222
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| I have a bug-out-bag which includes my flash drives with computer backup files (including all my financial and genealogical records). I have my firearms and very few must-take items. Unless my house is fully involved, I could easily gets these things together in 15 seconds. The more time I have, th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: peeing on the sidewalk |
| Callista |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2015, 6:48 am
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Replies: 70
Views: 4,018
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| Yeah. There's no excuse for it; it's just a jerk thing to do. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Worrying about leaving objects in a burning house |
| Callista |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2015, 9:55 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,222
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| My friend said that I just had to throw the cats out of second floor out of the window, that they would not get hurt. But is it true? If I would throw them far enoug (1.5 meters) they would land on grass and can escape. Cats are small, and are more likely to survive such a fall without injuries tha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Doctor Who Linked Vaccines To Autism,Found Floating In River |
| Callista |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2015, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,037
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| He's an American male--guns are their preferred suicide method, that and hanging. Being a doctor would just tell you how often people survive overdoses, and knowing anatomy would tell you exactly where to aim. I think it was suicide. I can't find any real evidence that it wasn't. People don't like t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: peeing on the sidewalk |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2015, 5:10 pm
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Replies: 70
Views: 4,018
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| Honestly, I'm kinda wondering why they wouldn't just use a toilet. They live in an area with sidewalks; presumably there are also toilets. And they haven't mentioned where they poop, so... uhm, just pee in the same place where you poop? My logic sensor is going off--there's no legit reason why someo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Worrying about leaving objects in a burning house |
| Callista |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2015, 4:59 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,222
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| Even NTs do. When a person "loses everything" in a fire, even if they and their families survive completely unhurt and have insurance or savings to rebuild, their communities often feel quite sorry for them and come together to support them. People know that losing all your personal posses... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: can you be an autistic surgeon? |
| Callista |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2015, 4:53 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,262
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| If you're a good surgeon, and get excellent results, who cares if you're autistic? One might not have anything to do with the other. The ends are more important than the means. This. You don't need to be too good at social skills to be a surgeon; you just need to be able to work with your team and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can't Concentrate |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2015, 12:57 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,385
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| I'm honestly just jealous because somebody let this kid jump ahead and do something interesting instead of staying with his classmates. Yeah, it's cool to get experience with social skills and all, but not at the expense of building your talents! I was held back constantly and I only got out of high... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New here, I have questions about acquiring diagnoses. |
| Callista |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2015, 1:36 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 634
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College student? Sometimes a college disability office can help. Ditto, family doctor, if you've got one.
Doesn't matter too much what diagnosis you get, if any, so long as you solve whatever problems you need to solve. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Presence of low-functioning/IQ autistics on the Internet |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2015, 1:34 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,235
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| There's not really an official definition of low-functioning. It's kind of a label doctors put on you when they want to emphasize your disability rather than your talents. (They use high-functioning for the opposite reason, when they want to minimize your disability and emphasize your talents. This ... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: I am curious about transitioning(FTM) |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2015, 1:25 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,664
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| So you definitely want to be a man? I have no experience of this, but I would suggest you started living like a man first, before doing anything at all. Perhaps you could take T and not have any surgery, and see what it's like first. I don't *think* the effects from T are permanent. Check that one.... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Should bisexual homoromantic lesbians be able to bang men? |
| Callista |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2015, 1:20 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 975
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| I think I'd worry a bit about the man in question, because he might not be clear on the fact that this girl is never going to want a romantic or emotionally close relationship with him. You say "homoromantic", so I can only assume that these are girls who simply don't fall in love with men... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Queer-on-queer hate bingo |
| Callista |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2015, 1:14 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,825
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| I recommend you don't hit people in the head. If you hit them just the wrong way, or if you hit them and they lost their balance and hit their head on something else or on the ground, you could cause a dangerous head injury. I'm thinking about this because I've been following a couple of cases where... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can't Concentrate |
| Callista |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2015, 9:57 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,385
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| Lucky you; I love math but I've always been kept at grade level. Then again, I was never particularly far ahead of grade level; I didn't study math on my own or anything. I did that with science, and just learned the math I needed to understand it. Relativity theory at age 12? Yes please. :) Try wri... |
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