| Author |
Message |
 Topic: count to a million |
Speckles
Replies: 7241
Views: 51018
|
 Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:05 pm Subject: count to a million |
| 4657 |
| Topic: How do you officially learn social skills? |
Speckles
Replies: 14
Views: 603
|
Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:55 pm Subject: How do you officially learn social skills? |
| Hmm, a combination of things for me. But mostly reading a lot of people-observation books. By people-observation, I mean psych, sociology, behaviourial economics, and 'how to read people' books. In es ... |
| Topic: "You are an arrogant jerk" |
Speckles
Replies: 128
Views: 3246
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:32 pm Subject: "You are an arrogant jerk" |
Okay, one big mistake I'm seeing you make is your continous use of the second person. For example:
And then there's seminars, which exist to sell you the next level seminar. This is Russ Whitney's ... |
| Topic: One BIG Aspie blessing |
Speckles
Replies: 16
Views: 1122
|
Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:48 pm Subject: One BIG Aspie blessing |
| I dunno. I think that some of the tricks that work really well on NT might not work well on an aspie, but we are actually just as prone to emotional manipulation so long as it`s done right. I mean, lo ... |
| Topic: Were you yelled at, spanked or beaten for havnig accidents? |
Speckles
Replies: 21
Views: 777
|
Forum: The Haven Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:16 pm Subject: Were you yelled at, spanked or beaten for havnig accidents? |
| You should have a `none of the above` option. I can`t remember my parents punishing me for having accidents at all. Maybe an embarassing joke, or a mention of how big kids use the toilet, but no real ... |
| Topic: Obama's latest gaffes... |
Speckles
Replies: 11
Views: 375
|
Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:01 pm Subject: Obama's latest gaffes... |
| Afghanistan really needs more troops. Canada has been holding it`s portion of Afghanistan for a long time, and so far no one has agreed to take its place. It`s very frustrating, as Canada doesn`t real ... |
| Topic: Pure Entertainment: The Wrong vs. The Wrong |
Speckles
Replies: 18
Views: 384
|
Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:16 am Subject: Pure Entertainment: The Wrong vs. The Wrong |
I got the feeling that both of them were trying to force the other to say some outrageous soundbite.
Although: "Would you sacrifice you child to secure Fallujah?" What the hell kind of question is ... |
| Topic: Level of bio education and view on evolution |
Speckles
Replies: 51
Views: 1224
|
Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:49 am Subject: Level of bio education and view on evolution |
Uh, look around. He's the only one?? How absurd to even think that could be true! 
Dawkins is the one-and-only scientist who criticizes religious people? 
You could point out a few oth ... |
| Topic: Did you doubt your official diagnosis? |
Speckles
Replies: 29
Views: 741
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:57 am Subject: Did you doubt your official diagnosis? |
| Not really, no. There's been times I've tried to force myself to not have it, but I've never really doubted. Getting my diagnosis was not really upsetting, it was more of a 'Thank god, I'm not really ... |
| Topic: autism and jobs ..ASPIES ONLY !!!! |
Speckles
Replies: 62
Views: 1905
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:59 am Subject: autism and jobs ..ASPIES ONLY !!!! |
Don't know if you realise, hiunikel, but the high-speed high-illumination flickering on your avatar is seriously unpleasant. 
I agree
what can you read in my avatar ? .. T ... |
| Topic: Of what real value is evolutionary "knowledge"? |
Speckles
Replies: 351
Views: 5886
|
Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:45 am Subject: Of what real value is evolutionary "knowledge"? |
I hope you're being satirical, because otherwise, I am living nowhere.
Obviously you're in on it  . |
| Topic: Of what real value is evolutionary "knowledge"? |
Speckles
Replies: 351
Views: 5886
|
Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:22 am Subject: Of what real value is evolutionary "knowledge"? |
Hmm, I'm more in favor of teachers being reprimanded for teaching students known falsehoods,
such as that "Man came from apes" is a fact, which hasn't been proven, or even roughly shown.
But hey, ... |
| Topic: Democratics side show, vote now!! Clinton or Obama?? |
Speckles
Replies: 37
Views: 765
|
Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:01 am Subject: Democratics side show, vote now!! Clinton or Obama?? |
blurb
blurb x2
Hmm, I still feel standing up for his pastor originally was the right thing to do. He specifically said that he didn't agree with everything Wright said - in the speech he compared ... |
| Topic: Level of bio education and view on evolution |
Speckles
Replies: 51
Views: 1224
|
Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:16 am Subject: Level of bio education and view on evolution |
My premise is along the lines of Ben Stein's movie: that evolutionists are getting ever more militant, and firing scientists who even question evolution. And some of these scientists have found tha ... |
| Topic: Of what real value is evolutionary "knowledge"? |
Speckles
Replies: 351
Views: 5886
|
Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:09 am Subject: Of what real value is evolutionary "knowledge"? |
Point is, they teach it, and require you to act like you believe in it -- even when you firmly do not --
in required classes.
That's wrong -- in every way -- for them to be doing to students.
... |
| |
