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 Topic: Do you think my family has disowned me for being unemployed? |
ignisfatuus
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 Forum: Work and finding a Job Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:49 am Subject: Do you think my family has disowned me for being unemployed? |
Don't use Aspergers as an excuse to do nothing in life
You're right in the sense that a person shouldn't give up but you're wrong in your assumption that Asperger's doesn't affect acquiring and kee ... |
| Topic: Man With Asperger's Arrested for Using Tape Recorder |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 41
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:28 pm Subject: Man With Asperger's Arrested for Using Tape Recorder |
cops are not your friends
I think they would admit to as much themselves if you caught them in a moment of sincerity.
I love how people employ the 9/11 defense (i.e. you're a terrorist if yo ... |
| Topic: Asperger and Bullying project |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 23
Views: 768
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:26 am Subject: Asperger and Bullying project |
much of life's woes are pre-emptable
I realise you qualified your statement with "much", however I find this as an excuse for the majority to sh** on anyone who differs in the slightest. It's an e ... |
| Topic: How forthcoming are you about your diagnosis? |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 32
Views: 774
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:16 am Subject: How forthcoming are you about your diagnosis? |
| Information of that nature is a weapon and I am very careful in who's hands I place it, if I do at all. |
| Topic: I think I'm starting to hate being autistic |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 39
Views: 1245
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:15 am Subject: I think I'm starting to hate being autistic |
| I was nearly the same way when I was your age. I had nearly no friends. No social skills. I didn't have a girlfriend. Nobody understood me or my personality (actually, how can I know for sure, given t ... |
| Topic: If you have friends, does it feel like maintenence work? |
ignisfatuus
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Views: 645
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:44 pm Subject: If you have friends, does it feel like maintenence work? |
| I haven't associated with anyone in ten years outside of a work/school context. When I did have friends, it absolutely did feel like "maintenance work". I didn't realise at the time that I had Asper ... |
| Topic: "Nerd Salon" |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 6
Views: 345
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:40 pm Subject: "Nerd Salon" |
| Sounds interesting in premise, but in practice I don't think it would go over well. Why not? Well, "nerds", like a lot of people with Asperger's, have specialized interests. So with everyone attend ... |
| Topic: What is scientific about ID? |
ignisfatuus
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Views: 4137
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:05 am Subject: What is scientific about ID? |
| ID was philosophically disproven by Hume over two and a half centuries ago. That people continue to cling to it boggles the mind. What would you do if someone came up and started lucidly discussing ... |
| Topic: apparently, I'm retarded. |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 21
Views: 2007
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:14 am Subject: apparently, I'm retarded. |
| I would have gone f**** apeshit if they did that to me. |
| Topic: Any other night people? |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 7
Views: 276
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:28 pm Subject: Any other night people? |
| I keep nocturnal hours as well. I used to wake up early and go for a run every day, but after taking Nardil my sleep cycle was shifted. Probably the biggest attraction for me about the night is the ... |
| Topic: Frustrated and discouraged |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 22
Views: 981
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:09 am Subject: Frustrated and discouraged |
| The internet attracts some very unsavoury people who enjoy upsetting others, probably to compensate for a deficiency. Telling you not to take too seriously what Anonymous Jane or Joe Asshole say on t ... |
| Topic: EA - Elitists Anonymous |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 10
Views: 486
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Forum: The Haven Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:23 pm Subject: EA - Elitists Anonymous |
EA Sports It's in the game
Ha, nice derailment 
Elitism will only bring you loneliness.
Trite but true. Solipsism is a symptom of AS, however, and it is hard for some to move outsid ... |
| Topic: Fight or Flight? |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 11
Views: 672
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:48 am Subject: Fight or Flight? |
| That is not a "Aspie" behavior, that's just you being passive-aggressive. Basically don't got enough spine to stand up for yourself or tell off people directly, but you'll go out and key their car beh ... |
| Topic: Latin learning |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 2
Views: 87
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:39 pm Subject: Latin learning |
I always had an interest in doing this as well. Unfortunately, self study does not work for me so I never made it past a week before my attention flitted to something else.
You should check out ... |
| Topic: Who absolutely HATES English Literature? |
ignisfatuus
Replies: 44
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:17 pm Subject: Who absolutely HATES English Literature? |
English is an absolutely gorgeous, engrossing, and sublime subject!*
*Just not as it is currently delivered in both the public and post secondary school system.
Try to read books outside of ... |
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