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 Topic: Do You Ever Mix Up Your Responses To "Small Talk" |
CyclopsSummers
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:59 pm Subject: Do You Ever Mix Up Your Responses To "Small Talk" |
| I usually do not mess up mine, but there was one instance where I had bought a video game and the store clerk said Veel plezier ermee and I responded Zal ik doen, which doesn't sound right. Translated ... |
| Topic: Duran Duran |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 11
Views: 294
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:27 pm Subject: Duran Duran |
| I'm quite fond of Duran Duran. Notorious, Skin Trade, A View, and Reflex are among my favourite songs of the '80s. I thought Ordinary Day was okay, but Come Undone and their cover of Perfect Day left ... |
| Topic: How do you define "friend"? |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 22
Views: 435
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:50 pm Subject: How do you define "friend"? |
It's one of those things that is almost impossible to get a satisfactory definition for, but as Potter Stewart said, "I know it when I see it."
I would agree with this. I think it's something that ... |
| Topic: what are you listening to THIS VERY SECOND? |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 8931
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:47 pm Subject: what are you listening to THIS VERY SECOND? |
Classic slow jam "Nice N' Slow", by Usher.
Into "4 Page Letter", by Aaliyah. |
| Topic: What religion or non are you? |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 130
Views: 3072
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:46 pm Subject: What religion or non are you? |
I'm an atheist, but preferred to define my belief negatively as 'NOT believing that there is a god', but rather 'believing that there is no god'.
Of late, however, while I still call myself an athe ... |
| Topic: Our Place in the World |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 34
Views: 1104
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:12 pm Subject: Our Place in the World |
| Glider, from previous posts as well as the one that kicks off this thread, it seems you possess much wisdom, and this wisdom is recognised by many on the forum, including me. On one hand, I completely ... |
| Topic: is there |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 3
Views: 153
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:55 pm Subject: is there |
A bit of context to go with your question would be nice... 
If the same person were to score 82 and 86 on an IQ test, the difference wouldn't mean much, because the results may also depend on t ... |
| Topic: "We kill threads"; Threadkiller Society |
CyclopsSummers
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:42 pm Subject: "We kill threads"; Threadkiller Society |
Here's a little gem from the early 1950s... I remember watching it about 10 years ago, and I loved it then.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot92Yfovvvg[/youtube]
And don't nitpick about ... |
| Topic: Failure and Bottled Up Rage |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 19
Views: 912
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:59 pm Subject: Re: Failure and Bottled Up Rage |
| I wish I could give you some advice, Touch, but I'm afraid I lack the experience and maturity. I do recognise some of the things you're saying here, even though I'm something of a quitter where you're ... |
| Topic: Physical Education lessons |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 39
Views: 1352
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:13 pm Subject: Physical Education lessons |
Too sum it up in a sentence, I've attempted to be hit by a car to get out of PE.
So yeah.
PE is what I hate.
EMZ.Then I'm sorry you still have a couple of years of PE classes left. Without exceptio ... |
| Topic: Physical Education lessons |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 39
Views: 1352
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:19 pm Subject: Physical Education lessons |
Our Grade 2 PE teacher was actually a drama teacher. So that year we got to do very little PE. Just a bunch of lame boring drama crap. Like the "stuck in a box" thing. The invisible box.
In Gr ... |
| Topic: Physical Education lessons |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 39
Views: 1352
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:42 pm Subject: Physical Education lessons |
| I echo many of the sentiments expressed in this thread. I, too, was one to be picked last for softball, I was afraid of climbing ropes and the like, was afraid of getting hit by the ball in ball games ... |
| Topic: How much has lack of ToM affected your life? |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 18
Views: 522
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:00 pm Subject: How much has lack of ToM affected your life? |
| Like ChangelingGirl, I compensate with reason. But I can't say Theory of Mind has affected my life in any significant way. The people who were closest to me always knew my ways and quirks (as I knew t ... |
| Topic: Do You Tell Your Employer You Have AS? |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 19
Views: 603
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:43 pm Subject: Do You Tell Your Employer You Have AS? |
I always do. Or at least, I've done so far; I've only had two jobs.
In job interviews, I always tell the one who's interviewing me (quite often a boss or someone in an authority position) that I ha ... |
| Topic: Does Anyone Else Find Themselves Wasting Time? |
CyclopsSummers
Replies: 15
Views: 459
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:14 pm Subject: Does Anyone Else Find Themselves Wasting Time? |
| Decorequiem, PatientZero, I have often found myself - and sometimes I still am - facing this very problem. Unfortunately, I haven't yet found a good solution. But yes, I have been known to browse the ... |
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