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 Topic: After trying to change, I know now people with AS can't |
pbcoll
Replies: 51
Views: 1053
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:23 pm Subject: After trying to change, I know now people with AS can't |
| I think Greentea is the only one talking sense here. You can learn to mimic behaviours, but in my experience in the end this fools no one. Perhaps the borderline cases can learn to function sufficient ... |
| Topic: Famous last words |
pbcoll
Replies: 43
Views: 501
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:27 pm Subject: Famous last words |
'I am dying beyond my means.'
-Oscar Wilde
'I'm sorry, sir. I didn't do it on purpose.'
-Marie Antoinette to the executioner, after accidentally stepping on his foot.
'And now I shall destroy ... |
| Topic: Do girls you like want nothing to do with you? |
pbcoll
Replies: 54
Views: 1323
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:28 pm Subject: Do girls you like want nothing to do with you? |
The best advice to find someone to date is to quit looking. Really. If you're looking so hard, you're actually going to miss quite a few good friendships which have the potential to evolve.
This ... |
| Topic: Article-Undiagnosing Einstein, Gates, Jefferson by J Mitchel |
pbcoll
Replies: 96
Views: 2602
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:17 pm Subject: Article-Undiagnosing Einstein, Gates, Jefferson by J Mitchel |
The authors anecdote about Einstein deciding at the age of two to forgo speech until he had mastered it points to Einstein BEING autistic.
Maybe the author should gain some familiarity with babies ... |
| Topic: Article-Undiagnosing Einstein, Gates, Jefferson by J Mitchel |
pbcoll
Replies: 96
Views: 2602
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:05 pm Subject: Article-Undiagnosing Einstein, Gates, Jefferson by J Mitchel |
Yeah, there's a lot of stereotyping in the article and so forth, but it's no worse than the other camp, whose thinking is largely 'somebody said
There is a pattern of frame and thought different to ... |
| Topic: Empathy Quotient |
pbcoll
Replies: 140
Views: 3033
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:53 pm Subject: Empathy Quotient |
| My score is 23. Like others have posted, the test seems as much about social skills as it is about empathy. My empathy is probably on the low normal range, my social skills are lower than that. I am ... |
| Topic: The most depressing movies you've seen |
pbcoll
Replies: 122
Views: 4800
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:22 pm Subject: The most depressing movies you've seen |
the seventh seal- great movie but just a tad bit morose.
It's actually one of Bergman's "optimistic" films - it says a lot when in his "optimistic" film most characters en up dead of bubonic pla ... |
| Topic: I tried... |
pbcoll
Replies: 15
Views: 423
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:06 pm Subject: I tried... |
| I totally sympathise. I hate cliques and can never figure out how people join them, parties are just about the worst setting for me to socialise in. |
| Topic: Decent Dating Sites; know any? |
pbcoll
Replies: 30
Views: 822
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:56 pm Subject: Decent Dating Sites; know any? |
Yes it's free, but thats the only good thing, my experience on the forums has been bad, everything i say has either been deleted or flamed. Most of the British Girls can't speak or spell properly an ... |
| Topic: 16 yr old son wants girlfriend |
pbcoll
Replies: 8
Views: 372
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:24 pm Subject: Re: 16 yr old son wants girlfriend |
| Ok. This is a tough one. It's hard enough for typical teens who want relationships with the opposite sex but my son is really feeling bummed out. He develops a crush on practically every girl he comes ... |
| Topic: 16 yr old son wants girlfriend |
pbcoll
Replies: 8
Views: 372
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:50 pm Subject: Re: 16 yr old son wants girlfriend |
| Ok. This is a tough one. It's hard enough for typical teens who want relationships with the opposite sex but my son is really feeling bummed out. He develops a crush on practically every girl he comes ... |
| Topic: Female Friends |
pbcoll
Replies: 62
Views: 1314
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:50 pm Subject: Female Friends |
Romance always seems to go better when you are friends first and foremost...
Probably true.
... and if it doesn't get romantic, then--well, you've got a friend
The problem with this is that ... |
| Topic: The western media has it all wrong about Georgia... |
pbcoll
Replies: 31
Views: 615
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:23 pm Subject: Re: The western media has it all wrong about Georgia... |
They're not commies, but Putin is very authoritarian (despite Medvedev being the actual president), and is wanting to restore Mother Russia to its past glory.
All true, but Saakashvili's democrat ... |
| Topic: The western media has it all wrong about Georgia... |
pbcoll
Replies: 31
Views: 615
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:56 am Subject: Re: The western media has it all wrong about Georgia... |
...fine: SOUTH ossetia is georgian land...
Well, yes and no. The statement needs to be expanded, skafather84. I suggest you do yet more research and come back with a response that convinces me you've ... |
| Topic: Russian tanks enter South Ossetia |
pbcoll
Replies: 63
Views: 1467
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:01 am Subject: Russian tanks enter South Ossetia |
| Now that Tibet hs been mentioned, some points: How many of those that condemn Chinese repression in Tibet condemn Chinese repression in East Turkestan? It seems self-determination is good if you're a ... |
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