kittie
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| Juliana wrote: | | kittie wrote: | | veganism (again, I'm not sure this is a special interest, I've simply had to explain my diet to defensive meat-eaters too much and too often, so I now know a lot about it). |
I can definitely relate to that! I know far more than is necessary because everyone seems to question me endlessly about why I am vegan. |
If I had a penny for every time someone brought up protein....  I didn't know it was that violently opposed until I started living that lifestyle!
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Obsessions
Surfing the Internet in search of knowledge
Cars
Car accessories or anything else even remotely related to cars
Interests
Famous Quotes
Dystopias
Politics
Law
Current Events
Economics
Investing
Sailing
Boats (in general)
Bicycling
Weight lifting
Technology
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-Android
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Pipilo
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Joined: May 19, 2012
Age: 43
Posts: 56
Location: Secret hide-out
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It's really fun reading everybody's obsessions! I love this thread!
O.K., mine:
-historic infectious diseases, like smallpox (current focus), bubonic plague, cholera
-bacteria and viruses
-wilderness and primitive skills
-wild animals and birds
-homesteading
-textiles and clothing
-herbal medicine and botany
-Christmas (historical traditions, like figgy pudding)
-memorizing old poetry (chaucer, shakespeare)
-j.s. bach
-old cookbooks and recipes
-OK, I'll admit it, royalty is on the list. A furtive special interest in modern royalty.
-artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and, these days, autism and asperger's.
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Omnicognic
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Age: 168
Posts: 565
Location: Ravenholdt,
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Pipilo, while not on my list, I used to be seriously addicted to wilderness survival skills (it wasn't listed because it has a sub list all its own) along with trapping, fishing, hunting, flintknapping, tanning, making fire with many methods, wild foods and even a bit of bush medicine and much much more... I'm sure you own them already, but if not, may I suggest the Foxfire books?
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DJFester
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Location: Minneapolis MN USA
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Music (all kinds)
DJ'ing
Pro Audio / lighting / visuals / theatrical tech, etc.
Computers & Internet
Those have always been with me, and never change.
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Pipilo
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Location: Secret hide-out
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Thanks, omnicognic, they are kind of an obsession unto themselves, there are times when all I can do is sit and read foxfire books. I wish there were a hundred of them.
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mmcool
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Joined: Apr 19, 2012
Age: 16
Posts: 529
Location: England
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What are your current aspies obessions?
computers
How often do the change?
not really since 2006  |
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chtucker18
Snowy Owl
Joined: Feb 01, 2006
Age: 25
Posts: 151
Location: Laurel, Maryland
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Hollywood
Video games
porn
sports
music
technology
iphone |
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johnny77
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Age: 35
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The only obsession I ever left behind was writing software in integer basic for apple computers. Burned my self out and realized I cant sit still long enough to write programs. 
All my other obsessions cycle but are all ways there.
cars
bikes
survival
mechanical, electrical any that I can tear apart and re-purpose
Pipilo
Thanks, omnicognic, they are kind of an obsession unto themselves, there are times when all I can do is sit and read foxfire books. I wish there were a hundred of them. :wtg
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treblecake
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Age: 17
Posts: 290
Location: Australia
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I have a few things that I'm obsessed with that go through cycles. I usually obsess over it for a week to a month then move on but my obsessions are reoccuring. This is a general list of what I get obsessed with:
-Photography
-Compositional techniques
-Tchaikovsky
-Genres of music such as minimalism, english punk rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, k-pop, free jazz, neo-classical, romantic era, electronic.
-Socionics
-Carl Jung
-Body language
-Dreams
-Physics in general
-Quantum mechanics
-Mars rover
-Dark matter and energy
-Black holes
-Periodic table
-Knitting
-Various TV shows like Skins, Merlin, Sherlock, Big Bang Theory.
- Anime and Jpanese culture
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MathGirl
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Age: 22
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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I would say my special interests change about every 2-3 years.
My current fixation is autism but it's a broad topic and I tend to fixate on sub-topics of it at different times. For example, for the past half a year, I've really gotten into exploring ABA-based therapies.
I also have side-special interests, which tend to last very long and I sometimes can suddenly start fixating on them for a whole day or so. These interests are, for me,
- Nutrition
- Pop music (only very specific artists I start fixating on for a period of time and then stop)
- Fashion (a recent one)
- A local pizza chain called Pizza Pizza
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iamchickenlittle
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Age: 40
Posts: 71
Location: Next to Busta!
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love this topic!
Long term:
aeroponic cannabis cultivation
music (longest one)
documentaries
short term (less than a month)
lmfao (the group)
lil wayne
wilhelm yell
computer stuff
camping
living off the grid
aquaponics
how to be a prepper (doomsday)
construction
gardening (normal)
squatting (taking property by living in it)
best country to live in meeting my personal criteria of personal freedom, ability to self sustain and see the stars without light pollution. |
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TheHouseholdCat
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Posts: 667
Location: Berlin, Germany
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My obsessions change whenever there's a new opportunity. Sometimes I am obsessed with three things in a row. Each for... two weeks or so. And the next obsession can last a whole year. Or longer.
My obsessions are usually related to music. And it's four years now that I am obsessed with films. So that's the two big fields.
Sometimes my obsessions are related to literature and art.
Some of my obsessions from the last couple of years are:
Cillian Murphy
Keanu Reeves
River Phoenix
Tears For Fears
Mark Owen
Thomas Newman
Frédéric Chopin
As a child, I was also obsessed with TV series. Usually the "unpopular" ones.
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Joker
Sinn Fein
Joined: Mar 20, 2011
Age: 24
Posts: 7593
Location: North Carolina The Tar Heel State :)
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: Current obessions? Also how often do your interests chan |
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| layla87 wrote: | What are your current aspies obessions?
1. Pro Wrestlinng
2. Mixed Martial Arts
3. Sinn Féin left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland.
4. Irish Repbulican Army.
5. Poety.
6. My Religion
7. My Independent Poliitcal Views.
8. RGP Video Games
9. Theater Arts.
10. Native American History
How often do the change? |
My Aspie Obsessions never change they never will. |
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TheHouseholdCat
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Location: Berlin, Germany
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| kittie wrote: | | Juliana wrote: | | kittie wrote: | | veganism (again, I'm not sure this is a special interest, I've simply had to explain my diet to defensive meat-eaters too much and too often, so I now know a lot about it). |
I can definitely relate to that! I know far more than is necessary because everyone seems to question me endlessly about why I am vegan. |
If I had a penny for every time someone brought up protein.... I didn't know it was that violently opposed until I started living that lifestyle! |
Protein is a regular. I also get the "cheese" reply a lot why people think they could never go vegan.
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