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Psycher
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10 Sep 2014, 6:59 pm

Diagnosed an aspie a few years back, was seriously awed that there were OTHERS like me (really, like ME?!?) out there.

Kinda got used to that now. I'm a scientist, so I hang with people near the spectrum all the time, but still, I sometimes gripe about sensory things and social stuff and draw blank stares... so I realized I may benefit from more of an effort to find my folks out there. Saw on the young turks they mentioned the guy who did the reddit thing with the celebrity nudes being on an aspie who used a site called Wrong Planet and immediately thought, "hey, you should check that place out."

Working hard to be more social (and this counts, right?)! !

Go ASPIES!! !

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10 Sep 2014, 8:58 pm

Welcome to the Forum, Psycher!



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10 Sep 2014, 9:42 pm

hi. welcome. what sort of scientist are you? i was a bio major in college. what are your hobbies?



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10 Sep 2014, 10:23 pm

Hey Psycher welcome. :sunny:



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11 Sep 2014, 7:02 am

Welcome, Psycher. I hope your welcoming message will not be the last one we ever hear of you.

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11 Sep 2014, 11:48 am

Welcome to WP. I hope you enjoy your time here!



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11 Sep 2014, 3:20 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!


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11 Sep 2014, 6:06 pm

cathylynn wrote:
hi. welcome. what sort of scientist are you? i was a bio major in college. what are your hobbies?


I'm a physicist, I work with radiation detectors for astrophysicists. I used to work with two-dimensional materials but this route has better job security (people will always worry about nuclear threats and the means to detect them) and I can also help out my fellow scientists so it's a big win/win.

My biggest hobby is role-playing games. I love to design them and make rules that are easy to play while being as realistic as possible (not an easy balance!). I've loved devising probability models that accurately mimic real life, and in every life situation/location I'm thinking about how it could be described/modeled in an RPG. On this vein I'm also a huge fan of computer games (especially apocalypse/horror themes and FPSers).

I used to be a journalist, and I love to write too, though I don't have time anymore. I did write a novel, but I've never had any interest in sharing it (wrote it for myself to enjoy, and I care not a whit whether anyone else would like it - wow that's selfish but it's true).

Bio major? Do you get to work in your field? I'm a big fan of biologists, if I wasn't a physicist that would be my second choice.

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11 Sep 2014, 7:23 pm

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