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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is the best way to make friends with an Aspie? |
| Sinanju |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 10:20 pm
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Replies: 39
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| I guess my biggest question is why can friendship be so overwhelming for people with AS? This is going to sound kind of sad, but speaking from my personal view... it's because we're not used to it. THIS^. More often than not, someone will act friendly at first, only to treat us like crap when they ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is the best way to make friends with an Aspie? |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 9:27 pm
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| Are you so sure there's nothing interesting about yourself? That's a little sad to me. I get told all the time how smart I am, how intimidated people are by what I know and what I can do, but you might be surprised at the things that hold my interest. Just because someone's smart doesn't mean they'r... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is the best way to make friends with an Aspie? |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 8:22 pm
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| This might not be the answer you want to hear, but... I would just keep doing what you're doing. One of my major hobbies is roleplaying, which involves a lot of back-and-forth e-mailesque conversation, and I've made plenty of great friendships that way. It's certainly possible, but the decision to e... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: what kiddy show do you hate the most?? |
| Sinanju |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 7:46 pm
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Replies: 95
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| I dislike any kids' show which condescends to its audience. Kids are insanely smart and clever, and seeing shows which pander to kids with the lowest-common denominator writing just makes me sick. It's not as much of a problem as it used to be in the '90s, but one thing I particularly hated about &... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I hate Aspergers |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 7:40 pm
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Replies: 15
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| I would probably stop honing in exclusively on the girls you find gorgeous, first of all. It's not likely you'd have much in common with them anyway given that they're going after the sort of men you've described, and that's not a foundation for a good relationship. That nerdy, quiet girl in the cor... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: What movies have you seen recently? |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 7:34 pm
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Selma, from the other day. Fantastic biopic, recommended it to my family and they loved it. They've learned to trust my recommendations now.  |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: What are you playing right now? |
| Sinanju |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 7:33 pm
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Replies: 4,689
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Pokemon Alpha Sapphire! Just finished it and am working on breeding a new team for Omega Ruby, which I got for Christmas. Can't wait to play through the Team Magma end of things.  |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Fallout/Elderscrolls Thread? |
| Sinanju |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 7:32 pm
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Replies: 25
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| I'm actually not really surprised over the Bethesda divisiveness in the thread... particularly with Skyrim since it's the title they seem to be best known for these days. Seems to attract that "either you love it or hate it" mentality. One thing I'll say I don't like is the vanilla combat.... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is the best way to make friends with an Aspie? |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 7:07 pm
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Replies: 39
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| I guess my biggest question is why can friendship be so overwhelming for people with AS? This is going to sound kind of sad, but speaking from my personal view... it's because we're not used to it. My barriers are 20,000 stories higher than the average person's. Things that probably seem innocuous ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How to have a social life... when options are limited |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 1:10 am
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Replies: 8
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| The school I go to boasts of its ~super special~ cybersecurity program. It's definitely a really cool field, I'd recommend it to anyone interested in IT, now I just have the matter of getting my foot in the door... not so easy. I heard the CCNA was tough. Or at least it looks tough, given the scope ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Crush on a fictional character? |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 1:07 am
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Replies: 213
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Char Aznable.
...I am immune to any and all judgment on the matter. |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Fallout/Elderscrolls Thread? |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 1:03 am
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| Up until very, very recently, I'd been on a Skyrim kick. I was that WoW player who had Alt ADD and couldn't focus on any one character... so I don't think I've actually gotten farther than killing my first dragon in the story proper. Oops. But I DID do a ton of guild questing so I was sitting at aro... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How to have a social life... when options are limited |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 12:35 am
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| Have you looked at the meetup.com for groups that might be interesting? Unfortunately, that hangout group I mentioned was from meetup.com. I just got an e-mail today from the leader, who's stepping down. I haven't found many others willing to meet outside the cities, which are just not feasible for... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is the best way to make friends with an Aspie? |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 12:24 am
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Replies: 39
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| I guess my biggest question is why can friendship be so overwhelming for people with AS? This is going to sound kind of sad, but speaking from my personal view... it's because we're not used to it. My barriers are 20,000 stories higher than the average person's. Things that probably seem innocuous ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How to have a social life... when options are limited |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 12:09 am
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Replies: 8
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| In your instance, I'd first point to location. I don't know if it's the only thing (I'm clueless about my own situation), but the middle of nowhere is never a good place to be. People who don't fit the mold need a variety of people to pick from. It is absolutely location, I'm positive (and hello, f... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How to have a social life... when options are limited |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2015, 11:46 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Pretty much at the end of my rope here and I'm not sure where else to turn because 1) therapists are useless, 2) parents brush me off, and 3) I have no close friends (or really, any friends at all) to turn to for advice. Diagnosed Aspergers/bipolar and on steady medication, for reference; I'd consid... |
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