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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Van Gogh |
| FrankStein |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2025, 11:32 am
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| https://bipolarcoaster.blog/2020/05/24/was-vincent-van-gogh-autistic/ Just a reminder that so many great writers, artists, poets, etc. have "social issues" that could be thought about. Their autism could have been something to separate them from society and it's requirements and it might b... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why won't people just admit it? |
| FrankStein |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2025, 11:12 am
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Replies: 62
Views: 12,869
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| One of the things I read about Aspergers is that those included are often maladroit and not good at sports. I remember high school when the gym class would be split in two and someone would pick players in front of them. I remember me being last - along with a skinny kid with glasses who never said ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you HAPPY today. |
| FrankStein |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2025, 10:37 am
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Replies: 36,598
Views: 1,617,546
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| Sun is out in Perigueux France. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Very high IQ but lacking EQ |
| FrankStein |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2023, 9:32 am
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Replies: 7
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| Getting a job where you can have success is difficult. I was first hired in sales/marketing and lasted only a few months before I was fired. I did then happen to get a government job. I was an import specialist with the US Customs Service. I was to apply the law classifying merchandise under the tar... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: High School Dating |
| FrankStein |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2023, 8:37 am
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Replies: 3
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| In California, after the movie, there was the rather long time in the parked car. Kissing (I never did anything else...Well, maybe a brief touching of a clothes-covered breast.) I rather enjoyed that time because it did not involve conversation. One of the real handicaps of Asperger's is that we are... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Mass shooting at Colorado LBGTQ nightclub |
| FrankStein |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2022, 5:28 pm
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Replies: 88
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: former WP member "ASS-P" passed away yesterday, jan. 4, '21 |
| FrankStein |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2022, 2:15 pm
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Replies: 409
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| I don't post often and had only a vague recollection of him bit I am sad in a larger way. I live in France and in this country services are provided to those with conditions, either mental, emotional or financial. The way my country, the United States, ignores people in need is, for me, gut wrenchin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Im New Here |
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Posted: 20 Sep 2022, 3:00 am
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Replies: 7
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| Welcome here. Does anyone here... or is there a place here... for reference books on Aspergers? Oh, never mind. Just Google yourself the subject. My study has lead me to understand my world ... and accept it and make better choices for my future. It's important to do that. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: An extremely positive video on Asperger |
| FrankStein |
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Posted: 20 Sep 2022, 2:43 am
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Replies: 19
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| I'm a few months from 80. I discovered Asperger's only about half-way through my life... along with the rest of the world. I clearly have the same issues as when I was a child. One French social habit is to have fun with a person when you fail to look the other person in the eye when clinking glasse... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: How is it that non-gay-looking people are gay? |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2022, 10:49 am
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Replies: 33
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| Twilightprincess wrote: auntblabby wrote: to answer the "why?" question, when i was in the army i made it a point to dress as stereotypically gay as i could get away with, just to contrast myself with the jean and t-shirt crowd dominating my barracks. --- How well did that go over? --- i m... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: How is it that non-gay-looking people are gay? |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2022, 10:29 am
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| Growing up in the 50s, I knew that gays spoke with a lisp and were named Bruce. That was a long time ago. I got married, had a child and worked for the government, etc. Can you imagine a time without Google, the internet and porn? It took me almost half my life to discover that I was gay. However, I... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: No dining out in Afghanistan |
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Posted: 15 May 2022, 4:44 pm
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Replies: 42
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| Are there any history majors here??? Afghanistan has a long history. Alexander the Great failed to conquer and rule it. Genghis Khan also failed. Among more recent efforts, the Brits failed and the Russians failed. If ever there was a project doomed from the start, it was that. They just continue to... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: hello world! |
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Posted: 15 May 2022, 4:31 pm
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Replies: 8
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| A quick 10 word summary of Asperger's (it is a mild form of Autism.) You tend to be systematic and not to be sympathetic. I have always had problems with personal relationships because of this. I did best in jobs that did not require you to relate to other people. I had an Aspergy friend who had a l... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 12 May 2022, 5:54 pm
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Replies: 625
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| My dad and I shared a lot of traits. We had the same name, same red hair, freckles, etc. But also the same distance: a failure to show understanding, sympathy or to make an effort to become "close." My sex education was an example: "Ahh, son, you know what a rubber is, don't you?"... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: change the justice system for autistics |
| FrankStein |
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Posted: 01 May 2022, 4:23 pm
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Replies: 2
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| I do not ever remember the major media putting this on the virtual front page. Major progress in a public discussion of society and their understanding to Autism |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Extroverts have Less Cognitive Decline? |
| FrankStein |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2022, 3:08 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 967
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