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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Taught an Unwritten Rule |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2009, 6:55 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,475
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| I know taking off your hat/hood/helmet helps since it mkes your identity clearer to CCTV or anyone watching you. When I was younger I got accused once of shoplifting. (I didn't) I think baggy clothes is part of the problem, since shoplfiters wear them to conceal things, an aspie might wear them for ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Dislike Vegetarians |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2009, 6:36 am
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Replies: 113
Views: 12,051
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Quote: Because pigs are Polish and cats are German, right? (Maus reference)
Not read Maus. I just don't like cats. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Dislike Vegetarians |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2009, 6:23 am
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Replies: 113
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| Hey I'm a vegetarian(No meat or fish) and I hate other vegetarians(especialy the preachy ram it down your throat PETA type) I think the OP was refering to . They give the rest of us a bad name. Like some of the other veges I know unless your getting food with me or ask, you won't know I'm a vege. Ye... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Whats offending to you with AS? |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2009, 5:35 am
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Replies: 47
Views: 3,807
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| I get really irritated by people who pretend to be friendly, I have a had enough time as it is working out what is geniuine. Salespeople/cashirs are the worst. I have a hard enough time as it trying to cope with all the stimuli, just scan the damn thing and tell me the price. I'm offended by people ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Odd thing in supermarket |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 8:10 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,578
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My family often mention me being on "Auto-Pilot" I'v never noticed it before.
Only a A/S brain would think that tomatos being in the vegetable section is signficant, but the warning sign your about to crash i to is not  |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Odd thing in supermarket |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2009, 11:37 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,578
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| Today, while shopping I suddenly froze THEN noticed the cone in my way. I don't even remember trying to stop. weird I guess mu insticts were on the job while my brain was daydreaming. weird |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: When/Why did your parents start treating you like an adult? |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 16 Jun 2009, 11:47 am
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Replies: 64
Views: 26,274
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| Title says it all really. Was there a particular age or some change(moving out perhaps?) that made your parents decide that now you were an adult? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Too Stupid To Live |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2009, 6:16 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,381
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| I like the sound of chapter one others not so much. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Ever Feel like Life's a Show? |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2009, 9:58 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,599
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It is a very old feeling.
Quote: All the world's a stage |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any guys here annoyed by the macho expectation? |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2009, 9:34 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 6,835
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| I never got the macho thing either. It amuse me more, just reminds me of apes sticking out and thumping their chests. I do get annoyed when people expect me to be macho though jus cos I'm a guy. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Adventures in small talk. |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2009, 12:24 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,578
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| I remeber reading a sociological article once suggesting that the ubiquity of texting and instant messenger conversations could lead to people struggling with small talk and other real world engagements. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: What do you consider to be a date? |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2009, 9:38 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,452
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personaly I'd say if your as intimate as kissing or more it is not as friends regardless of the genders.
(from what i gather most NTs think 1 male and 1 women is a hot date. ) anything else is friends. How NTs think gay people fit that I don't know. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: WOOHOO, Wait...DAMMIT |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2009, 9:33 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,290
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Trouble was I always thought what, why whern,wher,who and how were open questions. I've tried ""what did you get up to at the weekend?" and usally get told"nothing" or "not much". I really wish I had something that couldn't be answerd in one or two words.  |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Guys don't want to be friends once they find out I have a BF |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2009, 9:28 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,419
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| I know girls use I have a boyfriend to mean I don't want to talk to you. Plus a lot of guys may be worried that your bf is going to start hassling them if they try to be friends. Perhaps you could try mentioning after the bf comes up, that you can have guy friends ok though(I'd mention one by name) ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Amused by NT conversation I overheard. |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 29 May 2009, 1:53 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,416
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| So I was at the shop buying groceries the two women in front of me in the queue are nattering. NT1 "Oh I saw Amy the other day" NT2 "Huh she is with her boyfriend all the time now" NT1 "Noooo I didn't mean I didn't talk to her or anything but I did see her going past" I would never have guessed that... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Not finding intelligent friends. |
| Gliesen_Antrho |
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Posted: 27 May 2009, 3:41 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,320
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| Once someone told me they were just chatting not trying to have an intellectual conversation, I did not have the heart to tell them I was already dumbing it down. |
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