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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Annoying Sidebar Ad |
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Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 10:39 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,940
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| I'm glad I'm not the only one on here who is bothered by it. I actually have to hold one hand over it while I scroll past! I also told a friend about how much it bothers me. My friend, not an aspie or on the spectrum (although she is OCD), finds it especially evil that that ad would be on an autism-... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Annoying Sidebar Ad |
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Posted: 23 Nov 2010, 10:16 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,940
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| I don't know if this has been mentioned before, or if it even bothers anybody else, but the ad currently running in the sidebar...the one with the hyper kid jumping up and down, waving his arms...drives me nuts. I haven't been able to spend much time on WP since that one started popping up. I know i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: phobias anyone? |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2010, 8:52 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,897
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| My phobia is of sharks. Swimming in any kind of water I can't see into, imagining bodies of water, even standing on the shore can send me into a panic. Shark Week on Discovery Channel is always dicey because if I'm flipping through the channels and accidentally land on an image of a shark, it can be... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Rare names |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2010, 11:49 am
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Replies: 82
Views: 8,342
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| I have a good friend named Temple, which I always thought was unique until I was diagnosed with Asperger's and started reading about Temple Grandin. It's still a rare name but I have since run across another Temple. Interestingly, both the Temples I know are in Arizona, where Temple Grandin has spen... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are your favorite big cities in the U.S.? |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 10:13 am
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Replies: 55
Views: 5,640
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| Favorite cities I've lived in: Seattle, Monterey, CA, Eugene, OR. Favorite cities I've visited: Portland, OR, San Francisco, San Diego, NYC. I've yet to visit many East Coast cities, although I plan to. Chicago's also on my list. I plan to move once the economy picks up. I'll likely end up in Seattl... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Which duck should I choose? |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2010, 4:10 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,171
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| As a fellow fan of rubber ducks (as shown by my avatar...my newest tattoo), I'd go for all 3. However, if I could only choose one, it'd be the 80's cube duck. I've never seen one like that anywhere else. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Mozart |
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Posted: 02 Jul 2010, 8:10 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Salieri's epiphany is definitely one of the best moments in the whole film. There are so many great ones to choose from though! As a kid, I was instantly captivated by the movie and obsessed with Mozart from the opening scene when I heard Symphony #25 play as Salieri was dragged through the snowy st... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Let the right one in/ Let me in discussion |
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Posted: 02 Jul 2010, 11:00 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,396
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| I am obsessed with both the book (in English translation) and the movie. They are masterpieces in my opinion. They had enough of an impact on me that I've set out to reread the book in the original Swedish (I've been studying Norwegian for a few years and fortunately the two languages are extremely ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: You know you live in ____ when.. |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2010, 12:58 pm
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Replies: 85
Views: 7,333
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| You know you live in Phoenix, Arizona when people say,"It's hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk," and your immediate thought is how stupid that is, because of course the egg would instantly be too burnt to eat. |
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Forum: Español, Nederlands, Deutsch, Français Topic: Conlangs |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2010, 2:58 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,442
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| Well, I knew there were lots of NT conlangers in the world, but I'm glad to know I'm not the only AS one out there. I also have made up worlds and cultures to go with my conlangs. I used to make up different ones with each new language and then I started writing longer stories about my main conlang ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: a weird voice |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2010, 5:55 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 6,962
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| I also find listening to my own voice painful. Lots of people do, I know, but for me it's the monotonous quality you mentioned, which many aspies have. I speak in a flat, west coast American accent, which is pretty generic as far as American speech patterns go. I also get asked to speak up a lot, al... |
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Forum: Español, Nederlands, Deutsch, Français Topic: Conlangs |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2010, 2:22 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Does anyone else make up their own languages? I have been doing this since I was 8 years old. I have made up some very elaborate ones but always thought this was something that made me a bit of a freak until I read about Tolkien's "Secret Vice" (lang making). When I was a teenager, I learned Esperan... |
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Forum: Español, Nederlands, Deutsch, Français Topic: Esperanto |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2010, 1:57 pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 11,699
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| Mi ankaŭ estas esperantisto. Mi verdiĝis antaŭ multaj jaroj kaj lernis e-on per libroj kiel "Teach Yourself Esperanto", "Gerda Malaperis", "Lasu Min Paroli Plu" kaj "Nova Esperanta Krestomatio." Mi estas ano de lernu.net kaj trovas ĝin tre uzinda. Mi skribas historiojn en kaj pri... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Which of the following assumptions annoys you more? |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2010, 12:39 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 3,581
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| I would say 2 has bothered me most so far, as I'm newly diagnosed and still telling people (a very select few) who are going through the denial phase. However, the moment someone hits me with #1, I'll be far more than annoyed, I'll be angry. After all, the reason I went 30 years without a diagnosis ... |
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Forum: Español, Nederlands, Deutsch, Français Topic: Speak in anything but English thread (BabelFish will help) |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2010, 3:42 am
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Replies: 124
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| Mi vidis nur du esperantajn mesaĝojn...tio min surprizas ĉar estas multaj "gikoj" ĉi tie. Kiuj "aspioj" parolas la lingvon internacian? Mi povas paroli esperanton, la germanan, la nederlandan, la norvegan, la hispanan, la francan, la korean, usonan manlingvon kaj, iomete, la ĉe&#... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How and when did you(r kid) get diagnosed? |
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Posted: 16 Jun 2010, 10:27 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,016
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| I was diagnosed almost two weeks ago, so I'm still dealing with it. It was suggested to me many times over the years by several friends who work with special needs children that I have autistic traits and behaviors but I never thought anything of it. I've always thought that I might have Avoidant Pe... |
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