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20 Jul 2008, 5:55 pm

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The majority of interaction between humans is based on"bonding", which generally is based around agreeing with the pack leader...not on sharing correct information. This reality is one reason that I find most human interaction either boring or frustrating or both. We might as well still be monkeys making the correct grunting sounds to reinforce the status of the pack leader or attack the bottom of the pack individual, so that we can "find our place" in the social group.


"normal humans" have little interest in the exchange of valuable information if it contradicts the first rule of society....knowing your place and reinforcing the "place" of other pack members. The reason that it is not "OK" to clear up these misinformation is because it is not "our place" unless we are the pack leader...seldom the case for aspies.


wow... this explains a lot... I should not correct my boss so often!


It's some what Ironic(?) that I know this, but continue to ignore it at work and end up in trouble. I have an OCD like compulsion to be "helpful" and clear up misinformation as well as share unasked for suggestions. I KNOW that it makes me unpopular but it is a lot like other OCD behavior...if I don't "make it right ", it's like having a constant itch....eventually I am going to have to scratch it or it is all I will think about. Having this psychological information has done me no good in ending the compulsion.

Sometimes it sucks to be us :cry:


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20 Jul 2008, 5:58 pm

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It's some what Ironic(?) that I know this, but continue to ignore it at work and end up in trouble. I have an OCD like compulsion to be "helpful" and clear up misinformation as well as share unasked for suggestions. I KNOW that it makes me unpopular but it is a lot like other OCD behavior...if I don't "make it right ", it's like having a constant itch....eventually I am going to have to scratch it or it is all I will think about. Having this psychological information has done me no good in ending the compulsion.

Sometimes it sucks to be us :cry:


I have that same compulsion/obsession. Always gets me in trouble.


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20 Jul 2008, 7:04 pm

Aurore wrote:
krex wrote:

It's some what Ironic(?) that I know this, but continue to ignore it at work and end up in trouble. I have an OCD like compulsion to be "helpful" and clear up misinformation as well as share unasked for suggestions. I KNOW that it makes me unpopular but it is a lot like other OCD behavior...if I don't "make it right ", it's like having a constant itch....eventually I am going to have to scratch it or it is all I will think about. Having this psychological information has done me no good in ending the compulsion.

Sometimes it sucks to be us :cry:


I have that same compulsion/obsession. Always gets me in trouble.


hmmm I've never realized that I do it because of my OCD... I'm always fighting against it, but suddenly OCD appears in some unexpected place...


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20 Jul 2008, 9:19 pm

The penguin is an aquatic bird. They simply adapted to suit their habitat. The ostrich is also a bird, but like the penguin it cannot fly. Yup, nature is weird. :wink:



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20 Jul 2008, 9:20 pm

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The penguin is an aquatic bird. They simply adapted to suit their habitat. The ostrich is also a bird, but like the penguin it cannot fly. Yup, nature is weird. :wink:


Which is why we love it : )


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20 Jul 2008, 9:23 pm

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The penguin is an aquatic bird. They simply adapted to suit their habitat. The ostrich is also a bird, but like the penguin it cannot fly. Yup, nature is weird. :wink:


Which is why we love it : )


On our plates.


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20 Jul 2008, 9:32 pm

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Once when I was fourteen, and at camp, I was playing "20 Questions" with the other girls in my tent. The girl who bunked below me had chosen 'tiger shark', but I couldn't get it, because she said halfway through that the animal was a mammal.
So at the end I corrected her, and she got mad, so I tried to reverse the damage, saying, "I'm sorry, I guess that's just what I get for being in GT classes." And she said, "Well I'm in GT too and you don't have to be a b***h about it!"
I was sooo confused...
Something that bothers me too is when people say dolphins are fish, or that spiders are insects. It makes me want to tear my hair out, even though I guess I can understand why some people would be confused about it.
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20 Jul 2008, 9:41 pm

When I saw the title I was already going through my head with all the facts that I have on penguins by watching documenturies and the like. But I guess everything has already been said, even the info on the platypus, marsupeals are warm blooded, have fur, have beaks, pouches and lay eggs. The only thing with penguins is that swimming is better then flying for them, well they don't just live in the cold, in Australia we often get tiny penguins that come up on our beaches. We used to call them Fairy penguins but supposidly we are not alowed to say that since is supposed to be insulting to the gay community, I don't see how.


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21 Jul 2008, 5:57 am

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When I saw the title I was already going through my head with all the facts that I have on penguins by watching documenturies and the like. But I guess everything has already been said, even the info on the platypus, marsupeals are warm blooded, have fur, have beaks, pouches and lay eggs. The only thing with penguins is that swimming is better then flying for them, well they don't just live in the cold, in Australia we often get tiny penguins that come up on our beaches. We used to call them Fairy penguins but supposidly we are not alowed to say that since is supposed to be insulting to the gay community, I don't see how.


Some people call homosexuals "fairies". Don't ask ME why! But they DID steal the term "gay", so they really have NO right to complain!



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21 Jul 2008, 6:21 am

Ignorance isn't always bad it can be hilarious too, if you really want to confuse the hell out of them just tell them that Penguins aren't just birds they are also Dinosaurs.

One things for sure when you've finished educating them about it they will probably know more about Penguins Birds and their place in the evolution of life than they ever wanted or needed to know.


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21 Jul 2008, 6:25 am

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slowmutant wrote:
The penguin is an aquatic bird. They simply adapted to suit their habitat. The ostrich is also a bird, but like the penguin it cannot fly. Yup, nature is weird. :wink:


Which is why we love it : )


On our plates.


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21 Jul 2008, 6:36 am

Who_Am_I wrote:
Fuzzy wrote:
Aurore wrote:
slowmutant wrote:
The penguin is an aquatic bird. They simply adapted to suit their habitat. The ostrich is also a bird, but like the penguin it cannot fly. Yup, nature is weird. :wink:


Which is why we love it : )


On our plates.


:lmao:


Come on! What did they ever do to you? :cry:



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21 Jul 2008, 7:23 am

What a bunch of morons! Good thing they weren't talking to me because I would have verbably abused them on their stupidy. If someone is talking about an animal at a zoo and says someting that is wrong I will correct them and make them so sorry they are even in the animal buisness. There was this one idot at the aquarium saying penguins did not live outside of Antartica. I wanted to punch him. My parents would not let me speak to him because they knew I would insult him. Wikipedia is not the gospel truth and penguins ARE egg laying birds. I've actually petted a penguin and they feel soft. Sort of like mammal hair.



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21 Jul 2008, 11:45 am

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. . . in Australia we often get tiny penguins that come up on our beaches. We used to call them Fairy penguins but supposidly we are not alowed to say that since is supposed to be insulting to the gay community, I don't see how.


That's hilarious. I don't know why you can't call them fairy penguins either. Maybe switch to pixie penguins, or sprite penguins?



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21 Jul 2008, 11:54 am

krex wrote:
The majority of interaction between humans is based on"bonding", which generally is based around agreeing with the pack leader...not on sharing correct information. This reality is one reason that I find most human interaction either boring or frustrating or both. We might as well still be monkeys making the correct grunting sounds to reinforce the status of the pack leader or attack the bottom of the pack individual, so that we can "find our place" in the social group.


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This is so true. Do you have a newsletter I could subscribe to? ;)

This is why I get so frustrated by small talk. I just don't share the need to bond by sharing pointless phrases.