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22 Sep 2025, 2:18 pm

Don't shoot me for saying this.

Germany
The music of the 30s and 40s
German Pre-war TV sets
WWI
WWII

I'm a War Bird. I know.

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23 Sep 2025, 2:35 pm

I guess it's better to be a sweet Golden Eagle than it is to be a bitter, cynical and frustrated Mod.

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27 Sep 2025, 7:42 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

You can have a "special interest" even if you're not diagnosed with Asperger's.

Isaac Newton had a "special interest" in gravity; he wasn't diagnosed with Asperger's.

NOBODY was diagnosed with autism in the 17th century. Unless you're being sarcastic?

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27 Sep 2025, 7:46 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

My point is: you can have a "special interest" in something without having a diagnosis at all.

Or without even having a disorder.

The "disorder" lies in whether the "special interest" interferes with your overall functioning.

Newton had signs of lots of things. We'll probably never know what he "really had" as far as a disorder is concerned.

Reminds me of a homicide detective (neurotypical) who got so consumed by an unsolved case that it made him lose his appetite on Thanksgiving. So we can say his interest in the case interfered with his functioning. But he was NT. But there's a difference. His interest in the case was based on bringing a killer to justice, and the tragedy of a woman murdered; whereas in autism, the special interest brings happiness, joy, fulfillment.

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27 Sep 2025, 8:00 pm

^ My dad is an NT and has always been a football fanatic. He always put football first before his family, which caused him and my mother to split up. Although he's not a bad man or anything, but football did run his life. His interest even got him in debt.

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