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Recent content by asperagus

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    Gets me out

    Ahhh this makes much more sense. Yes no need to avoid a drop in centre should one find it useful due to one unpleasant person. Hopefully a support staff or volunteer at the drop in can intervene.
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    45, female & newly diagnosed

    Grats on the discovery. You'll live happier now knowing about autism and how it exists in your word.
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    Gets me out

    But what does this mean? I struggle to understand the story.
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    Is Star Trek worth getting into?

    OP, why not "try it out"? You're asking for opinions here on whether or not to plunge into Star Trek. Try it out, see if you like it. If you like it, you can join Star Trek forums. Once you become a super elite Trekkie who knows the series better than most, you'll impress the odd Trekkie...
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    Autism Spectrum Neurotype

    I give little to no importance to the name, and more importance to it being taken seriously and further researched. I think even NT's have a little bit of ASD (like everyone has a bit of everything). I think we need more awareness, but research could help, too. We're getting there (now there...
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    Anyone one else a major fan of Apples Products? LIKE Major!! Talk about the computer chips

    Sounds like a special interest. I'm a big Linux fan. Took me a while to accept that most people just don't care. I loved to explain the software, the hardware, etc. I got some pretty obscure older hardware working in Linux roughly a decade ago. It can be thrilling. You're free to love Apple...
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    other peoples' feeling about you??

    I break it down by categories: Family: if they like me, then great. If they "pretend to like me", then there are ulterior motives, but pretending to like someone is generally rare among family - they get much more aggressive with manipulative tactics "in the name of family" "Friends" - if they...
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    Is eating alone in a restaurant now a big taboo?

    I've eaten in restaurants alone countless times (travel, etc.) and I only hate eating out for breakfast alone (personal preference). Since take-out is usually cheaper, when travelling in North America, I usually do that if travelling alone by car. Aside that, I don't see why I should care about...
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    Refrigerator Mother

    I think the original theory was drawing a trend. We will find isolated scenarios on both sides of the fence. My mom is NSD, so there's been little affection, and was mostly used for manipulation. Fridge mom? Sure, but we know more now. Refrigerator mother was probably just an outside view on a...
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    Can y’all see the old woman?

    I think because we Aspies are so heterogeneous that our reactions will vary regardless of being AS or NT. I do enjoy optical illusions, and I remember the images shown in this thread from high school. I remember when I originally saw the image linked in OP, I struggled to see the old woman...
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    Feel bad about them, don't hurt them

    For a healthy diet, sure. I do have meatless days every so often. It's not deliberate, but some days I just end up working down a meatless dish. But as a means of lessening footprint regarding animal consumption, I don't think we're anywhere near that. Agricultural technology would practically...
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    Feel bad about them, don't hurt them

    I agree with most of this. Wanted to bring up the agriculture argument many use suggesting to cut out the middle man (the livestock, which are fed with crops) and instead feed humans with those crops. The issue is the vast majority of those crops are unfit for human consumption, based on my...
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    Why Do You Feel/Have Anxiety?

    I'm a self-diagnosed Aspie. I get anxious when listening to medical stuff and when encountering confrontation. Outside of that, my anxiety is minimal. An environment where the anxiety triggers are minimized are ideal.
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    Why Do You Feel/Have Anxiety?

    I think it's ymmv. My anxiety is limited to certain contexts (triggers). Outside of that, I don't feel much anxiety. I think many Aspies are fairly calm and live with little anxiety. Inevitably, it scales up with one's environment.
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    Advice!!! PLEASE HELP!

    @Living with Autism I do sympathize with both of you. Just wanted to say that AS are as heterogeneous as NT's, so your fiancée (whether she has AS or not) will have her likes and dislikes. I think it'd have been more important to consider how she felt about everything prior to booking. Now that...
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