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Recent content by Autistic Yoda

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    Antidepressant for Social Avoidance/Anxiety?

    Same experience. Zoloft reduces shyness.
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    Handshakes: How to Achieve a Lifetime Exemption.

    I didn't even despise handshakes until my first wedding, when I experienced my first obnoxiously crushing handshake- the kind you don't recover from until the next day. Really sours the mood. Confronting these hand crushers doesn't seem to change them. They just play innocent every time. This...
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    Still Using Windows 10 Beyond Oct.14th 2025 ?

    Maybe within a year Macrohard OS will be available. Switching to Linux for someone who's only ever used Microsoft appears quite painful from the outside.
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    Handshakes: How to Achieve a Lifetime Exemption.

    I get it. But handshakes aren't usually a form of attack. You've probably heard that they originated as a way for men to 'prove' they're unarmed. But the real reason behind it is that NT's actually get an endorphin release from touching each other. Like you'd get from touching someone you're...
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    Handshakes: How to Achieve a Lifetime Exemption.

    If I was willing to use awkwardness as a tool, I wouldn't need clever devices to smooth things out. Saying "I'm more of a fist-bump guy" and then just putting out partially works in many settings. If I can get away with it, I'll just say "We don't have to". It's actually more insulting if I...
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    Handshakes: How to Achieve a Lifetime Exemption.

    I wouldn't expect it to be noticed. But when they reach in, I just hold out the tattoo in a wave-like gesture and say something like: "Lifetime exemption!"
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    Handshakes: How to Achieve a Lifetime Exemption.

    When you come prepared, refusing unnecessary ritual dude touching is no longer insulting or personal to a guy just trying to be appropriate. Wedding or conference? I'm always wearing an ace bandage. They'll just assume your right hand is too injured, and you don't have to put out. Thing is...
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    Does this annoy you too?

    Here's another pattern everyone should know: Whenever you get a phone call that begins; "Hello (your name), I am X from Y company. How are you doing today? *pause*"... Just hang up! Even if you're already doing business with that particular company, one fact will be true, a hundred percent of...
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    Does this annoy you too?

    I'll take this one step further because I think I'm picking up on a useful pattern: You've probably already figured out by now that when someone you barely know addresses you as 'my friend', that's a red flag of dishonesty. That person probably intends to use you in some manner. Not always, but...
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    Mystery: What looks identical to autism... but is not autism?

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    Mystery: What looks identical to autism... but is not autism?

    I present to you a casino poker room regular. An intelligent, profitable card player... and quite childish for a man of around 50 years of age. Sincere and candid to an autistic level. Engaging but odd. Considerate but sometimes a bit offensive to snowflake types, since he's not guarding his...
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    48 Laws Of Power- The Most Useful Book I've Ever Read

    Effective people skills don't come naturally to us, so reading 48 Laws Of Power was like acquiring a list of everything I was doing wrong. Growing up, you probably heard counterproductive phrases like 'you're perfect just the way you are' and 'just be yourself'. That sort of unstrategic weakness...
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    What is your alignment?

    It's unsurprising to see no evil alignments here. Needless cruelty was never our thing. In fact, only one prominent autistic villain even comes to mind: The Unabomber. Are there any others? And Kaczynski's main diagnosis was paranoid schizophrenia, with his presumed autism just a footnote to...
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    What is your alignment?

    The need is clear, and I've just come across an alignment test set in the modern world. It's not perfect, but my result came out identical and consistent to what was expected: Alignment Test / Moral Alignment Test - Discover Your D&D Alignment Type / Personalized Alignment Chart Now!
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    What is your alignment?

    I'm expecting mostly Chaotic Neutrals, Chaotic Goods, and Chaotic Neutrals who mistakenly identify as Chaotic Good. But who knows? A poll of this type might be without precedent, and anything could happen... Here's how to know for sure: Alignment Test
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