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Recent content by Jumpinbare

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    How Colors Speak to My Son

    AGREED! I have exactly the same opinion I had as a child about "abstract art". Waste of time and materials.
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    What Society Says About Being Alone

    With me it's the high frequencies.
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    Lack of eye contact in public

    Like others above, I had to learn to do eye contact as a kid. It never became natural though. As others have stated, maintaining eye contact detracts from paying attention to what's said. When I do make a point of making eye contact, the other person looks away. I guess my eye contact is...
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    Do you think a lot?

    Squirrel!!👉
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    Treadmill of Constant Adaptation!!

    Some of us have had such odd lives that in written form would not be taken seriously by most people. I have read experiences on this and other autism forums that 'normal' people simply would not believe.
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    FINALLY got a working generator!

    When I was living in a school bus on a remote piece of property, I had an AC Delco heavy duty car alternator driven by a 3.5 hp horizontal shaft motor. The alternator charged a 110 amp hour deep cycle lead-acid battery (lithium ion batteries were years away at the time). Inside the bus, I had...
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    What Society Says About Being Alone

    The friends I have made over time have been people who share one or more of my special interests. Even with them, a little interaction goes a long way. I thrive on solitude. It's my resting/breathing/recharging space. For me, the ideal life would be a remote spot where only sufficiently...
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    Do you think a lot?

    I have tried not to say this, but I feel compelled to state my opinion that there is no such thing as overthinking. Most of the world's problems are caused by underthinking. Thinking can go in an unproductive direction, contributing to inaction, but it's the unproductive direction at fault -...
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    Do you think a lot?

    If I am conscious, I am thinking. Like others, multiple topics. Being a former physicist as an actual job, this picture kind of sums up my thinking.
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    Do you love Godzilla?

    And that sums up what I hate about the film industry.
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    Dad Jokes

    Rene Descartes walks into a bar. He orders a drink, finishes it. The bartender walks up and asks, "Would you like another?" Descartes says, "I think not" and ceases to exist.
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    Dad Jokes

    How many autistics does it take to change a light bulb?
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    Dad Jokes

    What is brown and sticky and often found along hiking trails?
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    Dad Jokes

    Why aren't dogs good dancers?
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    Dad Jokes

    What do you call a horse with no head?
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