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Recent content by Packet

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    Navigating Public Life as an Autistic Person – Seeking Understanding

    Thank you so much for your thoughtful and informative message regarding sensory-friendly washrooms and accessibility. I truly appreciate the time you took to share your knowledge and perspective. Your explanation of how accessibility has evolved—from wheelchair access to visual fire alarms—was...
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    Navigating Public Life as an Autistic Person – Seeking Understanding

    Sorry again for the continued posts—I think I’ll take a break now and grab some lunch. Before I go, I’ve been trying to resolve my thoughts down to a single neuron. If I try to conceptualize the idea of that neuron having a gender, I just can’t. It’s simply a neuron. Sure, it might be affected...
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    Navigating Public Life as an Autistic Person – Seeking Understanding

    It’s a bit like how we historically referred to ships as “she”—assigning gender to something that’s ultimately just an inanimate object made of wood or metal. The ship doesn’t experience gender. Calling it “neutral” would still imply the existence of “male ships” or “female ships,” which doesn’t...
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    Navigating Public Life as an Autistic Person – Seeking Understanding

    Just to clarify why I don’t interpret code as having a neutral gender—describing it as neutral would imply the existence of male or female code, which doesn’t quite make sense to me. While the output of code might generate traits that we culturally associate with gender, the code itself is just...
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    Navigating Public Life as an Autistic Person – Seeking Understanding

    Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post and for suggesting autigender as a possibility. I really appreciate your consideration and the openness of this space. I did look into autigender, and I came across the definition: "Autigender is not autism as a gender, but rather is having...
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    Navigating Public Life as an Autistic Person – Seeking Understanding

    Hi again, Sorry for the double post—I know it’s good forum etiquette to pace things, but sometimes the stream of thoughts doesn’t rate-limit well in my brain. Following on from my earlier post about gender and bathrooms, I’ve been thinking more about the spaces we’re expected to use as...
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    Navigating Public Life as an Autistic Person – Seeking Understanding

    Hi everyone, I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on something that’s been difficult for me to grasp: gender. I want to approach this respectfully and with consideration for how autistic minds often latch onto concepts with deep intensity. So here goes: I don’t understand gender. Not in a...
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    How To Attract Women Without Saying Anything! 😎

    Sorry for the double response — I hope this is within the forum rules. I felt it was important to add this as an autistic individual, and I’m trying to keep everything directly within the context of the original post, as I may be misunderstanding. If someone is unable or unwilling to speak —...
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    How To Attract Women Without Saying Anything! 😎

    Hi everyone, I want to begin by saying that I fully respect people’s needs and desires for relationships, and I sincerely wish you all the best in your personal journeys. As an autistic individual, I sometimes find it difficult to relate to certain strategies or generalizations about...
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    Request for Support

    Disclaimer: This post reflects my personal experience and emotional response. It is not intended to accuse, defame, or generalize about any individual or organization. I share this in the spirit of seeking support and connection within the autistic community. I’ve been struggling to process an...
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    Information Overload

    Hi everyone, I’d like to start by apologizing in advance if this topic has already been raised, and I fully understand if the moderators decide to close or redirect this thread. I’m really interested in engaging with this community, but I’ve found the current site design to be quite visually...
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