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Shamar's latest activity

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    Shamar replied to the thread lACK oF sELF iMPORTANCE.
    We discussed home schooling for our son. My wife was too cheap to buy the materials and thought the professional teachers in the public...
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread lACK oF sELF iMPORTANCE.
    In my experience, it is being mistreated because of ASD. The inability to stand up for yourself seems to be a beacon for people to...
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread I am sober now..
    Once again, you pulled yourself out of it. Congratulations! I remember a time when this would have gone on for days.
  • Shamar
    I don't know if you have been around long enough to see this explanation. I got tired of being judged by what I CAN'T do instead of...
  • Shamar
    I was on a mine project in Tasmania. They had set up the east-west grid in feet, then the Commonwealth decreed that henceforth...
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread Looking for tools or apps.
    Here is a good example of what I am talking about. Last month Microsoft dropped Skype and replaced it with something called Teams...
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread Should I Even Bother?.
    I could never play the game. I tried, but it wasn't in me, or it wasn't me. I am happier this way. Painfully lonely perhaps, but happier.
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread Should I Even Bother?.
    Become a "Student." Once, way too many years ago, I was a young, hotshot geologist with a brand new degree and knew everything. On my...
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread Looking for tools or apps.
    I tried Ritalin and methylphenidate. They worked well short term, but I developed a tolerance, so they had to keep upping the dose. I...
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread Hello.
    You are not alone. You will find that many of us here were diagnosed late in life, often by accident. I was diagnosed at age 60, and...
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread Looking for tools or apps.
    I have been complaining about this (to myself) for years. It seems to that far too many, if not most, apps and software is not...
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread Armadillos.
    If you take an armadillo and remove the armored part, do you have an illo? (Sorry, that probably belongs in the Dad Jokes thread)
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread Do I have autism? +Introduction.
    Most of what you describe sounds like it came from an autistic person. The online tests, although not really diagnostic, are fairly...
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread New Here.
    Don't worry about your name. Hardly anyone here uses a real name, we tend to like our anonymity. We are a close knit community where...
  • Shamar
    I'm not sure the word "Defenestration" means what you think it does.
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