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Recent content by stevens

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    How do you know when someone hates you?

    This can vary. Where I come from, a more passive-aggressive part of the US, people who want distance from us will complain to each other that we're dumb and "don't get the hint." And of course we don't "get" the "hint." Because autism.
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    I really didn't mean to overshare or make this so long. But hi, I'm new here.

    I'm happy to see you give yourself credit for these two things. Certainly they are major. I also can see you retain motivation and a realistic openness to things. It's pretty clear people have let you down, but also it's clear that there is a lot of substance inside you can rely on to partly...
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    geeks/nerds/asd

    Well of course nerd does not automatically = autistic. But, playing the odds.... I'm an engineer, and autistic. I worked with engineers all my life. Naturally was attracted to older adults who were engineers, to talk with when I was a child. As a result of growing up and working in this...
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    Little rant about little bags

    I've been doing this for years, using food science and good recipes to make frozen foods of my own. Here's a possible alternative for you, when determining how to store these. At a commercial foodservice store (Chefstore, formerly known as Cash and Carry, for example) you can find storage...
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    Who wants to be a member of my real family?

    Ha! Actually that sounds like something I'd love to do. You know, Kurt Vonnegut called such people "synthetic relatives." Embrace the idea. Perhaps you'll have better luck than I did, although I do have one "synthetic relative" who is promising. Seriously though, I think it's a great goal to...
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    Special interest or fallen in love? Please share your experiences/thoughts

    I don't think that most of what you wrote is exactly like falling in love. Most of it sounds more like limerence. The main thing for me is, I gave this type of special interest up in 1990. After the last of several unfortunate results with this type of special interest and its deleterious...
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    Aspergers diagnosis at 55

    Hi Chris, Welcome. I'm a late diagnosed person who also had a long technical career. I knew for sure what my problem was in the mid 1990's, but it was only two years ago that the confirmation came. I'm a bit more than decade older, and I can say for sure there was no appreciation for this end...
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    Hiding it with alcohol?

    You are not alone. And you are right that it works. But it costs, too. It worked for decades for me. The only way I felt "normal." And when I drank around others, the fact that others were drinking meant they were less wary of my social quirks. It was a two way street in some ways. But one day...
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    Made a new friend at The Mohawk

    Mark, thanks for sharing this event with us. I know over the years things have been hard for you. That you found a zone where you felt so welcomed by others is the greatest news!
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    A natural loner joining a community

    Hi! Welcome. I think our stories are similar.
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    Just finding out at age 80.

    Welcome! I think we might have a few things in common. I'm at that milepost ten years behind you. I'lll be curious to read more from you.
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    How do you listen to your music?

    FLAC format from my library. HD (24 bit) for particularly valued material.
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    Regarding Ravens

    I love the grifters. For the past year, there has been a pair that picks up a hardboiled egg from my yard at 30 minutes after sunrise, without fail. The life of a raven is ordered, and highly calculated.
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    Some things I think I've learnt or re-thought about life.

    I'm a bit older than you and have basically the same bio. I think the culture in the 1960's and 1970's wouldn't have used a diagnosis to a good result. In fact there was a diagnosis but it had more vulgar names. People did a lot of social diagnoses in the Boomer days; not much better in the...
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    Feeling beat up and ugly

    I am your age and, in a similar way, await that switch going off. The little things so far have been tolerable. The doctor laughed at me when I mentioned the "60-switch." Now, when I talk about the "70-switch" he's not laughing so much. I've been following your recent ordeal because I think...
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