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Recent content by TikvaBall

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    Who knows the real you?

    My Meemaw was always the person I could be my true self with, but she has passed away. I don't mask very well, but the people I'm the safest with now are my aunt, grandma, and my cousin.
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    Seen as a joke !

    I don't know, I like to make people laugh and I like to laugh, so as long as they're laughing with me and not at me I'm okay. Unfortunately my autistic brain paired with my eternal optimism means that I can't always tell the difference.
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    Autism and humour

    I use a lot of dark humor, which is making jokes about a bad situation in order to cope.
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    Has anyone seen The A Word?

    I'd love to see that show. Is it on any streaming apps in the US?
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    Do you play a musical instrument?

    I'm a piano player. I play a lot like Floyd Cramer.
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    College and Job-seeking Advice?

    This is my third try at college, although to be fair the second try was me finishing my associate's degree. I'm still in therapy over the first try, and I'm hoping this experience will be a lot better. For one thing, I know I'm autistic now, and I'm trying to figure out how to be the best...
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    Do you still read hardcover or real books?

    I do audiobooks and ebooks both. I have a braille display, which is like a keyboard with braille dots at the bottom, sorry, that description sucks. Whatever is showing on my phone screen also shows up in braille on my display. That's also how I type here.
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    PSAs

    PSAs, or public service announcements, are a type of commercial, but instead of selling a product, they're trying to raise awareness of an issue. They have PSAs to try to stop people from doing drugs or smoking, or PSAs to get people to wear their seatbelts. The UK has some of the most well...
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    Dhar Mann got bored of making videos about autism

    Oh dang, I didn't realize he was a fraudster. I just saw him because I found a YouTuber making fun of him.
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    THC and Autism

    I take edibles, and it helps with my Tourette's and also helps with anxiety and PTSD. A good edible has psychedelic effects for me, or at least a blind person's equivalent of psychedelic. Sometimes, when I get a bad trip, that doesn't help with anxiety, but if I watch some old ads that eases it...
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    Dhar Mann got bored of making videos about autism

    Sometimes I get bored and watch his vids. I'll have to check out his autism vids and see if they won't make me cringe.
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    I say no to Racism

    I don't get racism. It just seems so stupid to me. If I had eyesight, I can think of a lot of things I would use it for besides discriminating against what people look like.
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    Fidget Toy recommendations? (things to stim with)

    My favorite stim toys are cups. I get a stack of twelve. I also collect them.
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    Do you still read hardcover or real books?

    Nope, it's all digital for me. I read braille, and the only way to get braille books in hard cover is from the library for the blind, or you can pay a company to emboss it for you. Also, a normal book can take three to four volumes the size of encyclopedias. Or I can have a braille display that...
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    Have you ever not liked your special interest?

    This is true. Also, off topic, but woohoo, I finally figured out how to quote people I guess.
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