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    Cross Referencial Thinking

    My mother was really short - 5 foot nothing. When I was in my teens she used to take me shopping with her because I could reach things on the top shelf. One day I asked her what she was going to do after I leave home and she said "The same as I did when you were little." then started climbing...
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    Do you agree that Technology is going too far?

    They're not so common in the news here any more but we do get regular reports on statistics from our emergency responders. The great majority of the fires are from scooters, not bikes, and are generally owned by 18 to 25 year olds. A combination of rough treatment of the scooter and then lack...
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    Do I disclose being autistic to my employer?

    For me the problem was always the hen pecking order - social hierarchy. I was never able to play that game and always saw it as bullying and responded by pushing back. And although I always stipulated what I needed right from the start it was rarely what I got. Most people simply can't see why...
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    Do I disclose being autistic to my employer?

    I think I had an advantage over many of you today simply because when I was growing up and during most of my work life no one had ever heard of the word autism outside of mental health professionals. I knew I was different but I never had a word for it. I used to change jobs often, not many...
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    Do you agree that Technology is going too far?

    It's got to the point here where we're now banning the import of a lot of e-bikes and scooters that are simply overpowered. The rule change that could stop 'overpowered' e-bikes being brought into Australia Now that we've developed Sodium Ion batteries the future of Lithium batteries is very...
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    Cross Referencial Thinking

    Although I don't usually blurt out irrelevant comments that's almost exactly how my memory works, and also why I'm able to remember so much more than most people. All of my memories are tied in to each other so much that it's not really possible for me to forget things. I might struggle to...
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    Do I disclose being autistic to my employer?

    Country and culture make a huge difference in these sorts of decisions. There's some countries in the world where the idea of autism is shunned and although they no longer burn witches at the stake some people think that practice should make a comeback. Then there's the very human system of...
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    What's wrong with saying "mild" or "severe" autism?

    AI seems to be very US centric and doesn't understand local colloquialisms and idioms, or cultural icons outside of the US. I recently watched a youtuber use AI to try and get more information about comments on an Aussie reddit channel. Someone said that Australia's also good at exporting...
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    What's wrong with saying "mild" or "severe" autism?

    Yes, that's correct. Absolutely anything I do always turns out either really really good or very very bad. :) It's almost exactly like British pub culture except with warmer weather. That's what throws Brits when they come here, it's so similar to home for them that all the tiny little...
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    supertasters

    For the best culinary experience you want Melbourne. Forget Sydney, forget the gold Coast, Melbourne is Australia's undisputed food capital, but for a decent wine to go with a meal you want South Australian wines. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=melbourne+food [Edit] Just an added...
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    What's wrong with saying "mild" or "severe" autism?

    No, I never do anything by halves. :) I was never really able to hide my differences although I don't have any obvious stims, I learnt early on that I might as well just be myself because trying to be like everyone else doesn't work. And I think that's one of the things people like about me...
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    You do eventually get used to living with it. I'm in the same boat, got hit by a car at age 14...

    You do eventually get used to living with it. I'm in the same boat, got hit by a car at age 14, permanent spinal damage.
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    Compulsion related to sentimental value items

    I cured myself of all that many long years ago. I moved around my country a lot, spending a few years at a time in different cities. When you keep moving from city to city you get sick of carting useless junk around all the time and you start to realise that their value is in your own memories...
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    supertasters

    A very simple meal I do from time to time: Cut just the very top off of a bread roll, then eat some of the bread from inside the roll. In the hole that remains add a little grated cheese and crack an egg in there. Poke a small hole in the yolk of the egg or it will explode in the microwave. I...
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    supertasters

    I had to look them up, then realised I've seen them growing in many places but didn't know they were edible. They don't look very appetizing. I tried to look at descriptions of flavours but they use fruitier language than I'm used to. I would take a guess that they have a very sharp or tart...
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    From everything I've read about them I think your fear is perfectly rational. They're incredibly...

    From everything I've read about them I think your fear is perfectly rational. They're incredibly dangerous animals.
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    What's wrong with saying "mild" or "severe" autism?

    I agree with other people's comments that there's nothing wrong with the terms you're using, but there is definitely something wrong with the people raising these issues with you. I tell people: "I'm not an Aspie. I'm from the other end of the spectrum, I'm full blown autistic." If some people...
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    Medical Marijuana

    In another thread you say you're bipolar. If true then canabinoids are possibly the worst drugs you could take. They trigger bipolar and schizophrenic episodes.
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    Can't enjoy myself

    After an incredibly exciting early life it took me a long time to find that balance, to be able to keep my emotions on a more even keel. Nothing really excites me any more but on the flip side nothing really upsets me or gets me depressed either. By comparison my younger years were like a...
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    Bullying question

    You have to figure out responses that don't flatter their egos, don't give them what they want. Eventually if they can't get what they want from you they'll start trying elsewhere.
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