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A Most Random Truth!

Geordie said:
... Which really tests the agility of the cornerback.

Speaking of which, in most years, you only get to watch NFC teams like the 49ers, Falcons, Saints or the Lions twice on CBS, so do the Steelers, Colts or Dolphins on Fox. This year, the final home game of the 49ers in Candlestick Park will be aired on ESPN on Monday Night Football (December 23), so there will be just one CBS game against the Colts, on September 22. The Lions get to host the Ravens on December 16 (also another ESPN Monday Night game), and this may be something to feel excited about with the Lions improving this year, so the game on Bengals on October 20 is the only CBS game.

Meanwhile, the Lions travel to Pittsburgh to play on November 17, the only game on the Steelers' schedule aired by Fox.
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I have absolutely no idea what any of this means! (maybe this should be posted in 'I confess'!!) :)

It's weird to think of a sport being completely unknown in another country - though I think I heard of somewhere where they play a sort of game of football using an inflated goat carcass, so hey - anything goes huh?! :D
 
HelloDizzy said:
I come off as extremely arrogant.
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HUH. I'd bet that most people here just find you to be well informed & confident in your knowledge! More often than not, you display politeness, respect for-others, willingness to listen & provide support & an eagerness to share what you learn! Maybe if I was one of those people who knows you in person & is an absolutely stupid @$$#0LE I might feel intimidated & threatened by you & label you as arrogant; it doesn't make the label accurate, though! I find that oftentimes a person sees another one through the distorted lens of their expectations (which may be unreasonable) their prejudices (expecting a woman to be all sweetness & gentleness) & their fears (think George Zimmerman looking at Trayvon Martin!) or some other persona filtre. They may also ignore the fact that how someone reacts to them & treats them is often a direct reaction to how THEY first treated that person!


 
You are correct. I don't mean to come off as arrogant or condescending, but I have been called such even by professionals. "Your Narcissism score is a little high." "You come off as very intense and it can be alarming." Well, my options seem to be to cower around everyone elses stupidity, or to be overly intense and alarming. It is not my fault nor my problem that people expect a different type of language to come from me based on what I look like. I am pretty sure if I were a male in a suit wearing glasses, I would be "knowledgeable and smart" but because I look like this, I am an arrogant narcissist.

My random truth: I do not understand the social convention of gathering to eat with people simply because you work with them. Go to your hotel rooms, eat an apple, go to bed and shut up.
 
HelloDizzy said:
... "You come off as very intense and it can be alarming."

My random truth: I do not understand the social convention of gathering to eat with people simply because you work with them. Go to your hotel rooms, eat an apple, go to bed and shut up.
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You may Be very intense. THAT does not make you responsible if some timid wall-flower decides to be alarmed: why not be interested? Why not be inspired? YOU are not responsible for what someone else is feeling unless you directly cause it. If you clock someone on the head with a hammer, YOU have caused the pain they're feeling. Even if the person said something or did something to p!$$ you off, unless it was in self-defense (& not an absurd over-reaction) you are responsible. If you are beautiful & some fugly duckling is jealous, YOU are NOT responsible for their feelings. THey could choose to be admiring of a prettier woman BUT they have chosen jealousy: THEIR problem!

I've seen most of your videos. Where is the alarming part? I've seen intense, but never anything that was inherently alarming. THis is partly why I'm glad to see you pursuing higher formal education in your field of interest. Your Aspie interests & traits could literally make you the heir to Dr.Hare one day. You can hack studying & eventually meeting & interviewing dangerous psychopaths & other similar types without turning into an emotional mush-pot or having a break-down over how horrible it all is. You recognize the horror BUT focus on the facts & the circumstances & history. THe very traits that cause those NTs with lower IQs to be intimidated by you will have the opposite effect the more university education you get! The NTs there VALUE people like you who are bright & informed & engaged in their subject AND into learning. Eventually, you get scholarships & internships where they PAY you to plod on & succeed. If you're really good at this (& you seem to be), Post-grad programmes come courting YOU as do head-hunters for agencies like the FBI etc. You could look like a super-model or a bull-frog for all they care: the currency is skills, training & competence.

Try not to get distracted so much by what others think. Unless it is a professor evaluating your work, EFF THEM! Anyone who cannot stand your heat needs to get their @$$ the hell out of your kitchen!

 
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You may Be very intense. THAT does not make you responsible if some timid wall-flower decides to be alarmed: why not be interested? Why not be inspired? YOU are not responsible for what someone else is feeling unless you directly cause it. If you clock someone on the head with a hammer, YOU have caused the pain they're feeling. Even if the person said something or did something to p!$$ you off, unless it was in self-defense (& not an absurd over-reaction) you are responsible. If you are beautiful & some fugly duckling is jealous, YOU are NOT responsible for their feelings. THey could choose to be admiring of a prettier woman BUT they have chosen jealousy: THEIR problem!

I've seen most of your videos. Where is the alarming part? I've seen intense, but never anything that was inherently alarming. THis is partly why I'm glad to see you pursuing higher formal education in your field of interest. Your Aspie interests & traits could literally make you the heir to Dr.Hare one day. You can hack studying & eventually meeting & interviewing dangerous psychopaths & other similar types without turning into an emotional mush-pot or having a break-down over how horrible it all is. You recognize the horror BUT focus on the facts & the circumstances & history. THe very traits that cause those NTs with lower IQs to be intimidated by you will have the opposite effect the more university education you get! The NTs there VALUE people like you who are bright & informed & engaged in their subject AND into learning. Eventually, you get scholarships & internships where they PAY you to plod on & succeed. If you're really good at this (& you seem to be), Post-grad programmes come courting YOU as do head-hunters for agencies like the FBI etc. You could look like a super-model or a bull-frog for all they care: the currency is skills, training & competence.

Try not to get distracted so much by what others think. Unless it is a professor evaluating your work, EFF THEM! Anyone who cannot stand your heat needs to get their @$$ the hell out of your kitchen!

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I don't know why they're not interested - I am highly interesting!
 
Tarragon said:
It's weird to think of a sport being completely unknown in another country - though I think I heard of somewhere where they play a sort of game of football using an inflated goat carcass, so hey - anything goes huh?! :D
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I haven't heard of rugby, until I know real English people in real life. That's something :P
 
@ Sparticus - You must be like that guy they drop off in the woods with nothing but a knife and a flint or whatever. Wow! (By the way, pine needles taste sort of like that and have lots of vitamin C too... but I'll bet you already knew that. :P )

Okay, so my random truth for today is...

Jerusalem Artichoke (also called Sunchoke) greens are good fodder for leaf-eating pets like rabbits.
 
@ Soup, I think I would be a dream come true if I ended up working for the FBI. I don't know why they call me alarming, other than maybe due to my being extremely blunt about everything. I can state facts without worrying about the emotion behind it. Often don't even recognize the emotions involved with some of the "darker" facts.

Random truth: I did my hair, and it turned out wrong, so now I'm doing it again. All for a darker bottom layer...sheesh
 
@ Dizzy You would make a great FBI Agent! That lack of emotion would help you to deal with the crime scenes since your true focus
would be justice.:)
 
@ dizzy: Everything Nolan said above. It doesn't have to be a dream. You are SMART: use your cool head to make a PLAN. You can target this as a goal! THeir website speaks volumes about what they do & what they look for in candidates. With all the baby-boomers retiring, there will be a hiring boom in certain fields not too far down the road. The most qualified candidates will be able to pick & choose. You know what you are interested in & you seem to have known it for a very long time. Getting side-tracked by ruminating over what others think is a waste of your talents. Keep honing your skills & keep learning. Find out about internships at the FBI. You would very likely qualify for many scholarships due to your dire situation with family & having lost your mother so young & having so much potential.

Random truth: You cannot get kids to respect you by being an overbearing, intimidating, authoritarian bully: you might get obedience BUT respect is something you must EARN!
 
I should go to the FBI sector we have in town (I was shocked we have one) and see what they say about those things. It's not far from where I live.

My random truth: Although I believe Friday the 13th is illogical in terms of bad things happening, I do NOT have good Friday the 13ths!
 
I think I have some kind of prosopagnosia, I recognize people just fine, but can't remember their faces when they are not here. As well as I can't remember my face and that makes it hard for me to figure out if I like myself or not :rolleyes2:

And I hate the piiip sound they use on tv instead of cursing. It's such an annoying high pitched sound, I'd be more comfortable if they just let them curse... Or at least made it lower.
 
HelloDizzy said:
I should go to the FBI sector we have in town (I was shocked we have one) and see what they say about those things. It's not far from where I live.

My random truth: Although I believe Friday the 13th is illogical in terms of bad things happening, I do NOT have good Friday the 13ths!
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Look on the bright side: Saturday the 14th must be a lucky day since it means you've survived another Friday the 13th, right? (every now & then I go just a little bit nuts...)

 
When you are depressed and want to lose weight, eating three cheese burgers and french fries doesn't help. :sluggish:
 
I often use contemporary slang which I shouldn't use based on my location (I often use the word bucks, but my currency is not the dollar, hence any slang that refers to the dollar, in fact is silly for me to use). But in all honesty I don't care, at least it makes up for a comprehensible conversation in most cases.
 
Though it's cool to know how to light a fire with 2 matches, you can also drip candle wax over an unlit fire, light it & watch it jump into life!
 
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