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Kencf618033

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Autistic elder. Depression. Severely/profoundly deaf. Neurological & vestibular balance, short-memory, and visual learning deficits. Primary instance is social.linux.pizza

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chevalier26 , to ActuallyAutistic group
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@actuallyautistic I am officially done. I don’t know how people actually enjoy summer, ESPECIALLY with no AC. “85°F is such a nice temp,” just say you enjoy suffering 😭

But no, if I as much as utter a peep about how I’m miserable and overstimulated, suddenly I’m whining, complaining, a primadonna, and “oh so sensitive” about the heat that everyone is SUDDENLY suffering from at the same level as me.

Still can’t ever win.

Kencf618033 ,
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@justarandomusename
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophone

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Autistrain , to ActuallyAutistic group
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This essay somehow resonates in me. Since I can remember, I never understood genders. It's simply not a thing for me. Why should we be restrained and oppress ourselves with a binary choice? It doesn't make any sense in a world of diversity. It's a purely social construction that doesn't feet my view and who I am. We are all humans.

“Autistic people aren’t being fooled into being nonbinary. We see past the binary that fools you.”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/06/autistic-people-arent-being-fooled-into-being-nonbinary-we-see-past-the-binary-that-fools-you/

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Kencf618033 ,
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@nddev
@james @DoomsdaysCW @Autistrain @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity
Intriguing. Realizing that I was demisexual (by coming across the word, no less!) was a close second to having been diagnosed as being “on the spectrum”. Pieces didn’t really know existed fell into place.

theautisticcoach , to ActuallyAutistic group
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I have spent my adult life stressing the need for autistics not to block out allistics from our life - promoting the idea that we don't need to live a life apart - that this world, with everyone in it, has what to offer for us.

This is becoming increasingly harder to defend.

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Kencf618033 ,
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@hellomiakoda Net positive.

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theautisticcoach , to ActuallyAutistic group
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Yes, masking is about taking on identities of those around us. Masking is harmful.

We also create our masks and imbue them with prices of our true selves, like any author.

The challenge isn’t simply to “unmask”, but reveal the true piece of ourselves in our masks too.

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Kencf618033 ,
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@hellomiakoda I hear you.

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theautisticcoach , to ActuallyAutistic group
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how do my autistic comrades combat loneliness?

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Kencf618033 ,
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@hellomiakoda Does bring to mind a remake of Frankenhooker (1990) though.

»WANnA diSCouRsE‽«

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dramypsyd , to ActuallyAutistic group
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Have any of my people ever done an EEG? I'm reading about how those can be used for diagnostic purposes and though I'm already diagnosed, I'm intrigued and kind of want to see what it says about my brain.

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Kencf618033 ,
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@dramypsyd
@actuallyautistic No, but I have a pinned article about the hemispheric connectivity of autistics being all over the lot –there was no template, no pattern. When you’ve met an autistic...

Dr_Obvious , to ActuallyAutistic group German

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I don't know if it's related to the hypo-/hypersensitivity topic, stimulation or whatsoever. But I really like strong tasting stuff. Spicy, salty, hot, sour, complex, whatsoever.

After just now taking a sip from a pickle glass it came to my mind that I even took shots of vinegar in the past, because I liked the taste. I considder it so odd that I wondered if anybody out there did it too.

Did you ever fancied a shot of vinegar?

Kencf618033 ,
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@Dr_Obvious I was weaned on a bottle of Tabasco sauce.

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secretmousealias , to ActuallyAutistic group
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@actuallyautistic

A situation I run into frequently when trying to make small talk is this:

Me: So what are your interests?
Them: Gaming
Me: Cool, me too. What games?
Them: Call of Duty, what about you?
Me: Dwarf Fortress
Them: Never heard of it. What's type of game is it?

At this point I'm basically deadlocked because explaining the game would take longer than their attention span. I feel I probably made a mistake earlier which led to this situation. How to do better?

Kencf618033 ,
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@wakame
Or that cabbages are like Tootsie Rolls.

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xankarn , to histodons group
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@histodons

Cultural history class this week includes the bicycle boom of the 1890s.

Newspapers from this period are filled with the complaints of men who say bicycles ruined their marriages, since wives only care to ride and no longer tend to their "duties."

The Rev. Thomas Gregory saw the bike as a threat to his parishioners' intellect and health.

"It annihilates the reading habit. The libraries are deserted. It is a menace to domestic virtues. It breaks up and destroys the home."

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@histodons Moral panic at its finest.

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