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2 days agoNah, the correct answer is “You don’t LOOK autistic.”
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Cake day: June 15th, 2023
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I’m having the exact same issue. Never taught me any life skills. My mum was told by the GP to get me tested for aspergers (as it was then) when I was 15, and she sat on that for over 10 years. Meanwhile I grew up hating myself for not being able to do things that my peers could. Things got worse when I had to get a job and I didn’t have the social knowledge to pass interviews. My self esteem got worse, my anxiety ruled my life. I would keep attracting men who treated me like dirt and I couldn’t let go because I was so desperate for someone to love and accept me.
She passed away three months ago and now my dad wants to kick me out and I have no freaking idea how to survive in the adult world. I don’t know how to go about renting or setting up utilities, I struggle with navigation so my fear of getting lost stops me going places. I’m going to have to leave London because I can’t afford a place here. All I get is, when are you moving out? Dad wants to sell the house. It’s not fair to deprive your sisters of their share of the house. No offers of help. No acknowledgement that decades of my mum wrapping me in cotton wool and controlling me has left me dysfunctional.
Gute Nacht!
As low as that, eh? I got my first mobile (Nokia 3310) in 2003, and I felt like I was the last of my peers to get one (my classmates had mobiles around 1999, I remember Snake being big during my GCSE years). I expect at that time they were just more common among millennials than the older generations? I’m sure I was the only one in my year group from Year 11 to the end of Year 13 to not have a mobile.
You’re right. First I was autistic, THEN I got a telescope. Evostar 90mm refractor, thank you for asking.
For those who haven’t already watched this, they managed to get Amazon driver wee to be an Amazon bestseller. There are chapter markers if you just want that part:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GdHYM7QT9kw
(Been boycotting Amazon since winter 2020 and I don’t miss it one bit.)
We barely had mobile phones 20 years ago? You sure about that?
And the trainer.
The dress was always blue and black to me (blue and copper tinged black really), but this one keeps switching from grey and mint to pink and white and then back again.
No, you’re right. It is so emergency services prioritise cars with the sign.
Is it stealing if I buy a second hand book? I’m still getting to enjoy the work without paying the author (even if the original person paid). Multiple people can own a physical copy at different times (with the author only getting paid once).
Just like downloads. I don’t feel bad about downloading stuff that’s out of print. No one is making money from it now anyway, so what harm. If anything, digital copies help to stop these books being lost.
I’ve been in a similar situation. It seems it’s the only type of person I seem to attract. They pursue me, only when I eventually reciprocate they freak out, and self-sabotage ensues. In my case, the only thing was to walk away, because they were dragging me down with them. Some people can get past the trust issues (I have my own issues that I’ve been working through), but others can’t. So I don’t actually have any advice, sorry.
That’s the John Finnemore horsebox sketch!
This reminds me of French lessons at school, when they’d ask you to describe your best friend, and I’d have to start with “Je n’ai pas une meilleure amie.”
Excuse me, it’s not piracy if it’s Nintendo.
My oldest nephew was born in 2003 and I was still having to manually remove red eye using Paintshop Pro 7 from my mum’s digital photos of him when was about 6 or 7.
Less noise from cars and less pollution from cars. Roads safer to cross.
80s baby. I had to make do with the knockoffs (the green cat one was a nano pet clone that worked perfectly and the octopets one was really fun except it was always freezing), because the official ones were sold out forever. I’ve had the two TamaGos on pause since last year haha. Tamagotchi Angel has been rereleased, but it seems kinda boring.
Mate, come join us at the @[email protected] group on Mastodon. There are a lot of fellow autists who will be there to lend an ear if you need to vent or need some practical advice. I recommend the autistics.life instance. I have the same issue irl, people will expect me to be there when they need me, but now that I need someone on my side, they’ll happily throw me under the bus. You’re not alone, even if it’s just a few randos online.
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