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Recent content by Vanden Plastic

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    Will companion robots solve relationship problems in the future?

    No. This absolutely wouldn't work for me. Let's take it a step beyond reality and say that they were able to make a lovebot that was indistinguishable from a real human, and an extremely attractive one at that. I am always going to be extremely aware that I am playing with a mechanized piece of...
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    You know what’s sad…? 😔

    Wish I could say something truly helpful here, but I'm still in the midst of trying to figure out where to go and how to get there with regards to my journey through life. This has proven a lot trickier than it should be, and some of that is coming from my own differences in how I perceive and...
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    Autistic “bluntness”

    I've always been a kind person by nature, self-aware, and empathetic. I've learned a lot in my life from my struggles to fit in, and it feels like I remember every misstep I've made... and I also remember the positives. Combine that with taking note on how others' words and actions have affected...
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    I would trade it all

    @BewilderedPerson I wish there was a straightforward answer to that. I remember being told that: "Women tend to grow tired of chasing the bad boy types and want to settle down with someone better once they're 30 or so, have married and divorced once and/or have kids, or {insert platitude here}"...
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    The last thing you bought?

    Gotcha! I just looked those up, and it sure looks could be where it came from. I also saw a Volvo application of the same vintage that uses something similar. I've haven't worked as a professional auto mechanic since I was shortly out of high school, so I'm pretty far out of the loop. Have only...
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    I would trade it all

    I too would trade almost all of it (save for my family, friends, and pets) to be with the right one as well. It is *that* important to me, and has been for my whole life. So, I do have enough experience to have a reasonable grasp on how relationships usually work, yet I also have enough...
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    The last thing you bought?

    I'm wondering what the original application for that was? I've never seen a CV axle that has such a long shaft between the differential/transaxle and the plunge joint... they're usually just a stub that's about the same length as what's on the other side of your CV joint. Yep. I probably spend...
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    The last thing you bought?

    Sorry, I'm gonna hafta ask... I'm guessing you're not in the USA? I've never seen point-of-use heated shower heads here in the US, though I know they're common elsewhere. About the closest we get are booster heaters to raise the temperature of water for commercial dishwashers, or sometimes to...
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    I feel devoid of physical energy.

    I'm new here, so I don't know you... yet I'm pretty confident in saying that the people you know would feel exactly the opposite of this. and I'm not one to waste my breath on platitudes. I am currently experiencing the same thing re: energy and sleep. At these times, it takes so much more...
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    Newbie requisite first post - I've crashed the struggle bus

    Thanks for the affirmation. It means a lot to me. I've actually never been given any advice or talked to anyone who didn't follow the exact written in stone recipe for "birds and bees" down to the letter. Even though my goals and my destination are much the same, I've always known that I'm a...
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    Haiii (introduction)

    'Allo! I'm pretty new around here, too. Though I'm sorta approaching from a different angle (double your age and working on getting tested and maybe likely? diagnosed, and not sure how that'll affect me yet)... I definitely can identify with a chunk of what you said here. It's kind of hard for...
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    Where would you rather watch movies?

    I voted for the drive-in, as I kinda miss them and there's a certain novelty value involved... These venues were just past their prime when I was a kid, though I was fortunate enough to have one in my area that stayed open for a few years after I got my driver's license. Truth be told, the...
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    Sneak stims

    Tourette Syndrome, perhaps? There was a man in my neighborhood with TS, and he exhibited very similar characteristics to the fellow you're describing. The guy in my town had coprolalia, and it was very common to hear him coming down the road uttering a stream of obscenities, and this did spill...
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    Newbie requisite first post - I've crashed the struggle bus

    I wish I did have more stability, and could focus on a career. I actually started out my adult life being reasonably productive and stable after having to pull myself together to get through high school. HS was a tough slog, and it was here that I came to the realization that I wasn't going to...
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    Newbie requisite first post - I've crashed the struggle bus

    From what I've read, it sounds like other people will often doubt it, too. I'm guessing this will be especially true for people who are particularly adept at masking their traits.
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