First, anyone who associates a person of high intelligence with retardation, is a retard.
Second, "any type of disorder which hinders your ability to act normal" looks like a tautology.
I simply want discussion.
See immediately above.
I most certainly did not type the sentence that you put in quotes. Check this thread.
I do see the world as less than ideal, and I don't see anything particularly wrong with expressing that opinion. Do you?
I never indicated that...
That does not constitute evidence that I'm abusive.
I have the ability to communicate with most people if I am sufficiently motivated.
It is a logical comparison. Homosexual rights have grown by leaps and bounds lately. Homosexual rights are a perfect analogue for rights for other...
I have accepted that there will be consequences associated with my choice. If and when we have children, they will lose a lot of face.
Isn't it axiomatic that being human gives me value? Arguably, history's worst tyrants and similar types may not have such value because of very bad deeds...
I have so far, and she has stated that her parents will have no effect on whether or not we marry.
No.
My denial of what?
Read more carefully. I have stated, numerous times, that I can fit in socially perfectly well (after years of practice, and tips from a cousin who is a...
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I turned 33 earlier this year. She will turn 29 in a couple of months.
If things go well between now and then, I may propose in the summer or fall of 2012.
He's not a mechanic any longer. I think that his lack of income, if it hasn't already, will stress the sister out fairly...
Thanks.
Just as a homosexual with self-respect would not dream of acting heterosexual just to make troglodyte bigots happy, unless he had a damned good reason, such as his immediate physical safety.
She promised me that her parents' opinions will not influence her decision to stay with...
Eventually, if she and I stay together, they will be forced, by their own emotional need to see their grandchildren, to overcome their bigotry against me.
The oppressive, backward, dysfunctional majority has had their way for long enough. I refuse to play their game unless their is a damned...
If the world is less than ideal, it should be changed. Other injustices, such as the treatment of homosexuals, have been at least partly remedied.
Heterosexuals who advocated for homosexuals' rights to be respected and for them to be treated well, were very unpopular a few decades ago...
That is a reasonably accurate summary. I will add "Is humanity dysfunctional for placing so much emphasis on social skills, to the detriment of other human abilities?"
Exactly. Clearly, humanity's social traits have been a source of much misery. Religion is but one example.
I won't...
I have only focused on education and degrees because of their regressive attitudes.
I do talk to people when I have a specific, practical goal in mind. In recent years, when I've been single, I would go places and strike up conversations with women, despite me being horrible with such...
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According to Ward (co-author of the 2000 book on the Rare Earth Hypothesis), this planet's biosphere only will last a few hundred million more years.
First, from what I've seen, the average woman, first and foremost, is drawn to certain personality traits: a sense of humor, charisma, confidence, extroversion, etc. I knew someone on the football team in high school who was over 6' and mesomorphic, who was very introverted, and he never dated...
The idea was put forth, in that thread, that that which is referred to as "AS" may be synonymous with "nerdy".
What is your opinion, from the perspective of where we could be now if we weren't plagued by certain things, as opposed to from a perspective of mere survival?
Carl Sagan...
Do they deserve as much emphasis as they are receiving?
I think that education is essential, but some of the people who harp on social skills being essential don't seem to give a flying copulation about education being treated as essential. And yes, I'm aware of the saying that two wrongs...