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Ahundredbux
Oct 25, 2007

The right to bear arms
Quite often the opposite actually since it involves difficulty to process information.

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les fleurs du mall
Jun 30, 2014

by LadyAmbien
let's get this out there right now I am a 26 year old autist with an IQ of 70 no wonder we only use 1% of our trains

Fart.Bleed.Repeat.
Sep 29, 2001

IT JSUT MAKES YOU SMELL CLEVER

Panamaniac
Jun 18, 2007

HEROES NEVER DIE

Quickscope420dad posted:

let's get this out there right now I am a 26 year old autist with an IQ of 70 no wonder we only use 1% of our trains

Panamaniac fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Aug 23, 2014

les fleurs du mall
Jun 30, 2014

by LadyAmbien

So many autism triggers right now

PUT IT BACK ON THE TRACKS MOVE IT BACK AND FORTH 6 INCHES REPEATEDLY THIS IS THE ONLY CORRECT ACTIVITY

HOLY poo poo THOSE YELLOW TRUCKS ARE SO BADLY ALIGNED AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT

wilfredmerriweathr
Jul 11, 2005
never woulda happened with an autist driving that train

Blahsmack
Oct 25, 2003

they probably dont like the tv show soul train though

Fart.Bleed.Repeat.
Sep 29, 2001

or Training Day starring non-autists moregan freeman and brad pitt

GreatGreen
Jul 3, 2007
That's not what gaslighting means you hyperbolic dipshit.
Hello my name is GreatGreen and I like Gray Wolves and reading about Gray Wolves. Here is a brief summary of why I appreciate gray wolves.

The Gray Wolf
or
Canis lupus

Gray wolf Playing a major character in fairy tales and mythology throughout the ages, the gray wolf (or timber wolf) has been perceived in many different lights, from “Big, Bad Wolf” to spiritual being. In reality, gray wolves may not embody such extreme vices and virtues, but they do play a vital role in maintaining ecological harmony.

Although they are called gray wolves, these ancestors of domestic dogs actually range in color from brownish-gray, to all black, to all white.

Gray wolves are the largest of all canines. At 60-90 cm (2-3 ft.) at the shoulder and 1.5 m (4.5-6.5 ft.) in length, gray wolves vary in weight from 25-60 kg (55-130 lb.). They are also one of most widespread land mammals, inhabiting various ecosystems throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and a small portion of Africa. In general, gray wolves’ size and weight increase the further north they reside.

Gray wolves are social animals, living and hunting in packs of 2-12. A typical pack is composed of an alpha male and an alpha female (the pack leaders), their pups, and several subordinate or juvenile wolves. The pack members exhibit close relationships and communicate with each other with a range of sounds including barks, whines, growls, and howls.

Gray wolfIn general, only the dominant male and female breed to prevent the pack from becoming too large. The alpha couple will begin the bonding process early in the year and will mate in January or February. The alpha female then chooses a den site and gives birth to a litter of about six pups, who will reach maturity at 2-3 years old.

If a subordinate wolf feels a strong inclination to breed, and his/her attempts to mate are denied by the alpha pair, the subordinate wolf may leave the pack. However, leaving the safety of the group can prove to be a dangerous choice for the lone wolf, who may have to travel hundreds of miles to find a new territory and mate.

Gray wolves are known as keystone predators because they help maintain a balanced ecosystem. Their diet consists of ungulates (large hoofed mammals) such as elk, deer, moose, and caribou, as well as smaller mammals like beavers and rabbits. Because gray wolves eliminate only weak animals, herds become stronger and healthier as a whole. In fact, studies have shown that gray wolves have helped prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease, a contagious neurological disease, in deer.

Furthermore, in Yellowstone Park, researchers found that the presence of wolves forced herds of elk to move around more frequently, thereby allowing aspen and willow trees to flourish in areas where they had previously been overgrazed. This, in turn, resulted in the return of beavers and riparian birds to the region.
Conservation Status

According to IUCN’s Red List, gray wolf populations have been determined to be stable in many parts of the world, including Asia, Europe, and northern North America. However, the gray wolf is very vulnerable in some areas, due to loss of habitat, trapping, shooting, and poisoning.

In Egypt, gray wolves are at extreme risk for becoming extinct, with only 30-50 wolves remaining. Despite this fact, no legal protections exist there.

Once numerous throughout Mexico and southwestern United States, the Mexican wolf (a gray wolf subspecies) is now limited to a region of about 17,700 sq. km (6800 sq. mi.) in east-central Arizona and west-central New Mexico known as the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area. Wolves that leave this area are captured and returned. Therefore, these wolves can never expand their boundaries and will remain isolated.

In 1973, gray wolves residing in the US’s lower 48 states gained federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. In the western Great Lakes region, which includes Minnesota and Michigan, gray wolf populations were successfully restored, and in 2007, federal protections were lifted for wolves in that region. Success of the wolf restoration program in the Great Lakes region is largely credited to farmers’ improved perceptions of wolves, public support, and the diligence and hard work of managing agencies.

Gray wolves were also successfully reintroduced into Yellowstone Park in 1995. In light of this fact, the US government considered removing federal protection for gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain/Greater Yellowstone region, which includes Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, eastern Washington and Oregon, and northern Utah. However, in 2008, the US Federal District Court in Missoula, Montana reinstated Endangered Species Act protection for wolves in this area.
What You Can Do to Help

If you would like to help gray wolves, there are several things you can do. You can “adopt” a wolf through organizations like Defenders of Wildlife or the National Wildlife Federation. These organizations support several initiatives that help gray wolves, such as banning aerial gunning in Alaska, fighting to preserve federal protections, and helping ranchers find effective ways to protect their livestock so they refrain from killing wolves.

You can also help by supporting gray wolf habitat protection.

Thank you what a terrific audience.

GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Aug 23, 2014

a creepy colon
Oct 28, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



Quickscope420dad posted:

So many autism triggers right now

PUT IT BACK ON THE TRACKS MOVE IT BACK AND FORTH 6 INCHES REPEATEDLY THIS IS THE ONLY CORRECT ACTIVITY

HOLY poo poo THOSE YELLOW TRUCKS ARE SO BADLY ALIGNED AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT

this is OCD, autism is counting toothpicks

les fleurs du mall
Jun 30, 2014

by LadyAmbien

gggiiimmmppp posted:

this is OCD, autism is counting toothpicks

a thin gay line

Tweet Me Balls
Apr 14, 2009

GreatGreen posted:

Hello my name is GreatGreen and I like Gray Wolves and reading about Gray Wolves. Here is a brief summary of why I appreciate gray wolves.

The Gray Wolf
or
Canis lupus

Gray wolf Playing a major character in fairy tales and mythology throughout the ages, the gray wolf (or timber wolf) has been perceived in many different lights, from “Big, Bad Wolf” to spiritual being. In reality, gray wolves may not embody such extreme vices and virtues, but they do play a vital role in maintaining ecological harmony.

Although they are called gray wolves, these ancestors of domestic dogs actually range in color from brownish-gray, to all black, to all white.

Gray wolves are the largest of all canines. At 60-90 cm (2-3 ft.) at the shoulder and 1.5 m (4.5-6.5 ft.) in length, gray wolves vary in weight from 25-60 kg (55-130 lb.). They are also one of most widespread land mammals, inhabiting various ecosystems throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and a small portion of Africa. In general, gray wolves’ size and weight increase the further north they reside.

Gray wolves are social animals, living and hunting in packs of 2-12. A typical pack is composed of an alpha male and an alpha female (the pack leaders), their pups, and several subordinate or juvenile wolves. The pack members exhibit close relationships and communicate with each other with a range of sounds including barks, whines, growls, and howls.

Gray wolfIn general, only the dominant male and female breed to prevent the pack from becoming too large. The alpha couple will begin the bonding process early in the year and will mate in January or February. The alpha female then chooses a den site and gives birth to a litter of about six pups, who will reach maturity at 2-3 years old.

If a subordinate wolf feels a strong inclination to breed, and his/her attempts to mate are denied by the alpha pair, the subordinate wolf may leave the pack. However, leaving the safety of the group can prove to be a dangerous choice for the lone wolf, who may have to travel hundreds of miles to find a new territory and mate.

Gray wolves are known as keystone predators because they help maintain a balanced ecosystem. Their diet consists of ungulates (large hoofed mammals) such as elk, deer, moose, and caribou, as well as smaller mammals like beavers and rabbits. Because gray wolves eliminate only weak animals, herds become stronger and healthier as a whole. In fact, studies have shown that gray wolves have helped prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease, a contagious neurological disease, in deer.

Furthermore, in Yellowstone Park, researchers found that the presence of wolves forced herds of elk to move around more frequently, thereby allowing aspen and willow trees to flourish in areas where they had previously been overgrazed. This, in turn, resulted in the return of beavers and riparian birds to the region.
Conservation Status

According to IUCN’s Red List, gray wolf populations have been determined to be stable in many parts of the world, including Asia, Europe, and northern North America. However, the gray wolf is very vulnerable in some areas, due to loss of habitat, trapping, shooting, and poisoning.

In Egypt, gray wolves are at extreme risk for becoming extinct, with only 30-50 wolves remaining. Despite this fact, no legal protections exist there.

Once numerous throughout Mexico and southwestern United States, the Mexican wolf (a gray wolf subspecies) is now limited to a region of about 17,700 sq. km (6800 sq. mi.) in east-central Arizona and west-central New Mexico known as the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area. Wolves that leave this area are captured and returned. Therefore, these wolves can never expand their boundaries and will remain isolated.

In 1973, gray wolves residing in the US’s lower 48 states gained federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. In the western Great Lakes region, which includes Minnesota and Michigan, gray wolf populations were successfully restored, and in 2007, federal protections were lifted for wolves in that region. Success of the wolf restoration program in the Great Lakes region is largely credited to farmers’ improved perceptions of wolves, public support, and the diligence and hard work of managing agencies.

Gray wolves were also successfully reintroduced into Yellowstone Park in 1995. In light of this fact, the US government considered removing federal protection for gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain/Greater Yellowstone region, which includes Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, eastern Washington and Oregon, and northern Utah. However, in 2008, the US Federal District Court in Missoula, Montana reinstated Endangered Species Act protection for wolves in this area.
What You Can Do to Help

If you would like to help gray wolves, there are several things you can do. You can “adopt” a wolf through organizations like Defenders of Wildlife or the National Wildlife Federation. These organizations support several initiatives that help gray wolves, such as banning aerial gunning in Alaska, fighting to preserve federal protections, and helping ranchers find effective ways to protect their livestock so they refrain from killing wolves.

You can also help by supporting gray wolf habitat protection.

Thank you what a terrific audience.

same

Whatev
Jan 19, 2007

unfading

gggiiimmmppp posted:

this is OCD, autism is counting toothpicks

Fuckin tons of autistic people have OCD

And being obsessed with trains is hilariously common among autistic motherfuckers. It's like, a noted characteristic of autism in medical literature. It's like pedophilia and star trek.

Ahundredbux
Oct 25, 2007

The right to bear arms
Or pedophilia and internet forums

Stick Figure Mafia
Dec 11, 2004

counterpoint:
the girl on The Bridge has autism and can solve crimes and is cute

Ahundredbux
Oct 25, 2007

The right to bear arms
yes my mother told me about the show but she's an actor

brokenknee
Aug 3, 2014

autism does not make you clever, but more likely to be gay.

http://www.autism-help.org/adults-aspergers-sexual.htm

Stick Figure Mafia posted:

counterpoint:
the girl on The Bridge has autism and can solve crimes and is cute

Easily explained by staying at a Quality Inn.

Ahundredbux
Oct 25, 2007

The right to bear arms

brokenknee posted:

autism does not make you clever, but more likely to be gay.

http://www.autism-help.org/adults-aspergers-sexual.htm


Easily explained by staying at a Quality Inn.

does it work both ways?

Miltank
Dec 27, 2009

by XyloJW

Whatev posted:

Fuckin tons of autistic people have OCD

And being obsessed with trains is hilariously common among autistic motherfuckers. It's like, a noted characteristic of autism in medical literature. It's like pedophilia and star trek.

is there more info on this cause I Iol'd

Ahundredbux
Oct 25, 2007

The right to bear arms
plenty, just google autism trains

Whiskey Sours
Jan 25, 2014

Weather proof.

GreatGreen posted:

Hello my name is GreatGreen and I like Gray Wolves and reading about Gray Wolves. Here is a brief summary of why I appreciate gray wolves.

The Gray Wolf
or
Canis lupus

Gray wolf Playing a major character in fairy tales and mythology throughout the ages, the gray wolf (or timber wolf) has been perceived in many different lights, from “Big, Bad Wolf” to spiritual being. In reality, gray wolves may not embody such extreme vices and virtues, but they do play a vital role in maintaining ecological harmony.

Although they are called gray wolves, these ancestors of domestic dogs actually range in color from brownish-gray, to all black, to all white.

Gray wolves are the largest of all canines. At 60-90 cm (2-3 ft.) at the shoulder and 1.5 m (4.5-6.5 ft.) in length, gray wolves vary in weight from 25-60 kg (55-130 lb.). They are also one of most widespread land mammals, inhabiting various ecosystems throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and a small portion of Africa. In general, gray wolves’ size and weight increase the further north they reside.

Gray wolves are social animals, living and hunting in packs of 2-12. A typical pack is composed of an alpha male and an alpha female (the pack leaders), their pups, and several subordinate or juvenile wolves. The pack members exhibit close relationships and communicate with each other with a range of sounds including barks, whines, growls, and howls.

Gray wolfIn general, only the dominant male and female breed to prevent the pack from becoming too large. The alpha couple will begin the bonding process early in the year and will mate in January or February. The alpha female then chooses a den site and gives birth to a litter of about six pups, who will reach maturity at 2-3 years old.

If a subordinate wolf feels a strong inclination to breed, and his/her attempts to mate are denied by the alpha pair, the subordinate wolf may leave the pack. However, leaving the safety of the group can prove to be a dangerous choice for the lone wolf, who may have to travel hundreds of miles to find a new territory and mate.

Gray wolves are known as keystone predators because they help maintain a balanced ecosystem. Their diet consists of ungulates (large hoofed mammals) such as elk, deer, moose, and caribou, as well as smaller mammals like beavers and rabbits. Because gray wolves eliminate only weak animals, herds become stronger and healthier as a whole. In fact, studies have shown that gray wolves have helped prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease, a contagious neurological disease, in deer.

Furthermore, in Yellowstone Park, researchers found that the presence of wolves forced herds of elk to move around more frequently, thereby allowing aspen and willow trees to flourish in areas where they had previously been overgrazed. This, in turn, resulted in the return of beavers and riparian birds to the region.
Conservation Status

According to IUCN’s Red List, gray wolf populations have been determined to be stable in many parts of the world, including Asia, Europe, and northern North America. However, the gray wolf is very vulnerable in some areas, due to loss of habitat, trapping, shooting, and poisoning.

In Egypt, gray wolves are at extreme risk for becoming extinct, with only 30-50 wolves remaining. Despite this fact, no legal protections exist there.

Once numerous throughout Mexico and southwestern United States, the Mexican wolf (a gray wolf subspecies) is now limited to a region of about 17,700 sq. km (6800 sq. mi.) in east-central Arizona and west-central New Mexico known as the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area. Wolves that leave this area are captured and returned. Therefore, these wolves can never expand their boundaries and will remain isolated.

In 1973, gray wolves residing in the US’s lower 48 states gained federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. In the western Great Lakes region, which includes Minnesota and Michigan, gray wolf populations were successfully restored, and in 2007, federal protections were lifted for wolves in that region. Success of the wolf restoration program in the Great Lakes region is largely credited to farmers’ improved perceptions of wolves, public support, and the diligence and hard work of managing agencies.

Gray wolves were also successfully reintroduced into Yellowstone Park in 1995. In light of this fact, the US government considered removing federal protection for gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain/Greater Yellowstone region, which includes Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, eastern Washington and Oregon, and northern Utah. However, in 2008, the US Federal District Court in Missoula, Montana reinstated Endangered Species Act protection for wolves in this area.
What You Can Do to Help

If you would like to help gray wolves, there are several things you can do. You can “adopt” a wolf through organizations like Defenders of Wildlife or the National Wildlife Federation. These organizations support several initiatives that help gray wolves, such as banning aerial gunning in Alaska, fighting to preserve federal protections, and helping ranchers find effective ways to protect their livestock so they refrain from killing wolves.

You can also help by supporting gray wolf habitat protection.

Thank you what a terrific audience.

Can grey wolfs ride trains?

Iprazochrome
Nov 3, 2008
I read a paper once about how thomas the tank engine is the perfect show for autist kids because:

1) facial expressions on the trains are exaggerated and are shown on screen for a long time, giving the kids time to work out what the emotion is

2) boring repetitive plotlines with constant voice over in a steady tone explaining exactly what's happening, no chance for misunderstanding

3) trains trains trains trains trains

brokenknee
Aug 3, 2014

Bolian Blues posted:

3) trains trains trains trains trains

best reason ever

Borneo Jimmy
Feb 27, 2007

by Smythe

Ahundredbux posted:

plenty, just google autism trains

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUOxEwCuEgQ

Iamblikhos
Jun 9, 2013

IRONKNUCKLE PERMA-BANNED! CHALLENGES LIBERALS TO 10-TOPIC POLITICAL DEBATE! READ HERE

This is an honest-to-God quote from that web page (under "Where to Find Partners"):

"SCHOOL: Studies show that people build special emotional bonds at an early age. The girls you have met in high school, especially near the age of sixteen usually will have a special memory of you. People were not meant to get married and have kids as late as they do it today's day and age. In the old times, girls used to get pregnant in their teens. Nature equipped girls with a special imprinting during those early years."


Like, WTF is wrong with these people?!

Salynne
Oct 25, 2007

Iamblikhos posted:

Like, WTF is wrong with these people?!

they are autists

Tuxedo Catfish
Mar 17, 2007

You've got guts! Come to my village, I'll buy you lunch.

General Olloth posted:

they are autists

nah it's pushy religious people trying to take advantage of a group least likely to recognize their claims about how people are supposed to work as bullshit

it's less overt in the site itself but look at the testimonials :laffo:

edit: actually maybe it's more complicated than that, this site is a bizarre mashup of all kinds of weird poo poo

Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Aug 24, 2014

Tuxedo Catfish
Mar 17, 2007

You've got guts! Come to my village, I'll buy you lunch.
ahahaha holy gently caress

http://www.autism-help.org/intervention-gold-salts.htm

fungus causes autism and gold salt cures it guys, we know there's no hard evidence but we're sure some will turn up soon!

a creepy colon
Oct 28, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

ahahaha holy gently caress

http://www.autism-help.org/intervention-gold-salts.htm

fungus causes autism and gold salt cures it guys, we know there's no hard evidence but we're sure some will turn up soon!

quote:

Currently, Dr. Mady Hornig of Columbia University is testing gold salts on mice specially bred to be susceptible to thimerosal. Dan Olmsted reported a 1947 case of a 12 year old patient, the first person ever diagnosed with Autism, who was treated for arthritis using gold salts at the Campbell Clinic in Memphis, Tennessee. According to the patient’s brother, the “extreme nervousness” and excitability that had afflicted him cleared up as well as the arthritis.

lol this ONE guy with autism 70 years ago seems to have been cured so lets go full bore with this gold salts thing

SweetMercifulCrap!
Jan 28, 2012
Lipstick Apathy
http://www.theonion.com/video/autistic-reporter-train-thankfully-unharmed-in-cra,20098/

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
well I'm not a doctor but somehow I don't think introducing heavy metals to the situation will solve anything; especially not in that form lol; afaik metallic gold is fine to ingest but gold compounds like gold salts break down and release ions that can damage internal organs

brokenknee
Aug 3, 2014

a creepy colon posted:

lol this ONE guy with autism 70 years ago seems to have been cured so lets go full bore with this gold salts thing

you can trust 80 year old autists. always.

Khazar-khum
Oct 22, 2008

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
2nd Battalion

a creepy colon posted:

lol this ONE guy with autism 70 years ago seems to have been cured so lets go full bore with this gold salts thing

Thimerosol doesn't cause autism, but gold salts are a nightmare;

quote:

Chrysiasis[edit]
One noticeable side-effect of gold-based therapy is the coloring of the skin in shades of mauve to a purplish dark grey when exposed to sunlight, if the salts are taken on a regular basis over a long period of time .[6] Excessive intake of gold salts while undergoing chrysotherapy result – through complex redox processes – in the saturation by relatively stable gold compounds of skin tissue and organs (as well as teeth and ocular tissue in extreme cases), a condition known as chrysiasis, similar to a certain extent to argyria which is related to silver salts and colloidal silver. Chrysiasis can ultimately lead to acute renal failure (such as tubular necrosis, nephrosis, glomerulitis ),[7] severe heart conditions and hematologic complications (leukopenia, anemia).[8][9][10] While some effects can be healed with moderate success, the pigmentation of the skin is considered permanent.
Other side effects[edit]
Other side effects of gold salts include kidney damage, itching rash, and ulcerations of the mouth, tongue and pharynx. Approximately 35% of patients discontinue the use of gold salts because of these side effects. Kidney function must be monitored continuously while taking gold salts.[4]

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



man gently caress all these doctors taking my money for nothing

im just going to eat gold and silver directly

BigBoss
Jan 26, 2012

by Lowtax
So is autism a form of mental retardation?

Iamblikhos
Jun 9, 2013

IRONKNUCKLE PERMA-BANNED! CHALLENGES LIBERALS TO 10-TOPIC POLITICAL DEBATE! READ HERE

BigBoss posted:

So is autism a form of mental retardation?

The least amusing form of mental retardation.

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Aug 6, 2013

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Bondage
Jun 9, 2008

by Ralp
if autism does not make you clever, then op must be autistic (think about it)

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