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Title: Taking the piss...
Post by: Blasted on April 28, 2008, 01:15:49 PM
...out of Aspies For Freedom:

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/weekend-web/aspies-jtt.php

 :trollfuck:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: richard on April 28, 2008, 01:29:41 PM
that forum is awful :hahaha:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Callaway on April 28, 2008, 02:09:46 PM
I saw that.

 :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on April 28, 2008, 02:58:06 PM
We should invite that writer here. :P
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Christopher McCandless on April 28, 2008, 04:43:32 PM
:rofl:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on April 29, 2008, 02:04:48 AM
Seriously. It would be loads of fun. :zoinks:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on April 29, 2008, 02:42:39 AM
/has visions of another happeh...  ::)
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on April 29, 2008, 04:18:47 AM
Well, yes, there is that, but considering some of our other members, how bad can it be?
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on April 29, 2008, 04:22:36 AM
i rather enjoyed happeh's little sojourn on here.  amazing scope for piss-ripping, i found.  :laugh:

and my callout was a riot.  :dance:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on April 29, 2008, 04:23:18 AM
Which is why we should invite that writer here.  :orly:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on April 29, 2008, 04:24:34 AM
go on, then.  you're the Despot around here.  :P
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on April 29, 2008, 04:31:08 AM
I forgot. :P
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on April 29, 2008, 04:38:48 AM
Goldfish Boy strikes again!

:GA:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on April 29, 2008, 04:42:28 AM
Oh, look, somebody placed a message board in my hands. :P
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on April 29, 2008, 04:45:43 AM
don't eat it all at once.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on April 29, 2008, 04:47:44 AM
So that's what it's for?
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Mr Smith on April 29, 2008, 06:23:09 AM
Seems more like it's taking the piss out of aspies tbh.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Phlexor on April 29, 2008, 07:20:40 AM
Yeah, but if any one of us here had control of a giant electronic bill board, it wouldnt take very long to make a complete duck bill out yourself.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on April 29, 2008, 11:01:57 AM
^ doesn't get it.  :(
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Phlexor on April 29, 2008, 08:48:48 PM
I think what I'm trying to say is that no matter how much we are on guard or how much we try, we will end up saying something completely stupid on the count of AS.

Which I think is the defining thing about it. No matter how smart we are or how prepared, there is always room for a foot or 2 in our mouths.

Other ppl pick up on this.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on April 30, 2008, 12:29:45 AM
I think what I'm trying to say is that no matter how much we are on guard or how much we try, we will end up saying something completely stupid on the count of AS.

Which I think is the defining thing about it. No matter how smart we are or how prepared, there is always room for a foot or 2 in our mouths.

Other ppl pick up on this.

oh, absolutely.  which is why i've tried changing my attitude towards it, cos changing other people is more difficult.  well, sometimes (newts are easy).  :witch:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: renaeden on April 30, 2008, 07:39:47 AM
In what way have you changed your attitude towards it (if you don't mind my asking)?
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Phlexor on April 30, 2008, 07:44:44 AM
For me, its about embracing how socially retarded I am at times.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on April 30, 2008, 12:30:47 PM
In what way have you changed your attitude towards it (if you don't mind my asking)?

i dont mind at all.

instead of getting really stressed and frustrated with myself, and beating myself up about it, i am more able to see the funny side of it.  of course, there are times when i can't, cos it has more serious ramifications, but i actually love the childlike (i.e., innocent) nature of some of my gaffs, and think it's sweet.  also, my naughty streak finds it funny.

so i've allowed all of those positive things through, rather than automatically getting angry with myself for making a mistake.  i've also learned how to put things right a bit better, since realising it's AS and not me being stupid/ignorant.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Callaway on April 30, 2008, 01:12:52 PM
I usually laugh at myself too.

It beats getting upset with myself.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on April 30, 2008, 01:19:53 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on April 30, 2008, 03:34:07 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

we can work on it.  (ETT).  :)
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Callaway on April 30, 2008, 07:45:10 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

Laugh at some of the quirky stuff instead and give yourself a break.  It's not like we do this stuff deliberately or maliciously.

My problem has usually been that I am my own harshest critic.  That may be good for me in some ways, since it motivates me to try to do better next time, but it is easy to take it too far.  I would never criticize someone else the way I do myself, so sometimes I try to think how I would react if a friend or my daughter had done the same thing I did.  If a friend did it, I would probably just laugh about it and move on.  If my daughter did it, I would probably calmly explain why it caused a problem and move on.  So what would be the point of me being all upset with myself over it?
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2008, 12:08:17 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

we can work on it.  (ETT).  :)

ETT? ???
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2008, 12:08:53 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

Laugh at some of the quirky stuff instead and give yourself a break.  It's not like we do this stuff deliberately or maliciously.

My problem has usually been that I am my own harshest critic.  That may be good for me in some ways, since it motivates me to try to do better next time, but it is easy to take it too far.  I would never criticize someone else the way I do myself, so sometimes I try to think how I would react if a friend or my daughter had done the same thing I did.  If a friend did it, I would probably just laugh about it and move on.  If my daughter did it, I would probably calmly explain why it caused a problem and move on.  So what would be the point of me being all upset with myself over it?

There is no point. I know that. It's just that I can't help myself.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on May 01, 2008, 12:36:49 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

we can work on it.  (ETT).  :)

ETT? ???

ever the therapist, goldfish boy.  ;)  :-*
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on May 01, 2008, 12:37:21 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

Laugh at some of the quirky stuff instead and give yourself a break.  It's not like we do this stuff deliberately or maliciously.

My problem has usually been that I am my own harshest critic.  That may be good for me in some ways, since it motivates me to try to do better next time, but it is easy to take it too far.  I would never criticize someone else the way I do myself, so sometimes I try to think how I would react if a friend or my daughter had done the same thing I did.  If a friend did it, I would probably just laugh about it and move on.  If my daughter did it, I would probably calmly explain why it caused a problem and move on.  So what would be the point of me being all upset with myself over it?

There is no point. I know that. It's just that I can't help myself.

as i said, we can work on that.  usual rates.  :-*
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2008, 02:27:37 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

we can work on it.  (ETT).  :)

ETT? ???

ever the therapist, goldfish boy.  ;)  :-*

We really need a goldfish emoticon. (Callaway, you on it yet? ;D)
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2008, 02:29:04 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

Laugh at some of the quirky stuff instead and give yourself a break.  It's not like we do this stuff deliberately or maliciously.

My problem has usually been that I am my own harshest critic.  That may be good for me in some ways, since it motivates me to try to do better next time, but it is easy to take it too far.  I would never criticize someone else the way I do myself, so sometimes I try to think how I would react if a friend or my daughter had done the same thing I did.  If a friend did it, I would probably just laugh about it and move on.  If my daughter did it, I would probably calmly explain why it caused a problem and move on.  So what would be the point of me being all upset with myself over it?

There is no point. I know that. It's just that I can't help myself.

as i said, we can work on that.  usual rates.  :-*

Deal. :eyebrows:

Seriously, I wish I could be less hard on myself over things in the past.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on May 01, 2008, 02:50:07 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

we can work on it.  (ETT).  :)

ETT? ???

ever the therapist, goldfish boy.  ;)  :-*

We really need a goldfish emoticon. (Callaway, you on it yet? ;D)

how about...

a witchy goldfish!  :LMAO:



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Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2008, 02:51:00 PM
Infinite :plus: for that! :LMAO: :rofl:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on May 01, 2008, 02:51:55 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

Laugh at some of the quirky stuff instead and give yourself a break.  It's not like we do this stuff deliberately or maliciously.

My problem has usually been that I am my own harshest critic.  That may be good for me in some ways, since it motivates me to try to do better next time, but it is easy to take it too far.  I would never criticize someone else the way I do myself, so sometimes I try to think how I would react if a friend or my daughter had done the same thing I did.  If a friend did it, I would probably just laugh about it and move on.  If my daughter did it, I would probably calmly explain why it caused a problem and move on.  So what would be the point of me being all upset with myself over it?

There is no point. I know that. It's just that I can't help myself.

as i said, we can work on that.  usual rates.  :-*

Deal. :eyebrows:

Seriously, I wish I could be less hard on myself over things in the past.

i'm on the case.  :-*
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on May 01, 2008, 02:52:19 PM
Infinite :plus: for that! :LMAO: :rofl:

how serendipitous was finding that, second go?

:LMAO:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2008, 02:59:18 PM
Infinite :plus: for that! :LMAO: :rofl:

how serendipitous was finding that, second go?

:LMAO:

Boggles the mind, actually. :o
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on May 01, 2008, 03:01:49 PM
:witch1:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2008, 03:10:14 PM
Now, imagine a goldfish riding that broomstick... :LMAO:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on May 01, 2008, 03:13:23 PM
ever thought of a career in surrealism?

:laugh:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2008, 03:21:54 PM
ever thought of a career in surrealism?

:laugh:

Many times. :laugh:
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: renaeden on May 02, 2008, 08:45:18 AM
instead of getting really stressed and frustrated with myself, and beating myself up about it, i am more able to see the funny side of it.  of course, there are times when i can't, cos it has more serious ramifications, but i actually love the childlike (i.e., innocent) nature of some of my gaffs, and think it's sweet.  also, my naughty streak finds it funny.
I have realised some of this about myself and I find it interesting. If there is humour in something I do accidentally, I don't feel so bad about it.
My problem has usually been that I am my own harshest critic.  That may be good for me in some ways, since it motivates me to try to do better next time, but it is easy to take it too far.  I would never criticize someone else the way I do myself, so sometimes I try to think how I would react if a friend or my daughter had done the same thing I did.  If a friend did it, I would probably just laugh about it and move on.  If my daughter did it, I would probably calmly explain why it caused a problem and move on.  So what would be the point of me being all upset with myself over it?
This is a good philosophy and it has helped me get through a fair lot of negative thoughts about myself.
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Callaway on May 03, 2008, 11:24:23 PM
I can become very upset with myself. Can't help it, really. Don't know how.

we can work on it.  (ETT).  :)

ETT? ???

ever the therapist, goldfish boy.  ;)  :-*

We really need a goldfish emoticon. (Callaway, you on it yet? ;D)

how about...

a witchy goldfish!  :LMAO:



Try : witchygoldfish : without the spaces.

:witchygoldfish:

 :-*
Title: Re: Taking the piss...
Post by: Lucifer on May 04, 2008, 02:17:18 AM
:witchygoldfish:

:heart: callaway!  thank you!

:-*