@baseballchica03: Yeah I have. I don't think I have it. I'm pretty bad but I can sometimes get it. I am better when I'm well rested and not stressed. But then I'm not sure if prosopagnosia is a all or nothing thing or if it is a scale. If it is a scale I'm sure I'm on it some where. But I've heard stories of people who can never recognize their spouses or children and I'm not that bad. (Thankfully!)
It is a weird thing. And I always feel bad when I don't know someone but it isn't changing any time soon.
It is a weird thing. And I always feel bad when I don't know someone but it isn't changing any time soon.
I'm really bad with names and faces. Separately, together. All those thing.
Excruciatingly bad.
I not only don't recognize acquaintances, but I don't recognize family. And not just when they are out of context. Going to meet someone I'm SOL unless they flag me. Trying to pick out a face even in a nearly empty restaurant is really difficult for me.
I've missed an aunt who I see several times a week for the entirety of my life when I've been going to meet her.
And I hate when people get mad about it. Sorry I try. I really do but if I can't get my favorite aunt right there is no way I'm going to recognize that guy a met at that party 6 years ago. No way.
(Me=straight woman)
Excruciatingly bad.
I not only don't recognize acquaintances, but I don't recognize family. And not just when they are out of context. Going to meet someone I'm SOL unless they flag me. Trying to pick out a face even in a nearly empty restaurant is really difficult for me.
I've missed an aunt who I see several times a week for the entirety of my life when I've been going to meet her.
And I hate when people get mad about it. Sorry I try. I really do but if I can't get my favorite aunt right there is no way I'm going to recognize that guy a met at that party 6 years ago. No way.
(Me=straight woman)
@mikskeezy: That holier than thou attitude is never attractive is it?
I'm all for owning your awesomeness but that doesn't mean putting down those around you.
For instance?
I am awesome! I got great news today because? I'm awesome.
You, however? Are also awesome! Because you are sweet and thoughful enough to fly a friend on airline miles (seriously?! wow!) and be understanding enough to support a friend when she is having a crisis.
See plenty of awesome to go around :)
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I'm all for owning your awesomeness but that doesn't mean putting down those around you.
For instance?
I am awesome! I got great news today because? I'm awesome.
You, however? Are also awesome! Because you are sweet and thoughful enough to fly a friend on airline miles (seriously?! wow!) and be understanding enough to support a friend when she is having a crisis.
See plenty of awesome to go around :)
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@InCahoots: Unless you are secretly a zombie you aren't terrible at life.
If however you are a zombie I'd like you to meet my boom stick.
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If however you are a zombie I'd like you to meet my boom stick.
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@mikskeezy: Yikes that sounds like one lovely friend.
And frustrating that she isn't there for you. Sorry to hear it. :(
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And frustrating that she isn't there for you. Sorry to hear it. :(
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@MagsCO: You are very right but when people feel unwanted it makes it very difficult to continue to participate. When community leaders make it crystal clear that opinions like yours aren't welcome and that you aren't part of the people they want around it is very difficult.
Which is very sad and frustrating because I know I have certainly learned a lot from internet communities like the one the op mentioned.
This isn't the last time that a community has shifted and this isn't the first time I've either outgrown the target group or they've shifted to the point where I'm unwelcome.
That is the upside of the internet hopefully sometime (soon) a new community will emerge that I can be part of.
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Which is very sad and frustrating because I know I have certainly learned a lot from internet communities like the one the op mentioned.
This isn't the last time that a community has shifted and this isn't the first time I've either outgrown the target group or they've shifted to the point where I'm unwelcome.
That is the upside of the internet hopefully sometime (soon) a new community will emerge that I can be part of.
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@pileofmonkeys: I understand very much how you feel.
In fact I've pretty much stopped commenting (though I still watch from time to time) much on a very similar community.
I'm very sad and there are a lot of people I will miss a lot and wish more of them were on twitter or that there was a better long form community but I haven't found one.
I will seriously miss people like you and Edna of who(m?) there are people just like at this community.
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In fact I've pretty much stopped commenting (though I still watch from time to time) much on a very similar community.
I'm very sad and there are a lot of people I will miss a lot and wish more of them were on twitter or that there was a better long form community but I haven't found one.
I will seriously miss people like you and Edna of who(m?) there are people just like at this community.
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@rd2uk: (You have to tell me how it is.)
You are awesome.
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You are awesome.
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@Edna Sednitzer is an Internet Chola: (I read this earlier on my iPad when I could only see the text column and I totally knew it was you posting this without seeing who it was from.)
This is fascinating and I knew a young Muslim woman who was running for political office in the US who was asked about Hirsi Ali and while gave a very...to be expected answer in public I was shocked at the vitriol expressed in private because of the things you've mentioned here. It is certainly not well known at all. I would have never known had I not been party to that exchange.
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This is fascinating and I knew a young Muslim woman who was running for political office in the US who was asked about Hirsi Ali and while gave a very...to be expected answer in public I was shocked at the vitriol expressed in private because of the things you've mentioned here. It is certainly not well known at all. I would have never known had I not been party to that exchange.
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@mikskeezy: I had the incredible opportunity to see the St Petersburg Ballet do Swan Lake in St Petersburg for about a buck.
It was amazing.
(Yup this is totally random bragging, also I highly recommend going.)
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It was amazing.
(Yup this is totally random bragging, also I highly recommend going.)
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@Mrs. Ellipsis...: Ugh that is horrible :( really sorry to hear it.
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@dripdrop: Someone found themself an word count tool and is way to excited to use it.
Also I love best that this bit of quoted text contains over 2 paragraphs worth of words. And best of all? That bolded sentence itself is over the limit.
It kind of invokes a happy dance.
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Also I love best that this bit of quoted text contains over 2 paragraphs worth of words. And best of all? That bolded sentence itself is over the limit.
It kind of invokes a happy dance.
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@DaniFae is so into you but way too smart for you: Eh not that big of a deal. I don't always call my mom on her birthday, I never call my dad (he doesn't even know what my birthday is just the general season), and my mom insists my birthday is on Mother's day rather than the floating day which it is actually on, which is fine.
As long as you celebrate the people you love thruout your life you don't have to set aside one special day to do it. It is only if you forget to love them the rest of the days.
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As long as you celebrate the people you love thruout your life you don't have to set aside one special day to do it. It is only if you forget to love them the rest of the days.
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@TurtleSpeak:
Step 1 is don't laugh.
If everyone commits to step one these "jokes" will stop. And if one person doesn't laugh the person next to them might not feel pressured into laughing and so it might not be enough. But it is crucial.
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Step 1 is don't laugh.
If everyone commits to step one these "jokes" will stop. And if one person doesn't laugh the person next to them might not feel pressured into laughing and so it might not be enough. But it is crucial.
#groupthink
@rd2uk: How about if instead of "a reasonable length skirt" it said "about knee length" that gives a few inches about knee but keeps it reasonable? (Also does that assume longer is fine or do I have to say "or longer"?)
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@Lymed: Do you think if I put in the e-mail and offer to answer questions and then answer them if they ask or should I lay those things (yes neat jeans and capris are fine, no shorts or holey/ripped jeans) out in the e-mail?
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@didntmeanto: Group e-mail it is. And an offer to answer questions is a great point thank you.
Tank tops I would say some are fine. But yeah, nothing that would work as a pj top. And nothing that shows your underclothes.
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Tank tops I would say some are fine. But yeah, nothing that would work as a pj top. And nothing that shows your underclothes.
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@rd2uk: But it has pretty much happened, the underwear as outerwear. You think it is obvious, and -I- think it is obvious.
Informal e-mail sounds great. Thank you.
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Informal e-mail sounds great. Thank you.
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@donveynor: Yeah good point. I always think of blouses as well...blouses. But not everyone does.
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