What does your avatar mean?

Mine is Beaker from the Muppets. I can identify with Beaker, a somewhat gullible test subject and long suffering assistant of Dr Bunsen Honeydew. Somebody that things always happen to, often out of his control.

Beaker is my spirit animal.

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  • Greetings to you (and all), Miss Starmie... I could Post full reply here, yet if you may, please have a go at seeing what I last Posted upon this Thread:

    community.autism.org.uk/.../autistic-people-on-the-n-a-s-internet-and-how-to-use-it-2

    I am, believe it or not, also "finding my feet" upon the (NAS) Internet, I have been here only two months or so, and could tell you very much (I was nearly barred for example, very bad, yet I am still learning)... and I post that Link since the Topic of the Internet I think is best discussed *there*, and also have a go at using the Search Box to find others as well, and Search the activity of certain Users whom you may like. That is what a Forum is for (unless I am corrected later)...

    One is supposed to find it "fun" to "chat" or relax, here. Yet to confess, I have found that I have no "feet" for the Internet, really... Please discuss this upon that other Thread if you may. I might Post another reply later... or dare to start a Pokemon Thread myself (!). Whatever you say, Miss Starmie, worry not about "boring" anyone... for if that happens, then you shall know, since no-one shall reply, or you may gain only one or two replies...

    To sign off, I write Fair Play and Happy New Year to yourself and all who may read.

  • I would be happy to help to start a new thread about Pokémon, but not sure what to say or do. I only joined the online community recently, and am still "finding my feet". I don't want to bore people.

  • Perhaps foolishly, I attempt a follow-up reply... (concerning Pokemon).

    I myself care not for how "badass" a Pokemon is. What I do is focus very much upon Type Matchups. But, really, I really do want to start a new Thread instead (and another concerning Gardening, maybe).... and, now that Pokemon is around 20 years old, there is very little shame/stigma in being an Adult and being interested in it and in generally playing videogames anymore. (Halo or Super Mario or Sonic, for instance....) 

  • Um... Greetings, to an unexpected answer-er, yet I am a very serious person, oppressed, and literal, and also still "online" and so I attempt reply - and still say that I may quit and am of a very nervous sort!

    I am not "freaked out by the NT", I am "freaked out" at the prospect of absolutely anyone speaking to me whom I do not know. That is how I am, sorry. This could, again, start another Thread, to which I, at last, do not know how to entitle.

    This Reply is to ElephantInTheRoom, by the way... (not about Pokemon)...

  • Are you that freaked out by the NT? 

  • Greetings again. Playing Pokemon relaxes me wa-a-a-y more than using the Internet (right here, right now, for example!)... and so I reply again... I really would like someone to start a Thread about it here, though... that and Gardening (hint, hint)....

    Next, for your reading pleasure, I give a little story. I am VERY good at Pokemon. But this year, one day, I gained Internet Access, and logged onto the Pokemon GTS and all of that... and I actually challenged another *real* Trainer to a *real* Battle... and because it was a *real* person, I freaked out, chose the wrong Pokemon, and as I was about to lose, I simply turned my DS off!

    So, that is Autism and NT persons via Pokemon for you. (!) Even when one cannot see the person, I still get nervous. Happy New Year to all who may read!

  • I haven't tried Pokémon Go either, but have a few Nintendo DS games. I first got interested in pokemon a couple of years ago, after my son talked me in to it. He can identify any pokemon by its sound, likes ones that are "badass", and is a fearsome opponent on multiplayer games. I am a mere amateur by comparison.

  • Good Evening. As I am typing another reply (below), I cannot help but notice this, and so I cannot really postpone a direct question... be advised, however, that I am not good at "chat", and my devices may cut out... or I might get too nervous... Sorry in advance.

    This is what I have *always* wanted to say to another Pokemon Player (here, so far), however. I would like to start a new Thread about Pokemon (Just as there are ones about Star Trek and My Little Pony, etc.)... yet I dared not, due to mentioned reasons, and the fact that I only know about the *Main Game* (on Nintendo DS), and about the Anime... I cannot know about "Pokemon Go", or the Card Game, which should have massive WebSites of their own ("Serebii.net" is the biggest and best).
    ...To answer your question of myself... if I had a Pokemon as an Icon, it would be Mimikyu. Trying to look like the most popular Pokemon (Pikachu), yet not quite succeeding, and is very different on the inside...!

  • Do you like pokemon as well? (Sorry if that's a daft question.) Do you have a favourite?