I don't have any autistic friends

Lotus said:

I've just read your profile

I've learned something new tonight - I would never have thought of reading someone's profile to know more about them!

(Another useful thing I've learned - the quote function on this forum is impossible on a phone, had to switch to my laptop to write this...)

Hello KL, welcome. I personally have found this community more fulfilling than any social media platform, though I still wish I could do more in-person conversations - it's good for what it is, it's just a bit harder when you have to wait for replies (or not get replies at all given the nature of a forum). Anyway, it's better than nothing.

Someone else said this too which I agree with - it would be nice to know more about you, then maybe you'll find some people with shared interests. For me I am a software developer by day and a father too of 3 children. When I have limited free time I try to catch up on my (growing) backlog of video games I want to play and TV shows/films I want to watch. The last thing I watched was X-Men 97 (I'm slow on trends), which I thought was better than I was expecting, and me and my wife just finished watching Sherwood which was excellent.

Hi P, thanks for replying. Yes I am still getting the hang of this site and so far I like this a lot. I already got so many replies and it made me feel better about myself at least for right now. I am replying to everyone right now and I didn't think I would even get many comments or new friends but I think it was a good idea to join this. 

I have Sherwood on my saved list of things to watch. I don't know if anyone else does this but I like to rewatch things I saw already until I need another break from it but I always go back to the same shows, movies, video games, etc. 

But I also like seeing new shows because sometimes then I rewatch those too! 

That's really cool that you are a software developer. I always thought that was so cool and interesting, yet hard to understand. But cool nonetheless. The most technical thing I do with technology is make music. I tried to do animation one time but I had a lot of trouble learning it and gave up. Maybe I'll pick it back one day.

Nice to meet you!

Hi P, thanks for replying. Yes I am still getting the hang of this site and so far I like this a lot. I already got so many replies and it made me feel better about myself at least for right now. I am replying to everyone right now and I didn't think I would even get many comments or new friends but I think it was a good idea to join this. 

I have Sherwood on my saved list of things to watch. I don't know if anyone else does this but I like to rewatch things I saw already until I need another break from it but I always go back to the same shows, movies, video games, etc. 

But I also like seeing new shows because sometimes then I rewatch those too! 

That's really cool that you are a software developer. I always thought that was so cool and interesting, yet hard to understand. But cool nonetheless. The most technical thing I do with technology is make music. I tried to do animation one time but I had a lot of trouble learning it and gave up. Maybe I'll pick it back one day.

Nice to meet you!

I did used to rewatch a lot of my favourite shows/films when I was a young adult, but back then it was easier - more time, less new things to watch. Nowadays it's the reverse! If I rewatch something it will be because it was exceptionally good. I've been thinking of rewatching Chernobyl for instance.

Being a software developer is what I'm best at I suppose, but it's only as hard as you make it. It just requires a mindset for wanting to understand how things work and solving problems, which in a way isn't totally unlike what you do as a nurse. Slightly similar, I once many years ago helped with first aid at events for the Red Cross, partly to teach myself some sorely needed social skills and get me out in the world, but I also found the act of learning first aid quite interesting, it was a kind of problem solving trying to work out what was wrong with someone and how would you go about helping make it better.

Making music sounds fun. I used to be able to play the piano, again something I just don't have the time for anymore. My son once showed me a website called Bandlab (I think) where he just played around and made his own song. It was layed out with different tracks where you put different instruments like drum beats, bass, samples etc and you could sort out the timings of it all. Maybe something you might be interested in.