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   Autism 101 :autism: :verified: (autism101@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 05:46:42 JST Autism 101 :autism: :verified:

   Watching the same show over-and-over again is one way I regulate the autistic side of my brain. But the ADHD side sure gets bored sometimes.

   Do you watch any shows on repeat?

   #AskingAutistics #AskADHD #ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 05:46:39 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Pilum

     @pilum @autism101 @actuallyautistic I could basically just watch DS9 straight through, then turn around and do it again, and again and again and again, for the rest of my life, and I would consider that TV time well-spent.

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     Pilum (pilum@fribygda.no)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 05:46:41 JST Pilum

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     @autism101 @actuallyautistic ST:TNG, ST:DS9, B5 and SG:SG-1 are always on rotation.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 05:50:35 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @autism101 @actuallyautistic Guilty as charged. I've always had a small fistful of movies I rewatched again and again. I do it with TV shows, too, obviously. DS9 is probably my biggest one. Also, despite being an MST3K fan, I'll basically just rewatch the same 10 episodes again and again. I've seen "Mitchell" probably 10x more than any other MST3K episode.

     As for my ADHD tendencies? Welllll...I typically do some other activity while the overly-familiar media plays.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 06:07:23 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @wilbr @pilum @autism101 @actuallyautistic Indeed to all of this. Garak and Quark's scene about root beer is just such a perfect conversation about their experiences being stuck between larger empires, and only DS9 ever wanted to speak up for the realpolitik needed for the Federation to claim its vaunted set of values. If only Ron Moore could learn how to end a show properly.

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     wb x64 (wilbr@glitch.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 06:07:24 JST wb x64

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     @roadriverrail @pilum @autism101 @actuallyautistic it's evergreen too, stuck on the belly of a flailing neoliberal empire. I've always been more interested in being the tavernkeeper in a fantasy story than the swordsman, Quark and Odo really flesh out the show and let us get introduced to the "regular" parts of the world that TNG really struggled to, always being on shore leave at best: visitors but not inhabitants