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I DO have a degree in Psychology but like Roger said, it's hard to help over the computer. We are......nevertheless, here for you/with you!

Wow! That is a lot....and none of it good. We care about you and are concerned, but I'm sure you know there is only so much we can do on forums like these. It sure sounds like you need more help than internet friends can provide so I suggest you reach out to local organizations that can help. If you don't know where to go maybe you can contact your county health department and they can point you in the right direction. Churches also can offer help but if you aren't inclined to go that route I understand. We have all been at low points in our lives and talking about it is always the most important step to get better and that means face to face counseling with someone who is trained to help. Please seek out a person like that and keep us updated.

I hope it all gets better for you! Just remember, You've got plenty of friends/cousins, right here!

Recently, I've been watching a lot of "Americans React to" videos on YouTube. In the ones I watch they're mainly reacting to British/Irish TV shows and stand-ups, but a few are more general videos looking at the differences between us, i.e. two nations divided by a common language. It appears that while the Brits and Irish have been consuming US TV shows (Dukes included) and cultural reference points for decades, the exchange doesn't get far in the opposite direction. Many British TV shows just get remade for the US market with widely varying results. Sometimes it seems that only Peppa Pig is flying the flag! The result appears to be that British/Irish TV shows and culture often leave Americans baffled with phrases which simply haven't crossed to the US. I thought I'd post some of the source videos, with this first one just being about how we say and use numbers differently (and it doesn't even mention Americans writing dates the wrong way around! ). Look out for a brief Dukes reference about 2/3 of the way through. BTW. To count seconds I was taught to say "a thousand and one, a thousand and two" etc. I've also heard of the "one Mississippi, two Mississippi" method, but none of the others in this video.

I obviously hear so many US voices that I don't really notice the difference in pronunciation with the name George. I saw some short videos yesterday of young Americans returning to the US after brief visits to Europe, and the most important thing they could find to say was that in "The Land of the Free" they could remove the caps from their soda bottles. For the last couple of years our plastic soda and water bottles have had caps which remain tethered to the bottles so the whole lot can get recycled. In Ireland we also pay a deposit on each bottle (15c or 25c depending on size) which we get back when they are returned to a store for recycling. The caps can still be separated easily if it's really too much to deal with, but you get used to them pretty quickly. I find it particularly odd that this should be such an issue for young Americans since when I visited the US in the early 80s you guys had soda cans with ring pulls which stayed attached while on our cans they were still separate and were often just thrown away! This video is now two years old, but the comparison of food prices and availability is still valid. The lady in the video spends six months of the year in the UK and six months in Texas, and the comparison is between Tesco in the UK and Kroger in the US.

Daniel CURRIE played Homer Sneed Here in Ireland, Bosco was a children's TV show which was on at around the same time as Dukes (1979-1987 for Bosco). I wasn't in the country when it aired, but a lot of people my age remember it fondly.

bo-go-vroom... I'm sorry you are feeling this way. All of your cousins here in Hazzard County are here for you. You can message me if you need to talk.

Okay I need to vent for a minute or two Homeschooling is all fun and games until you graduate early and can't get a job because nobody wants to hire a 17 year old, or nobody needs workers cause it's a small town and you can't drive anywhere because your parents never take you out so you're probably not gonna pass your drivers test and even if you do, you probably still cant go out because you dont have your own car and your dad uses the shared car to do doordash because he also cant get a job and your mom's car is off limits so you get stuck at home anyways. Oh and then you also have no friends because you f***ing dropped out AND moved across the country so you didnt go to school to meet new people, and people online don't wanna talk to you either so you either spam discord servers with no response or just stop talking and posting at all sending you further into the no interaction hole All of this causing you to just stay in your room for months on end, only having human interaction at dinner time and every other weekend when your brother comes over, but they're all still too focused on the baby for it to even matter that you're there at all so you just end up going back to your room which gives you KILLER depression and now everything that you used to love is just boring. I don't wanna play my favorite video games because I have no friends to play them with. I don't want to draw or craft because it takes too much commitment to finish. I don't wanna watch movies because they take too long. Even talking to my boyfriend has gotten boring. And you can't talk to any adults about it because they always say you have "just not be depressed". My mom told me that moving to the living room would probably help a lot, and when I told her that I don't like being out there so I would just end up back in my room she said "Well you just have to do it" or when I express my fears about calling companys for a job she said "well you just have to do it" and I don't know if she's noticed, but i'm autistic, so my brain doesnt allow me to "just do things" I need a structured plan of action and support. So really the only people you can talk to is people your age, but oh guess what??? You don't have any friends, so then you turn to people online, but oh guess what??? NOBODY F*CKING RESPONDS. You have 132 followers on Twitter, but only 1-2 people ever like, nobody but your boyfriend comments, and you're starting to get really pissed at every notification ever being your boyfriend because just once I'd like it to be somebody else. Just once, you'd like to talk to somebody who isn't him. But that's not gonna happen cause no matter how much you post or comment or talk, barely anybody ever responds And the things you like are either so niche or so old that people your age don't even know about them. So even if I was to find a space online for it, it'd either be dead or full of old people (no offence). OR BOTH! And you can't find real people because the one guy I found, ghosted me. My mom found some girl on facebook needed friends, didnt even text me back. GUYS Just once I'd like to find somebody who wants to actually be my friend and isn't online every 5-7 business days and doesn't treat me as the side friend that they only go to when their main friends are offline. Just once I'd like for my parents to actually worry about MY life and teach me independency and take my autism seriously. I once was talking about how I go nonverbal and dont talk and how that could be a problem at a job and my mom said "you talk about it like its a disabilty"....IT IS????? And actually take me places that arent for a reason. Like driving only because I need to learn or taking me out grocery shopping just to get out of the house. Why not taking me to the Antique store. Just cause. Or the nearby tiger sanctuary, just cause you want to spend time with me. It's always "you need to get out of the house" but then never getting me out of the house and when they do its rarely something I enjoy.

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I cannot and will not be shamed, I am proud of my weird autism

I cannot and will not be shamed, I am proud of my weird autism

I want to apologize for my swearing, I tried to censor myself best I could, but you can only be so polite when angry. I would also like to apologize for dumping all of this on you without posting much, I just wasn't sure where else to post it, people don't really interact with me much anywhere else And I want to thank all of you for your kind words. I understand that not much can help in a random forum I found, but sometimes just seeing a reply notification can help loads

Garrett's Bears beat my Steelers by three points today and the Bears are having a great year. Where are you Garrett? You should be here to tease me about beating the Steelers. I looked up to see how the Bears got their name. The Cubs already existed and the Bears owner George Hallas thought football players were bigger, tougher and stronger than baseball players so went with Bears.......now known as DaBears.

Documented with pictures and a location link in the Hazzard Square thread.

My granddaughter loved Peppa Pig when she was little (she's 14 now) and because of that she always pronounced George with a British accent. So anytime she would say George she would say it with that accent, not knowing it was an accent. It took us awhile to figure out she wasn't faking the accent but really thought that is how it supposed to be pronounced (here).

The Las Vegas Grand Prix was on at a strange time of day for us over here. The races usually start in the early afternoon on a Sunday, but this week's race was at 8pm local time on Saturday, which was 4am Sunday morning for me! One of the practice sessions was curtailed by a loose manhole cover and qualifying took place on a wet track. Championship leader Lando Norris still managed to put his McLaren on pole ahead of Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz and George Russell. Lando's team mate and championship rival Oscar Piastri could only manage fifth. Lewis Hamilton had his worst ever qualifying finishing in 20th and last on pace (rather than a mechanical issue). Lando had a strong start, but he overshot the first turn and was overtaken by Max and George. A few cars in the midfield came together with a bit of bodywork lost and Lance Stroll retiring. After the pit stops Lando got past George, but couldn't catch Max. George's team mate Kimi Antonelli finished fourth, but he had a 5-second penalty for a jump start, so was classified as fifth with Oscar in fourth. Mainly by avoiding the crash on the first lap, Lewis Hamilton made it up to tenth. That's how it was as the race finished, but a few hours later both McLarens were disqualified for illegal ride heights. Apparently, their skid plates were below regulation thickness. The disqualification promoted George to second and Kimi to third. This leaves Lando still leading the championship, but only by 24 points, and both Oscar and Max are now in joint second. You can see the original race highlights here and a quick explanation of the disqualifications here. There's now only two full races and a sprint race left this season with a maximum of 58 points available. The Qatar Grand Prix and sprint race are next weekend.

I've never bought anything on the internet but my wife has bought things for me before. It's amazing what you can buy there. What was Rosco's Mama's quote? "You mean you got a girl out of a machine? Lordy, what will they think of next?"

ACTING Sheriff Barnes

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Formula 1 Cadillac are entering a team next year.

Season 2 The Meeting Black Jack Bender:"I don't like the way this day is startin'. I don't like it at all. A car with doors that won't open." 😂

Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide.

Wow bo-go-vroom... We have something in common. 😲 I'm on the spectrum too.

The HazzardNet used to be a lot more active but now can see why it can be tough to think of things to say....but there are four ways to fix that. 1) reply to word association 2) reply to the A-Z thread 3) look through the thousands of threads laying around and revive one 4) be inventive and create something new. We are happy to have you as part of the family.

Folks, several people have been signing up with inappropriate and destructive links in their profiles. To stop this behavior and to protect our membership, I have decided to disable website links in member profiles. I realize this is somewhat of a penalty for those of you who have websites, but it is needed to prevent our membership from getting viruses from these sites and to protect those of our members who are minors from stumbling onto some incredibly disgusting and inappropriate websites. The latest batch of new member profiles had links to sites that were riddled with viruses and trojans. Tactics like these are usually done by outsiders with no interest in sticking around or contributing to the community. We're sorry for any inconvenience this causes. -Mufn