@theautisticcoach Interestingly, in my family it wasn't I that seemed to inhale my food.
It was my dad.
He'd eat in two seconds and then impatiently wait for the rest of the family to be done. My sisters and mom picked up on it, I ended up going slower, just kind of on ... principle, I guess?
(this is the same dad who was very extroverted and loved being around people, and who after dinner with friends took a nap on the sofa. From when he was in his 30s, at least. I am pretty much assuming he was autistic)
Do my #ActuallyAutistic comrades pick their nails until they get infected or bleed?
If so, youβre not alone.
HEY #PAYPAL USERS! WATCH OUT!
On the web interface PayPal just introduced a new dark pattern #enshittification to the transfer-balance-to-bank-account process to trick the user into electing the premium and quite expensive "immediate transfer" option, instead of choosing the free 1-3 day option.
When you initiate a transfer, this is now what shows up:
If any of you ever decide you want to see, in a vivid and exaggerated way, what it looks like when people scramble to meet your needs - go out in public on crutches. π€£
Sprinting to open doors for me, giving me all the space I could use, standing back to let me go by. Apologizing profusely if they interfere with my progress in any way. I found it very funny, in a nice kind of way.
We were supposed to get new carpet installed yesterday - while I was at work and hubs (who isn't bothered by this kind of thing) was here. I pay for things, I don't supervise their installation. Carpet guys had an install at the beach yesterday, and their truck got stuck in the sand. Rescheduled for today. Now I'm in the middle of hammering, ripping, dogs barking, and strangers everywhere, and I'm not having a good time.
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Based on results, mine is more "virtual machine running DOS, with Windows 3.1"
@actuallyautistic
If being #ActuallyAutistic is like having a different OS from the mainstream, than #AutisticMasking is like having to run everything on WINE
I just read a post by someone who complained that everything they said, someone complained about it being racist, anti-Semitic, or homophobic.
My solution? Stop saying things that are racist, anti-Semitic, or homophobic.
Hello sunny memories of a day in #Williamsburg #Virginia
Find prints here: https://mark-tisdale.pixels.com/featured/woodland-ride-colonial-williamsburg-mark-e-tisdale.html
My wife has a soft spot for Tiki bars. It's been a while since we moved up to the Portland Oregon area, and I'm going to take her to this bar/restaurant for dinner, the second oldest one in America, as a surprise. It's 75 years old. She's not on Mastodon but...don't tell her. The sign is real Americana kitsch.
@RaymondEdwardF @simplemycelium @actuallyautistic
You joke, but that's pretty much what happened.
"Why am I fixing this door? I never liked this door." New door.
"Why am I installing a new door on this ugly tile? I never liked this tile." New tile.
"Why am I leaving these ugly old shower fixtures? I never liked these fixtures." New fixtures.
SCOTUS, bigoted anti-LGBTQ ruling
"The court ruled 6-3 for designer Lorie Smith despite a Colorado law that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, gender and other characteristics. Smith had argued that the law violates her free speech rights."
Honestly, fuck the Supreme Court. She had no standing, had no injury and the letter she said prompted her lawsuit was fake. Her "web design company" was only hypothetical, yet they ruled for her???
Now they've destroyed anti-discrimination state laws if artists for hire are involved. FOR HIRE, AS IN RUNNING A BUSINESS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FFS. I wonder how the definition of "artist" will now get stretched. Does "writers" include journalists working for a news site or internal newsletter?
Installing solar and batteries on rooftops would more than meet the need for power generation, at their current levels of efficiency. All the pieces are there, we just need to will to do it.
great! Now we have to rep0licate that 300 million times in America alone, as if it were our only job.
As if it were our only job.
Past efforts are admirable, the job to do is within our capacity, but its ALL HANDS ON DECK
My house generates more power, through solar, than it uses. That extra power is fed back into the grid, for other people to use. I don't make much from it, but that's OK, I'm powering one or two other houses, so they don't need to pull power from a gas or coal power plant. I can afford it.
But to get the utility company to allow me to do that, I had to justify the size of my solar installation. I waxed poetic about all the energy-hungry things I planned to do, so they would say yes.
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.