ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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- Orientation
- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
- Ε ΔΕΕ§Ε§ Δ - πΊπ¦ π
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.
Joined Nov 2022
Don't want to tell anyone how to live their life, but I have learned recently that if you remember to put grounds in the filter the coffee is a lot better.
X I don't recognize ableist language until I sit and think about it for a bit
Musk is on Musk's side - first, last, always, only.
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Looks like Jack Smith obtained Trumpβs Twitter data, including βsome volumeβ of his DMs. Elonβs people tried to delay production and wanted to tell Trump about the warrant, but they got smacked down and hit with sanctions. Shows whose side Musk was on, huh?
I'm balancing precariously on the slash mark in each of those lines. It could go either way, in the blink of an eye.
Thinking about the three spectrums of wellness, which are baked into how we experience the world:
I am broken/ I am whole.
I am at risk/ I am safe.
I am lost/ I am home.
How are you doing?
@actuallyautistic
I still can't stop thinking about the guy who advised people to apply for jobs even if they don't meet the minimum requirements, because he succeeded at it all the time - and then buried in the replies revealed how all these jobs had involved personal introductions to the employer by friends.
re: Long - sharing self reflection and asking for your own experiences
I may be misinterpreting, but it reads as if your version of masking is to get your emotional response cues from others.
*Everyone else is excited about this, for me to fit in I must be excited, too.*
There are situations where I fall back on a script, but that's where the emotions are either too big, or too intensely personal for me to respond. Like someone tells me their loved one died.
I interpret it as "Yes, actually, I *am* autistic."
So what's the idea behind using the #ActuallyAutistic hashtag?
It feels unwelcoming to me. Like I shouldn't engage here if I'm not autistic enough. I'm second guessing my own experiences less by the day, but from what I've heard almost everyone with late diagnosis have felt gaslit and left out throughout their lives. With all the self doubt that entails, seeing people proclaiming they're *actually* autistic feels like yet another "you don't belong here".
He may not know, to be able to answer. For me, camouflage is my first reaction, without even thinking about it. It's only later that I can examine it and think "Oh, yeah, I did that." And before I knew about myself, I didn't even do that.
@robrecht @tickles @actuallyautistic now that you mention it, I know an autist who is very argumentative, acts like an asshole and as a result attracts conflict like shit attracts flies. Counterpoint: is he actually masking?
I've always considered him to be no masking or low masking. I guess I'll have to ask.
Hello @actuallyautistic π
I've just recently created this account to connect with other autistic individuals and micro blog about my experiences.
I'm Kim, a 37yro guy from Sweden; a burnt out programmer, artist, music lover, science nerd, gamer, dog owner and cancer survivor. I love to draw little comics and trying my darnest to make a video game.
#ActuallyAutistic seems like a wonderful community and I'm looking forward to engaging with you. Feel free to ask me anything!
-> yassie_j@labyrinth.zone
They can be fun, but the real thing is better. If you have a place where you can tandem jump, you get strapped to someone else, and jump. It was the scariest/most fun thing I've ever done. I went whole hog and jumped from 18000 feet.
Good to know, if we need to charge on the road.
@hosford42 @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity
In my much younger/prettier days I used to dance on top of the speaker at the bar. That thump is just as nice coming through the soles of your feet.
A guy once told me that dancing with me was like having sex, standing up. Best compliment I ever got.
I'm #autistic. The sound of the train blowing its horn as it passes my house makes me cover my ears in pain. But the throbbing bass of the engine that causes a deep pressure in my chest from the vibration makes me feel happy.
When I was a kid, I used to crank up the bass of my parents' stereo and sit directly against the woofer to feel that pressure. They would always yell at me to turn it down. I've always loved that feeling.
@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic
Only sometimes. Like when I'm drifting off to sleep and something I did 40+ years ago suddenly leaps to the front, waves its arms, and screams for attention.
Do my #ActuallyAutistic comrades have trouble living in the present due to fear of the future? Or regretting the past?
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- Orientation
- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
- Ε ΔΕΕ§Ε§ Δ - πΊπ¦ π
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.
Joined Nov 2022
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