ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
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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
As a violinist, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Dorset back country.
As I was not familiar with the country lanes, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions.
I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guys had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.
I felt bad and apologised to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends.
I played like I've never played before for this homeless man.
And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my violin and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full.
As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "I never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."
26 year old david filling an escalade with clothes, and driving from texas --> new york, to live with my best friend
The Monterey Bay Aquarium have announced their departure from Twitter with this.
What got me out of that was realizing that what other people did to me wasn't as bad as what I'd been doing myself - accepting the blame for what they'd done, because it had to be something wrong with me. I've been working on that - not blaming myself, not beating myself up. If I was an ass, sure, I'll own that, and I'll apologize, but if I was just being my autistic self and they reacted badly, that's on them, not me.
@PeteLittle1970@fosstodon.org
I'm not "out" at work - well, they know I'm gay, they just don't know about the autism. I don't know how they'd react, but my particular set of quirks works to their benefit, so they could be fine. They also might have a problem with it. Unless/until there's a reason for them to know, I don't think I'm under any obligation to tell them.
Please don't imagine that you're the first to suddenly pop up and decide their new mission is to protect us poor feebs from our own bad judgement. It happens every few weeks.
I'm all grown up, I look after myself pretty well, and I don't need you to protect me. But hey, thanks for deciding my life will be better with you looking after it.
@Zumbador @theautisticcoach @failure2lunch@mstdn.ca @actuallyautistic
@Zumbador @PeteLittle1970@fosstodon.org @actuallyautistic
For me, it's brown noise. Noise in all frequencies, but adjusted for human hearing sensitivity so it's balanced.
@PeteLittle1970 @actuallyautistic I've listened to various noises very briefly - white, pink, brown etc. I find natural sounds, or ambient music much more effective. I think I need a bit more variation than the pure noise. But I don't feel confident in saying this as I've not done more than listening for a moment and going on my first reaction.
Ocean and rain sounds, and distant thunder are incredibly soothing to me.
I don't see a link to your tracks in your profile - is there somewhere where one can listen to them?
A lizard, blending into a branch.
I'm getting ready to go upstairs now, but I'll leave this:
My ability to camouflage - read the alt text for the rest.:
@sal
I think you're on a mission, and that's totally valid, and I think you're asking good questions. But I'm not the guy to ask them of. I'm not on a mission, and I don't have the energy for one right now.
@actuallyautistic @neurodiversity @Tooden @pathfinder @markusl@fosstodon.org @sentient_water @hosford42
If you didnβt already love Fani Willis, love her for this simple clause:
"In light of Defendant Donald John Trumpβs other criminal and civil matters pending in the courts of our sister sovereigns ..." https://law-and-politics.online/@Teri_Kanefield/110901306376545526
@markusl@fosstodon.org
I didn't know that about colors. I was grilled on how I'd managed to pick sofa pillows at a store halfway around the world from our living room. Well, because they'd match the couch. I mean, anyone can see they'd match, right? Look at 'em.
@pathfinder @sentient_water @hosford42 @Tooden @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity
Autism is a physiological difference in the brain/nervous system. Our brains work differently.
@actuallyautistic @neurodiversity @Tooden @pathfinder @markusl@fosstodon.org @sentient_water @hosford42
@sal
I don't think he's talking about a cause, it's more "this is why".
For me, all my life I've wondered why am I like this? Why does that always happen to me? Why can't I just make friends/get along with people/feel comfortable in crowds?
Because I'm autistic. Not bad, not stupid, not broken, just autistic.
@actuallyautistic @neurodiversity @Tooden @pathfinder @markusl@fosstodon.org @sentient_water @hosford42
@pathfinder @markusl @sentient_water @hosford42 @Tooden @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity How does it explain it? Autism is just a name for that cluster of traits that we already knew we had, it doesn't reveal anything about a cause.
@robrecht @theautisticcoach @actuallyaudhd @autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistic
How 'bout you stop? This place existed before you decided to grace us all with your presence, and it's managed to keep going without you controlling who is allowed and who isn't, and what is allowed and what isn't.
Put another way: you're not the boss of... well, anything here, really. Stop pretending you are.
One problem with leaving the birdsite is that I had built up a reasonable list of illustrators to follow there, and I really haven't here. But I bet they're around. If you're a #fantasy or #sciencefiction or #comedy #illustrator, especially if you're interested in commissions from an author, give this post a like so I can check out your work. Or recommend me someone in the comments. Or boost this so more people see it. Or just tell me what good hashtags I should be following.
#illustration #sff
You must have found the detailed instructions. Mine were all:
Head on down that way, until you see a place with a blue door. If you see the red door, you've gone too far. When you see the blue door, cross the street, and there should be a hydrant there. If there isn't, you've got the wrong blue door. But don't pass the place with the red door, cause that's too far.
Working on following instructions for migration to new account. Head west on the Oregon Trail. Follow the Missouri River until...
- 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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