ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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- So gay. So, so gay.
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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
@catswhocode @braininjury @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd.
I'm lucky if I remember anyone's name. Been this way all my life, although since burnout it seems to be worse.
@ScottSoCal
*sigh* and he's still in serious contention because those same people will vote for him forever
@SharonCrockett
@ScottSoCal @actuallyautistic I'm sorry to read about your mother. I also have a complex relationship with my mother. That, in an of itself, is an uncomfortable thing. As for grieving, my answer falls into the dreaded "it depends."
For people/beings with whom I have a good relationship, I shut down, cram my feelings into a mental compartment and hold that compartment with great care and fear. I used to grieve normally, but I put an end to that. (Long story)
For those for whom my relationship is more complicated, it usually takes a long time to grieve. For my grandmother it took decades and struck me suddenly one day. My father has been dead 22 years and I've yet to grieve.
For me, I think I need time to process the complexity and how I relate to the whole story. There's so much to understand in familial relationships, especially ones that are strained. As I learn more about myself and the family history of those before me, the context becomes clearer allowing me to grieve.
Little Man has decided the best place to sleep is in my chair. He used to scramble out of it if I came over. These days he'll look up at me, yawn, then go back to sleep.
That's OK, he's a very old Little Man, he's earned it.
So I'm wondering - what's your (group your) experience with grief?
My mother died. For long and complex reasons, we hadn't spoken for years. People kept telling me the grief would kick in, but it hasn't. I was angry for a little while, but that went away. No grief, no crying. I was sad for a little while about who she might have been, for herself and for her kids, but she wasn't, and now that's gone, too.
A great story from Oregon this morning where a burned puppy was rescued after a trailer fire and has found a home with the local volunteer fire chief. The chief has named him Smoky and plans to one day use him as a fire prevention dog.
'Election denialism' could cost these 10 GOP reps their seats β and end Johnsonβs majority https://www.rawstory.com/election-denialism/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
The USS Discovery completes her final mission. S5 and the show draw to a close...
VWOORP!!
The TARDIS materialises on the bridge, the Doctor pops his head out and says "you need to come with me"...
[insert crewmember here] takes his hand and flies away
THE END
Dystopian. Americans are forced to spend $4,000 more per person on health expenditures than those in any other comparable, wealthy nation.
Healthcare is a right, not a privilege.
βIβm automatically attracted to criminals β I just start prosecuting them. Itβs like a magnet. Just prosecute. I donβt even wait,β James said. βWhen youβre an AG, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab βem by the assets. You can do anything.β
A different perspective for those folks who are having trouble seeing women's point of view.
I'm resurrecting an old special interest and making it new. As a child I wanted to put together models, but I'd get impatient and want to skip to the end. That doesn't work. In my adult life I've developed a love of process - creating a list and checking things off one at a time. I've checked off nearly all the things to prep, and in my time off during the holidays I'm going to begin putting together a model. My first as an adult.
@ScottSoCal @alexisbushnell @haui @hellomiakoda @actuallyautistic hoo boy covid mask and autistic masking in the same convo got my gears spinning. π
@FrightenedRat @alexisbushnell @hellomiakoda @HaelusNovak @ScottSoCal @haui @actuallyautistic For me, the big struggle was figuring out how to make the mask not fog up my glasses. I had a couple of incidents where I was in public, and my glasses fogged, and put down my items in a weird place and left so I could take my mask off as soon as possible.
For him, it was the communication anxiety and poor audio decoding. He also had a lot of anxiety around not being able to see people's facial expressions fully because he was struggling more to pick up on how other people might be feeling.
@ScottSoCal after going done the rabbit hole ok this, it appears life on earth will end long before this occurs. Some .5 to 1.5 billion years from now.
Have you run out of things to worry about? Let me help:
People at the equator are spinning around the planet at 1,037 mph.
The planet is spinning around the sun at 67,000 mph.
The solar system is spinning around the galaxy at 514,000 mph.
The whole galaxy is careening toward a collision with Andromeda at 300,000 mph.
I don't see this ending well.
Do you live in a state with a Republican secretary of state? Make sure you're still registered to vote. They've been purging the system.
Whoever made this was thinking of me when they made it. I know they were.
Wondering if this is an autism thing, or a me thing:
When they cast an actor in a movie, in a speaking part, but then have someone else sing and the actor just lipsyncs it. It's jarring, it throws me out of the movie and all I can think is "that's not his/her voice, how am I supposed to go along with this?"
We're watching a musical. And an actor is lipsyncing to someone else singing.
New milestone today:
"Hi Samantha
Thanks for ordering with us at Virginmedia"
First utility (it's the internet connection) ordered in new name :-)
Due to the Irish system of utility bills being proof of address etc. this was another milestone - and required a bit of planning to set up utilities appropriately so both my partner and I had proof of address in the needed names.
- 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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