cw suicide, graphic, trans
And also, remember, IQ isn't actually *THAT* important. It's actually a really *shit* measure of intelligence. (But it's still fun to call people on their BS, on the occasion that they're claiming that shit off an online test.)
I would like to redact my last toot upon further research. It turns out the difference between IQ scales isn't as much as I had thought. Still call people on claiming high IQs. Ask them the scale, ask them where they were tested, etc. But the information I gave was not exactly correct. I apologize for any inconvenience that error may have caused.
So, earlier, I had the idea to try putting mouthwash in an Rx bottle. Lo and behold, it was brilliant. Then, I thought it might be a good idea to put that in a bigger bottle, to prevent spills. Unfortunately, the bigger bottle was just a bit too small. I forced it, and now it's stuck.
Folx, I have an IQ of 135 (WISC-IV), high enough to almost be classed "genius". Don't ever let anyone convince you IQ is a meaningful measure of intellect. It's not.
(Honestly, I feel like more telling about my year is the fact that I couldn't pull those last two off my phone directly because I still haven't figured out how to mount removable devices on FreeBSD. But, that's just me.)
Inspired by mavi, I figured I'd do this year retrospective in selfies!
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Unfortunately, I'm not much of one for selfies. I cannot find any selfies from the first half of the year, and I really only have four I can find for the year total. So, You'll have to settle for the past 5 months.
July, August, October (31st!), November
(cw selfies, eye contact)
drugs and chemistry, two of my favourite things
tfw someone complains about there not being a viable synthesis for methylphenidate (for black market stuff, not as a pharma company), so you search the literature and end up sending them two papers on dexmethylphenidate synthesis that are both are described as "easy" but are actually horribly complex. (Yes methylphenidate and dex- are different, but the state of the art is similar)
Results of the largest yet research on trans kids
Largest yet research on #transgender children concludes trans kids develop their gender identity in a way indistinguishable from their cis counterparts, and debunks the contention that trans kids are just "going through a phase" https://www.insider.com/transgender-kids-develop-gender-identity-like-non-trans-kids-research-2019-11
i hate capitalism for making art about *competing* with other artists, rather than collaborating with them.
"you can't go into music its too competitive" "there's a million people more qualified than you"
under communism all the artists will have stable jobs making art they love
& when a kid tells their parents they wanna go into arts, the parents will encourage them, & talk about all their favorite artists that maybe the kid'll get to collaborate with one day.
Political take, Prison Industrial Complex
Prisons are just glorified slave camps, one might agree and add "now" but, I fail to see any time in history where imprisonment isn't a tool for oppression by the status quo.
Ultimately, the goal should be to abolish prisons completely, but for people to be receptive of that, we need to do a lot to address psychophobia, ableism and generational poverty that plague our society and cause us to commit crimes.
Punishment does not solve problems, it does not undo the harm, all it does is make an example out of the wrongdoer, via state violence, as a fear-based deterrent to the rest of the population. I think rehabilitative and restorative justice is a far better use of our time, and does more to prevent crime from happening.
After all, people who are truly content with their lives wouldn't be motivated to cause harm to one another.
Phlebotomist. Cyberwitch. Artist. Fighter. Accidental breaker of computers.
Genderfluid enby. Pansexual/-romantic. Kitsune-kin (9-tailed)/Incubus-kin. Plural, with a bunch of headmates.
DAMNED PROUD ANTIFASCIST and an anarchocommunist.
Be warned: In theory, I post both lewd/NSFW and incredibly personal stuff.
(In practice, it's been a while, but who knows?)