Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
Haha, one of these is a rar file incorrectly renamed to .zip
Going through old files and wow I used to hang onto a lot of weird little games and demo things. ^_^
@compostablespork@weirder.earth @hollie I actually find recipes tend to go poorly for me, and I tend to do better somewhat improvising. But I do this by combining 1 thing each from 4 categories of "known" ingredients.
I regard emotion as another sense. I would say it's the one I imagine best in, and probably the only one I can do "in band".
@compostablespork@weirder.earth @hollie I was about to say I have no ability to imagine taste, but can remember it, however upon examination it appears to be a similar situation to visual processing where it lacks detail and is "out of band" (like how I can tell a voice I'm imagining isn't coming from my ears). Debatable whether it counts as literal sensation, and I don't know whether I could usefully imagine mixing foods.
Esme Povirk
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hey there friend's brain, please be nice to our friend
@hollie Someone in another reply mentioned that they sometimes can't hear things in another person's voice if it's something they wouldn't say. We've found headmates are similar: we can shove a thought their way but if they disagree with it they won't speak it. We think our inner copies of other people's voices are actually budding headmates (introjects), but most won't do more than voice things when asked, unless we push them to take initiative.
@compostablespork@weirder.earth @hollie Something we've noticed trying to improve at visualization: we had situations sometimes where we knew we were processing visual information, but we couldn't see it, even in a separate internal space. In our case, it turned out we were denying our internal visualization because it wasn't as detailed as we knew our memory to be, and accepting that it would be vague colored blobs made it possible to see.
@hollie To elaborate on nonsensory thoughts, over time we learned to be aware of those, and seems like all thoughts start out that way, and then they can go through a headmate who internal "speaks" them. If we don't speak them, they don't lead to other thoughts and can easily fade from awareness. Which is how we learned to calm our inner voices.
@hollie "How are you not driven to instantaneous madness by the incessant chattering?" I pretty much was until I learned to calm it down[1]. Most[2] thoughts still take the form of voices[3], but they're not happening all the time anymore.
[1] Before learning that I had no idea it was possible to change.
[2] Some thoughts are entirely nonsensory. It's more like connections between abstract concepts.
[3] Yes, multiple voices. It's been a large part of how we tell headmates apart.
Esme Povirk
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glad someone wrote an article that covers how almost half of covid transmission may be asymptomatic, why being covid cautious is a social justice issue, and the loss and loneliness that comes with being covid cautious: https://boulderweekly.com/news/covid-safe-colorado/
Esme Povirk
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🇨🇭 11/7 - 4/10 (DD/MM)
people in skirts regardless of their gender
boost if agree like if yes
Unsure if new laptop fast or Windows slow.
Esme Povirk
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This is your periodic reminder that ambulatory wheelchair users exist. Many folks think wheelchairs are only for those who can't walk at all, or folks who can only take a couple steps.
Wheelchairs and electric scooters are used due to pain, weakness, balance issues, orthostatic intolerance, etc.
#Disability #Wheelchairs #DynamicDisability #ChronicIllness #MEcfs
@budsofstone I still prefer it over gentoo, at least I don't have to wait around for (most) packages to build.
Linux doesn't know how to disable tap-to-click on my wireless keyboard+touchpad, so I disabled clicks entirely and remapped Windows and Caps Lock to the mouse buttons.
I don't recommend Arch though. Having to install and configure every piece of basic functionality is a chore, and I'm really not seeing any benefits from it. If I had to redo it I'd probably do another Manjaro install.
I am a Windows user no more. Hello from my new StarLite tablet running Arch with XFCE.
Esme Povirk
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Being "normal" is a scam. Go wild
@m Do you want me to answer that?
plurality, negative
@mavica_again I pull on the thread until I have something I can work on. Which usually ends up being something like a headmate with a concern, or something we're not properly understanding about ourselves. -Esme
Joined Aug 2018
