[-] half@lemy.lol 16 points 2 months ago

I am autistic, which you probably could have just derived from the rest of this comment. Questions like these are so terrifying to me. So I always have a fun fact on hand.

"What's new?"

"I just learned that only female cats have a calico pattern!"

Then you can talk about cats instead of your life.

[-] half@lemy.lol 18 points 8 months ago

That's kind of the idea. I miss the originality of old systems, but it seems like a lot of developers are prioritizing consistency and learnability for the sake of accessibility.

[-] half@lemy.lol 16 points 8 months ago

It depends a lot on the person, but it always does me good to do something tactile after working all day on a computer. Cooking, baking, sketching, woodworking, Legos, hiking, that kind of thing. I've noticed it really helps me ground and be mindful.

[-] half@lemy.lol 17 points 9 months ago

"We make more money from cars. We half assed the walking instructions. Good luck and fuck you."

[-] half@lemy.lol 16 points 11 months ago

The church in the ad is particularly harmful. I had to fight to get out of it, and only after they took 10% of my income for years and trafficked me. They want money, power, and control, not increased numbers at their services.

[-] half@lemy.lol 15 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. I'm trying to stay close to my mom, and she's desperately trying to hold the family together, so if I don't do anything, he would play the victim and use my mom's hurt feelings against me. So I'm most likely going to just do something very generic, like you said.

[-] half@lemy.lol 14 points 1 year ago

Hm... I wonder if Walmart still has watermelon scented candles. "But dad, it smells just like summer!"

[-] half@lemy.lol 13 points 1 year ago

It's not my job. If it's vital work, someone can pay me for it. Otherwise it happens on my own terms.

[-] half@lemy.lol 15 points 1 year ago

My bank did this a few years ago. I bank somewhere else now.

[-] half@lemy.lol 13 points 1 year ago

Mormonism has a long history of these cases. They are all tragic. There is a database of abuse incidents at floodlit.org, but I'm glad mainstream news has started covering this issue more.

[-] half@lemy.lol 15 points 1 year ago

If it's Boeing I'm not going

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