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- Comment on Children are a gift from someone 5 days ago:
Yeah, Little Man is the best baby. I can’t wait until I get to see him again. I know everyone thinks the kid in their family is special and whatnot, but I swear, that kids a born scientist. If nurtured, he’s gonna be amazing at whatever he sets out to do
- Comment on Children are a gift from someone 5 days ago:
My nephew is so cool. He’s 20 months, and if he picks something up he shouldn’t have, or if you need him to stop doing something, you can just hold your hand out for it and say “let me have that” or tell him “you gotta stop, buddy” and he just fucking does it. Sometimes he gets this look like “damn, they caught me!” And he just moves on to the next thing, and never cries about it or anything. He’s the happiest, sweetest baby I’ve ever seen, and it’s genuinely scary how smart he can seem at times
- Comment on A complete tier list for our solar system 5 days ago:
I think we need a new category that includes dwarf planets and moons, but does not include gas giants and anything too small to have an atmosphere. Basically a “could be terraformed in a sci-fi novel” category.
- Comment on I can still smell them 1 week ago:
We did the same thing, but I was the smart dumbass who knew that’s how you lose fingers, so I had us hide behind a board and drop a bowling ball into it. It cracked the fucking ball! My parents were livid
- Comment on The Wall People 1 week ago:
Ha! I love that joke at the end.
It is tough being AMAB and loving the caring aspects of life. It’s as if the world sees you as a predator, and inside you’re just wanting to protect and love and care. It’s sad :(
- Comment on The Wall People 1 week ago:
God, it’s remarkable how similar that is to me. I’m not ace, and I’m only NB in secret, but holy shit. Same. My dad’s reaction was less awful, though
- Comment on It's called traditional medicine sweety, look it up 2 weeks ago:
I’d be down to try that cough syrup
- Comment on handling strays 2 weeks ago:
I’ve found that crisis does it, too. I him (cat friend, we’ll call him lol) while in a city a few hours from home, because my mom was helicoptered there for emergency surgery, and was in ICU for over a month. It was a horrible, terrible time, and the state I was in when I met cat friend definitely contributed to the friendship. He didn’t know me from Adam, but he was there for me when I needed someone
- Comment on handling strays 2 weeks ago:
Once met a dude in Walmart who had a cat with him. Talked in Walmart, and now he’s one of my best friends.
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 2 weeks ago:
I searched and I’m not finding one, but my search function often misses smaller communities. I’d love it if there was one
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 2 weeks ago:
RAF was the entirety of my teen years. I loved that place
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 2 weeks ago:
It is always so weird to me to see an animorphs fan in the wild. I know we’re not super uncommon, but I was super active on Richard’s Animorphs Forum back in the day, and associate the two. I always have to remind myself animorphs fan≠equal RAFian, and calm myself down lol
- Comment on frosty cover your heart 4 weeks ago:
It’s an actual chant. I don’t believe it is normally followed by Kali Maa, however. Chants normally focus on a singular deity or deva, to the best of my knowledge.
- Comment on Good advice 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Asking the difficult questions 5 weeks ago:
For years, my dogs favorite toy was a nerf branded football made for dogs.
He would cuddle it, and whenever he got excited and actually chewed it, he would then whimper and cry and cuddle it more, because he hurt his baby
- Comment on Asking the difficult questions 5 weeks ago:
I like to think that they think of their toys as alive. You and the toy collaborated to create a fun game of SUPER LOUD SNIFFS to find the toy lol
- Comment on Trump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’ 5 weeks ago:
For some reason, the sound is broken on mine, I guess. There’s no audio at all
- Comment on The true story of how I grew my only ever successful plant 1 month ago:
Damn, didn’t even consider reverse image searching it haha. Thank you!
- Comment on I was diagnosed with early onset dementia and alzhimers. Is there safe guards I can put it up so I don't screw or kill anyone? Like who do I contact about being denied to own a gun? 1 month ago:
… Yeah. I’m blocking you. You’re deeply awful.
- Comment on I was diagnosed with early onset dementia and alzhimers. Is there safe guards I can put it up so I don't screw or kill anyone? Like who do I contact about being denied to own a gun? 1 month ago:
Jesus Christ. Is there some kind of medication you’re supposed to be taking that you haven’t? Or perhaps a medication you’re not supposed to be taking that you have taken too much of?
Re read what I said. I specifically said if they had that interest. My original comment was mostly agreeing with you that if they had that interest is when the concern kicks in. Seriously. You’re so busy attempting to defend yourself that you’ve blinded yourself to the fact that no one was attacking you. Fucking chill.
- Comment on I was diagnosed with early onset dementia and alzhimers. Is there safe guards I can put it up so I don't screw or kill anyone? Like who do I contact about being denied to own a gun? 1 month ago:
Firstly, that is how memory loss works. If they’re a person who has a prexisting interest or history in a thing, in a moment of confusion they may well forget that it’s not a good idea for them to go do that thing again.
Secondly, I’m not making it about me. I’m using myself as an example.
Thirdly, there’s no “again” here. This was our first interaction about this.
Finally, the person who asked the question is clearly concerned about this aspect. You making this about YOU and YOUR assumptions on their history, personality, and general ethos does not help a person who is genuinely seeking help. Perhaps try answering their question (“how do I ensure I am on a no-purchase list for firearms?”) instead of attempting to make this more than it is and making this a “the psychology of gun owners” debate?
- Comment on I was diagnosed with early onset dementia and alzhimers. Is there safe guards I can put it up so I don't screw or kill anyone? Like who do I contact about being denied to own a gun? 1 month ago:
Perhaps they’ve been a gun owner in the past. I’m as lefty as they come, and I have owned guns in the past, and plan on having a gun again. There are people who hunt, who live in areas with bear and other dangerous animals, and there are those who have worked in fields where firearms are something you have. I have worked armed security. I enjoy going to gun ranges (though, as a general rule, I no longer do that. Too many dipshit right wing stains on humanity hang out there). I lived in a very rural area until April, and we would often target shoot out in the back yard. Owning a gun in the US is so normalized that if OP is in the US, and anywhere outside of major urban centers (and even then…), it is very possibly a concern that if they are not in their right mind, just popping down the local gun store (and there is almost always at least one local gun store around) or pawn shop, and pick up a 9mm or a .38 special. If I ever got a dementia diagnosis, this would also be a major concern for me. I would give my power of attorney to whoever I trusted most, and make sure the state was alerted that I should not be trusted with a weapon again. I’ve never considered this aspect until now, but OP is exactly right. It’s far too commonplace a thing not to worry that in an episode you won’t just go do that in the States. Our gun culture is absolutely insane.
Also, before the accusations fly:
There have been no children in the home The guns are in lock boxes Ammunition is stored separately I am not a “but the home invasions!” Nutjob
- Comment on The true story of how I grew my only ever successful plant 1 month ago:
Firstly, that’s awesome! I love volunteer plants!
Secondly, though, what’s this image from?
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 1 month ago:
I’m noticing that in this comment section, too. I hadn’t noticed before, but most people do seem to be one extreme or the other. I imagine it’s because at either end they feel like they have something unique to offer the conversation, but those in the middle probably feel as if they are normal and it won’t be interesting to contribute, maybe?
Ooc, what would you label yourself? I posted mine if you want to see my experience as someone who jumps around the spectrum a bit
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 1 month ago:
Most days I’m about a 3, sometimes it’s more like 4. If I’m reading a book or doing something like that, where I’m really focusing on the visualization, I can get to 2. The only time I ever get to 1 is when I’m laying in bed at night about to fall asleep.
I have real trouble sleeping sometimes, and one of the things I do to help is put on instrumental music (lately, a lot of jazz sax), and then pick some random scenario, like:
“if I could be king of the world what policy changes would I make?”
Or “if I ever get to have kids, what kind of things would I most want to teach them?”
Or “Let’s design the perfect floorplan for my dream home”
And as I begin to drift off, but while still consciously aware, I can see things in stunning detail, but it’s always like they’re semi transparent. That’s not a great example, because there’s no backdrop, but it’s the best I’ve got.
- Comment on Pornhub is urging tech giants to enact device-based age verification 1 month ago:
Thank you!
- Comment on Pornhub is urging tech giants to enact device-based age verification 1 month ago:
Honestly, would you mind DMing some of the better sites you’ve found?
- Comment on Snatching the 12-gauge over the door with the quickness. [sound on] 1 month ago:
Well, that’s absolutely going in my next short story or novel!
- Comment on There has been much speculation recently and I would like to make one thing clear. Donald Trump's head game is utter trash. 1 month ago:
Honestly, it’s funnier if he’s genuinely excellent at it.
- Comment on Dads be like 1 month ago:
What’s the movie?
