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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have a plan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Also autistic. Seconding that this is hilarious. I’m with the reporter, the prisoner makes prison sound like a good place to be.

  I stacked paperback books as a toddler, straight in a line. My dad taught me to do them in a brick pattern for stability.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And no paper towels to use on the handle⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  might one say “one for the cock, one for the lock”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And no paper towels to use on the handle⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My last job had those, prepandemic. It was nice.

  Current job has an accessible button to open the door that I can hit with my knee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always use proper lifting technique⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  you have to sneak up on the box

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I choose hating your job in unconventional ways.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a big fan of textured vegetable protein (TVP). It gives a ground beef texture but is vegetarian and shelf stable. It looks expensive per pound, but it’s dehydrated so you’re not paying for water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I choose hating your job in unconventional ways.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Original recipe has fish in it (sardines iirc), so might be ok for pescetarians.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨marriage update⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I often demand an olfactory component to my calming shelters. The smell of rotting bananas in particular reminds me of my first college advisor’s comfy, crowded office.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨where?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Plus you get a window seat.

  tbh, I don’t know who most of that people are. I’m just going by “yay, window seat”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's how the world works.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think I’m trying to over stock. It’s things like buying more pasta when we’re down to 5 boxes instead of 0. We go through it, we just disagree on how much we should keep on hand.

  So far, the trick has been to keep the backlog out of sight and refill the main cupboard as needed. Like, he knows I keep extra, but he doesn’t look for himself because it’s in the low-down awkward corner cupboard.

  I guess I’d rather stress-buy pasta than gacha toys or another multitool or something, and I’m stressed for various reasons my therapist knows about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's how the world works.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m still in the “mark expiration year in big marker” stage of rotating food, but that’s been easy enough to keep up with.

  Sadly, my condo doesn’t allow vegetable gardens on our porch because of the real threat of visiting bears. I sneak in some herbs because they’re not vegetables, but the HOA can be persnickety.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's how the world works.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My partner and I are in conflict about food storage. I buy beans, pasta, and jarred foods when I’m stressed. He doesn’t like sacrificing storage space and I think just sees it as clutter.

  Anyways, I’m going to pick up more pasta, pasta sauce, and canned soup. Boxed macaroni and cheese. Stuff I know we’ll cycle through and doesn’t need much effort to cook because I know when things get bad I won’t want to brain much.

  Oh! LPT: textured vegetable protein is shelf stable dried soy protein and you can rehydrate it to add a ground beefy texture to things, like macaroni and cheese or pasta sauce.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CW: Picture of a severe vaccine injury, NSFL⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember reading that some folks (actresses, models) would get vaccinated in less conspicuous places, like the inner thigh, but now I can’t find any documentation for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your comment on funerals reminds me of my mother yelling at me for crying over my grandpa’s death (the first death I experienced as an adult/college student). She told me “Why are you so upset‽ You’ve been to church more recently than I have!”

  Anyways, that thought lives rent-free in my head, even though I no longer speak with my mother.

  (mini rant: she gave me exactly as much space to feel my feelings when my own dad died more recently. Yes, she sucks.)

  My grandma’s funeral was not a sad occasion. She’d lived a long life and died very demented, so there was a bit of sadness, but mostly those feelings had been dealt with over the years as her mind changed. The primary feeling seemed to be relief. The sermon was very “we’re not burying her, we’re planting her, rejoice for she will be reborn” and I wanted to throttle the preacher because he said nothing specific to my grandma, it was very generic. My main feeling at the funeral was stress from navigating the disfunctional relationships of family members I hardly knew.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it is me, I am the autistic child⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Underjoke: the girlfriend is also autistic, and doesn’t make eye contact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Talk about hat hair...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Could visit a thrift store and see if you find any good materials. Dissect a plushie or look at the blankets and throw pillows for materials.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Put the shoes on⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just toss on a dress and go commando. No need to remove the shoes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They seemed nice and normal until....⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, you see, “anything” is very broad and could include removal of a finger or two. Specificity is good when defining boundaries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hehehehe⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My parents were checking out the building site for our new house in the woods and I got bored/tired and went back to the car to nap. They looked everywhere for me and I was just safe asleep.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man posts his incorrect opinion online⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m also team office slippers. They’re so snuggly!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lightbulbs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We accidentally installed a white light bulb in the hallway outside my bedroom. It made me feel so pissed off and on edge every time my door was open and someone turned that light on.

  Once we swapped it to a warm bulb I was much more chill.

  I do keep a tunable light bulb in a task lamp, but the rest of the lighting in the house is warm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norway anon pirates⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who care about book⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  *libarys

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snitches get switches⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Conservation land, in my area, is just land designated to not be developed. It might be privately owned and designated "conservation land* for tax benefits, or owned by the town, or what have you. Sometimes housing developers will designate part of their land plot as “conservation” for some benefit from the town (like taxes or zoning easement).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason ⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My partner’s in the same boat.

  What’s wicked sad is he loves garlic but it doesn’t love him. He can have garlic oil but that’s about it (something to do with FODMAPs).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YOLO⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Native English speaker. What I got is “His guts were fucked up in these technical ways so we did magical medical stuff. He went home, came back a 5 months later with sad butt symptoms and we did this other medical thing to treat it.”

  So yeah, I have no desire to understand more details

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eat more fibre or something⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  IBS, medication with “surprise diarrhea” as a side effect, and occasional almost–passing-out on the toilet (overactive vasovagal reflex). It’s not a fun combination. Fiber only helps so much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨elixir of a god⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried different prescription meds until I found one that worked for me without bad side effects.

  I’m honestly bad at taking my meds, but I take them when I really need to focus on something. But, my current job lets me flit from task to task, so I usually have something novel to work on and so don’t need the meds. I do still take coffee, but only about a large cup a day.

  Sorry that’s not more helpful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨elixir of a god⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s he drink?

  (Btw, I have you tagged as the person that learned loufas are a vegetable. Hi! 😊)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨elixir of a god⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to self-medicate my ADHD with coffee. I could have 12 cups over the course of a work day. My new job doesn’t provide coffee, so now I just use prescription amphetamines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of this things? Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m all about creamed honey. It’s the consistency of peanut butter and has the happy crystals in it, if it’s not fresh.