that doesn't even

what. why the heck

yeah, you've hit it dead on -- this is exactly why it bothers me

trying to unpack but honestly I don't know where I'm going with this

obviously this is harder for some people than others, and it takes a fair amount of social pressure to enforce things like "don't do your verbal stims in public"--I have experienced this myself--but

I see people decry the idea of "masking" one's signs of difference in public but for me that's always just been. obvious? a fact of social existence? since the dawn of time there have always been things you Don't Do in areas where they might cause others distress so I'm ???

if I had something diagnosable, I have floundered into sufficient coping strategies in my 40 years of life that I can fake it till I make it for most things and that's fine for me

I don't particularly like the term "neurotypical" because I feel it oversimplifies what is a spectrum into a yes/no binary, but I have no diagnosis (self-given or otherwise) and see no need to seek one bc. it oversimplifies what is a spectrum into a yes/no binary

he started with global warming and has moved on to abortion. save me

I FORGOT CRUCIAL INFO LMAO

I've never been contacted by a GM about a report I filed before...

I realized today it's not signage for any particular candidate but rather a memorial for the guy who was killed, which is somehow worse actually,

I distinctly remember "is Pandaemonium /actually/ gonna involve Lahabrea or are they just using him as the Placeholder Ascian again" discussion