I lucked out not getting called out yesterday - hopefully you at least get compensated well!

I think we (i.e. generalization about all people) like to think we are too smart for ads or propaganda. I’m sure I’m being advertised to in ways I can’t perceive, and it’s working.

I also don’t think it’s fair to say that any political belief is less exposed to propaganda. Further, sometimes the political propaganda is in the form of product advertising, like when it is suggested that your purchase will right some injustice in the world.

Oh, thank you for clarifying!

The rules have changed.

Literally or figuratively? If figuratively can you please explain what you are alluding to?

🤭

Yeah it’s a felony

Ah yes, the recipe for burn out

I saw 4 snakes on my walk today, which ruled. My husband also got the crows making silly noises at him which added to my delight.

This made me so happy. I’m just going to eat lunch then I’m going to spend the rest of the day in the garden doing plant chores.

adds to the hug pile

Thank you, this is super helpful! I have a small terrarium set up and I’d love to add some of these beauties to it.

I have the week off work and a house guest and everything is wrong and different and I’m suffering

So yes, this week also feels off

I’m sorry about your tum but echo your love of bidets

Hold up - I feel like I always see tillandsia as air plants. It never dawned on me that I could put them on a medium. Does it draw water from the medium or do you still need to spray/soak it??

I feel like my failure with air plants comes from never remembering to soak them/spray them whereas I can generally remember to water my other plants. This opens up whole new worlds for me lol

And the containers themselves are called shipping containers.

So container ships ship shipping containers.

My point is that venues already take these measures. At best, this is grandstanding as being “tough on crime” and at worst this is a tool for gentrification, including removal of supportive housing.

How do you know if someone has used drugs or has them on their person when they enter a venue?

How do you know someone is a drug user?

Sharing because I wonder if this might be helpful for other late diagnosed folks:

My mom is visiting and I’m suddenly remembering what it’s like to be around NTs (or NT’s culture/expectations because I don’t think she’s NT) and it’s honestly distressing. Which she of course takes personally.

When she woke up and joined me on the couch and I used my words to say I wasn’t ready for conversation. Then I got up to bring the blue jays their breakfast because they were screaming for it, and that apparently was a signal that I wanted to chat now? So now I’m scared to move because my ability to speak is on its last legs and we’re going to go straight to the sobbing soon. Another example is that for the first time in a long time (maybe since she last visited???) I took my glasses off because I was done with seeing for the day. I suddenly understand why I was basically this until I moved out:

My office is also the guest bedroom so I don’t have anywhere to hang out but the living room, being perceived.

At least I’m getting a lot of notes to share on my next assessment appointment? I was really struggling to come up with answers to the questions last time about my struggles. When you are married to another ND and you love and respect each other you can craft a life that is for the most part most excellent for your specific needs.

We spend so much time in silence next to each other, literally just vibing. We can communicate a lot without speaking, we don’t talk for the sake of talking, we ask the questions we want answers to (sometimes we don’t really know what we are asking/what what we want an answer to but we refine the question as we go and try to figure it out together). We do talk for reasons other than exchanging information - we both use each other as sounding boards and process our days out loud with each other, or show each other memes, or point out something interesting going on in the garden etc. But the memes/observations aren’t there to elicit a response, or a request for the other person to take on the task of carrying forward a conversation exchange. I wear my headphones, or hang out in my office if he wants to rock out so he can do that comfortably without feeling like he needs to suppress it. I love our life together 🥰

I would say you are winning, yes.

Eta: maybe her directions also suck