Are you my husband? Billy, that you?

That photo makes me anxious.

Human nature doesn’t allow it. Too many greedy, narcissistic, and sociopathic people.

ELI5: What so you mean by “better is better”? And what is it about Costco that is so bad?

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No, she’s trying to look like Mick Jagger.

What is your new special interest? Don’t leave us hanging!

I love the play of the light and shadows of the man’s face. Also, T hanks for including the link with the context, it deepens my appreciation!

Absolutely yay!

And were you unanimous?

I did, initially. I couldn’t figure out why everything was just so hard to understand. I literally have a genius IQ, but many jokes whoosh over my head, I have trouble reading expressions, I overthink everything. Navigating the world is just so difficult. As autism became more understood and publicized, I began to suspect that I am autistic. I went to a diagnostician, who gave me the quick testing (in-depth enough to make her confident of her diagnosis, but not rigorous enough to satisfy insurance companies). Sure enough, I’m in the club! I found out a year or two ago, at age 60.

“Where’s the catnip? TALK!”

The article said “.25 - 6 hr per day”. I interpreted that to mean 1/4 of the day (6 hours). While not as good as 24 hours, it is definitely not a paltry 15 minutes.

If you can wait 25 years.

“Reagan”, not “Regan”

Thanks for the update. I hope you manage to get out of the U.S. eventually. I feel this place is going down fast.

Good luck to you! I am impressed with your resilience. Hang in there.

I’ve been thinking about telling my parents/siblings of my diagnosis, but haven’t for fear they’ll suddenly think of me as “other”, “subhuman”. Happily, my husband knows and supports me utterly.

I wish I knew you irl, and could help. How old are you?

Wow, did I misread that. At first I thought “international strikes” referred to union activity, and the tech firms were going to attack the strikers with drones!

I think your instincts are correct; you shouldn’t go to this meeting; it will just cause the clerk to resent you every time he sees you. I work at a school, and just went through some mandatory anti-bullying training. It said the teacher SHOULD NOT call out the bully publicly, or force the bully to apologize, or insist that the victim accept an apology. All these things just aggravate the situation. Quietly putting the bully into counseling, and separating the bully from victim is the recommended procedure. That is not possible at a coffee shop! Maybe, if you are willing, the next time you go in you could just behave as if nothing had happened. I’ll admit that I would find another coffee place.