As long as we can connect to the outside world, it can’t be catastrophically restricted. We’ll just be more like viewers of social advancements instead of participants.

I set a resolution to go to the gym 100 times this year, and I predict there is no way in hell I’m hitting that.

I graduated at 26. It’s now 4 years later, and I had to literally use a calculator to count how old I was. I say this to emphasize how little I care now, in contrast to how embarrassed I was at the time. I am now in law school at 30. Most of the people around me are 3-5 years younger, and it doesn’t matter at all. Nobody treats me differently or excludes me. Lots of people change careers all of the time. The needs of the economy change and you do your best. Most people aren’t privileged enough to be insulated from the state of the economy. Sometimes people are unemployed, or experiencing health crises, or helping their family. We all have our own issues and run our own race, and it’s better to make progress than be stagnant.

There cannot be a 2nd civil war. We have a nationalized military. States do not have their own armies and they are not trying to raise them. We have nuclear weapons all around the country. We are past the point where civil war is possible. At best, a single city might try to barricade itself off.

This is so culturally dependent on the town. People have things they like to do already, just make those things available to them in a pleasant space.

As a law student, I wish I had the math skills and work ethic to become an accountant. Just a basic 40 hrs/week, make a living wage, and go home.

Social media in general attracts autistic people, because it’s much easier to socialize without being judged or excluded.

By definition Autism and ADHD are disabilities that negatively impact your life relative to other people.

It’s important to have a word to label what the issue is in a neutral way, because if you don’t use the word autism, you get called words like “weird,” “creepy,” “stupid,” or the r-word. When none of those things are true. Your brain just doesn’t intuitively understand things the way other peoples’ does.

The ADA defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. Socialization is a major life activity. Loneliness is a major cause of depression of death, and not being able to socialize well impacts your ability to maintain employment. When these issues aren’t managed, your ability to function in society is significantly impaired.

To me, this post is no different from saying “You’re not dyslexic, you just needed to try harder in spelling class.” When people have an issue, telling them it doesn’t exist isn’t helpful.

If it were me, personally, I’d prioritize every effort on putting as many of the people who broke the law in jail as possible, especially via state courts, and remove everyone who acted in an authoritarian fashion who did not explicitly break the law. And when I say prioritize, I mean we’re cutting budgets from other departments to fund hundreds of more judges, hundreds of more investigators, hundreds of more prosecutors. Failing to do that was Biden’s biggest mistake. He wanted to govern with gentleman’s agreements and cordiality like a normal president. But the rules don’t exist unless they’re enforced, so it’s time to enforce them.

one time when I was talking about a video I saw about Moldova, someone commented “I rarely see people know about my country”. Moldova is on Ukraine’s southwestern border (so opposite of the Russian side). It’s mostly impoverished rural backwater, and its city is in decay from the soviet era.

That’s normal. Children are supposed to bond with their parents until adolescence. It means your parents did a good job.

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by Dr. David Burns. Look, if we can teach the kids chemical formulas, surely we can teach them the basics of emotional regulation? No?

He lost the popular election 80-20, forcibly took over the government, violently suppressed protests, and has silenced and jailed numerous opposition members. All in the midst of a prolonged economic collapse resulting in famine and mass exodus. Yeah, he’s unpopular.

Maduro was extremely unpopular but literally nobody in Venezuela asked for the US to attempt a hostile takeover.

In general, adults have an obligation to manage our own feelings rather than take them out on other people. Maintaining your relationships with others is more important than whatever feeling you’re struggling with. Find coping mechanisms that don’t negatively affect others.

no, you do in fact need grains and fruits.

Yeah I would just never do that. Like I just remember that I have 2 boxes at home but need milk.

It works because I’m only one person. Not buying for a full family. I’m definitely not going through giant packs of cheese and laundry detergent at random times.

like 80% of what I need is repetitive. if I make a list, it’s because I’m making a recipe.

I’ve found that buying shoes online usually goes badly, but buying shoes in person also usually goes badly. At least online you have a chance of something you like and that fits. If it’s in your budget, maybe a custom shoe maker would be the best route. The issue for me there is that it’s difficult to find one who makes a vegan shoe, and I imagine you’d likewise have an issue finding someone who makes stilettos.

I got an A in legal writing this semester.