DakRalter

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[โ€“] DakRalter 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

How is that any different from what I experience here then? If I'm dealing with all that crap anyway, then I'd rather do it with people NOT sitting next to me when there's a whole empty deck on the bus.

[โ€“] DakRalter 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

As an autist, Finnish culture sounds perfect.

[โ€“] DakRalter 15 points 1 day ago

This was the first time I heard (saw) someone say it to a Finn and I was like wow what the heck just happened?

This user was pretty chill and then BAM! Insta-rage!

a Finnish user getting really offended at the word perkele

[โ€“] DakRalter 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Second way to make friends in Finland: tell them how much you're enjoying your visit to Scandinavia.

[โ€“] DakRalter 55 points 6 days ago (1 children)

inheritance tax avoidance scheme*

[โ€“] DakRalter 5 points 1 week ago

Tell me about it. Dude was in fear for his safety and YouTube are like, jacksfilms was bad too! Eff you, Google. He did nothing wrong.

His jjjacksfilms channel doesn't show up in the search bar, which is really weird given it's a big channel. It's like YouTube doesn't want you to find him criticising their little cash cows. Stalkerwolf is invincible.

YouTube is properly messed up. It's basically a monopoly though. People won't post elsewhere if they can't monetise though ๐Ÿ˜ž a fedi YouTube alternative will never catch on. At this point I'd even welcome Microsoft or scamazon creating a rival service.

[โ€“] DakRalter 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Don't forget doxxing.

She also has a criminal record for armed robbery. So there's that too. She's always liked a bit of thievery.

[โ€“] DakRalter 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You need to up to caffeine in your coffee shop! Get those customers buzzing!

I loved Theme Park. We would spend ages playing it. We had few games back then and Theme Park and Piranha were staples.

The rollercoaster was so buggy though and eventually made the map unplayable. I played it a few years ago on DOSbox with the same issue :( even the DS port glitched a lot.

 

From https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yDjlRu4CnjI

NomoSapienss: Park Tool company is the father I never had!

ParkTool: We're proud of you, son ๐Ÿ’™

[โ€“] DakRalter 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Same! I still have the certificate!

(Although I would have got 129 if my sister, who couldn't spell, kept insisting that "than" is spelt "then" and wouldn't stop bugging me throughout the whole test until I changed it, even though I knew she was wrong. Yes I am still bitter about it today.)

I lack real world intelligence, so bog all use that test was.

[โ€“] DakRalter 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Psst, so is the post you replied to!

[โ€“] DakRalter 7 points 3 weeks ago

The important thing is to know where you stand on the issue of conserves vs jam. If you prefer conserves, then you can call yourself conservative. If you prefer jams, then you're better identifying as a jammy dodger.

https://whats-different.com/jam-vs-conserve-understanding-the-differences/

If you like them both more or less equally then you're a doughnut hole.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by DakRalter to c/californiadreams
 

This time, Jenny is done with his crap and walking away from a toxic relationship.

(Background iimage by DallE 3)

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Anxiety vs Overwhelm (neurodivergentinsights.com)
 

Warning: ranting.

Like many, I was fobbed of with an anxiety disorder NOS diagnosis. I assumed that what I felt was anxiety. Last autumn I got to the top of the waiting list for anxiety therapy.

And it was useless. It got to the point where it felt like the therapist was trying to push low self esteem onto me so she could cure me of it, and thereby cure my anxiety.

I tried to explain to her that my anxiety wasn't based on irrational thoughts, but experience. If I have to go somewhere I'm not familiar with, I will get overloaded with all the new input. I will struggle to process it because I need to be alone to process. The same applies to my feelings. I can't deal with them when I need to, because I can't identify them. So all this makes me scared because I know it will exhaust me or make me shut down. I just see this void when I don't have any reference images. The more I can fill in that picture, the less anxious I feel. Because I can process this in advance (eg using streetview to memorise a route and save landmarks so I can navigate).

No, she says. It's because you have low self esteem. Now write down some bad statements about yourself and say them out loud.

In my quest to educate her, I came across this article and it makes so much sense why CBT wasn't working. The anxiety diagnosis doesn't fit.

Even after asking her to learn about autistic anxiety, she didn't bother. So next session I gave her a printout of that article. Something told me she wouldn't bother to learn anything from it, so I discharged myself.

Is what you're feeling anxiety or overwhelm? Does the anxiety come because you know from your own experience that something will cause you to struggle? Is the feeling more akin to dread?

 

Someone on Mastodon shared this link with me, and I thought you might find it as interesting as I do.

I really hate the misconception of the spectrum. It enables nasty people like Ellen degeneres to justify being a bully (in case you missed it, she tried to get diagnosed autistic. When that didn't work, she said, well it's a spectrum so we're all a little autistic, so I'm not a bully). And enables others to dismiss our struggles, cos hey, we're all on the spectrum!

Back to the article, I feel like I'm a mix of the three examples. I can see some that match from each example. How about you? When I stop feeling so lazy, I might do my own custom one.

 

He is such a chill dude! Can you believe HE wanted MY autograph? I wish I could have thought of more things to ask him about. I'm still a noob at bike mechanics, and a slow learner, but he was so encouraging and kind, and a lot of fun!

He really is a mechanical hero!

 

 

It's bike spokes, I swear.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by DakRalter to c/[email protected]
 

What was your favourite moment of the game?

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