wandermind

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Because the bird was originally named after the country, I have decided to update what I call the bird as well to match.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

As a linguist, I'd just shrug.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I first thought this was a bad idea by Paypal but you opened my eyes

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

My guy, you should stop feeding the troll. I can keep coming up with bullshit indefinitely. The intent of my original facetious reply was to point out how ridiculous it is to react to a clearly ridiculous and unrealistic suggestion as if it was the most seriously considered expression of an actual policy suggestion ever. But it turns out some people just can't not take every single thing that is said with the utmost seriousness.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Of course a nuked country will be a nuked country. That's beside the point, moving the goalposts.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

That's the point

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

No, they can return after the country has been glassed.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yes, but in reality nobody is going to nuke anybody, and certainly not because a random internet user vents their frustration at the situation with a clearly metaphorical and exaggerated request. Your reply was an overly literal reading of the comment, like replying to "go fuck yourself" with "...you realize that's not possible, right?"

I simply replied to your literal interpretation with a literal interpretation of my own.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Sure you can, move the civilians out first.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

I'm not as against these "sad narratives" as you are, but I still think that this one just doesn't make much sense. Photons hit random planets and stuff all of the time, so arguably hitting a living sentient being is one of the coolest things that could happen to a photon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I thought you were talking about "makaronivelli" before you specified the milk was for drinking.

 

I just had my first ever meeting with a psychiatrist to get diagnosed with ADHD.

Long story short, they said that I clearly exhibit ADHD symptoms.

But they're not willing to go forward with a diagnosis because, according to them, I seem to be doing alright in my life, so the symptoms are hardly causing me enough problems to be eligible for a diagnosis. (And also because there's no evidence of me having had such symptoms in childhood.)

And I was just sitting there thinking, do you really think I would be here if I didn't think the symptoms were causing me problems in life?

Based on what they said, they expected me to have experienced things like getting warnings or being fired from jobs, ruining my relationships with people, and such. And they suggested the usual things, exercise, the Pomodoro method, etc. As if I haven't tried them already.

My bad for masking so well, I guess.

Anyway, just wanted to vent a bit. I know it's too common a story. I guess the next thing I need to do is to find a psychiatrist specializing in adult ADHD. Once my (still undiagnosed) ADHD lets me do that.

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