Ole Ted Stilts /general-aspect @oletedstilts@mastodon.social

-genderfluid
-gynephilic
-cishet-passing out of fear/discomfort
-disabled (tourettes)
-first gen college grad aiming for doctorate
-grew up labeled "exceptionally gifted intellectually and creatively" with all the baggage
-grew up in poverty/poor
-homeless frequently in adulthood
-born of rape/never knew father or had father figure
-uncomfortable around men
-verbal/psychological abuse in childhood
-weak social support network
-accidentally confrontational

pinned:
alt mastodon presence(s):
@oletedstilts (overtly political themed)
@oletedstilts (personal/private/rant/backup/etc.)
discord: OleTedStilts#0605

and please, if you have the money and make use of pi-hole, throw a few bucks their way in the form of a donation
stuff like this needs supported

https://pi-hole.net/
my brother showed me this a while back, but its worth sharing here

basically, just a DNS sinkhole that eats advertisements and other awful things, such as telemetry (microsoft is BAD about this, looking at analytics youll see on windows systems its probably the largest portion of what will end up diverted or blocked)

but most importantly, its free and theres no client-side software

great way to avoid a lot of things alongside adblockers

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/593/01/
http://libanswers.walsh.edu/faq/147579

some resources on this topic that i generally use as go-tos or references for others
the actual APA style blog is also there, but theres a lot of discrepancy, little clarity and specificity, and even more rambling than not, as is not unusual for prescritivism and style guides

youre still inclined to write certain numbers out (twelve) and use numerals for others (7), except in certain circumstance such as measurements

i have to go back constantly and switch written out numbers to numerals when im close to character limits

btw, ive purposely left pronouns out both of the bio and this
i really dont care what you use, but if i had it my way itd be they/them bc im not that much a fan of gendered pronouns

felt this appropriate to finally add with what i was comfortable adding, please give feedback if anything is bothersome or if there is anything i should add/remove/change

-genderfluid
-gynephilic
-cishet-passing out of fear/discomfort
-disabled (tourettes)
-first gen college grad aiming for doctorate
-grew up labeled "exceptionally gifted intellectually and creatively" with all the baggage
-grew up in poverty/poor
-homeless frequently in adulthood
-born of rape/never knew father or had father figure
-uncomfortable around men
-verbal/psychological abuse in childhood
-weak social support network
-accidentally confrontational

the "hard to swallow" pills meme, im so glad i havent and probably wont see it here

its awful, and every instance ive seen of it has been awful, and the people posting it are awful

maybe once someone tried to make it okay, but based on all the backdrop prior i just felt uncomfortable seeing the format

im trying this new thing where in particularly rant-y posts, i explain how the topic came up in my world or mind

i do this for context, to remind and ground myself, and to avoid the vague "not a subtoot"

a lot of times, this causes me to rethink and delete all of what i was going to say if i cant properly justify it, and at the most save it for a later time when it might be more appropriate and better formulated

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/satellite-reign
free cyberpunk strategy game on humble for steam, ending noon saturday EST
i mean, its free, so its worth checking out i suppose