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@_ThinkingOutloud_ I grew up in Seattle actually until I was about 25.

I can absolutely believe this would be a thing there because it's the weirdest damn city you could ever live in except for Portland.

I had no idea how weird it was until I left.

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@_ThinkingOutloud_ I grew up in Seattle actually until I was about 25.

I can absolutely believe this would be a thing there because it's the weirdest damn city you could ever live in except for Portland.

I had no idea how weird it was until I left.

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@hellomiakoda Only reason I still use Windows is because I like video games. That is my only practical use for a computer as a waiter who pretends to be a writer and musician.

I use Android stuff for music production and write with my thumbs like a sociopath.

Because Windows is stupid and ruins the writing vibe.

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@hellomiakoda Only reason I still use Windows is because I like video games. That is my only practical use for a computer as a waiter who pretends to be a writer and musician.

I use Android stuff for music production and write with my thumbs like a sociopath.

Because Windows is stupid and ruins the writing vibe.

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@mick It should because it's absolutely terrifying.

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@mick It should because it's absolutely terrifying.

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@kerfuffle Also pro tip if you ever have to deal with a social security office- they have a habit of hating their job, and not doing it, and "losing" documents you give them that they don't feel like filing then making it out to be your fault for not making copies.

So every time I go in, I give them ten copies of what they need and go "oh this is just so you don't lose it this time and screw me, I have more if you like!".

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@kerfuffle Also pro tip if you ever have to deal with a social security office- they have a habit of hating their job, and not doing it, and "losing" documents you give them that they don't feel like filing then making it out to be your fault for not making copies.

So every time I go in, I give them ten copies of what they need and go "oh this is just so you don't lose it this time and screw me, I have more if you like!".

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@chirpbirb Just look at what AI writes.

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@chirpbirb Just look at what AI writes.

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@realTuckFrumper Something like this would have surprised me before 2016 and the Trump Presidency.

After that, nothing does because that entire four years was insane between Covid and an insane president doing nothing helpful.

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@realTuckFrumper Something like this would have surprised me before 2016 and the Trump Presidency.

After that, nothing does because that entire four years was insane between Covid and an insane president doing nothing helpful.

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I just wanted to remind you that you are under no obligation to be the same person you were yesterday.

Even if you have the same problems- maybe a new perspective is what you need to finally solve them.

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I just wanted to remind you that you are under no obligation to be the same person you were yesterday.

Even if you have the same problems- maybe a new perspective is what you need to finally solve them.

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@Daojoan Unfortunately yes. Pretty much just fascist ideas trying to wiggle their way into a testing time for many.

Pretty much exactly what happened in Germany in WW2. A charismatic leader with a whole bunch of snake oil ideas that people believe because of desperation.

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@Daojoan Unfortunately yes. Pretty much just fascist ideas trying to wiggle their way into a testing time for many.

Pretty much exactly what happened in Germany in WW2. A charismatic leader with a whole bunch of snake oil ideas that people believe because of desperation.

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@_ThinkingOutloud_ It's a thing in science fiction. Because in theory bugs have a lot of protein and are super easy to breed. But in practice, nobody likes bugs and it's a really hard sell.

I actually tried to be vegan and failed miserably because I am an environmentalist, but realized crop growing was just as destructive to the environment.

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@_ThinkingOutloud_ It's a thing in science fiction. Because in theory bugs have a lot of protein and are super easy to breed. But in practice, nobody likes bugs and it's a really hard sell.

I actually tried to be vegan and failed miserably because I am an environmentalist, but realized crop growing was just as destructive to the environment.

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@Firlefanz I actually learned how to write more intense sequences by reading this non-fiction book called The Hot Zone.

It's about the discovery of Ebola, and it's absolutely a horror novel, and completely non-fiction as well.

I basically just read books outside my usual scope and try to learn why they're good.

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@Firlefanz I actually learned how to write more intense sequences by reading this non-fiction book called The Hot Zone.

It's about the discovery of Ebola, and it's absolutely a horror novel, and completely non-fiction as well.

I basically just read books outside my usual scope and try to learn why they're good.

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@catgoat This was a wild conversation to walk into without any other context.

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@catgoat This was a wild conversation to walk into without any other context.

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@chaotic_evil They've always been fucked. It's just a lot more apparent now that we all have super computers in our pockets to spread information about what they're fucking up.

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@chaotic_evil They've always been fucked. It's just a lot more apparent now that we all have super computers in our pockets to spread information about what they're fucking up.

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Every time a website asks for my age at registration, it sure does take a little bit longer to scroll down to my birth year...

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Every time a website asks for my age at registration, it sure does take a little bit longer to scroll down to my birth year...

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@hellomiakoda Your posts are hilarious, it tickles the part of my brain that makes me an automatic insult machine. Which is basically what happens with Tourettes.

I just walk down the street giggling and being an asshole to everything and everyone for no reason, including myself.

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@hellomiakoda Your posts are hilarious, it tickles the part of my brain that makes me an automatic insult machine. Which is basically what happens with Tourettes.

I just walk down the street giggling and being an asshole to everything and everyone for no reason, including myself.

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@hellomiakoda Kinda like when you wake up and it's still dark, and you think it's gotta be like 5:45 and you're still tired and don't want to get up at six...

Then realize it's only 12:30 and you've only been asleep two hours.

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@hellomiakoda Kinda like when you wake up and it's still dark, and you think it's gotta be like 5:45 and you're still tired and don't want to get up at six...

Then realize it's only 12:30 and you've only been asleep two hours.

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@keithedwards I am cautiously optimistic that Kamala wins.

But insane outcomes are always possible. Probably in some weird way nobody even imagined.

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@keithedwards I am cautiously optimistic that Kamala wins.

But insane outcomes are always possible. Probably in some weird way nobody even imagined.

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@dragon_trinket I am very happy now and enjoy things for a change. However this is recent, within the past two years.

I wish I would have figured it out a lot sooner, because I have been this way my whole life and did not know until I was about 27.

I had to go through a whole lot of suffering first.

But I am glad things are better.

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@dragon_trinket I am very happy now and enjoy things for a change. However this is recent, within the past two years.

I wish I would have figured it out a lot sooner, because I have been this way my whole life and did not know until I was about 27.

I had to go through a whole lot of suffering first.

But I am glad things are better.

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@dragon_trinket I did for a while. I have severe Tourette Syndrome and was misdiagnosed for about half a decade and taking antipsychotics.

Which just depressed the hell out of me and made me feel like a zombie, and I did have depersonalization during a lot of that time.

However once the problem was finally figured out, I did pull out of it with therapy and the right medications.

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@dragon_trinket I did for a while. I have severe Tourette Syndrome and was misdiagnosed for about half a decade and taking antipsychotics.

Which just depressed the hell out of me and made me feel like a zombie, and I did have depersonalization during a lot of that time.

However once the problem was finally figured out, I did pull out of it with therapy and the right medications.

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@hoosiers1986 I don't even know what that is supposed to mean.

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@hoosiers1986 I don't even know what that is supposed to mean.

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So I grew up in Seattle, then ended up in Idaho for a few years, then Portland for a while.

I had no idea how nice people were around the Northwest until I ended up stranded in LA after following a crazy girl down here.

I've met more assholes in six months in LA than I did in 30 years up in the NW.

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So I grew up in Seattle, then ended up in Idaho for a few years, then Portland for a while.

I had no idea how nice people were around the Northwest until I ended up stranded in LA after following a crazy girl down here.

I've met more assholes in six months in LA than I did in 30 years up in the NW.