I was thinking the same for a similar use case at my job that would nearly cut the number of phones we own in half, but we don’t need the stupid toaster to remove and replace the battery. I’m a goddamn cripple and can do that myself.

I literally just posted about this earlier today. I used to frequent the Something Awful forums. I know, I know, but I was young and at least it wasn’t 4chan.

About 14 years back, I was having big issues with my partner and wasn’t sure what to do, so I asked the forums for relationship advice. I actually got a fair amount of well meaning advice, but also a harasser. They initially just ripped into me in response to my request, but SA was full of trolls so I ignored them. Then they responded to another new comment I made awhile later, but the forums weren’t huge. Just a coincidence, right? I continued to ignore them.

We went camping and got back a few days later. I checked my SA account and found this person had gone through my post history mocking and bullying me and had collected info to try to dox me. I was pretty carefree with what information I disclosed back then and they had a lot. They knew or at least accurately inferred: the name of the small town I lived in, the areas of town we had lived in, the year/make/model of the unusual car my now-ex drove, which university I attended and my major, where I worked and more. This all freaked me out so I reported them.

The mods’ response to my reporting a user for harassing and doxxing me was, and I quote, “LOL faggot”. Such fond memories. I quit using SA immediately and worried for weeks that something awful would happen. Pun intended. Luckily nothing did. I have scarcely thought about SA since until someone brought it up here a few hours back.

I started by reading “How to Gain Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. It’s a bit dated but was required for a college course. It helped me realize there were certain actions/routines that would give me consistently okay results with most NTs. Not great, just okay, but okay was a huge improvement.

That helped alleviate the often crippling anxiety I felt in many social situations with new people. Free to actually think when around NTs who weren’t charmed by my ND data dumps, perplexing eye contact, and random obsessions, I was able to actively observe social interactions between myself and others. From there, it was a matter of trying different things and learning to lick my wounds when I blew it. My standard apology for doing something that made someone uncomfortable was along the lines of "I’m so sorry, that came across wrong. What I was trying to convey is (X). I’m not the best communicator sometimes, but I’m working on it. Can we start over? " with direct eye contact and a strong, chagrined, “practiced in the mirror” smile.

That’s the jist of it. Getting over the basic skills and confidence hump is the hardest. Once you have those, it’s really no different that practicing a sport or playing a game. It’s learning to act but for the purpose of being genuine with those who might not understand your natural inclinations.

I’m direct and highly value honesty, but I’ve learned that’s no excuse for lacking tact. Being a minimal degree of kind and polite to neurotypical people isn’t particularly difficult, it’s just learning to interface with someone whose emotional drivers you may not completely share. It’s easier than learning to interface with a nonverbal species like a cat or a parrot.

I know you know what I mean, so I’m similarly going to also pretend I don’t know that and simply state: oof.

My wife and I ran the numbers and, in our area, Uber Eats was pulling in about 1/4 to 1/3 the cost of the meal between charges to the restaurant and the customer. We were discussing opening a non-profit delivery service in our area. Turns out it’s pretty hard to do.

Bad jokes like these make me feel right at 127.0.0.1

Aww, thanks! I had just woken up and my brain wasn’t functioning. Apparently it was stuck on “everyone is an asshole (including me) mode”. I sometimes have to take a deep breath and remind myself that I’m not on Reddit anymore.

Thanks for being so nice about it. People like you are why I’m here.

I’m very sorry. I interpreted your comment entirely incorrectly and my response was snappish and rude. I ought to have given you the benefit of the doubt, but instead lashed out. Many apologies, I’ll do better!

I’m sorry that you have so little faith in the 10 year olds you know.

Does your comment have a constructive point or are you simply the sort that looks for technicalities to correct so they might feel smugly satisfied about themselves?

They stole referrals. I’ll explain like you’re 10, it’s a bit much for a 5 year old.

Let’s say you watch a video with a link to a product in the description. Normally, when you click that link, a referral code is embedded so the person who made the video gets a referral fee when you make a purchase.

Honey would remove those referral codes and replace it with their own.

Signet rings are sharp for any gender and can really make a statement. They’re traditionally worn on the little finger, but I’ve always liked them on the fourth or middle finger, bold as brass.

If red works well with your style, check out carnelian signet rings. They are made with a bunch of cool designs.

That was beautiful.

I have ADHD and CPTSD, which among other things means I acquired autistic traits through a secret cheat code.

Yes, 100%. I have a three drawer nightstand. The drawers are meticulously organized while there’s a pile of crap “pending organization” on the top. It has only grown over the course of months. Eventually I’ll buckle down and do it but, until that fateful day, I’ll have the most organized drawers in the North American continent.

Stop, my penis can only get so erect.

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