if you’re in academia you should be able to produce a five paragraph essay.

So, K-12 is “academia” now?

Being able to produce a narrative is an essential life skill.

Lots of essential life skills are difficult for lots of people. Something we get reminded about every time it comes up by people who have no clue what they’re talking about yet see fit to tell others what they should and shouldn’t do, and how to feel about it.

The world isn’t going to cater to you

No fucking shit.

your self diagnosed executive dysfunction

I’m sorry Dr. Jackson, I’ll have to let my old neurologist, psychologist, neuropsychologist, and psychiatrist know that The Internet told me that the assessments I had done at ages 23 and 44 are all in my head.

learning to adapt is probably a useful habit.

You’re right! I’m just going to do that instead of being in constant psychological agony. Where were you all of my life? ❤️ If only I had someone talking down to me saying Just Do The Thing over and over again, from childhood onwards, life would have been so much easier.

🤡

…so you just gonna leave everyone in suspense? The internet loves armchair psychology!

Hi,

I would have failed every single one of your tests. Not because I don’t understand the material, or the English language, but because structured writing, to this day, makes me seize up. Blank space is one of my biggest triggers for executive dysfunction/PDA. Turning everything into a cookie-cutter essay is just a different form of trying to fit everyone into the same box. More selective than making everything multiple guess, but no better. I feel bad for your students.

Signed,

Former “gifted” kid (with then-undiagnosed AuDHD) who got sick of bad teachers 30+ years ago

Butt rock.

Look at you with your fancy PowerPC model. We had to make do with a 68040 and we liked it!

goes outside to yell at the clouds to get off of his lawn

The perfect one-panel comic doesn’t exi—

I’m getting a headache just thinking about it.

I have fond memories of Hexen. But most of those are overridden by it being the unfortunate game where I finally realized that first person games make me motion sick.

“Oof, I don’t feel so hot. Let me keep playing to keep my mind off of it. Maybe a bite to eat. Back to the game, I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m…” running to the bathroom and honking up everything I just ate and then some until I’m dry-heaving. I didn’t eat hot dogs for a good five years after that.

Which conveniently comes from trusted brands like Pepsi and Coca-Cola!

…no, wait…

It’s not uncommon to be below 0C for days at time during the winter here, with dips to -10ish overnight. Summer regularly tops 32C. It’s 17 right now and absolutely glorious.

12C is fairly mild. 12F… yeah, you’re gonna need some layers.

Because it’s not like these measures have been 100% accurate in the past.

This is the part that really frustrates me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fan of the wording here. Account ban? Sure, against TOS, etc. But affecting the device is a whole other story. Especially when prior account bans have come under dubious circumstances.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on glue.

Nothing but.