I have a Ulefone, which is too small of a brand for there to be much specific guidance on how to counter some of the unwelcome power management stuff

This really made me smile, because it made me think of some of my most cherished friendships.

For much of my life, I felt it necessary to dampen my authentic self, because I felt like I would inevitably be “too much” for people. Nowadays, I privileged to know people who match my energy and then some

That reminds me of the kind of thing I do when I get off topic and forget what I was saying. I’ll say “what were we talking about before this?”, and given that my conversation partner has a decent chance of also being ADHD, we often end up remembering the thing that was a few topics back, and then tracing forward from there.

It helps to retrace your steps in the conversation, I’ve found. It can also be helpful for helping me to remember the broader shape of my argument, if these topics being strung together is actually getting at a larger point

I sometimes forget that I’m painting and get paint on my face.

I also do a lot of staring into the distance, though it’s usually a more frowny kind of focus than dreamy.

I also have ADHD. Both of these are my ADHD

Eh, that’s a lot of work. It’s no wonder why there’s such a large “Malware as a Service” industry nowadays

I directly know multiple people who had to get what were effectively late term abortions due to pregnancy complications that would’ve put their lives at risk otherwise. We don’t live in the US, so they were fortunate to be able to get the medical care they needed, but it underscores the scariness of the situation in the US; these risks mean that becoming pregnant in the wrong place could literally be a life or death matter. If treatment is received, even people who experience severe complications may be able to have a successful pregnancy in future. Not having access to these things risks breaking the biological clock anyway, so waiting is not unreasonable.

I’m a big fan of fishnet stockings — ones that require a suspender belt, not hold-ups (Ideally a good suspender belt has 6 (ideally metal clips). The reason for this is that if you put your underwear on over the suspender belt, it makes it way more easier to go to the toilet because you don’t have to disrupt your stockings at all (and pulling tights up and down always contributes to ladders and tears, in my experience, especially with fishnets).

Another perk is that it makes it easier to cycle through damaged fishnets. You can get away with some holes in fishnet tights^[1] or stockings (and depending on how punk one’s aesthetic is, some damage may improve the vibe ), but eventually they’ll get too torn up and need to be disposed of. With stockings, if one of them gets damaged, I can just throw that one away. If I start with a few pairs of the same stockings, they seem to last longer than the equivalent number of pairs of tights.

[1]: Though actually, if you think about it, damaging fishnet tights actually causes there to be fewer holes. Philosoraptor.jpeg

See, this is why I love being here — random, delightful stuff like this makes me feel more connected to strangers who I will never meet, which genuinely helps to fuel my overall sense of purpose in fighting for a better world (and in many cases, in just fighting to continue existing throughout grimness). Thanks for the recommendation

Another person who comes to mind in this vein is the wonderful person who posts lots of cool owl content on the superbowl community (their username starts with anon, I think. Someone who knows how to tag users on Lemmy, feel free to tag them if you know who I mean)

Gay darkroom vibes

Edit: deleted because I replied to the wrong person

Whilst I understand the sentiment, I gotta respect someone who is unashamedly embracing their id and chasing that dopamine rush

Something I love about this piece is that it being written by a person who cares deeply about stuff means that I now have a positive opinion towards the two places linked as being good places for recipes ([https://www.theguardian.com/profile/meera-sodha](http://www.meera.com/ Sodha) and Smitten Kitchen). I’m going to promptly forget about them, because I’m not the kind of cook who uses recipes, but still, it’s striking to me how transferable caring about stuff is. I don’t know the author of this blog, but based on this post (and the zippity-fast speed that their website loads), I’m positively inclined towards them, because I am a silly human, and that means I am a deeply social creature.