Ask Lemmy

I get hit and screamed at a lot…just as a part of my job, and it doesn’t seem to phase me other than the mild inconveniences of injury. I’m sure my brain is a bit wonky. I do take summers off, and I get so bored.

Using any sort of digital device. I've really never had a problem figuring out how they work and what needs to be done to fix them.

Situational awareness.

Spotting fake BS on the internet. It just seems so obvious to me when someone is making up a story for clout, or to plug a GoFundMe scam, or to push an obvious narrative of hate toward a group of people. And then I go into the comments and want to fucking scream.

And then, when you point out that something is fake, half the time people get all defensive about it. "Who cares? It's still a good story" or "Well, it might be fake THIS time, but I can imagine people actually doing this, so I'm going to internalize this as more proof for my biases."

I don't get it, how is it so hard for people to spot? Like, yea, there's the occasional one that's done so well that it's easy to fall for, but 99% of these kinds of posts and videos are so blatantly fake that I worry about the level of critical thinking skills the average person has. I thought the explosion of AI shit would make people be a bit more skeptical with the things they read and watch, but it feels like it's going the other direction.

A lot of math things. It hasn't been nearly as lucrative as people assume.

Reading an article before offering an option.

Building stuff out of a pile of scrap.

Assembling flat pack furniture, bbqs, bicycles, snow blowers, cement mixers. Pretty easy to do but customers will pay a fee to the store to have the assembly done.

Abstract thinking. Forget the details, I want the most broad ideas.

Hence I liked trying to understand Hegel or why I liked cubist and other surreal and experimental artworks.

I'm not a picky eater. Too many Indians are averse to food from other places.

Time management seems to be something so many people I know struggle with, but I rarely ever have. I'm early for a lot of things, but never too early to where I'm waiting a long time to get to what I want. Only times I've been late is if it's something out of my control and even then I usually try to add enough of a buffer that it doesn't negatively impact me too much.

Math is the big one, and logic by extension. Everyone around me seems to have difficulty breaking problems or logical arguments down into relevant incremental steps. They either get distracted by irrelevant things, or can't figure out how the output of one step provides the input for the next.

Having calm discussions without screaming. Even if its a passionate discussions for example about Cheese. (Yes this gets very heated with me and my friends haha love them so much)

Openes to new facts even if it challanges your world view.

Empathie

I'm a voracious reader. Took me decades to realize that otherwise intelligent people sometimes can't follow a novel. Also, I can see it in my head, like watching a movie.

Good friend was over yesterday trying to read a username on my screen (which is a huge TV). The name was $SomethingDuo. He couldn't pronounce duo. The man is illiterate and I never had a clue! Maybe he's dyslexic? I would think the Marine Corp would have caught that. Maybe he ate too many crayons?

Never did well in chemistry, but give me a spelling I've never seen and I can nail it after a moment's thought. Reading the Belter's mish-mash of languages in The Expanse made sense, even in languages I don't know. I'm also great at learning languages, spoken or written.

One more thing, I have a strong sense for the weather and seasons. My wife and kids are clueless, can't even dress themselves appropriately. That's probably learned behavior though. I'm a wuss for being uncomfortable outside and I'm outside far more than most people.

One more. I'm not afraid of wild animals, even the big ones like black bears, alligators and panthers. They're not going to mess with you and you'll be lucky to catch a glimpse. Thought that was normal, but even Florida natives are often afraid of gators.