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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Buy a left and a right handed scissor, then you can play crabs...

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

This is what it felt like to finally get an ADHD diagnosis in my 30s after raw dogging life on hard mode, and assuming I just sucked at life compared to everyone else

"Is this what things have been like for you this whole time?"

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Me going on Indomethicin after getting my hemicrania diagnosis.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I recently hit my 30's, probably have ADHD, reading this...

...I swear, if I don't kill someone...

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago

I will write it down, just in-case.

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 4 points 15 hours ago

Same for me with anxiety. All those years I avoided doing stuff, if only I realised what I felt wasn't normal.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I got diagnosed with severe complex sleep apnea (central and obstructive). I spent a few weeks with a CPAP but not dialed into the correct pressure but after my first night of sleeping with a CPAP in the lab to get the pressure correct I woke up and went to work.

I was confused because I felt odd, it took me 10-15 minutes standing on a forklift trying to figure out what the fuck was happening. I finally realized that I was experiencing what being awake was for the first time in my life at 32. I reintroduced myself to coworkers I had worked with for a few years because I had been in a haze for most of my life.

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Was also in my 30s when I got diagnosed. Identical experience, I was shocked I've gone this long as a zombie.

[–] DrivebyHaiku@lemmy.ca 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Gods this was basically what trying gender neutral pronouns was like. Figured I would give them a try, how much difference can they make?

Wow, why does every friendship suddenly feel closer and more real? Huh, I actually can spend time with people and not feel drained? Why is my long-term skin and inflammation problems suddenly and inexplicably clear up?

Oh wait... These health problems can be caused by stress! What else can be caused by stress (reads list)

Oh shit. Yeah that also stopped being a problem... And this one... Wait, I don't have joint problems as much either....

oh shiiiiiiiit

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

wait, we don't want to tell people to refer to us by plural pronouns, we're weird enough.

[–] DrivebyHaiku@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

wait, we don't want to tell people to refer to us by plural pronouns, we're weird enough.

Get that you're just being silly and irreverent and all and I see you... But not exactly great to imply that plural pronouns are a problem that makes you implicitly odd to other people? Just... Sayin.

But not exactly great to imply that plural pronouns are a problem that makes you implicitly odd to other people? Just… Sayin.

why shouldn't we imply that we would get the exact response that we get for hinting at our identity were we to legitimately assume it instead of dance around it and let people assume we're joking?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

You can always get weirder. The universe needs it.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

I am almost 70 and my GP says I have undiagnosed ADHD and autism. Now I cannot afford to pay for the actual testing to prove it and document it. Ironic, back when it would have been free or cheap I was the “weird kid” and later “uncle nutsy” and there were no diagnoses.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 75 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Things that also give you this sort of motivation:

  • Labelling machines;
  • New drill;
  • Air fryers;
  • Pressure washers;;
  • Chainsaws
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

heated bidet. i ain't freezin' my pucker in the middle of the night in the winter

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I have an old Husqvarna 345 and I'm very happy with it. I believe the 300 series is like a semi-professional lineup. More than good enough for home use. Decent gift for someone who thinks they could use a chainsaw, but isn't a professional lumberjack that knows exactly what type of saw they need.

Of course the 345 is no longer being sold, but basically get 'em something in the 40-50 cm^3^ range roughly, to get started. Husqvarna and Stihl both make great saws.

Yes, I love chainsaws.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I labeled everything when I first got my label maker.

I still love any opportunity to use it.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Have you even used a label maker if you haven't printed a label for the label maker?

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[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't need a label marker... but it would be so fun to have.

[–] Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

They're pretty cheap too, just don't get a Dymo, with their proprietary locked down DRM ass label tape.

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[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago

things my bidoof has said since i gave him hm01 for christmas

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 45 points 1 day ago (10 children)

I didn’t realize scissors were ‘handed’. My right-handed privilege is showing.

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes, and when write with a pen or pencil on paper it’s easier to smear your work as the writing hand is trailing, not leading.

Coffee mugs with logos have in mind which hand you hold them with.

Insulated bottles with handles and sip lids assume righthandedness.

One improvement has been smart watches since the screen can flip over if you switch wrists.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Coffee mugs that don't have the logo opposite of the handle are just stupid.

[–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago

Yes, and when write with a pen or pencil on paper it’s easier to smear your work as the writing hand is trailing, not leading.

Right-handed people writing right-to-left languages (there are a lot of them) can sympathize, I guess

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

When I got my smart watch the first thing I wanted to do was add a watch face like the old Goofy lefty watches that went anti-clockwise. Thus far I have not found one.

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[–] deacon@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m a lefty who made it almost half a century on this earth without realizing I could just go out and buy left handed scissors, so don’t feel too bad.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

i have a few pair of "good" scissors. the duck scissors. the curved creepy looking scissors. those ones are mine. the righties can use the other ones. those two pair are mine, since i can actually cut with them.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 14 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I don’t want to try and take away your privilege but You can buy scissors that are "hand neutral."

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Hand neutral " scissors are still right handed scissors that do not have molded finger holes for righties. They still are built backwards for a lefty. All in all they work in a pinch, but generally are garbage.

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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For me it was the opposite. Elementary school had old and dull left hand scissors. I never understood how the manufacturers could screw them up so badly, lol.

[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Huh, on the rare occasion that left handed scissors were actually available, they were always way better because they didn't get used

Depends on if the last kid went mad with cutting power

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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

We've come a long way from the days of teachers hitting left-handed kids with rulers when they tried to write with the dominant hand.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

my wife and i are in our 40s. she went to a school where they did that. i did not. she would be left handed. i am left handed. funny that.

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[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cutting is just something I learned to do right handed for that exact reason.

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[–] jared@mander.xyz 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've never experienced true cutting, maybe one day.

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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You can just get non-ergonomic scissors. Then nobody’s happy!

[–] paks@feddit.uk 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That might help for the grip, but the blades would still be right handed

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