KillingTimeItself

wdym, they're words?

If you're curious when i consciously think about words, my mouth will move a little as if i'm sort of trying to say words, but otherwise generally i just type words as i need them. I cannot formulate an entire sentence without writing it down first. I often go back and completely rearrange and rewrite things because of this.

If you think this is weird, imagine how we read. Should be impossible by that definition.

it's weird if you're an aphant, because you adapt by just speaking outloud, and internally understanding things, the only real situation where it becomes problematic is when someone tries explaining it to you, because you're on the other side of a cliff, basically.

fun fact about dermatology, vitiligo (the one skin disorder where patches lose pigmentation completely) is also stress response induced, because it's an auto immune related disorder.

I also shake my towel before using it (IYKYK). I’m trying to break myself on this one.

i started doing this one after an insect crawled into my towel during a shower and spooked me, unlikely, probably wont happen many times going forward, but it's ingrained now.

I have holes in my fingertips that turn into ulcers and then get better, but it cycles. I’ve been to the doctor multiple times, they are stumped.

this ones weird, but you don't have any sort of weird behaviors that would maybe cause this? Skin usually doesn't just break down like that, and when it does, it's usually not just related to a specific point on the body, you would experience in a few places. But weirder shit HAS happened before, so who knows.

Outside of lemmy, I have no social media. I don’t want anyone to ever be able to look me up. Apparently people don’t do that.

i'm similar, for me it's less about recognition, more so about privacy. I'm fairly schizo, so i'm pre-disposed to a lot of weird behaviors regarding that. Just a weird quirk of my neurology i guess.

Using different cutlery based off of meal size/how long you want to savor something (ex: You like ice cream, so you may eat it with a smaller spoon so it lasts longer.).

i dont think this is that weird? They make cutlery in various sizes, there has to be a reason.

It takes some effort to wrap your head around the notion that not only can most people not do this, but statistically speaking most or at least a plurality of people have to struggle or exert conscious effort to read and many of them are loathe to do so. And roughly one in five people simply can’t. This did not sink in for me when I was younger.

what do you mean people look at words and don't process them automatically? Is there like, research on this i can read or something? I don't think i believe you.

I though people were just stupid, and chose not to.

it's a bowl, it's like trying to pick up a gold bar, how are you meant to get ANY leverage on it without using a knife or something?

they're all equally responsible, fuck it, equitable execution.

good, fuck every other kind of execution.

Obviously capital punishment isn't ideal. But this one actually works so lmao.

hi, liberal here, we've been wondering this same thing since day one.

Curious why nobody is questioning it in the media.

We have no leftwing party in the United States

probably because the left is so dysfunctional they cant form a cohesive group that people want to vote for.

I no longer have the slightest hope of ever “winning” a prosocial government here. We’re too oligarch captured.

perhaps join the liberal fight, and fight against things like oligarchy, which liberals are not for, because it's obviously bad for institutions. The better the institution is at helping the people, the better the people are.

I talk and comment to maintain my sanity in an insane capitalist hellscape I lack the power to change.

Liberalism is basically the only option you have here, realistically. Anything you can do to change the political tide and get people to care about the importance of good governance, is a good thing.

You could plot a coup and overthrow the government, but we're not delusional, and that's obviously not happening anytime soon so, might as well explore other routes.

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