SubArcticTundra

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

VGA is the Boomers and HDMI is the Millenials. Gen-Z is using USB-C.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand how they can be a democracy yet not have any laws.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

That's such a nice library! Great to still see money going into building modern public spaces like this one.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

The words are very modular and systematic, but you seemingly pay a price for it.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago

There are some platforms like World Packers where you receive free food and a bed for helping out in places. But I guess that still doesn't cover travel, insurance, debt, and any other long term payments you might have to make

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago

Animal welfare was actually a field they were quite progressive on, iirc.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, he's out there, living life now.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They just want independence iirc

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Michael Reeves' favourite

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah. I have several quotes on my desktop which I've written to try to counteract my perfectionism, and one of them is

  • Live tomorrow's plan, today.

And another one is

  • Sign up now, cancel later.
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago

Welp, as long as they haven't kept coming undone for those 50 years I guess it can't have been that wrong...

 

21M, my life right now is such a mess.

My childhood feels deficient in some things, I really want to move out, my life is spread over multiple countries and I can't decide how to fit each into my future, I'm struggling & demotivated at university, and I've had no success dating and just can't figure out why.

I have a long term plan to get myself out of this but I'm afraid that the plan may prioritize the wrong things or be naively ambitious or specific. I'm AuDHD and seeing as it was my thinking that got me into this mess, my plan to fix it is probably riddled with the same mistakes. Which would mean I'd stay stuck where I am.

What would really help me is to consult my plan with a wise person who has watched many people's life trajectories and who would be able to advise me on what parts of my plan are naive or likely to fail. Since I am AuDHD, I also need someone who will alert me to the sorts of narrow-minded ways of thinking that got me to where I am, because I am obviously blind to these. Or maybe the problem is that I think too much altogether. I can ask for individual pieces of advice on Lemmy but I'm looking for someone who would look at my life in a more holistic way.

What sort of person would be able to help me? I have tried coaching but coaches seem to focus more on CBT and have lacked the wisdom that I am looking for here.

 

My best bet has been to meet people at workshops:

  • Class of 30 new people each time
  • Assertive, inquisitive people (my kind of person) spontaneously filter themselves out because they're the ones asking questions
  • Opportunity to approach them at break times, can work in small groups
  • Laid back

School canteen. You are forced to spend an amount of time sitting next to a bunch of random strangers, some will be friendship groups. You can tell if they are cool just by listening in on their conversation, and it removes any barrier that approaching them would usually be as you are already sitting next to them. Best come when the canteen is full because then there won't be any empty tables that you'd need an excuse for not sitting at.

I think when you frequent these two activities you are almost guaranteed to bump into your kind of person eventually. Can anyone think of any other good scenarios?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/politics@beehaw.org
 

Between 0:47 - 0:56

https://youtu.be/vhwljByMFas?t=46

He goes from the reporter forcing him a loaded question to the reporter giving him free air time.
I feel there is a change in the power dynamic but I cannot work out what exactly plays off here.
But I think what he does is usually used as a haggling tactic. I wonder where he learnt how to do this.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/adhd@lemmy.world
 

I've long had problems with random, unfounded bouts of anxiety. I've been taking Strattera and it has partially helped with this: when it works (which is 80% of the time), I can feel it keeping me in a mellow headspace at moments when I would have previously had racing thoughts and mental tunnel vision. Specifically, the source of the anxiety is still there, because I can feel it spark into action and put adrenaline into my blood, but the Strattera seems to be blocking it from affecting my mind in any way. While this is a significant improvement, it's still not perfect because the adrenaline in my blood still tires my body out quite quickly.

Recently I went a whole day on 2 hours of sleep, and I realized the sleep deprivation stopped my anxiety more optimally than the Strattera. My brain was too sleep deprived for the unfounded anxiety/fight or flight to even be initiated, which meant there was no adrenaline to block from affecting my mind in the first place. What's more, my mind was just generally more chilled out and slowed down (no hyperactivity or hyperfocus or anything), kinda a bit like if I was stoned, and I felt far less inhibition to spontaneously blurt out thoughts that appeared in my head without thinking about them, which I actually quite enjoyed because it meant I was being my peak authentic self.

Whilst the Strattera helped stop the immediate effects of my anxiety, the sleep deprivation got me into the actual overall target state that I want to be in. Now I obviously can't go about being sleep deprived every day from now on. Does somebody understand the chemistry of what Strattera does vs. what the sleep deprivation does? Is there any medication that could create the same desirable effects as the sleep deprivation?

 
 

Hey guys,
I've been taking Atomoxetine for 5 months and I'm thinking of trying a different med because it isn't stopping the ADHD for me.
I've been thinking it would probably be best to come off Strattera before I try the new med, firstly so I can be sure that whatever happens is caused purely by the new med, and secondly so that I can see what changes the Strattera actually caused.

How long did it take you guys to come off it (how quickly did you lower the dose)? If I wanted to start taking it again, would I have to wait another 6 weeks for it to work, like I did the first time?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

Hello everyone,
For reasons I won't get into here, I'm looking for a minimum wage job where I would still have enough downtime to self-study an online course I'm doing. I've been thinking something like this might be possible in a receptionist style scenario. Has anyone done this before? What sorts of jobs are good for this? I'm gessing it's probably jobs where they are looking for a person to pay just to have someone on-site and on-call...

 

They keep their flavor when I fry them, but I'd like to cut down on fried things.

 
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/adhd@lemmy.world
 

Hey guys, I'm looking for a sport to do because I'm super skinny and I'd like to gain at least a bit of muscle. I've done cycling and bouldering in the past, but neither made me any less skinny.
The problem with sports is it's very hard to do any sort of exercise with ADHD because beyond giving you no stimulation, it gives you negative stimulation, like when doing the plank. What's more, it usually requires a ton of logistic prep/going somewhere, which itself is boring and becomes a barrier.
One thing I can see motivating me is doing it with other people (I enjoy chilling with people and having banter), but for that I might as well go to a pub/society where there's no pesky ball I have to kick around. Team sports like football never really appealed to me for some reason anyway.
Has anyone had success making sports fun?

 

I was just thinking about the way the British constituiton works. I know that it is in the hands of the PM to decide when Parliament is to be dissolved and a GE is to be called. But if a majority in Parliament wanted a snap election yet the PM was refusing to call one, then couldn't they just pass a bill declaring an early election, which would bypass the PM due to the principle of parliamentary supremacy?

 
  • It reminds me a bit of techno
  • The melody is played on an e-cowbell
  • The videos have this meme dog:
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