I got a few coworkers that I’ve become friends with. Most are libertarian-flavored but some lean socialist libertarian. I’m working on one of them but he’s a bit hella ADHD so it’s been a trip. I also did a standard issue wall of text with another trying to help him navigate the negative propaganda around socialism. He’s a real “French Revolution” kind of dude so there is something there, I think. I got another coworker that posts some socialist leaning stuff and even interacts with my socialist posting on Facebook. I pegged him as libertarian but I think he’s a closet socialist. Another coworker is my guitarist for my band project and he’s said a few things that lead me to believe he’s radicalizing.

It’s funny because even though I’ve taken a step down from organizing, It feels like I’m still in the trenches.

Cowbee is goated. I don’t understand how they stay composed instead of losing their shit in the comments half the time. I wish I could have an ounce of their power.

Not me being a enby Linux nerd lol

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I think I’m finally over the hump on my shitty end to 2025. Hoping to focus on the band project hard over the next 6 or so months because I really wanna start playing out by summer.

The Dems are really coming out of the woodwork with my takes on how maybe the US was wrong on trying to depose of Maduro.

I haven’t been active on here lately because of band stuff, work, and arguing with Dems on Facebook. But I just wanted to stop by and say I love you all and I know you are doing your best!

Sweet thanks.

I didn’t know this about autism, but a lot of us are processing basically a firehose of information all at once, where NTs probably only process a garden hose at best. So I am always processing all information available at all times. What ends up happening is that I guess I can seem “slow” because when I, for example, try to solve a word, logic, or math problem in school, I have to reconstruct all the information into a mental 3D image in my head in order to solve said problem. I mean I’m not in school anymore but this is just the example I came up with. But like I can drive fine, but with all the rules for “driving correctly” I didn’t have enough time to build out that mental image so to speak. and had to act on the flight, essentially going into fight, flight, or freeze mode. I’m a “freezer”. This is after me processing all of that from my original comment over the span of 3 days.

This is essentially why I got fired from my last job. I was help desk, as well as a software dev. Can’t do both at once, but on top of that, I was expected to solve IT related issues on the fly with very, very little information. Like if I was physically at the site, I could have done it, but imagine getting pulled away from 3 hours of brain coding, just to have to try and solve a scale network issue that is a turn off and on fix, then expect to pick back up where you left off 15 files deep into a feature you are trying to write, while also trying to play catch up on programming fundamentals due to a very lackluster college education.

But do I tell the guy that? Fuck no. He already thinks there is “something wrong” with me.

So I appreciate you sharing because now I’m prepared for it when it happens to me.

I don’t know if I will ever be prepared for that kind of shit tbh, I just don’t understand why people can’t just be respectable to one another without resorting to ableism or bigotry.

You are doing the lord’s work, comrade

The motherfucker said it twice. The fucked up think is that he also has a physical disability with his left hand and, I think, his back from how he walks and stands. Like bro, we both trying. I just have enough respect to not drop some ableist ass bullshit comments about it.

I got on at the delivery job I had applied for a while back finally. I was doing the driving test and even though I’ve been driving for 25 years, I guess I suck at it and almost failed.

I was doing the driving van inspection but was sort of doing it all in my head and the guy acted like I was staring off into space. Then nerves took over and I proceeded to fuck everything up. At the end, the guy was like “I don’t mean to diagnose you but you go-” and then I cut him off and said I’m autistic. It shut him up but also kind of unprofessional. Not even first day and I’m already getting treated like shit for not being a functioning member of society. Feels great.

Maybe never say the phrase "“I don’t mean to diagnose you but…”, okay? Fuck that guy. I hate normies.

In any case, I start driving on Wednesday. I’m gonna hate it.