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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Idk. I was in a highschool debate club a bit over a decade ago, and I was very good at the public forum event. Like, regularly in the top 32 for both the NFL and CFL national tournaments good. There were other people at the top of that ladder with me that made very effective use of the “pound the table” strategy, and how well it worked often boiled down to judge variance. People act that way in debates because it absolutely works on some viewers


  • I like hard shell tacos, though I will say it’s often an exercise in creatively holding broken pieces of taco as I eat it. The secret is to spread a tortilla with refried beans (or any other food that can serve as glue; guac, sour cream, melted cheese, etc) then wrap that around the hardshell taco for a best of both worlds experience. It’s also very much a white people taco night thing; I’d never want a hard shell for a good Mexican or texmex style taco, but if you’re talking about ground beef in a Mccormick spice blend with peripherals from the “mexican” aisle of an American supermarket, hard shells are dope.







  • Gustephan@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzStare at it.
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    24 days ago

    If I’m ever staring at math, I’m absolutely not processing visual information while doing so. It’s more that like, I’m staring off into space and thinking and “math on a whiteboard” just happens to be the last thing I was looking at and my face is still pointed that way


  • Be on site military contractor

    Told I’ll be making infinitemoney.jpg

    Actually make slightlymorethangs.jpg but with no pension

    Tfw ptsd from analyzing combat footage

    Tfw actively and daily shunned as “not one of us, just a dirty filthy contractor”

    Tfw you can’t get another engineering job because your entire portfolio is classified

    Tfw when there is no mental health support or support groups available for aforementioned “just a dirty filthy contractor” reasons

    Decide to go back to college instead of killing self

    Check brand new school email

    “Hi, my name is Sgt Fuckface! Here at the national guard we’re looking for promising young graduates like you”





  • I hope you find what you’re looking for bud.

    The closest I’ve ever found to anything like that is just… hanging out in queer spaces. Online or in person. My experience is that they tend to be welcoming, and accepting of our difficulties and more willing to help explain things that don’t make sense. I think there’s also a reasonable amount of overlap between how to cope with being queer in generally bigoted areas and how to cope with being neurodivergent but surrounded by NT people who display varying levels of acceptance.

    I bring that up because like… a lot of what I used to think was difficulty understanding myself was mostly caused by internalized ideas that I was lazy or useless or w/e other nonsense I’ve been called by people with no understanding of or sympathy for situations I find abnormally difficult. I assumed the way I am was wrong and i couldnt understand why i was more comfortable being wrong. Material in queer spaces isn’t coded exactly for the negative ideas that are usually associated with ASD people, but the self affirmation messages are there