Das ist ziemlich… shreklich.

That’s a very good point and I should have considered it. Appreciated.

My understanding is that this is because it’s a dopamine problem. Some (many?) ADHD folks are wired such that they only function when their brains’ reward centers are getting pinged. That’s why they struggle with chores or bills or other ‘adult’ tasks that require focus but no feeling of reward or satisfaction until much later. According to my partner it’s a source of a tremendous amount of guilt and self-esteem problems.

No dispute from me there. The system is immensely fucked and it might take a long, long time to fix. But the reality here and now is that getting pretty much any kind of service requires paperwork and callbacks and all the other BS.

Yeah, my partner has it too and says the exact same thing. Sorry bud :( Keep telling people, more folks need to know that’s how it is.

I don’t mean to sound insensitive, as I totally support UBI and universal healthcare and removing corporate profit motives from anything related to individual, collective, or environmental well-being.

But this ADHD persecution complex can sometimes get out of hand. Could Katie really not ask a family member or close friend for help with this?

Again, not trying to downplay the bureaucratic nonsense or unfairness here. I’m just saying this paints the task as impossible when maybe it’s not.

EDIT: Thanks everyone for your replies. My partner struggles with ADHD and navigating medical bureaucracy, so I understand somewhat but I’m always learning.

Unix Socks make intuitive sense to me for some reason, but maid outfits not so much. Different fantasies then I guess?

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Are they still closeted if they’re dressing up for regular meetups like this? 🤔

Huh, never struck me as particularly slutty but ok.

The standardized/low(ish) effort part does kinda track with the other half of the meme though. I hadn’t thought of it that way.

Hm, 'tis truly classic.

Why would I fight you? I don’t really have an opinion here; it was a genuine question about something I found odd and I appreciate the answer.

Why is it always maid outfits? I don’t mean to be clueless, I just know women’s fashion rather vast and this seems oddly narrow.

A lot of diehards like Unicomp for the typing feel, and I was very tempted since I used an IBM Model M for ages. But honestly they’re pretty ugly.

Now I run an older fullsize GMMK with Kailh switches (bronze) and it’s great. There are a zillion similar customizable KBs these days though.

That should be easy to replace.

And if not, maybe take the money you saved on a Windows licence and treat yourself to a better keyboard. It’s worth spending a bit on your primary input device, the thing you use the most.

My buddy (now married to a woman) has this on his basement wall for ages. It was the hangout spot for all our friends. So, it’s oddly nostalgic. Although it’s probably only been 2-3 years since he had people over there.

In fairness he had a bunch of great classic heavy metal posters and albums, including a poster of Iron Maiden with Bruce in his undies.

Ist es eigentlich so eklig?

Was bedeutet „Zangendeutscher"?

You too! And sorry, I just realized I actually posted the video in response to someone else. So big apologies if I came across as argumentative over something you might not have seen. My mistake 🫤

I didn’t consider it a debate in the first place, but yes, I’m aware of how the words have changed in their application. That seemed to be a central theme of the entire post 🤷

You didn’t watch the video 🤦 Wikipedia is not a superior source to an actual expert. And species are not categorized based on etymology (which wouldn’t work here anyway as some “penguins” have all-black heads).

The video is from a PhD Biologist & Zoologist who has made a ton of content on the joys and challenges of phylogeny, and he clearly has a love for these creatures. It’s worth a watch if you enjoy this stuff.

Yes, Great Auks were the original “penguins” and they lived in the northern hemisphere. He makes the point that those are more closely related to hummingbirds than they are to what we now call penguins. And the modern “false penguins” (to be a bit cheeky), which live almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, are more closely related to flamingos and other colorful flighted birds than they are to any auks.

So in terms of avian ancestry they are not even very closely related. So yeah, (original) penguins are extinct. Long live (new) penguins!