That’s an interesting one with the jury. They were deadlocked but still insisted on deliberating for 20 hours. I wonder if it was like the movie 12 Angry Men, but instead of one juror advocating for the innocence of the defendant, they argued for their guilt.

🎶all i want for Christmasssss…is youuuuuuuuu🎶

The ‘do you mind’ question a great example of why many neurodivergent people have such a hard time in social settings, keeping track of all of the contradictory social expectations that don’t make sense is tiring and not everyone is consistent.

Yes! Thank you very much. It’s at least a triple-effect because (1) we get confused about what the response means so we have to focus on solving the riddle, (2) solving the riddle consumes more mental energy so we have less in reserve, and (3) we miss out on everything that occured while we were figuring out the riddle so we have to catch up when we already run slower.

Thanks for the help! I can understand it retrospect, but in the moment, I will be unsure and request confirmation. It’s just how it is 🤷

What does that mean about your preference with the use of “do you mind”-like questions?

You host a server from your own computer at home?

I dont think I’ve ever looked at them

Mannnnn, I would be the same way. That whole seeing people cut open is hard enough. I can’t imagine seeing someone I care about anesthetized, cut open, and then their insides. I rather continue my delusion that their insides look like a mix of their outsides and their personality.

Pedants: He asked if she minded. She responded saying, “Sure thing,” which is an affirmative response, meaning that she did mind. He still attempted to use the bathroom despite her saying she was uncomfortable with that.

I have difficulty with interactions in which people use “do you mind” that I have to be extra clear. Anyone else?

Yeah, they look almost the same. I can’t remember the last time I got an update and noticed it.

And OPEC

What’s up with some people worried that others think they’re gay? If anyone wants to think I’m gay, go for it. Think whatever you want. I don’t get it.

Why does that happen? Is the pipe to the bathroom wider than the kitchen sink?

Yep! When I want to shower, I run the hot water in the sink at the same time. It speeds it up by almost half.

Cool! I’m good with the way it is now since I’m used to it. It’s not a big deal. I know it wasn’t for me specifically, but I appreciate the recommendation.

Would this be one of those

chmod ./*.sh 

commands?

omg, lol! 😂

I will never be this clever.

nice comma splice

Just installed Consent-o-matic and Unpaywalled. Thanks!

I’m so embarrassed by this, but here it goes. One time, me and my gf-at-the-time got free tickets to Epcot to see LeVar Burton speak. My ex and I weren’t doing well at the time, so we were drinking a bit too much. We showed up to Epcot early and pre-gamed at the Mexican pyramid. By the time we showed up to the Burton speech, we were pretty buzzed. My ex had a habit of disrespecting people in a passive-aggressive manner that is hard to define and point out. But this time, she was too drunk to pull it off right. My stupid self would go along with everything she would do because I just assumed she was right about everything since I’m so socially dumb (turns out I’m autistic 🤷‍♂️).

While we’re there, she starts with her remarks complaining about everything: the weather, the audio, where we were sat (even tho we showed up drunk and late!), that we had to go to the talk (we didn’t have to), etc. Since I’m too buzzed to think right and I was submissive to her lead, I’m going along with it instead of helping her calm down like I would do most times. I’m pretty sure Burton could hear us in the quiet breaks between his words. People around us start complaining. I finally come to and realize that we need to go. I convince my ex that we should leave by pointing out how unhappy she was. She’s something like, “Yeah, let’s go. I don’t want to be at this stupid talk anyway.” When we get up to leave, people around us start cheering and clapping. While this is happening on the way out, I’m acting like I don’t exist while my ex is complaining back a la Karen. After that, I had to hear about how unhappy she was for like an hour. So embarrassing!

One day, Burton did an AMA on reddit, so I made a comment apologizing for that in case he remembered. He didn’t respond to my comment tho. If you’re reading this Mr. Burton, I’m really sorry for being so rude! 😞

oopsies! 😬