Using my phone helps me sleep.

I play a simple grid-based game (crosswords, sudoku) for about 15 minutes and before I realize it I’m out cold.

Every bit of “sleep hygiene” that gets condescended at me only makes my insomnia worse, save for the generalized concept of a routine.

More time in my room helps too, as opposed to less - unfamiliarity and performance anxiety creep up on me.

Healthcare. I’d get so much done and settled to be honest

Disclaimer: this is not a diagnosis or suggestion of one.

These feelings about topics are pretty common in the neurodivergent/autistic community and are called “special interests” in our sphere. So “Cats/animals special interest” might be a helpful search query?

Pretty happy with where I was originally born to be honest. I just wish the country it’s in hadn’t gone to fascist oligarch shit.

Tumescent

Saving Mr. Banks.

Racist Alert: While live-streaming at the Hetero Awesome Fest and discussing the benefits of living in Boise, Idaho, David J. Reilly, host of the self-described American Nationalist podcast The Backlash, bragged that, “There aren’t any black people here.”

Yeah this is pretty explicitly hate based. Rational people know and acknowledge that everyone is welcome at Pride so long as you don’t act like a raging prick.

Probably barbecue ribs or pulled pork and cheerwine though I don’t like any of those.

Chicken and waffles though go hard. Add a cookout shake and I’m happy.

Sprout Valley and Chicory: A Colorful Tale are two indie games I adore a bunch but don’t get much mainstream love.

Cattails series mentioned! I’ve replayed those two multiple times they’re so cute and the gameplay loop is so soothing and fun.

Cat Quest series (which is more dungeon-crawler, not cat sim) is also adorable and accessible but doesn’t seem to be mentioned too often.

Pajama Sam: You are What you Eat From Your Head to Your Feet was a favorite of mine as a child:

Also had to look it up but Elmo’s Preschool was a big feature of my under-5 PC gaming:

2nd grade or so was a lot of Disney Princess: Magical Dressup with some cute mini games and a LOT of uncanny valley jank lol:

And alongside that was the PC version of Battle for Bikini Bottom, with mini games instead of the platformer the console had, but I’m struggling to find any decent gameplay screen grabs.

Of course that’s all just PC gaming.

Anybody remember the Cartoon Network island flash games? It was like a resort and I could have sworn there were multiple installments.

A good multitool or Swiss Army Knife.

Mine was gifted to me a few years ago but it’s come in handy more times than I can count. Use it at least three times a week.

As I found out recently, drawing.

I took some classes in high school and only recently got back into it, and I’d consider myself…averageish? I know where I need improvements and I see the quirks and wonks, so to speak.

The people in my adult life who have seen my sketchbook make (positive) comments, which surprised me. Still, it’s nice.

We probably have different understandings of the word “libertarian,” from what I’m reading.

I’m referring to the people who would also label themselves “anarcho-capitalists,” as the literal definition of libertarianism isn’t typically associated with the term. I put it in quotes since capitalism by design leads to and encourages hierarchy (private ownership etc etc). No, commerce/trade is not the same and is as about as old as written history itself.

I’m also autistic and have been ostracized for “wrong” behavior. When I say “pro social” I mean mutual aid, genuine compassion and actually treating other humans with respect for their immutable traits (beliefs like bigotry don’t count). I do not mean masking or “fitting in.” Unfortunately we do get unfairly judged and that’s bad. But - we also are generally capable of finding and forming our own groups.

Sovereign utopia building as a whole has its own set of issues, but that’s not what was specifically being addressed. Socialist policies in general improve the wellbeing of the respective societies they’re applied to, though.

When everyone is out for themselves, the very basics of civilization collapse.

Empathy and pro social behavior are key to our survival and evolution as a species. Oligarchs and unbridled greed are a violation and exploitation of the social contract and bottleneck progress and healthy societal functioning.

The Bioshock games weren’t just spun up out of nowhere.

I just slide ‘em up on top of my head if it’s like, more than 2 minutes but less than an hour, especially in the summer.

This makes me want to get rid of my iPhone even more

Windows as a usable OS.

There’s a special place in hell for CSS flexboxes

The open floor plan was the beginning of our demise.

Almighty Profit Motive™ forbid we proles find any semblance of joy in our lives and - gasp - interact with the physical world around us in any meaningful and engaged way!

No, we must be deprived of all dopamine outside of our designated corporate brainrot centers.