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I’d spend time with loved ones and look forward to not having to deal with gestures vaguely at the world this bullshit ever again.

Gonna need somewhat of a custom pizza shape for this to work without arousing suspicion. Put the pizza between the toilet rim and the seat. If it sags a bit that’s fine, the seat should hold it in place. Print out a picture of the inside of the toilet bowl and place it on top of the pizza. Close the lid.

After a few days, invite the crew over for beers. Rig the bathroom light so that it’s very dim. “Sorry, been having issues with it, not sure what the problem is.” Eventually someone is going to notice the ruse. When they do, “Oh shit, my pizza! I was wondering where that went.” Bring it back into the kitchen and offer everyone a slice. They will refuse. “More for me then!” Eat the whole thing.

Instant legend.

Without the attributions cropped out.

I still experienced it after I knew what it was, but not nearly as often. The last time I remember it happening, I dreamed I was at work. Laid down in a hallway to nap. Woke up from the dream nap with one of the execs standing next to me, looking down his nose. Couldn’t move. “Hell of a time for sleep paralysis,” dream-me thought.

Then real me woke up with sleep paralysis. At work, with my head down on a conference table at 3am.

I do not miss those sensations.

Fuck me, get out more.

Which would you prefer? As an X slacker, I only have enough spare “meh” to handle one or the other.

Wait… you’re a millennial? Doesn’t that mean you’re basically a kid? Does this count as grooming? Help, I need an adult!

realizes half the adults in his family are dead

Typical boomers.

…for now, anyway.

Sometimes more than once.

Note that I am not disagreeing. Just pointing out that not being able to trust anything anymore is on-brand.

Thanks, the best to you as well.

Intellectually, I get why they’re doing the things this way. I’ve been in IT for 25 years, I’ve done my fair share of troubleshooting lol. But the slow motion nature of it is torture. Will this work? Dunno, let’s give it 6 weeks. Okay, now up the dose. Anything? Up the dose again. Guess this wasn’t the right one. Taper time! Okay now try this. Will it work? Dunno… etc etc.

All the shit going on in my head feels like a bundle of Gordian knots. Try to tease out a loose end, it just pulls the whole thing tighter. I get why they’re trying to concentrate on one aspect, but again, knots. I’m trying to have patience, but at the same time these bills aren’t going anywhere. If I don’t pay them my Right To Exist is revoked and all of the effort was for nothing.

I was diagnosed about 20 years ago. Went through the pharma-go-round and all that. I remember it pretty well considering they the only med to do anything was Adderall and what it did was give me panic attacks for routine work problems.

Fast forward to last year and needing serious mental health treatment. Psychiatrist after talking to me for 20 minutes: “I don’t think you have ADHD.” APN from a different practice: “You’re just trying to get stimulants.” I tried tracking down my old doctor, practice was closed. Found him elsewhere, has no access to the old records.

Got myself a full neuropsych exam. ADHD, autism, PTSD, possible bipolar II. Neat.

Fast forward another year. Still on the pharma-go-round. Still not on ADHD meds. Turns out my depression is treatment-resistant. But at least I found providers that aren’t writing me off based on vibes or whatever.

Doesn’t matter, bait headline worked wonderfully.

Here’s a sampling:

Aye.

In general, if someone ND is complaining about X, equating it to NT X doesn’t work. They have the same name, yes. That’s because we don’t have words for X² or X³ etc. Imagine if house cats, ocelots, pumas, and tigers were all called “cats.”

“A stray cat wandered in and it looks hungry.”

“So, what’s the big deal? We have three cats at home. Just give them some kibble.”

“I think it plans on eating me.”

“Stop exaggerating.”

This also works as a reply to OP’s question.

That’s exactly it, thanks! Probably the most trippy time I’ve noticed it is when a friend of mine put up purple fairy lights for Halloween. At the edge of my field of view, each light got split into distinct red and blue lights. Made me do a triple take.

Nothing. The whole “movement” reeks of astroturf.

How to piss off management with one simple word.

I’m not legally obligated to answer that question.