OG Princess Leia

Bingo. Most of these tax schemes will hurt the renter, not the landlord.

I tell people I have some mental quirks. If they seem interested, I’ll tell them more

Deleting body cam footage should be an automatic firing.

So … don’t you need paper to dry off? How do you keep from spraying water everywhere and getting your clothes wet? Forgive my cluelessness, but I’ve often wondered how it works.

Yep, and if you folded it, the little pointy edges would lacerate your tender bits.

Personal anecdote: now that I know I’m autistic, I look back at most of my corporate interactions and see how my literal-mindedness, bluntness, lack of ability to play political games, and overactive sense of justice combined to make me a pain in the ass to management. I had a coworker tell me, after I’d once again banged my head against a brick wall trying to explain to my manager why his decision was going to lead to disaster, that I was the most optimistic person she’d ever met. I was very confused, having just finished an angry rant about the situation, and said, “Why in the world would you say that?” She replied, “Because you seem to think things can actually improve. We all know they won’t, which is why we don’t bother to say anything.”

Talk about a lightbulb moment. I quit soon after and came back as a contractor for 4x the money, so win-win.

I don’t ever go back and look at the votes.

This is the way

As: Saying what you mean.

Could be a fun drinking game

My husband absolutely adored these because they were wholesome with no gratuitous sex or violence. He was a conservative Christian and these were some of the few shows he could really enjoy unreservedly. (I doubt he would have been pleased to see a gay story, though. He’s not around to ask, unfortunately.)

I find them predictable and banal. But to each his own. He would watch a Hallmark movie in one room and I’d be in the other room watching Criminal Minds or something LOL

My response would be, “You could be right.” Then I’d go about my life. I just let criticism roll off me like water off a duck’s back unless I think it’s valid. It’s hilarious to watch how frustrated they get when you’re unapologetically yourself.

Yep. I’ve lost 90 pounds. Finally not sweltering all the time

Dungeons and Dragons is popular among autistic people

Was majoring in accounting and had to take a CS101 class programming in Pascal. Changed majors immediately, thinking “Where has this been all my life?” This predates PCs, although I did have a Commodore 64 to practice coding on BASIC after that.

COBOL because I am a fossil

One big reason I don’t like to subscribe to things is that you never really know how easy or difficult it will be to cancel.

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Wow, you just clarified something for me I didn’t realize was part of the autism. Drugs like Valium that are supposed to calm you down have the opposite effect on me.