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Yupp, the very fact it is still a product of its time is the main reason I find the strips that still feel so very relevant today utterly fascinating. Everett remains the hero we need in our times, with only a little bit of a catch-up to the current day.

Ah, reacting to neurodivergent behaviour with violence, now that takes me back to my childhood and parents, the good old times.

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

Jupp, und insgesamt verschieben sich an vielen Stellen die Zonen, an denen es sich abregnet. Dürre hier, Extremregen da, alles in allem werden die Extreme mehr. So wie der höhere Luftaustausch mit der Arktis auch richtig harte Kältewellen in unsre Grade bringen kann, obwohl die Luft ja insgesamt wärmer/energetischer ist.

Initiativen hier, die darauf abzielen den Boden besser Wasser speichern zu lassen sind ziemlich wichtig, ein Wechsel, von Dürrejahren und Rekordnässejahren, mit weniger durchschnittlich starkem Niederschlag, ist sehr wahrscheinlich.

Ohje, der Ehrenkodex schreibt vor, dass ich mich nun Boxen lassen muss - veröffentlich mal schnell Adresse, hab Deutschlandticket, komm vorbei

Unmöglich, die Götter werden nicht zulassen, dass Wacken etwas anderes als Schlammbad oder aufgehitzte Dustbowl sein könnte ;)

Just another case of a small, unknown competitor trying to gain market share with the supreme life simulator sandbox CK3, smh frfr

So, I recently learned about my own autism, also in my 30s, and I have begun the process of consciously unmasking quite recently - not a lot of experience yet.

What I've been doing is using my overactive self-reflection that was honed from going undiagnosed and being high-masking, to analyse where I might have been masking, what behaviour I might have done just to fit a specific role. For example, today I accepted some cake that a friend advertised in a group chat, that no one else seemed to want. In hindsight, while it was delicious, I was neither hungry for it, nor did I want to deal with the stress of him coming over to deliver it. But when I reflected on it, I realised I actually did this because I had internalised it as behaviour that is conducive to social connection, and "what is expected of me" when someon offers cake, even when I now very much feel the stress of having been interrupted by the offer, by accepring it, by getting myself ready to leave my apartment, actually going outside to meet up, the smalltalk involved, walking with a cake through the street afterwards. All stuff that actually stressed me out quite a lot.

While waiting for him outside, I allowed myself to close my eyes, listen to music and rythmitically drum on my thighs consciously - something that I know I repressed completely before, without even knowing. Unlike in the decades before, I also did not focus on thoughts of self-loathing like "why is something so simple so hard for you? What the hell is wrong with you?", consciously pushing thoughts and feelings like that away as best I could.

At the moment, I am very much still sorting what even is behaviour that comes to me intuitively from "myself" and what is a mask - mostly by reflecting on the amounts of stress and overstimulation I feel after the fact, and then trying to consciously avoid the things that I realise, after the fact, were most likely long internalised masking behaviour.

That all being said, I also try to appreciate my masks as something I can go back to as a talent, when the tradeoff of their use is worth the additional stress. Being able to speak publicly, being able to look people in the eyes/face if needed, and other things, are good to have in some situations.

Germany, don't watch TV, have adblock on all devices - I guess I do still see advertisements on billboards when I go outside, but those are a bit different.

Interesting, I only very recently learned I have actually been autistic, finally explaining the weirdness of my past three decades+, so I am not knowledgeable about what language might be preferrable. Self-stimulating behaviour? I can only speak for myself that I actually do like the term, to me, it has a nice sound, one of those words that, to me, feels good to repeat aloud to myself.

This is a lot worse, IMO, at least wiping your ass is a good idea - douching is just an all-around bad idea outside of very special circumstances.