quintessence @quintessence@hachyderm.io

With each passing day I reflect on the fact that adulthood is difficult in all the ways that I did not expect as a youth.

Tried to take low dose melatonin for sleep: was reminded that yes, melatonin does in fact trigger headaches and only marginally helps with my sleep.

Realization I had while searching the internet foe things like "why am I tired all the time" - the 'self help" and even "when to see your doctor" advice has definitely **not** caught up with Current Events.

I should probably adjust my query. You get what you ask for, after all.

Product companies: Sign up for our community forum!
The People: :: uses real emails ::
Product Company: Marketing!
The People: :: use fake emails ::
Product Company: Oh no! You can't reset your password that way if you forget it 😉 Let's add a "confirm email to proceed" step.
The People: ...

Stolen joke:

It's only a murder of crows if there's probable caws.

Pet peeve: sign up for new service with my name as username, but it's taken, by someone who likes the word but it isn't their name.

Maybe Deduction Tree Comms might be a better name. Regardless, this brings me back to the question: do people with autism feel y'all struggle with responses that are the result of a deduction tree and not indirectness? 4/4

The in real time texts might look like:

Partner: hey, won't be home til after 7
Me: ok I'll put dinner in the oven

If the assumed style of communication is "non-explicit comms" partner might assume that I read the information as an indirect request to put dinner in the oven; however, that is not the case - it was a deduction tree. 3/

I've not seen a formal definition for the latter and it might have a different way that it's referred to, so by example:

Let's say we're in a world where offices are a thing and COVID is not. Partner messages that she will be home after 7, and that dinner needs to be in the oven at 6 PM to be ready when we have dinner. I know that this means: dinner needs to be in oven at 6, partner will be home long after that, therefore I should put dinner in the oven for that sequence to still happen. 2/

I posted a question on Twitter but am also going to post it here as well so y'all don't need to navigate to Twitter:

Question for autistic persons - genuinely curious, do you find that you struggle between Non-explicit Expectations Communications as well as ... I think the best way to describe it is This/That/Therefore Communication? 1/

New date format:

why why why why

DROP IF NOT EXISTS

With how many SQL statements will I accidentally hit

';

Instead of just

;

😐

I hate pap smear day. (At least it's over.)

INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE is IUD.

That is all.

I actually had a convo with an HR person about a similar topic, actually, and I do understand why they say it's not about pay, but it's a "funny" view of employment all the same.