[-] girl@lemm.ee 40 points 9 months ago

Two small accommodations that have worked for me as a biochemist working in a lab.

One is that she needs to give deadlines for requests. She cant just say “get that to me ASAP” because does ASAP mean drop everything and do it now, stay late to finish what she needs tonight, or end of day tomorrow, etc. Or “hey I need ____” with no specified timeline, doesn't work. She knows that my time blindness means I don’t remember how long ago she told me to do something, and I’m so busy with other shit that I easily lose track. I think it’s been two days, it’s actually been two weeks. She now gives me due dates. It’s less stressful than never knowing when she actually needs something.

Another is if I’m running an experiment then I can’t listen in to meetings like everyone else, because I get distracted and fuck up my experiment. My boss knows that if my experiment is the higher priority then I won’t attend any meetings during that time, and she’s fine with it. If it’s an important meeting I have to plan my experiment around it, or just do it another day.

I’m not sure if these qualify exactly. I didn't have to go to HR to document my disorder and request these accommodations, I just talked to my boss as these things became problems.

[-] girl@lemm.ee 39 points 11 months ago

I just got to the sex scene with Shadowheart. Her white hair turned back to black for the cutscene lol

[-] girl@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago
[-] girl@lemm.ee 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I vote to increase taxes every time, so very recently. Sure it would be in my best interest to hoard my money, but I care more about everyone having access to healthcare and social services, because I’m not a selfish person. Conservative policies are inherently selfish.

You cite gun violence, but right-wing politicians have absolutely no policies that aim to reduce gun violence. They oppose all forms of government social services and any gun control. When comparing violence between red and blue states/cities, per capita, red areas commit more violent crimes.

[-] girl@lemm.ee 51 points 1 year ago

you must be a dirty lib, which is the same thing as a conservative, which is basically a nazi THEREFORE you are a nazi, you’ve come full circle

[-] girl@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago

what drama? I used to play and was on the subreddit for a time, but it’s been a long time and I’m OOTL

[-] girl@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ADHD meds and therapy. I tried a ton of different methods, but ultimately I was procrastinating for two reasons. 1) my brain finds the things I need to do under stimulating, which feels like pulling teeth, so it looks for stimulation elsewhere and draws me to a different task. ADHD meds give my brain the proper amount of stimulation/reward for doing things that need to be done. 2) for a variety of reasons, I had an underlying current of anxiety around the possibility of failure. Much easier to avoid failure if you avoid ever doing the task. Therapy helps me reason through the anxiety, and realize that I am essentially already failing by not trying, so trying involves a risk of success rather than a risk of failure.

Edit: I still procrastinate plenty, but significantly less than I used to. It no longer reaches a point of nearly ruining my life, now it is just an average level of procrastination compared to my peers. Instead of avoiding tasks for weeks, months, or years on end, I avoid them for a few hours, maybe days at most (if I have the luxury).

[-] girl@lemm.ee 46 points 1 year ago

I know it’s beneficial to have studies confirm common sense thinking, because sometimes common sense is wrong, but goddamn if this ain’t some “breaking news, water is wet” shit

[-] girl@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago

I was there for 12 years! Not that it’s a competition. It was a very weird transition at first.

[-] girl@lemm.ee 44 points 1 year ago

this is a debate i did not know existed

skirt up feels right tho

[-] girl@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

💀 paul walker goddamn

[-] girl@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago

Donkey (from Shrek) on C7

I have a plan 😎

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