I don't know this particular group, but sounds interesting.

Last couple weeks have been very intense for me emotionally, and I noticed I was a short stress session away from snapping and doing unsafe things.

The internet didn't really help as all results were "how to calm a meltdown in autistic children" or shit like that.

I really like whistling and was at home, so I randomly did a 1 hour freestyle whistling spree which really helped, and probably annoyed my neighbours way less than loud banging noises and screaming would have. My head feels a bit light from all the intense breathing lol.

If I'm outside and have the time, I also try climbing trees or large debris, or sprint as if I'm late. I have no idea what to when in an enclosed professional space other than pretending to go to the bathroom.

What's your favourite meltdown-delaying technique?

I've noticed some users here have mentioned the work of Paul Cockshott and I'm interested in looking into the computational aspects of planning.

I already know a bit about operations research, but couldn't find a good introductory paper about modern economic planning theories, specially since stuff like Google Scholar ranks by citations.

I'm currently reading "Towards a New Socialism" but it doesn't look like it'll delve too deeply into algorithms as far as I've got. Should I drop it and look into "Classical Econophysics" first? Or does anybody know a more technical book that I should look into?

I've got this shower thought hunch about why corporations are so into subscription services rather than sales.

If you look at Steam, a 60 dollar game nets Valve around 20 bucks (30%) for every sale. On the other hand a subscription like Xbox Game Pass can only get Microsoft a maximum of 16 bucks per month, not even counting how much they pay to the developers included in the program.

So at least from this shallow reading, subscriptions should be worse than sales.

But on the other hand, there are some advantages which are obvious.

First off, casual users might not even be a potential loss for more expensive games. Besides that, it further alienates consumers from specific products they might want to consume, taking away developer power. And finally lots of people might just forget to cancel it because "it's so cheap" even when not using it.

But my shower thought was: what if this is favoured because it's worth much more as a financial asset?

Sales percentages are unpredictable and depend too much on third-party developers. If only flop games come out for a month, Valve will only learn about their lost potential revenue that same month. It's all a series of events.

On the other hand, subscription numbers are easy to track. If they go down, Microsoft will have at least a month of a heads up. If they go up, they can know beforehand that they'll have more money in the future. They are much more stable. They're financial assets.

Does this make sense? Has somebody who actually knows what they're talking about ever written about this?

A series of thoughts I noticed that might be familiar to some here.

"I don't have emotions"

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"All my emotional presentations are fake"

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"If people treat me better for my fake emotions, it's because I'm manipulating them"

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"I don't deserve the sympathy I get"

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"I shouldn't present any emotions in order to not extract underserved sympathy"

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"I don't have emotions"

Obviously a lot of these thoughts are factually incorrect, but it doesn't matter to my silly brain. Laying them out clearly like this helped me with it, so I hope it helps other people too.

A bit late, but this is a good interview.

Been doing a lot of exercise for the past couple of to make all the physical stuff I've been having to do feel easier.

Thankfully I'm not getting too much muscle (god forbid I look any more man-ish!), but the other day I think it finally clicked that I do indeed feel better at doing physical activities.

I was running like mad so as to not miss the bus, and instead of feeling tired or heavy of breath, I just felt light and focused. Walking around all day and up and down stairs also doesn't tire me anymore. I can even climb the occasional tree or urban debris.

But the best part is the sensation of running really fast and being able to focus on that feeling rather than oxygenation. All the noises, the asphalt, the wind.

A lot of the propaganda around exercise focuses too much on looking pretty rather than what you can do if you're physically fit. I'll never enjoy the idea of having a bulky body, but being able to do more with less effort is exactly my cup of tea.

I hope this motivates other people who feel similarly to rethink their perspective on exercising too. It all started with "I want to climb that tree", and now I can climb that tree.

Hello Vsauce, autistic here.

Going to be on some loud parties soon. I can tolerate the noise, but am trying to think of fidgeting tools that wouldn't look too out of place in a party when compared to my usual ones (broken Bic pens).

I'm thinking of something like jewellery or rings. Sadly my only ring looks too much like some wedding ring and that has been a problem in the past. Too bad, because it's a very pretty ring.

What are some (cheap!!!) tools y'all use?

If you want a horror story, read this other article about his confinement:

He has not been outdoors—apart from a minute when police dragged him into a paddy wagon—since he took refuge in London’s cramped Ecuadorian Embassy in June 2012. The embassy’s French windows had afforded glimpses of sky. Here at Belmarsh maximum security prison in southeast London, his abode since April 11, 2019, he has not seen the sun. Warders confine him to a cell for 23 out of every 24 hours. His single hour of recreation takes place within four walls, under supervision. His paleness is best described as deathly.