randomsnark

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[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

bobby hill managed to make perfect cell double over in pain, so I'm pretty sure he could annihilate namek-era goku

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

I can't follow you, you're too fast

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

A few years back I got permabanned on reddit by an automated message, for no reason I could figure out. A couple of days later I was unbanned (apparently it was part of a mass banning, most of which were erroneous and reversed). So it's possible this is something similar and you might be reinstated soon.

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 58 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For anyone else who was curious about lichens covering "a not insignificant amount" of the earth's surface, a quick google tells me it's about 7% (according to e.g. new york times, scientific american, etc)

Edit: oh and estimating the age of an exposed surface by lichen diameter is called lichenometry. I'm seeing stuff about it being used in geological contexts but it makes sense that it could work for old buildings too

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

That's fair, although the tone of the conversation definitely involved her being less happy with my behavior now than before the diagnosis (as I mentioned, she attributed my recent lack of conversational energy to the diagnosis). It felt like it was at worst "complaining" and at best "concerned", with "celebratory" not really being in the ballpark.

I guess from a combination of what I've read in the past about people struggling with autism disclosure, and the fact that my mom is a retired GP who should have a handle on how sensitive a diagnosis might be, led me to assume that it was understood to be a sensitive subject.

Anyway I guess I'll calmly broach the subject with her tomorrow, prefacing it with a mention of my usual tea-making habits, segueing into what I heard, then mentioning a) how I'd prefer to handle my own disclosure, b) that my conversational reticence is not a result of a newfound distaste for neurotypicals, and c) that maybe she should discuss that sort of thing with me instead of just guessing and then telling other people how I feel.

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Kind of funny level of precision on the number of shots. Like, it's not a ballpark estimate, we counted carefully and it definitely wasn't 85 or 88. But there's just this one bullet that we're not really sure where it went.

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the reply, there's a lot of good thoughtful input there which I'll think about.

I was going to just upvote and not reply, but I had an amusing moment while reading your comment (and then felt that if I was going to reply at all, I should first acknowledge that this is some good substantial advice). I'm usually pretty good about understanding figurative language, but when you said "spilling your tea", there were several seconds of confusion and rereading, with me thinking "but I didn't spill my cup of tea, I didn't even get around to making it". I understood eventually, but kind of a funny autistic moment.

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 15 points 10 months ago

in my experience, most things will mobilize the squirrels to hide

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

fantastic

eccleston confirmed

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

apparently not

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

that phrase is to biology as "donde esta la biblioteca" is to spanish

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