I was going to say that it was sometimes hard to hold a conversation over the music, but two people with noise-canceling earbuds would definitely up the difficulty. (Or we could just call each other.) ;)
It me. I put off the needle for a long time—in fact my last shot was in 1991. Until last month. And hopefully that will be my last needle, since so many more humane methods of delivery are just around the corner.
Yes to everything you just said. Except, as a recluse by nature, I don’t miss friends or family (I didn’t spend time with them before). The changes in my life due to the pandemic have been an absolute godsend, and I’m thriving. I live in fear that the extraverts will take over again once vaccinations are a thing, and we’ll “forget” the quiet oases we’ve discovered away from the commute, the office, and the absolute communal everything that they crave.
I don’t want things to change. (Except all the deaths. Let’s do see to that.)
Now now, we can't go having an economy with a large part of skilled labor. It must return to majority exploited service sector and low wage and benefit workers. Else how can those skilled enjoy what's left of a middle class lifestyle!?
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I also hope for a life that has less requirements for my physical presence for pointless activities/niceties work-related or otherwise.
I developed RSI around 1996, when I was doing lots of fine mask work in Photoshop. I tried lots of things to reduce the pain, including one of the early “vertical” mouses. But the only strategy that worked was switching to my left hand (more effectively distributing the workload), something that works for me to this day. I’ve had zero flare-ups since ~1997, though I can still occasionally feel wrist stress in my dominant hand when it’s in a non-resting position for too long. For that I wish I’d been more mindful, and used my non-dominant hand earlier, before I was forced to. I just thought I could push my way through.
I'm glad that you have had no flareups for so long! unfortunately my symptoms seem to be keyboard, not mouse related (I am right handed and use my mouse with right hand, but pain is in my left) so I doubt I can just switch sides.
I’ll assume you’re not intentionally misunderstanding ALM vs. BLM. ALM is the base assumption that we all agree with. But imagine if we were in our happy ALM world, but “B” kept getting shat on. BLM is a response to that, to say, “Hey, BLM too!” If it helps, think of it as an asterisk. “*BLM too.” BLM is not exclusive, it’s an interjection.
Also, these thoughts aren’t mine (though they were obvious to me from the start), they’re fully Googleable.
No, I am not intentionally misunderstanding something. How do you even do that?
But I still done get the word wrestling. From my POV, ALM is not exclusive. But if someone accuses me of being racist just because I am using a phrase that has somehow been declared unwanted by a select few, all they are achieving is that they reduce my willingness to support their rallies.
Language police is horrible. I know it from first hand. I am blind. And since about 10 years or so, I notice that more and more people feel like they
are not allowed to use the word blind while I am around. It is pretty clear why they do that. They are afraid of stepping on someones toes and being shunted for that. Now, all that has been achieved by this is that people feel more awkward around me, because they no longer know how to talk about my condition. They find all sorts of phrases to make sure they never mention the supposedly bad word. However, fuck it, I AM BLIND. Policing the language does not improve my situation at all. In fact, it worsens it.
