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14 May 2025, 3:11 pm

Not till Friday but I'm running out of material and I'm too proud to repeat what I've already done, though one dude does Matchbox every time and a lot of them don't bother with new songs every time. At this rate I might have to lower my standards.



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14 May 2025, 4:16 pm

Going to the ticket office of Portland's public transportation system which is not too far from my school.

Several days ago, I had a seizure or fell asleep on a bus and lost a library book.

The ticket office does have a lost & found, so I will go there.


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15 May 2025, 8:01 am

Sorry to hear that man


Should I get some noodles


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15 May 2025, 9:05 am

Shark fin soup


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15 May 2025, 9:40 am

It's Nakba Day. Never forget.


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15 May 2025, 9:41 am

What's that


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15 May 2025, 9:44 am

babybird wrote:
What's that


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_Day


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15 May 2025, 10:16 am

Oh right OK
I didn't know


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15 May 2025, 12:39 pm

There's a store at the mall called Spencers where I often check out and occasionally buy things from. And right now they have all of these autism-themed T-Shirts and I don't know how to feel about them. Offended, maybe? But you're not supposed to be offended by anything anymore.

They say things like "Please be patient, I have Autism" or "My B*ch got Autism" and "Autism is my superpower". These are all just based on blatant stereotypes and I know there are too many people who think it's a fun and quirky personality trait and not a disorder that can make your whole life a challenge while people treat you like garbage and think you're a sociopath or an emotionless robot.

I've never mentioned to anyone working at the store that I have ASD and that I find the shirts kind of nasty. I guess it wouldn't make a difference, anyway.



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15 May 2025, 1:03 pm

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There's a store at the mall called Spencers where I often check out and occasionally buy things from. And right now they have all of these autism-themed T-Shirts and I don't know how to feel about them. Offended, maybe? But you're not supposed to be offended by anything anymore.

They say things like "Please be patient, I have Autism" or "My B*ch got Autism" and "Autism is my superpower". These are all just based on blatant stereotypes and I know there are too many people who think it's a fun and quirky personality trait and not a disorder that can make your whole life a challenge while people treat you like garbage and think you're a sociopath or an emotionless robot.

I've never mentioned to anyone working at the store that I have ASD and that I find the shirts kind of nasty. I guess it wouldn't make a difference, anyway.


I think everyone's entitled to offended by literally anything.

The real question is whether or not others can relate, and in this case you can probably sell your offence to NTs, but the sort of autistics who are likely to buy the shirts won't care, and can probably also sell their offence (over you being offended by their coping mechanism) to NTs.

The end result being NTs ducking out and leaving autistics to bicker with other autistics over whether or not we're allowed to make fun of (our own) autism.

Personally, the middle example is less funny than the other two examples. The first one is a good way to have that discussion before you need to actually have it, and the last one is dumb but if reframing it as a superpower gets them through the day it's not the end of the world.


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15 May 2025, 2:13 pm

I'm gonna pull an extra blanket on tonight in bed
Ive been feeling a bit today


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15 May 2025, 7:39 pm

I went to a chiropractor for the first time

Who knew that the pain in my hip was a mild dislocation and it’s probably been like that for at least 8 years


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15 May 2025, 8:30 pm

There should be a Forgiveness Day the day after Remembrance Day so that people will forgive Germans and stop hating them once and for all.


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15 May 2025, 9:16 pm

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There should be a Forgiveness Day the day after Remembrance Day so that people will forgive Germans and stop hating them once and for all.

I think that's mostly been a problem with the older ones who were around at the time of WW2, and most of them have died of old age now. But I suppose some of them passed it on to their kids. It's a shame if they did.



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15 May 2025, 9:19 pm

The desire to socialize is growing


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15 May 2025, 11:17 pm

Finally, just being able start clawing out of whatever pit I've gotten against my will, one since childhood.


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