I can’t help but wonder if this is how they beta test their plans. Accuse the other party of doing what they intend to do, see how people react, then adjust strategy accordingly and deploy.

Their PR is better for progressives.

Thanks for this write up. I had no idea. The US justice system is such a mess.

This is a really common sentiment. Humans are social apes but many cultures have severely curtailed what kind of touch is considered appropriate.

I highly recommend hanging with cats. When I was younger, I volunteered at a cat rescue. Friendly cats are almost always down to be pet and to rub their furry little faces all over you. It’s hard to feel as lonely when you’re hanging out with your cat buds, and the rescue cats need friends too.

We settled for wages at my previous salary for the time I was unemployed, the bonus I would have received, and the stock I was to be awarded literally the day after they terminated me. We think the latter two were the real drivers for my termination.

I got fired for this! Even though it was my lunch break, I was off the clock, and I have a chronic illness that makes working an 8-10 hour day exhausting, I was fired since I was “setting a bad example for the junior staff”.

Guess who got an EEOC/disability settlement.

I think the problem is not necessarily being a tourist, but egregiously bad tourist behavior.

I have family in, and we’re moving to, a tourism hot spot. I honestly don’t mind about 95% of the tourists. I even like a lot of them, since the fun ones are great to have around and you can learn about people’s lives in so many different places.

The relatively small fraction that acts like total shitheads is what really stands out to me.

They should be fine anyhow if homeopathy really works. They just need to take a little train material, serially dilute it to 10⁻²⁰ strength, then take it with sugar pills. Train immunity!

A story in three parts. Well done.

I focus on hobbies where I can make things, like woodworking, welding, 3d printing, etc. That way they all tie together, keeping things fresher, and get me some practical skills.

My thoughts exactly. I usually flame out after a month or two.

Great tip, this goes in the toolbox. With all the feedback I’m getting so far, I’m feeling optimistic!

This is great! True, Lemmy is often staunchly anti-AI, but I think this is exactly what AI should be used for - enhancing people’s lives and helping them overcome difficulties. I upvoted you with an extra hard mouse click to compensate.

I wish I had thought of this before - I can communicate clearly but it can be so hard for me to be concise. I wouldn’t use it for everything, but for “big ticket item” conversations, definitely. It could help us get over the communication difficulty hump, then we can start handling more on our own. Do you have any recommendations for particular models, methods you’ve found useful, or the like?

I like the strategy, it seems like you’re tying everything up at the end instead of ping ponging back and forth, which I’ve been guilty of. Thank you!

Yeah, she was diagnosed years before I met her. Her ADHD is quite severe, not gonna lie. I used to have similar issues, where I’d forget details so I’d bounce back and forth between events in a narrative or I’d think I’d said something but didn’t so my listener didn’t realize I was referring to an unintentionally internal comment.

I got communication and organization skills hammered into me over a decade in science, but that isn’t her jam.

Edit: if it helps, here’s a decent article I just found about the issue. It’s apparently not uncommon. https://connectedspeechpathology.com/blog/the-difficulty-organizing-thoughts-into-words-adhd-adults-guide

I like the outline idea! I suspect it’s the abstraction that makes conversation difficult. A physical, manipulatable, visual reminder might help. You’ve given me an idea for like… a dry erase worksheet.

Unfortunately, she’s already medicated - the maximum daily adderall dosage plus strattera. I think she’d do a lot better if she added in lifestyle changes like improving her sleep hygiene, exercising, meditating, reminder systems, etc (that’s what keeps me okay), but we need to get where I can discuss that with her without the conversation quickly going off the rails.

Racisms per minute (RPM)?

Good enough to be understood but not good enough to not use idioms incorrectly. For example, I spent a solid five minutes trying to remember if “así así” or “ni fu ni fa” can apply to competency before throwing my hands up.

Mediocre. Mi español es mediocre.

I just need practice.

My partner and I almost moved to Germany last year and I am so glad we didn’t. If we’re going to be in a fascist country, I’d prefer to be a citizen since white fascists tend to frown extra hard on us brown immigrants.

The core principle of the Democratic Party is to support <thing> and pretend not to. The Republicans just drop the pretense.

With a little revision, it’s the United States political dynamic!