Cassandra

Cassandra, 7 days ago to random

It never ceases to amaze me how consistently allistic people fail to hear clear spoken words in favour of secret subtext.

#ActuallyAutistic

Cassandra, 8 days ago to random

“Please rest assured that your comments have been forwarded to the appropriate management team” is not a sufficient response to close an inquiry.

Cassandra, 10 days ago to random

Does anyone have thoughts about standing up / moving around while eating?

Cassandra, 11 days ago to random

Sometimes I’m amazed by how slow I am now.

How much time it takes me to do so little.

I try to remember that I'm recovering from burnout, and my previous pace was unsustainable and should not be the baseline.

And it's hard to find motivation in a world so bleak.

But still.

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Cassandra, 12 days ago to random

I'd been wondering what the timeline for societal collapse would be.

“[T]he Government of Canada’s centre of excellence in foresight” suggests the 3- to 8-year range for things like “People cannot tell what is true and what is not” and “Biodiversity is lost and ecosystems collapse.”
https://mastodon.world/@shonin/112488112731579762

Cassandra, 13 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to random

I'm curious, with respect to adult children who live within a reasonable drive of their parents, approximately how frequent visits are.

Please feel free to comment about cultural considerations, boundaries, etc.

Cassandra, 14 days ago to random

Time to watch that episode of TNG where everyone loses their memory and Ro and Riker are like "well clearly we're fucking.”

Cassandra, 14 days ago to random

My partner and I went for a walk on a mountain today. According to my watch, we climbed 73 storeys.

(My legs are now wobbly.)

Cassandra, 15 days ago to random

The Lake House (2006), a time-travel epistolary romance (!) starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves.

I don’t know if I’ve seen this one before, but I remember forming the opinion I don’t like her hair.

Cassandra, 15 days ago to random

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Cassandra, 19 days ago to random

My partner and I bought a car together this week.

He’d kept his working for 15 years but it didn't have air conditioning, and between my sensory issues and the planet's ever hotter summers, this meant I was rarely willing to go anywhere.

I don't want to sit around alone waiting for the end.

After so many years without my own car, I can't help feeling like I've bought into Mad Max. But I want to get to places where I can help people and build community, so I hope it is at least Furiosa.

Cassandra, 19 days ago to random

Mood: seeing a video of a bear righting an orange traffic cone and, instead of being amused by how human the action is, being depressed by what our presence has done to wildlife and the barren landscape in which the bear walks.

Cassandra, 21 days ago (edited 14 days ago) to random

Which of the following are deserving of gratitude?

Cassandra, 22 days ago to random

An email from a store I don't shop at.

I click here to unsubscribe.

The result is not that store's URL advising they will stop…

but rather a long fillable form from some who the fuck knows third party ad company.

I could uncheck a box to stop receiving that type of email…

but there was no option to “confirm" or "submit”; I had to “save profile.”

No. Fucking no.

Cassandra, 24 days ago to random

My plan for tomorrow is (1) laundry and (2) Star Trek AND THAT'S IT.

Cassandra, 24 days ago to random

I'm so confused by alumni emails.

Am I supposed to feel affinity for people because they sat in the same classrooms at a different time from me?

Cassandra, 26 days ago to random

It’s hard not to touch rotating belts…

Cassandra, 28 days ago to random

Be funny if the aurora borealis is actually atmospheric distortion caused by approaching warp bubbles and we're about to be invaded.

Cassandra, 28 days ago to random

A thing that I truly do not enjoy about apparently cishetsexual relationships is how often I've found myself saying “do you have any movies with women in them?”

Cassandra, 29 days ago to random

As society reverts to the 70s, I can feel myself getting angrier about bras.

If you need or like them, please carry on.

But with certain aerobic exceptions, I find bras useless at best. At worst, they’re painful. They’re also expensive and labour-consuming.

All that just because other people are weird about the fact of boobs and incapable of minding their own business.

Angrifying.

Cassandra, 1 month ago to random

I was audibly incredulous at my partner when he phoned just now in response to a text I'd sent.

I’d asked him to send a link for the thing he had emailed about.

He said my request was unclear.

It made me want to give up on language entirely. If this was unclear, communication is literally impossible.

Then I realized the issue was actually that he hadn't bothered to read thoughtfully and had just instinctively phoned in response as per his communication preferences.

#AutisticRelationships

Cassandra, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Which movie I recorded on a whim and likely won't get all the way through should I watch?

Cassandra, 1 month ago to random

Could somebody explain to me, briefly, what Book did to Burnham? I missed season 4 and don't know if it’s something I would find inexcusable or if I should be team love conquers all.

#StarTrekDiscovery

Cassandra, 1 month ago to StarTrek

I understand #FriendsOfDesoto are watching Enterprise next.

I think I've started and quit that series twice now because I was annoyed at how unnecessarily horny it was. That generation of #StarTrek was notoriously bad to its female cast, and the escalation from “acting in a painful catsuit" to “rubbing goo, lit like soft porn" put me off.

But perhaps I will try to out-horn the writers this time. I bet it's more fun with a hot gay lens.

Cassandra, 1 month ago to StarTrek

How do the comm badges on #Discovery know where to transport their wearer to? Is the computer reading their minds, or do they tap it differently for various presets?

#StarTrek