I’ve definitely found it to be helpful, but my therapist has a lot of experience with trans people and GNC people. Tread carefully if your therapist isn’t as open minded.

Good call out! I’ve been exploring genderfluidity with my therapist but haven’t solidified any identity change at this point.

Not exactly, but often times I feel very guided in my actions, and things always seem to work out when I lean into it, and conversely go bad when I stray from it. Whether that’s wisdom from past lives, genetic coding, ancestors looking down on me, angels, God, aliens, or just powers of subconscious observation - I couldn’t even begin to guess.

For example, I always drive the same route home from work, but once felt an overwhelming desire to take a different way. I found out later that there was an accident on my usual route. Coincidences like that seem to happen a lot.

I know that’s only loosely tied to what you were getting at but thought it was interesting enough to share.

My gender and pronouns are evolving at this point. He/they is fine but I’ve been playing around with detransition, so some days I prefer she. I won’t take offense at whatever way you refer to me.

Absolutely. As a toddler I became adamant that I was previously a boy named something similar to John and lived in the Middle East. I described my life and death in detail. I still remember snippets clearly. I’m not a particularly spiritual person, but have always wondered if it was echos of a past life.

I leaned into this so hard that I refused to wear girl’s clothing, and wanted nothing to do with girly things. I think my parents must have figured I’d grow out of it, but the masculine streak stuck with me.

Labels are for soup cans. Don’t stress too much about it, just go with what feels comfortable to you.

For portable use I love this keyboard: https://a.co/d/a1s6Slt

It’s not the best option if you’re just using it at home, though.

Serial Experiments Lain. I managed to acquire a bootleg Japanese VHS of the show (sans subtitles) in '99 or '00 and fell in love. I bought the English dub as soon as I could find it. I was totally obsessed, even going as far as carrying a messenger bag like Lain had, and making a custom Windows XP theme based on Navi. I even bought a Palm Pocket to mimic the smartphones shown in the show.

Lain shaped my passion for IT, and I feel it changed my life in profound ways.

I’m confused by the sudden popularity. It went under the radar for so long. Now all of the merch goes for insane amounts of money.

This was a really interesting read. I’d love to see a follow-up with autistic individuals to determine if their synchronization matches neurotypical people, and if there’s a difference when they speak with another autistic person.

Hell yeah salmon. It’s expensive in my area but I try to eat it once a week, usually just pan fried and served on a salad. I find that it puts me in a great mood and gives me a lot of energy.

Volunteered to work today (unpaid, I’m salary) to give my coworker time with his family and keep myself away from holiday temptations. IWNDWYT!

That’s a yikes from me dawg.

Y’all I hit 100 days sober. No way I’m slowing down now!

I always kick off the Halloween season with this movie. Thinking I’ll start early in August this year - I already have the Halloween bug.

You deserve better fam

That’s a tough one. I think your son is old enough for you to sit down and put the cards on the table, and ask what he wants. You can express your concerns clearly but ultimately leave the decision to him. If you do decide to meet, make sure you have provisions in place to make it as safe as possible.

My primary concerns right now are: If given an opportunity, he may harm you again. And, if he is that desperate for a relationship with his son, he may take shady actions to make that happen. It’s crucial to keep your son aligned here so that he doesn’t rebel and run away with the father, or otherwise put himself in a dangerous position.

1080p looks abysmal on my 65" though. Is there any solution?

Interesting, I’ll have to play around with it. I’ve been docking it to my 4k TV so maybe I need to force a lower res.

Nice, thanks. How has your docked experience been? I’ve only been able to get it working well with low-power games like Monster Train. Any 3d game seems to run horribly, even older titles.

Do y’all use a controller in heldheld mode or only docked? I’m curious what the use case is here.