Brave Little Hitachi Wand

Delightful, hilarious, and potentially even worth having!

Yeah but they don’t have highly paid UX design teams, so they’re probably just copying design choices on the basis that they’re trying to offer people a similar experience they can own.

I’m doing fine with Heroic, no rush

Oh god. US soldiers are already such a special blend of incompetent and cynical, imagine when they’re being trained by fucking Markov chain babble machines. Ugh

Disaster capitalists can’t be trusted to mix the vinegar for washing windows, much less a technology that can be used to undermine labour itself.

It should be allowed to demand a duel if someone dissembles and refuses to answer questions in situations like this.

This is one of those internet comments that are just a complete and perfect download of lore that should rightfully change thousands of people’s lives. It’s all there.

Look at their post history, you’re talking to an actual crazy person lol

This is the answer I was going to give, there’s such a thing as a legitimate military target, and terrorism is not considered legitimate war. States do terror all the time though, and they have a keen interest in blurring that line.

I’ve only ever done the one Reddit hosted years ago. What’s the vibe with this one, do you think a kid would be okay joining in? He can handle rude language, but I’d rather him not see anything overtly sexualised.

Surprised nobody’s mentioning Joshua Weissman’s “but cheaper” series. You get the impression he’s a little into himself, but the recipes are solid.

Thank you so, so much. Especially for the offer to talk about this stuff. I’m dreading the upcoming summer holiday. My mother is in town for most of it, and she’s useless at any kind of control, routine, or discipline. Every time family stays with us it’s great - free childcare - but also, all routines and hard-won norms go out the window for at least a month after they’re long-gone.

Something I said to him last night after thinking about what you told me was explaining about how rules should be generalized. I told him “rules exist for reasons, and those reasons are the real rules.” I went through a few examples, and he seemed to vaguely get it. I know I’ll have to explain this again at least a few more times, but if I can get him pilled on the idea that rules have conceptual depth, maybe that will help him with compliance and masking somewhat. Have you ever tried anything like that? I feel like the more self-aware he is, the more he cooperates with measures taken to mitigate the things he’s not good at. He is a sweetheart, but that always shines through best when he feels like we’re on the same side.

Thanks for the novel - seriously. There have been times when I felt like my kid is just an asshole too, reading that was oddly healing. If I wasn’t his loving father, I could easily write him off as no good. I see the good though, and I’ve worked to make him self-aware about the things he struggles with. He definitely knows he’s time-blind.

Recently he told me he thinks I’m unreasonable, and I explained that it’s now how I prefer to treat him, and that sometimes he’s so unreasonable himself that being unreasonable is the only possible response. He seemed to understand. He knows we love him.

He’s more ADHD than spectrum (according to the expensive private assessment we ended up getting after years of waiting). But I definitely see him completely failing to generalize rules. He seems to do better when he knows the reasons for things, but he will still struggle with any frustration, distraction, understimulation - basically executive dysfunction.

I can’t imagine him even attempting to stick with a task for six hours, even in a completely dissatisfactory way. He would sooner fall asleep on the kitchen floor than even pretend to try to do dishes. So at least yours had that much going for her!

I appreciate the validation about ruling with an iron fist (as often as possible with a really soft glove on it, right?). I used to be the most easygoing one in the room, but dad life with AuDHD has turned me into a stereotypical stern-faced patriarch and I often struggle with the role self not matching my true self.

I do need to get him mixing with kids more often in clubs and what-not. He’s a social sponge, and the more time he spends gently being asked not to act like shit by people who aren’t me, the better for everyone in the long run.

I wish there was a silver bullet for the mess that gets caused when we let them off the hook one single time. I don’t like being strict, it takes a toll.

I’m going through it with my 8yo AuDHD boy. I wouldn’t so much mind needing to constantly remind him things if the reminders didn’t anger him. Any wisdom you may have any how to manage them would be like manna from heaven.

That’s a really good story, instructive on how building social fabric takes time and patience

Good for him, but always a little worried when someone does something I approve of. What are they, crazy?

did not get there by not being an idiot

This applies to both of them too. They weren’t elected for being smart, they both are smart but they leaned on charisma, speaking skills, and a sense of ‘genuineness’ to win their supporters’ favour. I really meant it. People simply do not get elected for seeming smart, and if they are smart they won’t try to sound smart while running for office in America.

I was fond of Obama when I was younger, but I look back with disdain on a lot of his track record. He sold people hope, and people look back on the time before Trump with understandably rosy glasses though, so I don’t begrudge anyone liking him.

Sorry for the confusing double negative, Trump sounding that way is exactly my point

I’ve had good success buying second hand on eBay, but I bet you could also do worse than getting used parts off Gumtree, look for anyone selling a broken or outdated computer - or in the free section - and spend some time going through a pile of ewaste, shucking all the drives, and then running tests on them.

Two important facts. One, there is no such thing as idiot-proof. Two, anyone in charge did not get there by not being an idiot.