Language purists are veebs. Communication changes. The definition of language is descriptive, not prescriptive.

You can enjoy yourself at any age. What you might be missing is the feeling of being fully cared for and therefore carefree.

I’ve never found a way to replicate that as an adult. If you find it, let me know

European

As an American, it’s because there’s nothing out there. We have SO much land. A small town means you have to drive everywhere. It means the local grocery is 30 min away. It also means 300 people in the town, one library (maybe), but at least three churches. Very much not my vibe :-)

Not everywhere, obviously, but it’s a thing.

That’s a lot of words to say you don’t understand the mental healthcare crisis in this country.

They’re different words. Grey is more of a dark white, while gray is more of a light black.

But for real, to me grey is a name and a feeling, and gray is a color. And I have no idea why.

There’s no reason to assume it’s a constant rate. 10% during a time of absolute turmoil. That seems low to me. How many times have you changed your political leanings in your life? For me it was two changes in 25 years of voting. But let’s say we can swing that ten percent every two years. We’ll be ready to win something in 2033? We need to be faster.

And your point about tea party funding just means a progressive party would have even less success, wouldn’t it?

I still think getting progressive candidates into low level positions within the Dems is a quickly achievable goal. Next year even. Then we push mid level and up.

She has her own religion

But the third party can’t win, that’s my point.

Maybe I don’t understand, but I feel like the tea party wasted years being outside the Republicans. Once they got inside they were able to change things. So why follow in their failures? Why not jump right to their success?

10% is very low, is my point.

I tried flipping my wife’s electors once. She wasn’t a fan. I loved it though.

The math says I can’t fly, so I discount that as an escape route.

I’m serious. 30% of voters self identify as Republicans. 30% more as Democrats. These people aren’t thinking. They vote their party because daddy voted that party. Just look at how few people change their party affiliation. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/08/04/voters-rarely-switch-parties-but-recent-shifts-further-educational-racial-divergence/

So any 3rd party would have to capture literally everyone else to be viable. And that’s from both extreme ends of the spectrum as well as the middle. Those people who actually think about politics and consider who is running and might change.

It’s literally impossible. You’d have more luck doing what the tea party did. Get a chunk of people then invade the Republican party.

100% agree. You need to really know who you’re talking to.

I’m fact, I go a step further. I don’t let my son fuck anyone unless I’m also fucking their mom. That way I can be sure everyone is in agreement.

Where the fallacy

Amateur. Mine is backed up to a massive raid-5 array of hundreds of free USB sticks I got from conferences. When one dies, I can’t be sure which it is, so I just add a few more.

Caffeine and weed.

But also, accepting that your brain is what it is. Don’t fight it. Find ways to work with it.

Some ideas.

Wherever you have a pile of something, put a basket. I used to have one laundry basket and it would end up unused, with piles of clothes all over the floor in lots of different rooms. Now I have three laundry baskets and no piles.

When it comes to putting things away, make it easy to put away, but hard to take out. If you make it hard to put away, you won’t put it away and you’ll probably lose it.

Reminders are only useful if you don’t ignore them. If you catch yourself ignoring reminders, change how the reminders come in, or change how the reminder sound. I’m on my third sound for my medication reminders. Switching it up helps.

FPTP ultimately results in a two-party system. That doesn’t mean it’s a two-party system 100% of the time. If a party truly screws up, that party can die and be replaced. You’ll still end up with two parties for the vast majority of the elections.

And that’s exactly what happened. Reality lines up with the math.

Which is why I expect to see unions fighting for prison labor reform.

the joy inside of me would die.

Life gets a lot easier once you realize no one else’s opinion matters, that shame and guilt are just manipulation tactics, and that you should just do what’s right for you without hurting anyone else.

That’s a nice way to put it. I call it more of a Noob Murder Simulator

Oh, yeah, the meds are great. I wish I found them twenty years ago

Welcome!

The next step is realizing that the ADHD isn’t the problem. The problem is society is set up for typicals. We take drugs to fit their mould.