Beemer Tectonic

Your colleague is weird.

I'm American, and I've never heard anyone call setting the clock forward / back "going through the change."

I've only heard that phrase used as an (old-fashioned) euphemism for menopause.

What s fabulous design!

If they're not on your radar already, Strange Horticulture and Strange Antiquities strike me as games you might enjoy.

They're, like, cozy horror. (They're also short and puzzly.)

I get it.

And honestly, that *is* pretty funny.

Well, that's refreshing.

Just checked the election results, and every candidate and ballot issue we voted for won.

It's only local stuff, but it makes a difference.

RIGHT?!?!

A middle-aged guy cross-playing as Mira from K-Pop Demon Hunters. A guandao across his shoulders, magenta goatee and hair, yellow shorts, sleeveless black tee with the Huntr/x "Won't Miss" slogan.

Fit check for my napalm era!

First Halloween costume in ages: cross-playing as Mira from K-Pop Demon Hunters.

So, y'know, it all makes sense and is perfectly logical.

In a way that doesn't help AT ALL with it also being The Worst Fucking Symptom when our modern world turns this highly valuable paleolithic trait into a liability.

But anyway, if that's all true, then the reason why the unwelcome task luks, generating dread, is because our brains are going "okay, but it *might* be something bad, in which case I want to wait for a better moment, because I'll need to drop everything else and focus on that. So not yet..."

Probably there's also something about catastrophizing / thinking about contingency plans, which could be a learned behavior or could be an innate tendency, but por que no los dos, really.

I don't have all the pieces sorted out yet, but it feels like it all hangs together to me.

But it also means that we're prone to *not* acting under low-level stress. Our brains want to hoard our energy until The Moment arrives. That, plus low dopamine (or maybe it's the same thing), can make it hard to motivate ourselves to act on non-crisis problems.

It's also good for hunting, where you need to wait for the right moment,then act decisively. (And then maybe lock in and hyperfixate on pursuing your quarry until it drops from exhaustion.)

This is an evolutionarily advantageous trait: it's good to have some individuals in your tribe who function well when the river floods or a smilodon attacks.

Here's my hypothesis: (some chunk of) ADHD is having a brain that's oriented towards sudden action.

It's why we can be calm in a crisis: we're undertuned, so when everyone else is freaking out from a flood of neurochemicals, we're finally coming fully online and operating at max capacity.

Ironic, that.

If you want to replace it, the songs from K-Pop Demon Hunters are fiendishly catchy.

SO much more!

It's astonishing in its depth.

So, so much.

Man, that was a good community.

Only looking at Following and thoughtfully curating your flist works wonders.

(Now if only bsky would implement hiding reposts by account...)

hapy brithday!

Okay, it *was* you who I saw at the airport a couple weeks ago!

I wasn't sure and didn't want to make things awkward, but a belated hello.

And yes, you are good at your new job. 👍

Aw, that's a bummer. But 96, wow! That's a good run.

Not just less access, but less life experience in general.

When you're a kid, it's easy for something to be literally one of the top things ever in your entire life, simply because that list is short.

When you feel something for the first time, it's automatically the most you've ever felt it.

Dude. It's your wife's *ex* boyfriend. As in, she picked you over him. You won. Why are you jealous?

Stop punishing yourself for no reason and enjoy your life.

I'm not big on straight horror, but I love a good horror-comedy.

Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon
Dead Alive
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Shaun of the Dead (always worth a rewatch)

I never realized how awesome the sky is here (and how much I had missed it) until I moved away and came back.

That really sucks. Big hugs, man.

Have you played Blue Prince?

It's real good.

What happened was weapons-grade poetic justice (pun fully intended) and those who thought his politics despicable are going to find it difficult to resist at least appreciating the irony.

Anyone who can't see that is either being willfully obtuse or never passed 9th-grade English Literature.

Big hugs

@davecobb.com Dude! You're on Leighton Night! That's awesome!

Haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but I'm very excited for it!