Me: Oh, I have my quirks, sure, but I don't think there's any reason to suppose that I'm not basically neurotypical.

Also me: [ Is happy that his ranking as a competitive pinball player with the International Flipper Pinball Association has dropped to number 1571, because that was the model number for the Commodore 128's disk drive and he was so happy when he was able to save up and get one back in 1989. ]

Follow

@Austin_Dern that's a perfectly normal thing to get mildly happy about
-F

@Felthry Really is, although I'll admit, I missed whatever day it was I passed 1350, the Datasette tape-drive number.

@Austin_Dern we're mildly amused that our parking spot (or at least the one we park in most often, we don't pay the extra money for a reserved spot) is number 317, and the LM317 is a very classic (although not very good) linear regulator
-F

@Felthry That is exactly the sort of thing I'd look for in a regular parking spot myself!

Sign in to participate in the conversation
Awoo Space

Awoo.space is a Mastodon instance where members can rely on a team of moderators to help resolve conflict, and limits federation with other instances using a specific access list to minimize abuse.

While mature content is allowed here, we strongly believe in being able to choose to engage with content on your own terms, so please make sure to put mature and potentially sensitive content behind the CW feature with enough description that people know what it's about.

Before signing up, please read our community guidelines. While it's a very broad swath of topics it covers, please do your best! We believe that as long as you're putting forth genuine effort to limit harm you might cause – even if you haven't read the document – you'll be okay!