Cabinet Derg @Motodrachen@awoo.space

Someone has too much time on their hands.

The big Thing of 2024 is going to be THC/CBD infused coffee jell-o jigglers laser cut from sheets of gelatin at automated kiosks killing Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks.

@owashii@snouts.online @hyperlink@snouts.online I can make Coffee Pudding.

@hyperlink@snouts.online @owashii@snouts.online Use corn starch instead, heathen.

@tomte@tenforward.social @MadestMadness But there's no reason it can't be more like Mastodon than Twitter. Instead of Tech destroying our individuality, it can help to connect us.

The borg is what you get when you network Normies.

Network queers and autistic folks and otherkin and... Well, I wonder what would happen.

@Xial Freedomheight is a humanist scale designed to represent the extreme highs and lows of a temperate european climate because Fahrenheit was a Eurocentric german.

Decimal inch is a useful bastard unit that applies metric principles to an archaic measurement system. But calling it a "Fifty Cal" is cooler than "Twelve point seven millimeter"

@MadestMadness And Picard sending Hugh back with individuality fractured the Borg, sending them into a kind of Civil War that Lore exploited, all while doing his own horrific experiments on them. In this analogy, we see the rise of the Alt-Right like a Parasite on normal, conformist american life: Suddenly, Drones have an option for 'Individuality' even though they're still Borg.

The Borg thought they could eat everyone and become Perfect beings, but fell into the Generalists's Quandry: Don't half-ass Two things, Whole-ass One thing.

@edgedestroys@snouts.online I get that with melatonin, I had to stop. I use benedryl now instead.

@Fidgetcetera This is somewhat Ironic, I have DID, and I'm kinda the witchdoctor for this stuff but I've kinda had to step back because one of my systems had a meltdown and now he needs care.

The resources already listed are Good, but one of the tricky parts about DID is the autohypnotic aspect. In trying to Diagnose someone you suspect, you can actually Trigger a personality split.

In this case, an abusive, subconscious alter doing a Mr Hyde and the others having no memory of the behavior is pretty typical of a traumatogenic alter that's been repressed. We like to call those folks 'Sealed Evil, in a Can'.

The good news is that some of those Monsters can end up Lifelong friends and allies once you figure out why they were Hungry.

@HelloOats Okay, Starbucks can die in a Fire.
I was making "Pumpkin Spice" Raktajino Years ago, and I guarantee you theirs isn't psychotropic.

HRT periods are Real.

I'm at a crossroads in my own programming that comes down to something like This:

I care for people deeply and never feel like I'm doing enough. > I try and care for people More and get better at it > eventually break down or have a bad day and try and articulate my own needs > Succeed at articulating my own needs > Realize that I don't have anyone in my social circles who can fill this need.

And not because I'm surrounded by uncaring or incapable people, but that what I Want/Need is unreasonable.
But then held up to the mirror, asking myself if I'd go to those lengths for a friend I knew was hurting, I'd say Yes without hesitation? Like, that level of caring for someone else isn't unreasonable for Me, but feels unreasonable to ask from anyone else?

I'm being vague here because I'm really asking if I've painted myself into an emotional corner. I don't want to burn myself out caring for others, but don't know how to ask for what I need without feeling needy, greedy, ashamed or like I'm a burden.

'Cause I know what it's like to handle Burdens for folks for months, and what it's like to appear outta nowhere and be a Hero for a day.