oftenawake

Yeah we're all wired up differently! I've noticed that weed has the "opposite effect" on me to most other people, including many ADHDers I know. For me, as long as I'm not already exhausted for the day, its my number one productivity aid - which is convenient and also pretty annoying since it's not always possible to have weed!

I think it helps me because it brings me back into my body and out of spiraling thoughts which make it harder to get things done - I'm a lot more focused. It makes me better at almost everything.

It works so reliably, for so many years, I don't even question it any more. Still, its very helpful and yet annoyingly so. It's not legal where I live.

Does weed count? Helps me get a lot of shit done!

I laugh but actually this is The One that really works. If only it were possible!

Welp, that's a fuckin stupid idea. Next!

So glad to read your comment @SparrowHawk. This is exactly it, and why I am no longer a hardcore atheist. We can't connect with anyone while we're in the middle of telling them that they're wrong - even if they are completely wrong about factual matters. It's essential to build connection first, then conduct any education through the connection. Without connecting it's wasted effort.

The educating can't come through coercion or condemnation either, because those shut people down. If we don't offer something better then we push those people away. We might write them off and say "fuck em, who cares!" and that's how we end up at political deadlock and perpetual war.

This is why the fascists are so terrified of empathy, because intelligent, educated people (lots of those around!) who are highly empathic (not so many, it's a harder skill) joining together and building connections with and between the masses, already have all the tools to dismantle the whole scam we're living in.

Empathy and education, from kindness not condemnation, is unstoppable. Though I will grant that there's not much in it for rugged individualism, but lots in it for diverse, individuality-celebrating collectivism.

Of course we're supposed to be arguing - we'll never get anywhere that way.

Empathy lets you say "I absolutely disagree with your view, yet I still value you as a human, so am committed to your long-term wellbeing" and other similar bits of "radical hate speech" which, put into action will dismantle capitalism, fascism, authoritarianism, religions, prisons... you name it.

But it can't be passive, it is something for each person to be putting into action all the time.

That's my spiritual practise and I don't feel personally affronted if someone disagrees with it or doesn't understand it any more, because it's just with myself and how I want to be in life with myself and others anyway.

There are billions of us humans and we're unstoppable when we put aside our petty differences and work together for common dreams.

....besides, if you don't agree with me, you're wrong! /s

I've been combining eggs and my interest in Go (the ancient board game) to similar effect.

We could make e-waste into a crafting activity!

My hobby is collecting broken computers and putting them on a shelf for later! Your hobby sounds pretty sensible - come the apocalypse you can craft away and you'll have loads to barter with! Artists will travel to peruse your epic retro craft supply cavern!

I'll be left wondering what to do with a Pentium Core2 if I don't take action soon! I do upcycle them but right now the backlog is silly and they probably just need to go to the dump because nobody wants a midrange PC from 20 years ago.

Maybe my hobby is e-waste!? Fark! =-O

Sounds like a great idea which neither of us is gonna remember about tomorrow. I'm in!

1. Invent incredibly dumb device.
2. Brand it as "Smart" to lean into Dunning-Kruger effect sales.
3. Profit!!

Extremely destructive to the future of the company, you say? Go on...?

We've been having short power cuts lately (rural area, windy!) and now it's starting to look like my Dell Optiplex sMaRt RaDiAtOr 50w homelab/studio/shed heater could do with a UPS to protect against data loss! Though it does have btrfs raid1 which is pretty handy for a ~~radiator~~ RAID1ator!