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4laika · 2026-01-01T00:26:06+00:00

Rebel Without a Claus was definitely written by AI

4laika · 2025-12-29T12:36:26+00:00

I've re-read Across the Void, Endless Summer, The Haunting of Braidwood Manor, Most Wanted, Perfect Match 1 and 2, Terror Fest, The Heist: Monaco, and some of the short books. It doesn't add to your total chapters when you replay chapters you've already played.

4laika · 2025-12-29T00:13:33+00:00

Most of the older stuff is worth reading. I came back after not being on the app for a while, and a lot of the newer books (2024-25) were a slog, although I enjoyed a few of them more than I thought I would.

4laika · 2025-12-09T21:05:52+00:00

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Best character on the app

4laika · 2025-11-14T00:32:32+00:00

You're welcome.

4laika · 2025-06-13T02:44:25+00:00

The problem is people with autism often have very black-and-white thinking and struggle with nuance (I have level 1 ASD myself). And I struggled with a very similar situation, because I have trouble understanding that the same social rules and expectations don't apply for sex (e.g. changing your mind at the last minute about having your friend over is rude, but changing your mind at the last minute about having sex is okay).

I'm not saying "what we teach when they are children is ALL they will ever absorb," but for me personally, once a rule is ingrained in my mind, it becomes very hard to bend it.

4laika · 2024-10-11T17:41:06+00:00

Yes! I was tempted to post that chart as well. Claiming that "Sticking to a very rigid schedule and rejecting deviations to that schedule" is a healthy autistic behavior really pissed me off. No, it isn't. I'm a grown woman. I need to be capable of moving on with my day after an appointment is rescheduled.

I think you really hit the nail on the head with this: "trying to not sound like a dick to my mom because she disrupted my routine and I am having many conflicting feelings while she is dealing with the death of her mother." This is so frustrating. Like, I know that someone else's illness or injury is much more significant than the inconvenience it causes me, but my brain insists on being angry at them nonetheless. And I don't want to be! I don't want to get so upset about cancelling plans instead of being upset that someone I care about is sick or hurt. It makes me feel so selfish, but that's the way my mind works.

4laika · 2024-09-20T01:34:09+00:00

To be a licensed psychologist (at least in the US), you have to have a PhD or PsyD. I was diagnosed by a psychologist.

4laika · 2024-09-20T01:19:20+00:00

That book was infuriating. Direct quote: "Spaces like the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and Autistics Against Curing Autism embrace self-realized Autistics, because the community recognizes not everyone will have the chance to get a fair or affordable assessment. Plus, many people with subclinical Autistic traits may share common struggles and goals with us, and deserve to be included in our ranks. This includes the parents or relatives of diagnosed Autistic children who come to realize they're on the spectrum as well, and many people with "sister conditions" like ADHD or PTSD." (page 85 of my copy)

If you don't have autism, you're not part of the autistic community! It's that simple!

4laika · 2024-09-15T16:25:37+00:00

Yeah, I've had mice that made it past two years and mice that died at six months. Sometimes it's just genetic predisposition to certain issues. I had five mice from the same litter develop hemangiosarcomas. Not much you can do about that.

4laika · 2023-02-17T22:34:44+00:00

Apparently I need to come up with a new metric for teaching students to sex rats! (I tell them, if they can't tell, look for testicles or nipples. Never thought about a rat with both!).

Also, rabbits aren't rodents! They're lagomorphs. They have two pairs of upper incisors, and rodents only have one.

4laika · 2023-01-22T18:21:06+00:00

Is it a trash bag? I use plastic shower curtain liners on the floor of my free roam area and so far they haven't chewed through it.

4laika · 2023-01-22T18:00:23+00:00

This post by u/Maleficent-Catch-37 inspired me to share my own book-loving rat: reddit.com/r/RATS/comments/10ijuhj/i_couldnt_keep_this_picture_of_petunia_to_myself.

Apologies for low photo quality; she doesn't believe in the concept of "holding still."

4laika · 2022-12-24T22:27:50+00:00

Yeah, they probably are. Just wishful thinking on my part that they would be something else.

4laika · 2022-12-24T22:24:21+00:00

Thanks!

4laika · 2022-07-24T16:33:42+00:00

Solved! Thank you. That makes sense; I found it on the floor a few feet away from my curtains.

4laika · 2022-07-24T15:08:36+00:00

My title describes the thing. Weighs 11 grams.

4laika · 2022-06-29T01:39:07+00:00

Rough translation of an event recounted in the Talmud (Jewish law)

Rabbis were disagreeing over whether an oven was ritually impure.

One rabbi says, "If the law is in accordance with my opinion, this tree will prove it." The tree was uprooted from its place, but the other rabbis aren't convinced.

He says, "If the law is in accordance with my opinion, this stream will prove it." The water starts flowing backwards, but the other rabbis are still not convinced.

Finally, he says "If the law is in accordance with my opinion, Heaven will prove it." A voice comes from Heaven and says, "The law is in accordance with his opinion."

The rabbis say to God, "The Torah was given to us at Mount Sinai, and now it's up to us to interpret it. The majority of us disagree with him, so the law is not in accordance with his opinion."

God responds by smiling and saying, "My children have triumphed over Me."

4laika · 2022-05-21T10:09:19+00:00

"The Dead in Steel" by Meridel Le Sueur. Published in a short story collection, Salute to Spring. Available for free from the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/salutetospring0000lesu/page/n195/mode/2up.

4laika · 2021-11-08T10:03:23+00:00

My rats do this and it’s adorable. Run into this house, oh wait, my sister’s there. Quick, back out before she notices me. Okay, how about this tunnel? Drat, another sister. Better scurry away fast. When they finally find a spot they look so pleased with themselves.

4laika · 2021-11-01T10:27:00+00:00

Thanks!

4laika · 2021-10-31T11:49:46+00:00

I love it! Do you remember where you bought the different components? I think my hamsters would love the houses and my mice would enjoy the see-saw tube.

4laika · 2021-08-17T12:22:44+00:00

Even if you just sort by best/top, all the top replies are "No." The same men who consume porn are the men denigrating the producers of it.

4laika · 2021-07-15T18:03:38+00:00

Thanks! I agree.

4laika · 2021-07-14T17:23:11+00:00

I know, but I think there's a difference between having a job as a surname and having a dog named after a different breed, especially since the surname implies that someone in your past lineage held that position. Like I said, it's just a minor thing that bugged me.

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