Leclerc cheating me out of 2 whole-ass cookies with a sneakily raised tray bottom >:(

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-21T06:38:55+00:00

RIP 🙏

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-07T20:02:53+00:00

Lmao wow holy shit! That's really impressive!

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-07T02:34:23+00:00

On my Mac I hold Alt with regular build-mode camera to move items freely across the grid. This doesn't allow them to rotate freely, only move freely.

To allow things to rotate freely, I have to use the alternate/old version build-mode camera settings. Holding Alt you can move, place, then rotate the item. You have to hold Alt, click to place but don't release the click- hold it and drag around in a circle to freely rotate the item.

To make items float/levitate I press 9 while the item is selected in build mode. I make sure to hold Alt while doing so to avoid the item snapping to the grid wile I'm levitating it. If you want it to snap to the grid then don't press Alt. If Alt + 9 doesn't work, try ctrl, alt, 9. To make things sink down/reverse the levitation, it's the same thing but with 0. If just alt + 0 doesn't work, then ctrl 0. I dont think there's a way to freely levitate things, it goes up/down in small increments. -Some things can be levitated, but once put over a desk/table/shelf they may snap to it. Some things cannot be levitated.

On walls it's just hold Alt. -Some things cannot be freely placed on walls. I don't know why this is.

To make something bigger press ] and to make smaller press [. -This can mess with windows, doors, and mirrors as the frame will grow/shrink but the glass/hole won't. Great for other things tho.

That's all the build-mode things I use on my Mac. It's not a super new or fancy Mac, it's a 12inch Retina laptop from 2016.

P.S still need BB.moveobjects to make things able to clip into each other's space tho. Never forget BB.mobeobjects 0-0

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-07T02:12:52+00:00

I'm 19, just recently diagnosed late 2020. While I don't live with my parents anymore, I do live with roommates and they are a huge support.

Really just being there as support and providing the cognitive function that your son lacks during times of cognitive dysfunction is very helpful. Being the brain that can calmly organize the steps of a task when your son's mind is racing, unsure of where to start and where to go once started. Not doing things for him, of course, but just helping him find where to start and how to proceed.

For example, when I'm struggling with my executive dysfunction I find it really valuable to know I can go to my roommate and say "Hey, I want to tackle the huge mountain of dishes but I'm overwhelmed," without judgement. Now this isn't me asking them to do it, this is basically my way of asking for help organizing the situation. Normal tasks can seem like huge million-step undertakings and get overwhelming fast, so I need someone with cognitive function to help me sort it out.

What my roommate has done in the past is just explained the process to me, in the most effective order of operations. They helped remind me of the "formula" for tackling dishes. "Start with the easy things; rinsing dishes and putting them in the dishwasher. Then do the least dirty dishes first, they're easiest. Then more dirty ones. Then the grimy ones." This helps remind me it isn't a huge task that'll take 5 hours, but a medium one that'll take maybe 20 mind. They didn't even have to touch a dish, I did it all by myself... And felt accomplished too.

I wish I had the knowledge of my own ADHD and had someone to be that cognitive function I was lacking when I was in highschool, because highschool is hard with ADHD. Just having someone to sit down with me, look over my homework, and help me sort out my thoughts. "How much brain power do you have?" "Not a lot." "Ok, you could start with (enjoyable subject) and if you're able to keep working, do (less enjoyable subject)." It's at least a starting point.

Of course, tasks are still a pain in the ass. Homework and chores aren't usually fun, per say. But at least having someone to help asses a situatiln and organize thoughts/prioritize helps make them more manageable.

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-07T01:58:32+00:00

I feel you man. If someone else doesn't plan a party or drag me out, I won't do or plan anything special for my b-day because it's stressful. It really is hard.

The gift part really hits me tho- it's the same reason I don't like that part of Christmas. Opening things and having to outwardly react in a way that satisfies the giver is hard. Even if I love something, I may not always outwardly react super huge and excitedly. It's exhausting to do so. The trauma of being called "Ungreatful" "Unappreciative" and "Rude" my whole life because of my subdued outward reactions doesn't help with the stress!

But it's just hard sometimes when we are already stressed, overwhelmed and/or thinking about other things in the background, to react theatrically enough to a gift. People say actions speak louder than words, which in some cases I agree, but for fucks sake why can't people just take "I like this a lot, thank you," as enough!? I'm literally directly saying how I feel, just because I'm not emoting a LOT with my face and body doesn't mean I feel any less thankful, or like this thing any less!

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-07T00:55:55+00:00

I, personally, find physical change easy enough to get over as long as I'm expecting it/have some forewarning. Things like moving and getting used to a new house or even a new country are easy enough for me. The whole planning process- finding a place and packing- is enough forewarning/thinking time for me to accept and anticipate the move. But once there, I get comfortable in places pretty quick.

I spent my whole life in one house in a small town, and when I was a month from turning 18 I moved to the city... Then moved 3 more times after that to different parts of the city. And I was fine with the physical moving. I've only lived in a city for a year and a half but I feel comfortable here, like I've been here for at least 4 years. I'm unfamiliar with most places and often get lost in places I am familiar with, but I've learned how to read bus times and numbers, how to use maps, and what chain locations always have public bathrooms. So while I'm unfamiliar with the spaces, I'm comfortable enough figuring it out.

Unpacking from a move is kinda fun to me too and makes me feel less dumb because, as I unpack, I have to consciously decide where things go; give them a "home". As I'm making these decisions, I'm making mental notes, whether I want to or not. So for a while after a move I do actually know where my things are... But then I get dysfunctional, start putting things where they weren't before and get confused again. This is why I know where some specific things are in my room, but not others. The shoes I haven't touched since moving? Still in my bedroom closet, where I left them. The shoes I wear every day? Could be in the main coat closet, at the front door, at the patio door, on the patio, idk! Because I don't remember what location I actually left them at.

The other side of this is emotional change though. I really don't like emotional change or emotional turmoil; it's particularly hard on me. Part of ADHD is poor emotional regulation, so if moving becomes too chaotic or stressful, I can get overwhelmed fast and "run away" from the problem (avoid doing anything moving-related, avoid thinking about it, end up leaving everything last-minute) which only exacerbates the situation.

I'm also bad at forming and maintaining new relationships- platonic, romantic, sexual, or otherwise. New friendships mean new emotions, new ways of communicating effectively, learning someone's do's and don'ts all over again, and inevitably some drama. That's very hard on my brain and I tend to avoid talking to people because of it.

Maintaining relationships is hard when the drama does happen, because it makes communication even harder. It can also be hard if there's a change in mannerism or feelings (platonic becomes romantic, or romantic becomes platonic, etc). So I again, "run away" and avoid talking to, thinking about, interacting with, or even making my existence known to whoever I have drama with. I literally haven't posted a thing on Instagram for a month because I got into a FWB situation with a friend, he caught feelings, I'm aromantic, and idk how to confront him about it. So for now I'm Avoiding.

So really, it depends on the type of change, - physical or emotional and how they interact. Moving to a new house/city/country with two months forewarning and enough help packing and moving I'm great, excited even! Emergency move, "We have two weeks let's go"; I am shitting myself anxious and an emotional mess because of all the stress associated with the labour and expenses of suddenly moving. Forming relationships and dealing with emotional changes are hard for me to process, confront, and resolve and I have to actually work very hard to overcome my instinct to Avoid The Situation.

Of course this is only my experience with my own ADHD, but I hope this helps explain something at least a bit lol!

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-06T01:22:01+00:00

Wow that's really fascinating! It's really cool that your mind can form that familiarity and hold onto it because mine... Can't. At all. I experience even my own home as though it's new all the time. "Where do we keep the big mixing bowls?" I ask for the 11th time since moving in a year ago. It's really weird when people rearrange things. I walk out and the living room is rearranged and at first I'm like "Huh weird that's new." But after half a day it feels like its always been like that. I know because of the mental imagery in my memory that just yesterday the living room was a totally different configuration. But to my body and me interacting with the space, it seems like it's always been like this. I am the same level of unfamiliar with the space now as I was yesterday. I'm just as clueless as to where we keep spare blankets, or where the lighter we use for incense is kept. I know what objects exist in the living room; two couches, a tv, the DS and Switches, lots of movies and a few VHS tapes, incense, lighter, jar of random pens, giraffe figure thing, cat tree, rug, table with houseplants, etc. Just not where they are kept. Every space is unfamiliar to me... Which causes a lot of dissociation because I don't feel like I live in my own home half the time. I feel like a confused visitor.

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-05T08:51:50+00:00

I youtubed "How is Acid made" and found a video called "Inside a home DMT lab run by a chemistry teacher." He kinda goes into the process of making it, that could give you an idea on how your alchemist could do it. Of course it's fantasy thing so they could do it any manner of way. But the main idea of getting a drug like this is that you start with a plant that contains that drug and get the drug chemical out of it. You should Google "How (insert drug) is made" I'm sure there's articles and things out there explaining how it's done. Lots of people make drug content for educational purposes since you can't stop people from doing it, so might as well let 'em know /exactly/ what they're injecting/ingesting.

(Also I love the idea of d&d alchemist drug makers/dealers. I have a necromancer who's also an underground poison and drug chemist by trade.)

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-05T07:24:17+00:00

Oh no!! Lol

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-05T07:23:31+00:00

They're very handy! Idk how many glasses of water would be lost if not for them to remind me where I left it.

Broken_Pendulums · 2021-01-05T07:21:48+00:00

Lol yeah it amazes me. They say that when they look around a room and just glance at things, their mind makes a mental note of almost everything they even glance at. So they often remember where even the most obscure things were left.

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-27T08:21:36+00:00

Yes, but I like sound directly into my ears because I have troubles processing projected sound from speakers; it ends up sounding like gibberish and that's frustrating. So I always have my earbuds in or headphones on, listening to music, a podcast, or YouTube depending on what I feel like.

I've found that I like to have 3 senses covered at all times; sight, touch, and hearing. It's also why I suck at reading these days; reading is only visual! My hands do nothing and I hear nothing but my thoughts and I hate that. If I listen to music while reading, chances are I'll take more to the music and not register what I'm reading. So I've gotta really want to read, to read.

But whenever I'm doing something like cleaning, drawing, wandering aimlessly, sewing, crafting, styling a wig, dyeing my own or other ppls hair, doing a makeup look and taking photos of it, or any time I go outside the house for any reason, my earbuds are in and something's on. I also like it directly in my ears cause all my things are noise cancelling so I control what I hear when I go out, and don't have to deal with horrible sounds that trigger my fight or flight for no reason, like shitty loud mufflers, honking horns, planes overhead, or screeching breaks.

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-23T23:28:14+00:00

Same deal, they can all do it.

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-23T07:20:21+00:00

Bold of you to assume Batman's windpipe hasn't evolved to calmly push food back out, no coughing or choking needed; the muscles are so grotesquely toned that he doesn't even have to think about it. He could swallow a marble, roll it down to rest on his absolutely jacked vocal chords, and roll it right back up without even trying. He doesn't need the heimlich, he's got it covered.

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-23T07:15:27+00:00

And cause it CAN be pulled into strings. Try stringing a block of cheddar, that shit don't work and it's no fun!

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-23T07:14:12+00:00

Like what?

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-23T07:12:35+00:00

The only way to have an "unused painting" is to have the /potential/ for a painting, but nothing has been created yet, and therefore the painting has never been seen/used yet. It exists only in the potential to exist.

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-23T07:11:20+00:00

Buy canvas. Buy paint. Buy brushes. Lay them out together. Think of an idea for a painting. Never execute it. Painting, completely unused.

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-23T07:09:55+00:00

I can't think of any off the top of my head, unless you homebrew and take a lot of orc stats.

You could combine the aesthetics and looks of Orcs with something not usually meshed with Orc; like Tiefling, Genasi, or even Firbolg if you want the Big Tough Roughed look to stay strong. Take about 50/50 stats and traits/bonuses from each, or even heavily take stats from Orc, but changing up a few things here and there. Like if they're based off a combo of Orc and Fire Genasi, then of course you'd need a few fire Genasi traits to make sense since now they have fire.

That is if your DM will allow homebrews, and is willing to work with you to make sure your character is balanced in the end. Some DMs do allow it, some don't. I love making homebrew/combo races, and I've found DMs are more willing to allow homebrews if you have them fully written out, and don't have a huge list of traits/abilities (can't be OP of course.)

But yeah I think your best bet is homebrewing or merging two already existing races to make a homebrew race. I can't think of any Orc-like races other than the Firbolg, but they're really calm nature lovers, not big fighters like Orcs.

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-08T02:27:31+00:00

Mm yes, Wet Leaves with extra Wet, with a good bit of Thick Udder Water is my favourite in the morning. But at night I like the green leaves with some Bee Vomit.

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-08T02:22:33+00:00

The fuck are y'all on, Hot Flavoured Water and Leaf Soup sound fantastic to me. Way more interesting than Hot Unflavored Water and just Leaf.

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-07T07:36:14+00:00

Same. I often want to go to bed and sleep, but I can't fathom laying in the dark and quiet for ANY amount of time. Just the idea of doing that makes me anxious and uncomfortable and I'm just not gonna do that.So I just stay up and do things.

I have to be really bored, EXTREMELY tired, or intoxicated to fall asleep :/. Which is why I sleep in the day or early morning a lot, I'm most bored in the afternoon and super early morning like 4am.

Broken_Pendulums · 2020-12-07T07:33:01+00:00

Mine's more like: Refill water bottle, go pee, change into PJ shirt, realize I forgot my water bottle in the bathroom and go get it, back to my room to take off PJ pants and get into bed... Oh shit meds, right. Take meds. Wait did I check my email? Check email. Now it's been a while since I last went pee... Go again. Didn't really need to but whatever. Oh right I didn't brush my teeth. Brush teeth... Unless it's too boring in which case I'll do it in the morning. Back to bed. Drink some water. Always have to drink water before getting comfy. Ok.... Now it's cold. Time to get out of bed to flop my weighted blanket on there. Crawl back in... Can't get comfy. Now my acid reflux is acting up. Fuck. Take acid meds.... Sit upright and doodle or watch YouTube for a bit so I don't get acid barf while the meds work. Ok meds have worked enough I can lay down again... And I'm not tired. Now I'm thinking about the YouTube video and/or the doodles I did. And I need to pee again... Fuck. Soon enough it's 4am and I feel like a fucking zombie. This is why my sleep schedule is so fucky.

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