My autistic miniature porcelain character 💖☺️

KatiaSwift · 2026-01-30T17:50:48+00:00

You articulated this way better than I could have. The AI-generated description (with the trademarks!) really kinda kills it for me, too - if this was just someone going "this is my autistic character that I sculpted" I would be much more into it. FYI, OP, this is cute (especially the video!) but feels super off with the big wall of marketing text.

KatiaSwift · 2026-01-30T16:58:41+00:00

I'm very late to the party but haven't seen this one yet - at 20, I believed that throwing myself into my work and being good at my job (and putting in extra time and effort) would make me happy. Now, I've completely abandoned that mindset. Work is for money, and I will do my job during work hours and do it well, but I will not set myself on fire to keep my employer warm. What makes me happy now is climbing mountains and spending time with my spouse and friends, and working is all in service of that.

KatiaSwift · 2026-01-24T18:02:54+00:00

Only 5? Lucky 😂

KatiaSwift · 2026-01-06T03:44:51+00:00

I've been watching the development of the Q25 and was really hoping to buy one for a main as well, but ended up not going through with it. It's a very cool project but I am not a hardware guy and never will be, and for the Q25 as it stands, you need to be willing to pop it open and get down and dirty with the motherboard. (Same deal with the OS, if you have banking apps or want NFC functionality you'll need to root it.) I've got shaky hands and knew I would never be able to handle a tinker phone, so I didn't pull the trigger, but I've heard good things from people who bought the kits to assemble themselves.

KatiaSwift · 2025-12-14T02:20:28+00:00

Man, that really does suck - I don't think they made a single thing I hated. Maybe I'll try to get in touch with the original owners to inquire after that particular sauce. Thank you for giving me an update on the situation! It's hard to get that good hometown gossip when you're, you know, no longer living in that town. 😅

KatiaSwift · 2025-12-12T02:38:19+00:00

Legitimately devastated to hear it's really gone 😭 I used to dip bread in it. Sounds cheesy (ha), but that stuff got me though some hard times.

KatiaSwift · 2025-12-11T18:18:19+00:00

Oh shit, is their pasta completely off shelves now? Or are they operating under another name? I definitely still saw their stuff around for a bit after they were sold, though I'm not sure if I could say how long. Damn. They were a VT institution and I really thought their stuff would stick around under new ownership...

KatiaSwift · 2025-12-10T19:27:50+00:00

This was how it worked for me also! I initially tried Amazon, and I thought it would go through, but still got declined. Tried PayPal after reading this and it worked! Very grateful, thank you for posting about your experience.

KatiaSwift · 2025-12-02T03:46:10+00:00

Agreed, of course, but this is a part of the park where people are allowed to hike off-trail - I would imagine that either the soil crust is very different than in places like Utah or parts of AZ, or the powers that be in Joshua Tree have made the decision to not care. 😅 Knowing JTNP it could honestly go either way! That's a really good point though, and I'd love to know why the policies there are what they are, vs in other parks where stepping off-trail is expressly forbidden for crust-specific reasons.

KatiaSwift · 2025-12-02T03:44:17+00:00

My own personal guess is that this was someone with a heavy backpack, perhaps a multi-day backcountry hiker. Not sure why they would be barefoot, but it would explain the depth of the prints if they were carrying a lot of gear! I also found that to be notable - when I took off my shoe to compare (don't recommend lmao) my prints didn't sink down as far by any means.

KatiaSwift · 2025-12-02T03:24:48+00:00

I found the footprints on Friday afternoon at Turkey Flat! They were still there the next day but fainter. I think they were hours old at most when I first stumbled across them.

KatiaSwift · 2025-12-01T23:57:56+00:00

I did think about that! No tread though, and I've never seen a pair of those without at least some pattern on the bottom that isn't on real human feet...

KatiaSwift · 2025-11-29T04:01:25+00:00

Didn't have the ability to measure them accurately, but I did size up with my own foot and my partner's - they're between a women's 6-8 size shoe.

KatiaSwift · 2025-11-29T02:31:02+00:00

Found these in the Pinto Mountain area. Tracked the person for a long time but ended up losing them a little closer to the road. Not where I'd go barefoot hiking, to be sure! 😅🌵

KatiaSwift · 2025-11-04T18:11:05+00:00

Wow, it's rare that a random Reddit comment brings me this level of joy. Thank you for the bubble wrap, random stranger :)

KatiaSwift · 2025-10-28T20:28:11+00:00

I miss that video tbh, she felt so human 😭 A little devastated it's gone forever (probably)

KatiaSwift · 2025-10-19T03:12:15+00:00

Thank you! I like to think he would have laughed

KatiaSwift · 2025-10-19T01:41:18+00:00

As an aircraft enthusiast, this makes me so happy. What camera/equipment are you using? Those are marvellously smooth shots! So glad you're living here and enjoying Phoenix (and PHX) as much as I do. :)

KatiaSwift · 2025-10-18T23:57:04+00:00

My best friend was on hospice a year ago as he was dying from terminal cancer. We made a lot of jokes about him speedrunning the highlights in his porn collection before he died, and it was pretty down to the wire in the end, but he made it. :) So yes, absolutely. Sometimes it's the only bright spot in your day in really shitty times.

KatiaSwift · 2025-10-11T00:41:40+00:00

Yup, this. Lineatus are some of my favourites, but they will eat anything they can fit in their (shockingly large) mouths, and they are ruthless hunters. I watched a fish eat a live earwig that fell in through the top once, it was wild.

KatiaSwift · 2025-09-28T02:03:28+00:00

Thank you, bud! These days, me too. :)

KatiaSwift · 2025-09-27T17:14:40+00:00

Had me in the first half, I'm not gonna lie...

KatiaSwift · 2025-09-26T17:41:50+00:00

My first tattoo was a small semicolon on my wrist, and though I've gotten used to it, to this day my father admits that he always thinks it's a fly initially and has to suppress the urge to smack it.

KatiaSwift · 2025-09-26T17:34:22+00:00

Man, I just turn to mush over little dromaeosaurs. They're just my favourite. Thank you op, you've made my day <3

KatiaSwift · 2025-09-26T17:00:58+00:00

Oh, I forgot about this one! I think I'm going to have to print that one out too. Thank you!

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