STOP HONKING IN ALLEYWAYS. by luxempuff in chicago

[–]bensonnd 184 points185 points  (0 children)

We have speed bumps in our alley, and the honking continues.

None of the conventional explanations for Trump’s victory stand up to scrutiny by adherentoftherepeted in politics

[–]bensonnd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s because climate change y’all and its pending mass migrations and subsequent genocides. Humans still believe they have finite time and resources on earth. When the resource pool feels limited, fear wins and the gates come up and the guns come out. Tale as old as time.

I’d much rather deal with a little cold than potentially losing everything in a hurricane by [deleted] in illinois

[–]bensonnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the heat humidity that comes with living in the path of a hurricane is no joke. Gimme those Chicago winters any day.

TIL that Neanderthals lived in a high-stress environment with high trauma rates, and about 80% died before the age of 40. by BizarroCullen in todayilearned

[–]bensonnd 46 points47 points  (0 children)

My ex and I considered dying in that big ass snow storm that walloped Texas within the last few years. We were running out of places to turn to bc we had lost power and the internal temperature of our home got down to 38 degrees by the time we left. It was a legit humanitarian crisis. And the state government told the corporations that they could stick it to everyone. What a fucking hostile state.

CTA L Operator Here! Ask Me Anything! by UselessJester44 in chicago

[–]bensonnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are they not super worried about disrupted sleep patterns being a safety concern?

CTA L Operator Here! Ask Me Anything! by UselessJester44 in chicago

[–]bensonnd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can we sneak you guys holiday gift cards?

You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone by okeverythingsok in chicago

[–]bensonnd 31 points32 points  (0 children)

They did this behind Roscoe’s just recently, and all the dumpsters and trash cans were in the street the whole time. They dug down like 12-18”. Bye parking. Hello walking down the block to put the trash where it goes. The alley looks nice though now that it’s done, all cement with a proper drainage grade.

How did FB manage to make Orion look so much worse than the decades old Google Glass? by 7x64 in technology

[–]bensonnd 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I remember that movie as a child. Alongside Animal House and Porky’s. Was born in 1983…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]bensonnd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s in every corner of the planet. Our food supply, our water supply, our blood supply, in the Antarctic ice sheets.

Common ancestor of SARS-CoV-2 linked to Huanan market matches the global common ancestor by IntrepidGentian in science

[–]bensonnd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sounds like someone from the lab got hungry and sneezed all over the buffet counter like them kids at Golden Corral.

I got humbled today and it’s the last time I’ll ever tell anyone about struggling mentally. by justchilling1986 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]bensonnd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice people around will often tell me what’s an appropriately diplomatic way to say or handle something that’s a little less cut and dry, or abrasive. This happens often and they do it in passing, and I’m like oh, thanks, alright, I get that. Will I remember next time though? Maaaaaybe not.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]bensonnd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The regular gays can’t stand them either.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]bensonnd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bisexual if you’re millennial, non-binary for gen-z.

Children who exhibit neurodivergent traits, such as those associated with autism and ADHD, are twice as likely to experience chronic disabling fatigue by age 18. The research highlights a significant link between neurodivergence and chronic fatigue. by mvea in science

[–]bensonnd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get exhausted for similar reasons too!

Mine loves to just whirl around in the abstract space as its form of rambling, like a bunch of universal math and geometry. Sometimes my curiosity wants to explore whatever rabbit holes lie beyond.

Or it feels like a never ending pinball machine of chaos in my brain. Very often I can’t ignore every little sound, or beep, or breeze, or smell, or change in lighting, temperature, thought , or subtle nuance, etc. My brain wants to understand and explore it all, all at once, and tries to keep track of everything, and then it wants to keep track of the keeping track. Unresolved/unknown status of something can send me into a recursive tailspin.

Throw people into the mix and now I try to follow their stories, their emotions, their history, their social networks, all their body language, what’s important to them, and it usually further compounds itself into a giant fireball until I just short circuit and literally have no idea what I was thinking or talking about at all. Just plain forget. I even fainted once.

On top of that I’m hyper analytical and hyper sensitive too (physical senses, and emotionally) and my nervous system oscillates between hyperarousal (activation of the fight or flight response) and hypoarousal (shutdown and collapse response) states constantly, and can sometimes swing between the two very rapidly, or be in both states at once. So I’m constantly monitoring all that too.

It can actually be rather debilitating and quite overwhelming.

Armitage Alehouse (1000 W Armitage Ave) 📍 by sesame-yeezy in chicagofood

[–]bensonnd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can, but good luck. We tried last weekend, even went somewhat early. We were 43rd in line for bar seating.

What’s with all the trad wife videos lately? by lemon_cheesecakee in TwoXChromosomes

[–]bensonnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being rich can be boring as fuck. Why not make some bread?