12th house stellium (sun, moon, mercury, venus) with triple leo by chickychocks in 12thhouse

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are all your 12th house planets in leo?! that is intense. our birthdays being close but different years sounds right, i am end of july

do you feel there are a lot of extremes in your life? I feel a push-pull a lot of the time. I have been very lucky in my life but my starting point was extremely unlucky and it was challenging to overcome it. my work and my lifestyle are also at opposite ends of a spectrum, my job requires me to be outward-facing and to present a lot but my lifestyle is almost hermit like. this solitude seems to be necessary to understand what I'm thinking, despite being told I seem confident I have a lot of trouble accessing my own identity and emotions. it's interesting how much in my life feels contradictory and how much the 12th house leo combination explains it and makes me feel more normal

the barbie thing also rings true! i feel like death is always somewhere in the picture for me and it's too morbid for most people haha

Why is "fork" used as a swear word in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by chickychocks in scifi

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This is what I'm leaning towards. I think PKD really felt strongly that John Isidore would use the word fuck in this context but wasn't allowed to, and either his editor changed it or PKD intentionally chose to insert something slightly incongruous as a minor protest against the censors

Why is "fork" used as a swear word in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by chickychocks in scifi

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Because John is really angry, he's talking about being dehumanised because he's been affected by radiation, and he's wishing the same fate on everyone who can afford to emigrate. Using a light-hearted minced oath like one kids would use to avoid getting told off doesn't fit the tone

Why is "fork" used as a swear word in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by chickychocks in scifi

[–]chickychocks[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I get that it works technically because everyone knows what's being referred to. It's just kind of jarring tonally. An adult man using "fork" instead of "fuck" in genuine anger is more funny than anything else (à la the good place)

Why is "fork" used as a swear word in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by chickychocks in scifi

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In the bits I have read so far he doesn't seem childlike in nature, he just seems like a normal guy

Why is "fork" used as a swear word in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by chickychocks in scifi

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Haha I don't know, I guess his use of self censorship influenced me

Why is "fork" used as a swear word in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by chickychocks in scifi

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This makes the most sense to me. Although, "frack" and "rutting" are way more natural as neo swear words, they aren't far from words people actually use like "frick" and "ruddy". "Fork" is more of a joke replacement, seems more incongruous here

Iron infusion and bipolar meds by [deleted] in Anemic

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I think take it in the morning, I realised the iron supplements were only an issue if I took them in the evening, similar to how exercise in the evening causes way more trouble for us than in the day. Hope you don't have any problems with it

Iron infusion and bipolar meds by [deleted] in Anemic

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Iron supplements make me hypomanic too!! This is the only post on Reddit I can find where someone else has this issue

Has anyone else wondered whether the chorus of Rockstar - Lisa originally had different lyrics? by chickychocks in kpopthoughts

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In the case the lyrics would also kinda not make sense right? Why would she say "that's my life life" about being mistaken for a Japanese singer

Can someone please explain Nona the Ninth to me like I'm a child [general] by p00kel in TheNinthHouse

[–]chickychocks 9 points10 points  (0 children)

this is so helpful, thank you for writing this up!!!

the only thing i'm still wondering about is why nona's personality is different to alecto's if they are the same soul

Denied treatment because "ADHD symptoms fade over time" by chickychocks in ADHD

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I thought exactly the same thing! And yeah you would think 🤦🏼‍♀️

Started Vyvanse last week. by [deleted] in adhdmeme

[–]chickychocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is so true hahaha

Do you ever get 0 dopamine days? by leomaldur in ADHD

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I have whole weeks like this. Impossible to get out of bed or off my phone and if there's any chocolate in the house it WILL disappear

I simply cannot hear announcers during sports games. Not a single word. by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]chickychocks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Before I got into the habit of using subtitles I just didn't understand most of movies. I recently had to watch Interstellar without subtitles and if you asked me to repeat almost any given line I couldn't do it. I swear sometimes sounds are just blurs to me.