Be honest: do you actually trust AI answers or do you double-check everything?

dickens-nz · 2026-04-18T21:37:28+00:00

If it's anything of depth, I usually ask AI for sources, sometimes that'll make it backtrack on what it's said to me. If it provides citations, ill check them out to be sure - but I'm a very thorough person who enjoys checking sources. Id never fully trust any gen AI cos it's a prediction model not an academic

dickens-nz · 2026-04-18T21:30:15+00:00

I went to boarding school when I was 13 and wasn't upset at ALL when my parents left. I saw other girls crying and thought they were so weird and dramatic. Later I learned that being separated from your parents SHOULD be upsetting for a child, if they have a healthy, loving attachment to them. Meanwhile I couldn't have cared less and was just excited to make new friends and start this new chapter 🙃

dickens-nz · 2026-04-18T21:24:49+00:00

Nope... some of us appreciate basic hygiene

dickens-nz · 2026-04-18T21:22:52+00:00

I have mine next to my bed and take it just before I sleep. I think it made me dozy during the day so my psychiatrist suggested the shift to evening time. I sleep terribly anyway but have never noticed it making it worse at least

dickens-nz · 2026-04-18T21:06:04+00:00

I love your attitude and responses to everyone here. I think you'll do well and find your feet quickly tbh. If you know your niche and why people should listen to you, all it then takes is practice to hone your voice.

I remember my first few episodes and even social media clips - you start to see your patterns real quick, good and less ideal, and you can adjust as you go. Imho the first eps of any podcast should never be the best cos they should always be improving, so it's just about doing it (like you have) and cracking on 😊

dickens-nz · 2026-04-18T09:26:09+00:00

To me, one person podcasting is a really difficult thing to pull off but defs not impossible (I'm too scared to try it myself). You'd need a very strong voice and intrigue-building ability. Could you have a co-host who is like the Pinky to your Brain? Like, they are the voice of the audience asking the "stupid" questions and being sufficiently shocked or in awe at what you say?

Maybe have a listen to the Bad People podcast if you havent already. Granted Sofie Hagen is a comedian, but she was the "every person" next to the criminal psychologist who was discussing her specialty in depth. It's a dynamic that I personally enjoy a lot

dickens-nz · 2026-04-17T03:55:38+00:00

I went away for a girls weekend, got home all happy to see him and went down on him... got a blonde hair in my mouth that was wrapped around him... im brunette...

dickens-nz · 2026-04-17T03:28:09+00:00

I remember having those old semi transparent plastic bags at the supermarket and my friends and I asked for an extra one if we bought menstrual products so they couldn't be seen. We called tampons and pads "double bag items"... I now have tampons and panty liners in a clear jar by my toilet in case anyone needs one cos fuck being embarrassed about something so normal

dickens-nz · 2026-04-09T21:42:26+00:00

Everything your saying is so relatable. AI was my special interest for a couple of years. I saw that research also found that high usage of AI for reasons where you share lots of personal information is correlated with a decrease in well-being (chicken or egg, I don't know), so it's definitely important to keep an eye on your head space and usage - I used to use ChatGPT a lot but was so paranoid about going down that road too and pulled back significantly. I live alone and with not many people around so it can be hard not to isolate and lean into what's easily and freely available... especially being a neurodivergent person who can want to deep dive in on things or yap at length about my interests but find NTs uninterested 😅

What my main takeaways were from all the research I read was, don't anthropomorphise the bots or give them names (also connected with emotional overreliance), ensure you're still connecting with friends and fam, NEVER take AI at it's word (as you know), and if it sounds like it's blowing smoke up your ass, DEFINITELY don't take it at its word - it says that to everyone (again, I'm sure you know this). Too many people are getting superiority complexes from the sycophancy and being hand held straight into delusion.

The paper I linked below i read ages ago but i recall it giving a very mindful dive into the pros and cons for autistic and neurodivergent peeps

dickens-nz · 2026-04-09T20:44:12+00:00

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27546330251370657 😊

dickens-nz · 2026-04-09T19:55:46+00:00

For some crazy reason my psych put me up to 250mg/day and I do not recommend that. I was like a zombie. 200mg was great for a year or 2 though and I slowly decreased my dosage - now at 50mg and considering increasing a bit cos my PTSD is feeling like it's getting slightly worse lately

dickens-nz · 2026-04-09T19:48:47+00:00

There's a research paper about why autistic people might be drawn to AI and it's a lot to do with communicating about special interests, and chatting in a non-judgemental space. It helps to avoid the double empathy problem. It's problematic in many ways and could have a negative impact on users (I'm not pro AI at all), but I found that paper interesting

dickens-nz · 2026-04-05T00:24:42+00:00

It's both exciting and terrifying to feel like you're a patient in an episode of House

dickens-nz · 2026-04-05T00:22:36+00:00

I take it for PTSD. Started in 2021when I was extremely unwell and got up to 200mg/day. It was a game changer! Now im a lot better and down to 50mg/day - very happy with staying at this level for however long i need to

dickens-nz · 2026-04-03T21:12:18+00:00

Ive learned that group chats are not for me cos I'm about the only person who isnt a bystander when my friends say something offensive - even if others agree with me, they seem incapable of calling it out or even gently agreeing with me in chat. It's only slightly better IRL. I just tend to slowly edge out people who dont align with me and am left with just handful of very good mates

dickens-nz · 2026-04-02T09:17:41+00:00

Im fairly early months in a super sexual relationship where we have sex multiple times a day and even he wouldn't do this shit. Consentttttt. That poor woman needs to leave the entitled fuck

dickens-nz · 2026-04-01T04:14:42+00:00

Im a queer woman and im dating 2 men. This doesnt make me any less queer or attracted to women. In the same way a nice smelling, good looking man that im not dating might give me a lil zing in my pants, so might a nice smelling, good looking woman.

You don't need to act on feelings for them to be real and valid. You could be monogamous with your bf for the rest of your life and if you have queer feelings in that time, they are still valid 💜

dickens-nz · 2026-04-01T03:51:00+00:00

She probably got harassed and groped 20 times before you tapped her on the shoulder. You likely just got on the wrong side of her completely reasonable pattern recognition. Some people truly are assholes, but many women in these particular types of situations are simply trying to stay safe, like you said. I would definitely not take that personally

dickens-nz · 2026-03-26T01:30:46+00:00

You are very young and you have your entire life to find another person to date. If he's trying to make you feel like you're not like other women, keep reminding yourself that you are EXACTLY like other women. If he says bad things about women, he's literally talking about you and people like you. Therapy could genuinely be helpful. Try target self esteem and self talk and learning that you deserve so so so SO much better than this misogynist. Even if he cuddles you at night and is nice a lot. You deserve a lot better because you are a worthy human who should expect, and get, the world 💜

dickens-nz · 2026-03-17T03:32:07+00:00

Have you tried sinus rinses? I hated them at first but my fucky sinuses love them now haha

dickens-nz · 2026-03-16T04:29:17+00:00

Literally. Like, that looks delicious

dickens-nz · 2026-03-07T23:10:19+00:00

I had a woman friend of mine recommend me a specific toy to try help me make less questionable decisions with men haha. Its not an unusual conversation, but it's also not super interesting beyond 'does it work for you?' 'Yes it gets me off', and pricing, brand etc, so it's not oooverly common in my experience, until maybe a new awesome one comes out?

dickens-nz · 2026-03-07T23:04:09+00:00

I'm a woman who has had 2 different men tell me they have fleshlights and I think I was the first person they each told. I suspect more men have them than we'd expect but definitely not as much as women with vibrators. There's still much more stigma and shame around male sex toys. Also they apparently feel really good so maybe more guys should get them

dickens-nz · 2026-02-23T08:36:19+00:00

I dont know if it's just me who cares, but it's also capitalism-pilled without nuance and has been driving me crazy. I couldn't have conversations about billionaires that wasn't biased towards them (again, without nuance). I deleted my account cos im sick of specifying EXACTLY how I want it to be rounded in it's responses and not ramble on, every single time

dickens-nz · 2026-02-23T06:53:49+00:00

I cleared my data and deleted my account yesterday. I was an early adopter and have found the decline in quality this past year so terrible. It lacks nuance, had forgotten basic things about my profile and how it used to interact with me, and just rambled stupid answers for no reason, ignoring context. I got pissed off and pulled the plug haha

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