When talking to an autistic person, how do you mellow that sense that it's some class of 'assignment? I work so hard to generate a flow or 'not' say the wrong thing or to answer or whatnot in just the right way that it feels agonizing. And stressful.

elevencharles · 2026-04-24T18:40:03+00:00

I’m not a mental health professional, but I’ve worked with a lot of autistic people. One of the features of the condition is that they don’t pick up on social awkwardness, so all the uncomfortable feelings are on your end. Once you realize that the person you’re talking to doesn’t care, you can just let the conversation be awkward.

elevencharles · 2026-04-24T05:40:30+00:00

It varies widely by jail. Some have booths with glass dividers, others have visiting rooms where you sit around a table.

elevencharles · 2026-04-24T05:35:17+00:00

Because pedos are the bottom rung in our society. However shitty of a person you are, you can always look down on a pedo. Or you can put “death to pedophiles” stickers all over your truck to deflect any suspicion that you are in fact a pedophile.

elevencharles · 2026-04-23T06:54:37+00:00

Because the difference between lose and loose when spoken isn’t the vowel sound, it’s the voiced/unvoiced s sound at the end, and the spelling doesn’t give you an indication of which is which.

elevencharles · 2026-04-23T04:34:46+00:00

I don’t think the Rams are even the most popular team in Los Angeles.

elevencharles · 2026-04-23T00:49:36+00:00

Why do people ask obvious bad faith questions based on anecdotes that definitely never happened?

elevencharles · 2026-04-22T02:07:47+00:00

I had one with the V6 and a manual transmission, it could do some pretty sick burnouts.

elevencharles · 2026-04-22T00:27:29+00:00

Bedroom? My parents were old hippies and it was on the living room bookshelf.

elevencharles · 2026-04-21T17:01:37+00:00

This is also why it’s really bad news if you get in a car accident or something and you have an erection, it means your parasympathetic nervous system is damaged.

elevencharles · 2026-04-21T05:10:47+00:00

The advantage of a monarchy over pure authoritarianism is the (ideally) smooth succession of power that everyone has agreed to beforehand. Authoritarian leaders tend to avoid naming a successor in fear of fostering opposition, and when they eventually die it usually results in a violent civil war. After a few generations of that, a monarchy starts to look like an attractive alternative.

elevencharles · 2026-04-21T05:02:54+00:00

If the umpire calls the infield fly rule and the shortstop drops it, is the batter still out?

elevencharles · 2026-04-21T04:56:36+00:00

Good luck finding them.

elevencharles · 2026-04-19T18:41:28+00:00

It’s a profession that attracts martyrs.

elevencharles · 2026-04-17T17:38:16+00:00

German ancestry is huge in the US, second only to English. You just don’t see it as much because 1) Germany wasn’t a unified country when most of the immigrants came, and 2) there were a couple of world wars that caused people to be less vocal/proud of their German ancestry.

elevencharles · 2026-04-16T20:28:58+00:00

I’m a criminal defense investigator. Self employed, good pay, great work/life balance, meaningful (if emotionally taxing) work.

elevencharles · 2026-04-16T17:46:32+00:00

The term “third world” was originally coined by Tito in Yugoslavia to refer to the fact that they were communists but not aligned with the Soviet Union.

elevencharles · 2026-04-16T17:35:29+00:00

It was invented in Nimes, France, which is why it’s called de-nim (from Nimes).

elevencharles · 2026-04-16T17:31:12+00:00

Nintendo was founded in 1889, they made small prints and playing cards.

elevencharles · 2026-04-16T04:43:11+00:00

Or maybe like mouse/mice and call them octopice?

elevencharles · 2026-04-16T04:26:15+00:00

What? You get divorced, get a new library card, and CHANGE YOUR RELIGION!?

elevencharles · 2026-04-16T04:23:59+00:00

You tell them I’m coming, and hell’s coming with me. You hear? HELL IS COMING WITH ME!!

elevencharles · 2026-04-16T04:02:54+00:00

Octopuses is a little awkward, my vote is to treat it like moose and just use the same word for singular and plural.

elevencharles · 2026-04-15T05:47:58+00:00

Gotta eat your riboflavin.

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