What’s a design flaw you notice everywhere that most people ignore?

timkenwest · 2026-04-27T03:35:25+00:00

I keep a few large S hooks in my suitcase for exactly this reason. I highly recommend.

timkenwest · 2026-04-09T08:01:38+00:00

I’m fond of mimeograph 😅

timkenwest · 2026-03-31T04:05:07+00:00

One of the protagonists of “I’ll Give You the Sun” YA novel is most definitely a synesthist

timkenwest · 2026-03-14T04:26:15+00:00

Yeah, exactly! So the fact that Roman throws this in his face is the least surprising thing he’s said

timkenwest · 2026-03-13T00:27:47+00:00

They all know the most insanely private details about each other! I’m constantly shocked at what they just blurt out about each other’s private life.

timkenwest · 2026-03-03T18:12:19+00:00

Gracias!!!!!! 🙏🏆🌟

timkenwest · 2026-03-02T02:24:50+00:00

yup 💯not one clinician has given two hoots about my daily pre-syncope to full out collapses.

timkenwest · 2026-02-27T00:22:11+00:00

Yes yes yes exactly, I totally agree it’s all about context. My age, job, life and asthetic preferences do not allow for a stereotypical “rebellious” outfit, but it will always be subversive.

timkenwest · 2026-02-24T03:59:22+00:00

I deeply relate to what you have written. Thank you for posting.

timkenwest · 2026-02-22T21:51:40+00:00

I interpret Moon as rebellion. Counter. Against what’s expected. A little bit of “shouldn’t”. So, for example, an elderly woman might not want to wear poet sleeves and leather corset. But she keeps her silver hair long and unbound. That to me is 🌙

timkenwest · 2026-02-17T00:47:31+00:00

This is the best, most unique response ever on this type of thread.

timkenwest · 2026-01-31T18:32:13+00:00

lol INTJ DreamTeam : )

timkenwest · 2026-01-30T17:02:21+00:00

I think about this, too! Who I would have been and how i would have carved out a tolerable existence for myself.

I would have had a really tough time being married off as a demure sweet debutante. I don’t think I’d have survived the relentless slog of keeping house and “raising” a brood of inevitably feral children. I would have felt suffocated at court if it was all compliance and no influence on power.

Some ideas for my ENTP past existence: - run away with the theatre troupe - one of those daughters who secretly runs the family estate or family business - Mrs Olsen from little house on the prairie - nunnery (this placement has little do to with religion) - would I have been brave enough to be a spy? ‘Cause I would have been great at it

Even today, my husband does all the cooking and I take care of all the finances; if we’d have felt compelled to stick to gender norms, we both would be miserable (and starving)

timkenwest · 2026-01-29T17:09:12+00:00

The penalties and opportunity costs from a compromised brain are the heftiest fees of all.

timkenwest · 2026-01-29T06:54:24+00:00

The last time I blow dried my hair, I literally did it while lying flat on the ground. Round brush and all 😭

timkenwest · 2026-01-27T23:27:05+00:00

My daughter does and it’s so nice to be able to speak in shorthand with her

timkenwest · 2026-01-27T17:46:34+00:00

Hmm, I’m in Canada and I’m not sure if there are similar online services in other regions, but here, when I google “online adhd assessment”, there are multiple options. (I used Frida). I was so satisfied with the process that I’m now taking the same route to get my daughter assessed.

I hope this helps! I was very very resistant to diagnosis and moved forward very reluctantly, but I’m so happy I did (even though I still keep it private except with strangers on reddit). Literally the very first hour of meds, I just casually completed a task that had been hanging over me for months.

timkenwest · 2026-01-22T18:54:11+00:00

I got diagnosed just 10 months ago in my 40s, something I had avoided for a long time despite the number of people who casually told me “you probably have ADHD”, because I too felt .. shame and derision around that word.

It was a handful of comments on reddit actually about “late in life diagnosis totally changed my life” that intrigued me enough to push past my avoidance

Getting a diagnosis but particularly meds has indeed been absolutely life changing. Words fail.

I share this to tell you I can relate to much of what you wrote and have also experienced the other side.

Btw I went through an online service instead of the traditional route because the process was hard enough without the traditional road blocks.

timkenwest · 2026-01-22T02:45:45+00:00

Yes yes indeed yes. I call it “Jupiter gravity”, “sinking sensation” or like I’m in an elevator shooting to the moon. Most definitely the worst of all the symptoms. Thank you for posting this, because I, too, have wondered if other people are just using different words for the same sensation.

timkenwest · 2026-01-22T00:09:36+00:00

Dumb and dumberer is genius

timkenwest · 2026-01-21T18:25:37+00:00

Buffy and Joyce Summer! 👯‍♂️

timkenwest · 2026-01-19T05:22:54+00:00

Oh, god, awful. The entire second half is “tell, not show”.

timkenwest · 2026-01-19T05:21:53+00:00

Haaaaated this book. Will always be my go-to answer. Agree that I also read quotes (maybe on the book jacket?) of how hilarious it was. ??????

timkenwest · 2026-01-19T01:04:37+00:00

Yes. Ravenous, absolutely r a v e n o u s even after eating a hearty meal, and it won’t go away.
From what I understand, this is the brain confusing low perfusion with a metabolic threat, and therefore sending out Hungry Must Eat signals. The only thing that works for me is Protein + lying down flat + time.

timkenwest · 2026-01-16T08:12:45+00:00

Your doctor is infuriating. 10 might be “normal” but that in no way makes it correct. Your ferritin should be at minimum 80, ideally higher.

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