• kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    Well, I’m on year 12 of my bachelor’s degree and I’m unfortunately not bi. So, not great?

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        Well, looking at masc people doesn’t give me the happy feelings like looking at fem people. That isn’t to say that I necessarily wouldn’t enjoy sex with masc people, but I’m not attracted to them.

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      hey, it took me 7 and i tried 8 different majors. i only left because at year 5 i hated the school and picked the fastest degree to get me out of there. my wife took longer than me. you’ll get there.

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        I managed in 6 years, if I include the associate’s degree I got to fix the 2.5 wasted years. And I think going as to undergrad at 18 should be seen as precocious. Backpack around a bit and learn who you are as an independent adult.

        Or you might discover you have a lot of unresolved trauma and fall into depressive states easily in the middle of a semester.

        Probably not just a “me” thing.

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        I’ve known my major since 6th grade. Never swayed. I do intend to get there, though, come Hell or high water. It’ll look better on a refugee application.

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      7 days ago

      Neurodivert folk seem to have an easier time not blindly going along with social norms simply because that is how everyone else behaves.

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    I was gifted Harry Potter 1 on my first school day and had read it through by the next morning. Fast forward to now: I haven‘t read an actual book in 2 years, too burned out by ADHD. Fuck me I guess!

    Edit: also, fuck the school system.

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      I don’t know if it’ll work for you, but I often can’t read for long periods anymore either. Audiobooks aren’t enough stimulation on their own, but if I find a combo that uses just enough of my brain, I can make it through quite a bit.

      For me personally, I play Mario Kart on a muted TV often while listening to books.

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        That‘s a good method, yes. I mostly listen to podcasts discussing books, which to me is the perfect level of stimulation. Might also try to listen to and read the same book simultaneously.

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    I don’t know if I should feel better or worse knowing that I’m a whole ass archetype.

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    Not bi, and I was never in the gifted program.

    But I found out I’m neurodivergent at 39, and it explains so much.

    I hope everyone is doing well. Seems that my story echos many of yours.

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    The school system yes but also the problem is much deeper, as capitalism is a hell system that grinds away at human joy, stifles personal growth, and recontextualizes all genuine passion towards evil. In this essay I will-

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    Oh I am LIVID. FUCK the current state of US public education and FUCK cars (angrily and not with sex) too, while we’re at it.

    Related: ||I’d strip you naked in the corner of a Wendy’s (with consent ofc ||(my point is yes I swing many ways))

    Uncanny and comforting that so many people had the experience we did.

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      It’s because it’s the only thing that doesn’t hit home, the rest is a given

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    Not 100% straight, but I’m definitely heteroromantic, at least.

    Other than that, yeah, things are going okay personally. World’s fucked, but I’m doing what I can. Thanks for asking.