Oh, I 100% understand that. Wanted to try handling a tarantula in a German pet shop, nearly feinted (knees got weak the instant I registered her on my skin, and I could tell she was not in any way aggressive…).
On the other hand, I’ve had one of those massive cockroaches sniffing around on my face, and not even a twitch. I seldom understand my brain.
Oh, wow! I’d probably just die if I ever saw a wolf spider in my tub! Like, complete simultaneous organ failure, the energy which is me would just eject from my body.
Lucky for me, I live in Temperate-Continental, so my biggest threat is seeing a Long-Legs dangling down to check up on me while I’m showering!
And I’m serious about this. Maybe it was just me imagining things, but I swear they started inspecting me every now and again. Like, I’d be at my desk playing, and I’d see one rapelling from the ceiling, like 20-30 cm away from me. Seldom has any descended onto the actual desk, though, they’d just hang for a bit, then climb back up.
Even though I still have arachnophobia, I’ve intentionally lived with spiders for over a decade and I’ve not had issues with mosquitoes even if I left all of my windows open. And my roommates are thriving!
They’re very chill roommates, too! After about 1-2 months of adjusting to living together in my old apartment, they stopped spinning webs in the areas which I used frequently and focused on the zones which I left out for them - ceiling corners, gaps between walls and furniture, etc. I did occasionally clean up their old webs every now and again (while taking great care not to bother the spiders themselves) because they also gathered a lot of dust. But they’d replace the old webbing in a matter of days.
And they never developed overpopulation issues, even though I did see them producing egg sacks regularly. I was expecting to droqn in spiders by the end of the first year of trying this arrangement, but I never counted more than 15-20 spiders apartment-wide.
Oh, no, they’re definitely picky:)) One of my exes had an Amstaff with whom I’d developed a much healthier relationship than with her owner. My ex also dropped off her dog at my place for weeks so she could take some emotional space. I didn’t care, that dog and I got along like two peas in a pod.
Anyway, point is, she was a VERY astute dog and we became fast friends. I’d always let her “inspect” whatever I was feeding myself and I’d usually get a huff and a butt as remarks about my food. She didn’t even want to lick the crap I was eating at the time (lots of take-out, lots of processed foods, etc.) However, she LOVED my potato salad, and a lot of other home-cooked dishes. Seldom the meat, though.
And not all that bad, actually! I’m dead serious, there were times when I caught myself sneaking out a fistful from my cat’s food bag and munching like a rodent. Once you get accustomed to the taste (which, in most cases, tastes like really tough bread flavoured with saltless steak, or saltless boiled carrot, or saltless fish), it makes for a decently filling snack.
Dog kibble has even less flavour than cat kibble, mostly tastes slighly savoury and bland, though. Which I find weird and, like… all dogs I’ve met enjoyed a plethora of flavours, wouldn’t they do the same with their kibble?
“Boost shields! Shut down non-essentials! Ensign, get us out of here!”
I honestly don’t even know if there is a track I’d call my favourite, it’s like every one is its own thing. They all have shared elements, but the energy, the intent, the shape of it is always different from one song to the next, I love them all!
And thank you for letting me know KEXP have a donation thing going! I always consumed mostly single songs and, to my shame, never looked any deeper into things!
These people make me want to be the best imperfect Me I can be, I swear. I’ve been so lucky to find bands which went to the places where I’ve been and can relate.
Wdit: also, I have THE biggest crush on Marisa. There we go, sins forgiven!
“Greeting attempt registered. Reciprocation deployed.”
Agreed, at least around water, my kidneys are hyperactive and need constant lubrication. Food, though… meh…
And I wouldn’t do it for the suffering, I would genuinely do it for relaxation, like a full habitat sensory deprivation chamber.
What I do for suffering is try to face the sun for longer than I feel comfortable, the whole idea of self-immolation being purifying and such. I can see why some would think that, baking in the sun really does a wonderful job at bringing me back to the present through widespread pain.
My initial reaction, the socially acceptable one, was akin to “oh, wow, that’s weird.” After I gave it a minute, though… Gotta say, if I could be certain of the fact that I wouldn’t be interrupted in any way and had full control over the situation… yeah, that actually sounds like a nice getaway…
Edit: or in a bunker! I would not mind not seeing the light of day (or anything else, for that matter) for a month! Would be a nice RAM purge at the very least!
We got really lucky the RAZRs were personable and took pity on us, the data plan was a reasonable compromise at the time… It was either that, or those barely functional Sony nav nubs for everyone, and that would’ve been assured extinction!
The Smartphone Wars, when Nokia bombardments were a daily reality! Rough times…
That’s also how the alarm clocks were wiped out! It was a massacre…
“Go steal data on Mars” went straight into my soul archive!
I am dead serious in saying this: I’d rather have to repeat the Malenia fight in my undies and with bare knuckles (yes, I play myself because I hate myself) for an entire week than join a single discovery meeting with the type of clients we started getting before I quit. And I’d be game for a performance review for that task as well!
You’re very welcome!
I think focusing on specific behaviours, highlighting their impact, and trying to reach a mutually beneficial compromise is more productive than offering a blanket diagnosis, especially in a casual context. It is very easy to interpret this as an insult, yes, all the more so when offering it via the same means which have been demonstrated as unreliable for the purpose of accurately relaying information.
Most importantly, these are the kinds of discussions which should be carried out after everyone involved has calmed down.
Can’t wait for the day when I’ll be able to get a titanium pancreas!
Generally, yes, even during winter for the most part.