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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.autism.place/post/311746

Recent in this question is however you define it ๐Ÿ™‚

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[โ€“] Deestan 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Got drunk and danced at a company event.

It is very hard to type now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Danced? Jesus this feels like an overachievement to me ๐Ÿ˜… not even joking, I feel so fucking uncomfortable dancing in public

[โ€“] gilgameth 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unimaginable feat, good job.

[โ€“] almar_quigley 5 points 2 months ago

Unimaginable feet as well Iโ€™d bet! At least based on my drunk dancing abilities.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Now that is something I can never dream of doing. Not just because of the publicness of it, also because I don't understand what dancing is, achieves, or allows. And yet I see people having an absolute ball doing it.

So, mad props to you

[โ€“] Deestan 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! It helped to get absolutely smashed and be abroad mostly surrounded by people I would never see again. Dunno how to really dance either, but just big movement versions of swaying to music like I do at home is passable.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

After struggling with shit jobs for 10 years due to failing at University, I finally landed my dream job this year, working in my local newspaper's IT department as Linux admin. It's unionized, with a 35 hour work week, 42 days of paid vacation, double the pay of my former job, good benefits, interesting tasks, great team and low stress.

More recently, I figured out what was sapping my motivation at home was how chaotic and cluttered it was. I threw out everything I haven't used in the past 2 years, tidied up and deep-cleaned the entire house. And I got into the habit of actually looking around and dealing with things that need to be done or aren't in their proper place right away.
It massively improved my mood and energy levels, and I feel proud and happy every time I come home and see that everything is in order.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I got forced into getting rid of loads of stuff when I ended up homeless and sofa surfing for a while. When I got my own place again I really like not having heaps of junk ill never use and have tried to keep my home minimal since. Obviously I have stuff, but I try to really think about what I 1) buy, do I really need or want it, and 2) keep.

Congrats on the job, sounds fun!

[โ€“] boaratio 2 points 2 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I got the platinum trophy in Armored Core 6. Only 6% of players have done that. Though it's interesting that 0.2% more players have the S Rank all missions trophy and that's the hardest one to get. The "all trophies" trophy should be a cake walk if you've already S ranked everything.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

After being told we would never, as a generation, be able to own a home - We bought a fucking new house.

Its currently still being built.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ended a toxic relationship. Learning to love myself and live alone again.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Congrats on a life changing accomplishment!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Hey thanks, it's one day at a time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I managed to install proxmox and integrated a vm successfully :)

[โ€“] iamdisillusioned 10 points 2 months ago

Not sure if it's really an accomplishment but I got out of a burnout that started in January. I've been in and out of burnout before but this time I set some personal boundaries and requested and received some accommodations from work. Now I feel better set up to maintain work-life balance.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Closed a 37km, 2700m positive gain, trail run in the Alps. Very technical, with added bonus of fresh snow (top point was 3100m) and past heavy rains so that many fixed ropes where necessary on the paths.

Finished in 7h 50min, never felt better. And worse, at the same time :)

Huge smiles and tears at the same time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

wow that sounds like an adventure

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Loving myself because I spent many years hating myself and life. 2019

[โ€“] Dagnet 8 points 2 months ago

I finished bomb rush cyberpunk. I'm terrible at finishing things, specially if I like them, so it takes some effort (game is amazing BTW).

[โ€“] radicalautonomy 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I finally got diagnosed with ASD Level 1 last summer, and this summer I drove over 2000 miles from DFW to PDX. I spent over 40 years in Texas, and escaping that hellhole is no longer a dream. It is a reality that I manifested, and I super proud of myself for making it happen.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Congrats! I escaped Houston a couple of years back and I know how hard that can be!

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Made a webcam, programmed an e ink wrist watch to make it look sexy (notosans), and about to finish the last novel in le guins hainish cycle

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which e ink wristwatch are you using?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Watchy, it was a pain to get started as I ended up with a v2 and the docs only apply for the v3 but I figured it out in the end

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@BackOnMyBS I finally figured out how to properly communicate when I'm confused about someone's behavior or their perception of my behavior, I've been able to get more context in conversation as well as avoid certain arguments due to miscommunication/misinterpretation

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Congrats! I'm working on learning that. Any tips??

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@BackOnMyBS It's not entirely straightforward, but I find that stating "I'm confused because you said 'x' which I interpreted as 'y' and this thing you're saying now I interpret as being 'z' doesn't seem consistent, what am I not understanding" (doesn't have to be those exact words)

Or if it's something I said I apologize for the confusion, state my intentions behind what I said, and try to say it in a different way based off how they interpreted the last thing I said

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

@BackOnMyBS It's been a lot of trial and error mostly, but that's my general framework, it varies by person, someone who understands autism more is usually a little easier to work with, for example

[โ€“] Angry_Autist 2 points 2 months ago

I just hit Diamond 3 in Master Duel after 2 years of stagnating in gold and plat

I know it isn't a big thing to most of you but I am being completely legitimate when I say that Master Duel may be the most complicated game I've ever played and I've played Dwarf Fortress.