EfficaciousSkink

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[–] EfficaciousSkink 2 points 1 year ago

He seems to be enjoying himself, lol.

[–] EfficaciousSkink 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What percentage of the US economy is low wage firms?

[–] EfficaciousSkink 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can confirm that it does not taste good!

[–] EfficaciousSkink 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can the bus please just run him over already?

[–] EfficaciousSkink 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think as mainstream porn has become more extreme more people are viewing it as harmful.

[–] EfficaciousSkink 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My library also has Hoopla, maybe yours does as well?

[–] EfficaciousSkink 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have high-functioning autism and a child on the spectrum. Parenting is difficult enough without adding in extra complications. However, the fact that you have an understanding of your shortcomings and are working to remedy them puts you ahead of many parents already.

It sounds like you are both going to need to work on interactions. That's OK, you may just need some extra help and patience. Parenting is a learning process for both the parent and the child.

Here's something that has worked for me and my son. We would take walks outside in different natural surroundings and point out things we find. If I found a mushroom I would point it out and talk about it. If he found an insect he would get excited and show it to me. A very low pressure environment that gets people talking and learning.

I would also be honest with his therapists about your autism. You may benefit from joint sessions with him and sessions alone with your own therapist. It is important to find the right therapists who are willing to help both of you without judgment. If one is not working out, don't be afraid to move to another.

[–] EfficaciousSkink 14 points 1 year ago

Employee-ownership of the company, like Bob's Red Mill.

https://www.bobsredmill.com/employee-owned

[–] EfficaciousSkink 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Your own species provides complete nutrition!

[–] EfficaciousSkink 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

It's a modified form of slavery: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery

'The abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass initially declared "now I am my own master", upon taking a paying job.[31] However, later in life he concluded to the contrary, saying "experience demonstrates that there may be a slavery of wages only a little less galling and crushing in its effects than chattel slavery, and that this slavery of wages must go down with the other".'

[–] EfficaciousSkink 29 points 1 year ago

I am in the middle of fracking country. I can't go to certain parks because the chemical smell the wells give off makes me lightheaded. One of the workers I met said they also use copious amounts of biocides to keep the wells clear of growth.

[–] EfficaciousSkink 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh? Homemaker is a unpaid job and is very useful when it involves cleaning, organizing, and cooking.

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