Maturity

I contend that if you don't wince at some of the things you did when you were younger, you still haven't grown up.

Jesus Christ VS Santa Claus

Compare Jesus Christ to Santa Claus. 

1) Legends

2) Celebrated in December

3) Used to frighten children into behaving

4) Milk and cookies & wine and bread

5) Candy Canes & Shepard Crooks 

6) There is a list 

7) Knows what you're doing all the time

8) Coal and Brimstone if you're bad

9) Theme Songs

10) Magic!

Ear Buds

I know it's a niche subject, but I'm a person who has lived at the intersection of technology and deafness all of my life.

I'm quite interested in where the technology is going re: ear buds. As they evolve & become more powerful and capable, I'm hoping the barrier to entry gets lower. Prescription hearing aids have been prohibitively expensive - these will allow more options for more people.

Speaking for myself, I need a LOT of power for my hearing loss - so I'm still using BTE units for now.

There's a whole 'nother cultural side to this re: the Deaf Community, but that's a topic for another day.

ASMR

ASMR is mildly triggering to me - as it seems to be centred on sounds that are just underneath my hearing threshold.

Speaking as a hearing impaired person, I find ASMR to be annoying, akin to a hearing test if that makes sense? It initiates an instinct in me to 'listen harder', and I do enough of that in my lifetime as it is.

Choice

It could be a world of plenty. But for stupid, selfish reasons, we just don't do that.

This is a choice.

Identify

Ever since I realized I could be autistic/on the spectrum, I've been reconciling with my memories. It seems that my brain likes to churn through past events and highlighting cringe behaviour on my part, arguments with friends, misunderstandings with strangers, the whole lot.

I attempt to console myself, by recalling that I didn't have any of this information available to me at the time; If I had, I may have been able to regulate my emotions or reactions better - but being hearing impaired was a separate thing to deal with at the same time. I used to label myself "hard of hearing" as if that was effective at explaining anything. Now, I identify as "Autistic", because I realize my brain has been responsible for everything.