I'd argue they never entered the business
I have been injured many, many times, but after ‘Expendables,’ I ended up with nine back operations, three neck fusions. Both shoulders ripped out, eye, you know, all kinds of lens put … it’s been brutal,” he said, adding that he’s never been “quite the same” since the surgeries.
Cannot tell the difference between artwork and a signature, used to pick military targets. This is fine.
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It can be hard, for me just hearing someone read so many descriptions of my inner-workings made me feel the full spectrum; "finally an answer", "how did I miss this?", "would life have made more sense?", "is this a disability?"
There are many parts though that were comforting. In my work-role, 2 people are neurodiverse (a term I am still working through). The struggles we shared were obvious from the get go. Eventually I recognized that we were all also very good at this specific role. I think the bulk of the office just thinks we are quirky people who love this work (I don't).
Not that we are the best or have "super-powers". However, the pattern-matching, drive associated with novelty and urgency, being able to hear every sound in the world. A lot of the things that seem to only be impediments for a happy life have also in hindsight been strengths without which I can't image getting to where I am, even if I am not anywhere particularly spectacular.
This similar loop for me also led to something I had been overlooking; interacting with "my people" was more than just relaxing a mask, I was missing how restorative it was to interact with them.
I know I blurt things out and interrupt and have built procedures to moderate that. Then when I see a specific sibling and we both get so excited we are almost shouting, interrupting one another, and finishing each-others sentences it feels good to be able to live life for that moment in my "natural state".
For me lurking on ADHD sub-reddits. I noticed a few people were giving advice that worked so well or made so much sense, that I looked at their profiles and saw they were heavy in autism communities.
Then I watched this 5 minute video and cried for 3 hours at how fucking seen I felt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTzUbe5hoI8
No, Natalie's still crawling out of the trunk
ChatGPT told me that my idea to replace all air-travel with teams calls was the best cost-savings strategy it had ever heard, cutting AI spending was bad, and that I had invented a new type of math - CEO of SAP
“A quarter billion people follow me,” Musk said, referring to his X followers, adding “I think a lot more people actually like me than don’t.”
trillion bucks, thirsty AF
Ayres and colleagues have dubbed this new behavior "ram-to-fragment."
That's my band's name
After the sunfish has shattered, the orcas frolic in and feed on the fragments of its flesh.
Metal AF
Read to the end, another video
jesus take the sill