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I think a lot of autistic taking-things-literally goes under the radar because what the diagnostic tests and shit ask about is not what that generally looks like in an adult and often not in kids either and much more importantly it’s not what generally actually causes problems in real life instead of being irritating for caretakers or funny to bullies or easy to diagnose

I have absolutely no issues understanding metaphors or idioms. When someone says their heart is on their sleeve they mean they’re emotionally expressive and openly display their feelings, not that they have a chunk of cardiac tissue on their shirt. I very rarely have issues with sarcasm. I sometimes have issues telling when someone who’s said something mean is about to say “just kidding”, but tbh I think that’s more on them than me.

BUT

My grandmother asked me “Do you know when the trash was taken out last?” and I said “I think Eliot took it out yesterday” and a few hours later she yelled at me for “not taking out the trash when I asked you to” and I was like???? You didn’t ask me????

I dread filling out forms and am crap at filling out diagnostic tests or personality quizzes because there are always questions I don’t know the exact answers to (how am I supposed to know what day I got dental surgery seven years ago?) or don’t understand exactly what they’re asking or the wording’s unclear and they could mean this or the wording says this but I’m pretty sure what they actually meant was this and should I answer what they said or what they meant, and how does everyone else just whip through the form when surely they can’t know all the answers either? Does everyone else remember the day they got dental surgery seven years ago?

I get tangled up by bureaucracy because the rules on the website say that for this you need that and for that you need the other and for the other you need something else for which you need the first thing, and I go in circles for hours or days or weeks or months or years because their stated rules say there is no way to get what I need, and when I talk to somebody else they’re like “just call them?” and I’m like “how could that help? the rules say that what I’m trying to do is impossible”

And all of that? That’s how “taking things literally” ACTUALLY affects your life as an adult. It’s not “haha you think ‘getting under your skin’ means parasites”. It’s “you have real difficulty functioning in the world because everyone else is conveying things through implication and assuming that you know that rules are flexible and questions are approximate and you’re supposed to lie on job applications, and you don’t”.

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DAILY THEMES DETAILS

IT'S DAY ONE OF OUR WORLD TRIP COMMENTFEST AND WE ARE TEMPORARILY STUCK AT THE AIRPORT FOR A WHILE!! LUCKILY THERE ARE ALL THESE LONG FORM FICS TO KEEP US COMPANY! SPEND THE 4TH READING AND COMMENTING ON THOSE FICS OVER 20K! BONUSES IF YOU COMMENT ON EVERY CHAPTER IF ITS A MULTICHAP!!!

WE HAVE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION!!! ITS TIME TO SAMPLE THE LOCAL FARE! GO EXPLORE THAT NEW FANDOM YOU'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN, FIND SOME FICS, AND JUST LEAVE A COMMENT!!!

ITS TIME FOR YOUR PHRASEBOOK AND/OR TRANSLATION APP TO COME IN HANDY!! FIND FICS IN YOUR FANDOM NOT WRITTEN IN YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE AND GIVE THEM SOME LOVE BY JUST LEAVING A COMMENT!!

WE ARE WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TINY ROADS WE ARE DODGING FRUIT STANDS WE ARE SPEEDING ON OUR VESPAS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE!!! TAKE IN AS MANY SIGHTS AS YOU CAN BY COMMENTING ON AS MANY FICS UNDER 2K AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN

MAMA WE'RE COMING HOME!!! ITS TIME TO GO BACK THROUGH MEMORY LANE, DIG UP YOUR FAVORITE FICS, SETTLE DOWN WITH YOUR FAVORITE COZY DRINK AND LEAVE THOSE COMMENTS!!

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Lemon Crinkle Cookies!

I was struggling to pick what food to do until I remembered an easy but messy recipe my Grandma and I have been making since I was little. Still make them to this day! It's Lemon Crinkle Cookies!

As a family bonding activity Paul decides that they will all bake a childhood favorite recipe of his together, Lemon Crinkle Cookies.

@startrekpotluck thank you for hosting this community event! I know the fandom and the community really appreciates it! I am so glad to be apart of this and for this to be my first ever community event!

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i got these knockoff boots online and instead of the brand name on the tag they have the name of an apparently nonexistent martin scorsese movie??? what the fuck

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Local Writer Shocked As She Realises Planned 'Short Fanfic' Is Turning Into Multi Chapters Plot Oriented Slow Burn Fanfic

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Pioneering a "how much craft per craft" scale that determines how much of the time you spend doing any given handcraft is actually spent on what a layperson would imagine the core of the craft is vs other associated tasks. Spinning? Mostly actual spinning. Sewing? Mostly ironing. Wood and metalworking? Mostly sanding. Weaving? I've only had a chance to do one project, but from what I can gather from my more experienced friends, it seems to be mostly math.

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Julian and Keiko headcanons because Keiko gets sidelined so much and deserves the world and I wish we got to see them interact more

when they get stumped on their respective projects, they'll do late night work sessions together and bounce their research off each other to see if the other can help them figure out where the problem is. they'll do this in person when theyre both on the station, but also over call if one of them is away, and after the O'Briens move back to Earth

they edit each other's papers (Keiko marvels at Julian's ability to spell out complex chemical compounds with his eyes closed, and somehow use 'their' instead of 'there') (in his defense he wrote that bit at 4 in the morning after going 2 straight days without sleep) (she threatens to sedate him)

Julian sometimes brings back plants from planets they explore in the Gamma Quadrant and gives them to Keiko. sometimes he does it because the plant has medicinal properties and the two of them can do a joint research project, but most of the time he does it just to give her a nice gift

when Miles goes away for particularly dangerous missions, Julian will keep Keiko company and help keep her mind off of it. sometimes she has trouble sleeping because shes so worried, so he'll hang around and start rambling on about whatever he's currently working on until she falls asleep. he jokes he's boring her to sleep, but it actually means a lot to her

they have a weekly tea date. this is their prime gossip time. sometimes Jadzia is invited

when Keiko's mad at Miles she'll rant to Julian about it. Julian learned very quickly that this is not a time where advice is wanted, so he sits back and lets her get it all off her chest, because she really just wants someone to listen and let her blow off some steam

Julian makes a concentrated effort to learn more about plant husbandry and care after the incident where he accidentally killed some of Keiko's prized plants because he actually does feel very bad about it

Julian hovered over Keiko nearly as bad as Miles did when she was pregnant with Kirayoshi (and then he hovered over her even more after the pregnancy transfer, and he wouldnt tell anybody why, but Keiko knew it was because nearly losing her shook him up pretty bad)

when Julian gets outed for being augmented, Keiko goes to him and gives him the tightest, warmest hug he's ever gotten in his entire life

Julian gets invited to girls nights with Keiko and Molly (steady surgeon's hands make him the best one to paint nails) (he pretends to complain but he loves it)

anytime Julian has to go away for a scientific conference of any kind, if he gets to bring someone with him, his first choice is always Keiko

in short: theyre besties they told me so themselves <3

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New Project time :)

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“Do it scared” “do it badly” it’s time to drop the guide for do it alone

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I know I've read a number of excellent Elnor Gen fic over the years, but it's really late and my brain is a bit fried from exam stress, so I can only really come up with one or two right now (and pretty old ones at that 😅 But maybe that will mean you haven't discovered these on your own yet and they're actually useful recommendations ;D )

Off the top of my head, there is the truly excellent The Importance of Being Elnor by @thelaithlyworm (and also The Parable of the Wrench, which is maybe a little more about Emil (the EMH) than Elnor, but it is also about Elnor and one of my favourite fics and I will never stop recommending On the Decks of La Sirena, so... :D)

I remember I really enjoyed Just Another Day of Fun by @smhalltheurlsaretaken. Haven't read it in a couple of years, so it's high time I revisit this one myself (once exams are over 🙈).

@regionalpancake has written a ton of amazing Elnor drabbles in their Downtime collection, though they're probably better equipped to point out non-shippy ones 😅 But just to list a few of the excellent Elnor & Soji friendship drabbles (because I love their friendship so much!), I recommend chapters 19, 36, and 63, and also chapter 138, which is not exclusively about Elnor and Soji, but has still left an indelible mark on my brain, so it belongs here!

And because I'm always awake enough to remember my own fic, a little bit of shameless self-promotion: I haven't written anything super Elnor-centric (a fact I hope to remedy in the future), but in Intertwined (a Raffi fic), he shows up halfway through.

Anybody else got ideas for good non-shippy Elnor fics? Maybe from less than five years ago? 😅

Can someone yap about Elnor please. Or at least link me a fic that's not shippy? 🥺

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every writing tip article and their mother: dont ever use adverbs ever!

me, shoveling more adverbs onto the page because i do what i want: just you fucking try and stop me

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kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they’re also using chat gpt to do it

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I have been thinking about gul dukats skull all day and I need a moment alone with the cardassian lovers to discuss why the spoon would have a Hole. Its like the soft spot of a babys skull… what are the anatomical implications here…