Same. They’ve replaced Pink Ladies as my favorite. The texture and perfect amount of sweetness make them such a joy!

“you can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you find you get what you need”. - the great philosopher Jagger

I may not always get exactly what I want, but if I put in the effort and do my best, I find that sometimes what I want is not what I needed in the end.

Finance companies are loath to turn down money, and as long as the sovcit presents at least some proof of income a lot of finance companies will accept them.

There’s one company I work with that requires a bunch of stipulations, but if they’re there, you can get accepted (with a ridiculous APR, of course).

Motor oil is a smell that I really like. It’s from growing up around mechanic shops, I think.

I hate the smell of sandalwood. It’s just overwhelming and I can’t get past the heaviness of it. My coworkers use a tobacco and sandalwood scented room spray and I want to gag every time.

My dad used to use that one all the time. The PG version was “go take a long walk off a short pier”.

Vehicle finance/repossessions and child support are also up there. This one is a vehicle finance company that I work with daily.

I have a pretty consistent internal voice, but I have partial aphantasia as I can’t “picture” things. I think/remember in sensations and words. My best friend for years was an art student, and she was profoundly confused by me not having images in my head the way she did.

Agreed! I’m also grossed out by the people who would get the Passion tea (which is made with hibiscus and lemongrass, and is very acidic) with heavy cream. It curdled damn near instantly and was just… nasty.

I used to work at Starbucks and we’d make weird shit out of curiosity. The best one was uncut cold brew coffee and their strawberry refresher base. Uncut cold brew and lemonade wasn’t terrible but way too acidic for my liking.

My partner had another of the holiday packs. He said most of them were okay but not awful, but the Buttered Roll soda tasted like carbonated butter and it was horrible.

People don’t want to talk about Lowtax after the domestic violence that was reported. He sold the site after reports from his wife and daughters.

I have my glasses slightly grey tinted as well as transitions lenses, and that helps for me. Is that an option for you?

That’s really smart! I’ve never heard of a cat that could use a knob before.

How does he open doors? I’d love to hear more 🙂

I read One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest when I was eleven. Some of the nonsense rhyme still comes back to me when I’m tired - she’s a good fisherman, catches hens, puts em inna pens / wire, briar, limber lock, three geese inna flock.

I also read She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb when I was in high school. Both are extremely fucked when it comes to talking about mental health and hospitalizations.

My partner said that he wasn’t honestly surprised, but if it helped to get a diagnosis he was with me all the way. He’s been super supportive and helped me find things that help with overstimulation.

Depeche Mode at the United Center in Chicago is definitely the one that blew me away the most. Their opening act hit the resonance point of the building and shook the whole thing, and Dave Gahan is such a showman. Everyone in the audience was reaching toward him and singing along with Personal Jesus.

Seeing the Red Elvises is always a treat too, but my partner and I caught them fresh off of touring with The Reverend Horton Heat and they played an incredible set that included a cover of Let Me Teach You How to Eat, and their songs from the movie Six String Samurai (Love Pipe and Boogie on the Beach). They even did a cover of Misirlou that night!

Their guitarist is now a pro wrestler, too. He’s pretty fun to watch.

That made me think of a quote from Temple Grandin that seems to sum up my experience with being autistic - “I identify more with what I do than with how I feel”. It seems like that might be the same for you?

Good to know. I don’t like horror movies in general, tbf.