Fear can dance too.

Aww thanks! 🥰

Deep breaths. This is gonna be a marathon, not a sprint.

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I figured we’d talk about the apocalypse on social media — I didn’t think the apocalypse would *be* social media.

Telling people you’re from the San Francisco Bay Area while traveling is now like finding out you’re the kid that everyone *does* make fun of behind their back.

“Oh. That’s intense. But you know, my sister had to go there for business, and she said it ended up not being that bad.”

“Thanks…?”

Switching social contexts from NT-focused maskers to unmasked NDs is changing all my social norms.

Suddenly I’m self-conscious about how *few* rocks I’ve collected on my bookshelf, and how I don’t know *enough* weird facts about sea creatures.

Very non-zero chance of both!

TFW you see a Facebook friend you don’t recognize, and you roll up your cybersleuth sleeves to play the age-old game of “Did we meet once at a conference/party 15 years ago or did I miss a name/gender update announcement?”