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Fight Back or Move Over

I'm going for a nerve conduction test & EMG this afternoon. It's the 4th test in a series I'm completing in an effort to determine the cause of the neuropathy I have in my leg.

I'm not diabetic, but I am quite overweight & every doctor I've seen prior to this neurologist has only told me my symptoms are caused by my increasing age & my weight. I know both can be a factor, but I also know neither are the cause.

There are lots of scary possibilities & some that aren't.

#Answers#Healthcare
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yourautisticlife

The Problem With Your Answers To My Questions

When I complain about a product, your answer to just stop using it stinks, very badly.

Once in a while, I run into problems with this or that product. Sometimes, when I cannot find a solution, I post my issue to the fediverse, hoping someone will have the answer.

A lot of people don’t respond. This is entirely fine.

Some people respond with their own problem. That’s also fine.

Some people respond that they swear never to use the product in question again. Yes, this is entirely fine, too. I’m in favor of you making the decision to not use this product again.

However, some people come to tell me that I should not use the product I’m using. This is it. This is the entirety of their response. They don’t suggest something else, they just shit on the product.

How is this at all useful?

You’ve not solved my problem. In fact, you’ve compounded my problem. You say not to use the product I’m using. Okay. What is the alternative? Ah, well, you did not say, did you? You’re leaving me with the task of having to find the alternative. Your answer stinks.

Once in a while someone come up with an alternative. At least this person is trying to be useful. It is entirely fine to toss an alternative at me, if it is done humbly. That is, if it is done with the understanding that your choice may not be adequate for me. This is fine.

What is definitely not fine is those asshats who insist that I should their own favored product without any inkling that maybe their product is not fine for me. I’ve been on this planet long enough to know that when someone says just use this instead, it is likely that I’m going to run into problems, if not a downright dead end. Your answer stinks.

You want examples?

“WordPress stinks! Just use write.as.”

I tried write.as. It stank, even more than WordPress. I’m not a fan of WordPress, but it gets the job done.

“Chrome stinks! Just use Firefox.”

I actually did the move. Firefox is my primary browser now. However, I forgot how many sites won’t work with Firefox. Yes, I know that this is something that shouldn’t happen in 2024, but here we are. I cannot use any teleconferencing software with Firefox reliably. (Jitsi might work, but I haven’t tried it with many people, so I don’t really know.)

I’ll also add that I most likely have spent time considering the flaws you found in the product I’m using. I’ve most likely also spent time considering alternatives and found them lacking. I especially love it when someone shoves in my face an alternative I’ve already rejected.

You’re not informing me about anything I did not already know. If your answer is among those I declared to be stinking above, your answer stinks too. Even if I don’t tell you to your face. Your answer stinks.

#answers #AutisticWriters #problems #YourAutisticLife

https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2024/03/21/the-problem-with-your-answers-to-my-questions/

www.yourautisticlife.comThe Problem With Your Answers To My Questions – Your Autistic Life
Dr. Anna Latour

Question: what does your 'internal reading voice' sound like?

When I read something sufficiently complex that I need to do it slowly, I 'hear' my internal reading voice.

My brain usually borrows the voice of a real person for this; usually someone I had recent interaction with.

Yesterday, I binged a couple of Contrapoints videos. Today I'm learning about proof assistant Coq, *in Natalie's voice*.

"Coq provides a module system to aid in organizing large developments."

Just spoke to someone who doesn't experience this internal reading voice, which surprised me.

Is this (not) a common thing? Do you hear a voice when you read? Whose voice is it?

#Reading#Question#Questions
Sharon (she/her)

Quote from, “Letters to a Young Poet”

"I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the

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Sharon MurphyQuote from, “Letters to a Young Poet”“I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. […]
#Personal#answers#inspiration
nikkiana

Hi. I'm Nikkiana.

I ask a lot of #questions so other people can find #answers to questions they don't know how to ask.

I have a background in #foss, #tech and #webdev, and I built my first website at age 13 in 1997. My expertise is in #css, #sass, and #frontendwebdev.

I am a #mixedmedia #artist interested in #collage, #NeurographicArt, and #musicproduction

I am particularly interested in the intersections of #art, #culture, #tech, #techliteracy, #music, #race, #mentalhealth, and #disability within #socialmedia.

I have two #cats named Izzy and Sally.

I read #tarot and #OracleCards. If you're interested in that, I use @nikkiana@witches.live for that content.

Available and interested in projects, interviews, and conversation.

Tips are welcome and appreciated so I can afford to continue to share my expertise freely, especially to others who would not otherwise be able to afford it. If you'd like to do that, there's a link in my bio.

#introduction
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