@white @refractive it makes me sad to see, but yeah. I understand. if we could get an estimated wind-down time, so folks can migrate accounts out of the instance, that would be helpful. I'm grateful for the opportunity you gave us all to form community.

@deborahjnoel additionally, i have subscribed to this podcast. i was quite unaware of it and can say that it about *a third of the way* fills the “Answer Me This” shaped hole that Helen and Olly left in my life when they ended the show.

@deborahjnoel okay. So, the take is as follows:
1. I presume that this was *wildly* interesting to “phantasic” individuals who had no idea about aphantasia.
2. I liked the angel/devil analogy, but I’ve mostly been explaining it like smell to people. I know what cinnamon buns smell like, but I cannot summon the smell.
3. I’ve been polling all the people I know about internal monologue, because I’m not sure anymore about the idea after the host said they have a meta-commentarylogue

@deborahjnoel I was entirely unaware of this. Queuing it up now. This is an excellent tip. Thank you.

@sozou @actuallyautistic
i bought a clothing repair loom (like a speedweve) because my last surviving pair of an older version of safe jeans developed a hole and i found it unbearable, in a month where a pair of safe shoes died, to lose them. so, now i have a new hobby and i've been fixing clothes for my family for fun now. makes me feel like a useful engine. #actuallyautistic #refractive @refractive

@londondreamtime i... think you might have stumbled upon Elrond's chair. you don't hear anyone yelling, ineffectually, that you should cast something into a fire, do you?

@michelleful @transponderings thanks for the tip. we’ll read that this afternoon.

@AutisticMumTo3 yeah. that makes sense. i read a lot of books about concepts and ideas as it was easier to not keep track of people. But i did devour comic books. i nearly swallowed swallowed them whole. my escape was often just rewatching the ninja turtles movie. I went through so. many. cassettes.