They made it so much worse. Essentially any person you encounter (the language says “occupant” of a public or private space iirc) can legally require you to remove your mask.

It’s really fascinating to me that this is what people make when the barrier to artistic creation disappears. It reminds me of some Youtuber books - they’re written by people with no literary skill or experience, but they produce them because they’ve gotten popular enough that the books are a profitable endeavor regardless of quality. Until you read a Youtuber book you don’t consciously realize what is necessary to write a book, because usually, mostly, only people who have that ineffable something do write novels. And here: you don’t realize what is needed to actually create art and not just images, until you see people with no artistic literacy or skill produce what they think of as art.

Visual art and literature are windows to the soul, and normally only a certain type of person goes through the effort to open that window for us. Here, and in Youtuber books, you can see inside a completely different type of person. And their soul looks like waifus and cowboys.

I’m sure it will be fine. It’s not like we let every single human on the planet get infected multiple times with a disease that directly damages the immune system.

A lot of women with early life/chronic trauma get told they have borderline even if they don’t fully fit the criteria. It’s a systemic misogyny thing. I wonder if that is what is going on here?

It is common for people with ADHD and/or autism to develop CPTSD as a result of the way we are treated by others and by the world’s inaccessibility. CPTSD absolutely looks like chronic depression with some of the traits of borderline personality disorder. It might be worth considering because there are different treatment options for CPTSD that could be more effective.

I’m always like “Does that make sense?” after I go on for more than a couple sentences and need verbal affirmation that I’m not being silly/confusing

I pulled a muscle again moving my weighted blanket around so that’s kinda like working out, right? hashtag just long covid things

Options I’ve seen that are best for not compromising fit:

• loose crochet masks

• jeweled/sequined meshes that hang down over the mask

• single chain with beads or jewels attaching to the straps and lying across the nose bridge

• sheer chiffon fabric masks, sometimes with embroidery - some versions sold as UV protection/sun masks

• rub-on transfer stickers - people say these don’t compromise the electrostatic filtration, unlike other decorations, but I can’t verify

Ooblets. It is the game equivalent of a warm hug. Charming, polished, anti-capitalist.

I don’t know about Temu but I use AliExpress frequently in lieu of getting the same item from a reseller on Amazon. Over the years I’ve had a couple of things just not show up ever, but that’s rare - most of the time everything goes as expected. I tend to pick items that have photos from reviewers, and I don’t buy stuff that goes into my mouth/otherwise enters my body.

I just use bookmarks. It’s not the intended use maybe but it works great. Make a new subfolder and fill it up. It’s convenient because it’s only one button press while browsing the store, then you have a nice little list to look over and go back to your favorites. You can do stuff like select multiple entries and open them all in new tabs.