Great idea, comrade! For those in Australia, this website connects you with a variety of services (meals, housing, funds/loans, domestic and family violence help, counselling, etc.). It works nationwide and helps you find support in your local area (though I haven’t used it myself, so I don’t know how helpful it is either):
This fucking country… David McBride is in prison for exposing war crimes and a war criminal is out receiving special honours from 
I shouldn’t be surprised since most “first-world” nations are like this, but how can people NOT know that apples grow from trees or
meat comes from slaughtering animals, usually in inhumane factory conditions?
Also, most of the produce sold in supermarkets are plucked before they’re ripe so they can survive the lengthy shipping time.
I suspect I have autism (haven’t been formally diagnosed but the psychiatrist who diagnosed me with ADHD/ADD also thinks I have it) and while I tend to deep dive into the topics that catch my interest, none of them last very long. For example, in 2019 I was really into space travel, but that only lasted until 2021/early 2022 and now, I barely think about it at all. Two years ago I was into crocheting, but that has also died down. The only things that have sustained my interest for very long periods of time are main characters in my own stories (some of which have been written, some of which are only ideas in my head).
I’ve read some definitions in various places and I’m still not sure what a special interest is… and if I have them. What makes something a special interest, exactly? How can you tell? Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask!
Jokes on you, mate! I don’t even have a license, can’t lose what you don’t have 
That sounds pretty totalitarian. Someone should go in there and drop some freedom and democracy on them…
Definitely. I tried doing an office job once but it was clearly not for me. And the funny thing is, my dream has always been to become a writer… welp, I’m now a writer (not the fun novelist kind, but the bullshit marketing kind) and I hate every minute of it. Ruined my passion for wordsmithing because now I can’t do it just for creativity’s sake because I don’t have the time and I kinda need the money
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For real. My whole job is bullshit and shouldn’t exist but I’d be broke if I didn’t do it. Can’t wait to save up enough so I can finally quit.
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You know what? I don’t need your fancy water anyways. That’ll show em! *Slowly dies of thirst *
Looking forward to splurging on the fanciest items of all – groceries!
Reminds me of that Malcolm X quote about smiling foxes
I’m kinda in two minds about it.
On the one hand, I was was a late developer who suddenly found herself being one of the smartest kids in class. Going from 0-100 in a span of 2 years was a very weird place to be, and if I had to be made fun of for something, I’d prefer it to be because I’m such a damn nerd rather than being a fucking dumbass. I guess that’s where the wanting to be special comes from - maybe it’s to compensate for being at the bottom of my school/town’s hierarchy for so long? On the other hand, I also want to lay low and be invisible and absolutely hate being in the spotlight.
So yeah, I’m pretty much the meme - inside me there’s two wolves, and they’re both fighting about whether I should strive to be “special” or just do something because it’s fun and helpful, not because I want validation. Oof internal struggle session, not fun. But I can’t wait until that inner reactionary dies.