• m0darnEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    If you were to be without electronics for a one month vacation what would you do for entertainment?

    • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Books, walking and cycling! Though doing sports without electronics would be a challenge for me.

      • m0darnEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        What’s your favorite book, or genre?

        • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          6·
          2 years ago

          I love dystopian science fiction, but really, anything where the story and the characters are nuanced and imperfect. Where the “good guys” are conflicted and sometimes selfish, and where the “bad guys” are human.

        • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          Oh, a cross country bike! That sounds like it would only be a matter of time before I came off it :P

            • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
              2·
              2 years ago

              It’s so light! It’s interesting, because when I read reviews, they all comment on how heavy it is compared to more expensive road bikes, but coming from my background with a hybrid, the road bike is SO light.

              I mostly use it for commuting though, as a way of keeping up my fitness, and cross training for my running, which is my main interest. I average about 22km/h on my commutes. Much faster when I do dedicates rides on bike paths, but I don’t do them so much

  • streetfestivalEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    What’s something you wish you could tell a younger version of yourself and why?

    • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      11·
      2 years ago

      “You have ADHD. Do something about it, or it will sabotage you for years, without you knowing why you can’t do the things everyone else seems able to do”

      • PxtlEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        I’m iny 40s and finally got help from a doctor about it after getting the runaround for decades.

        Oh my God I am so retroactively angry.

        • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          Yep. I got diagnosed after my kiddo did, and it’s hard not to be angry at all of the missed opportunities and losses that it has caused me, because I simply wasn’t equipped to understand or work around the executive function deficits

    • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      91·
      2 years ago

      How do you feel about people who kiss server admin butts?

      I mean, as long as they’re one of my partners, I’m down :P

    • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Honestly, my changing relationship with my orientation. I struggled with how it impacted my sense of self and my place in the world and the queer community far more than I struggled with my gender identity

        • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          6·
          2 years ago

          A friend who provides a safe supporting space to talk/exist when the rest of the world doesn’t is super valuable. The specifics don’t really matter :)

          Make your support obvious and unambiguous