Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄

They/them or he/him // Web developer // Neurodivergent --- Icon from

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

Sub-idea: a high-vis banner might be too obnoxious (like the "this site uses cookies" banner), maybe it's something that's only visible if you're looking for it.

Ex. An HTML <meta> tag might be helpful for search engines... A comment in the source code for devs... Etc.

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

Wanna toss a half-baked idea out there to see if there's anything to it:

You know the EU law that requires websites to inform users when cookies are used?

What about a similar law informing users when content and/or source code is written by AI? 🤔

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@tyger429 @BrizzyVoices Are you a software developer?

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@RudolfWolph CPS!!!

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@colleenrose15 @bing Oh thank god it's not just me, Google search results pages randomly got super weird a few minutes ago & I felt like I was losing my marbles 😩

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@dropoutninja My other grandpa always had a deck of cards in his hand to shuffle. His basement was full of treasures from his career at RCA: a theater-sized CRT TV, hundreds of LaserDiscs, a vinyl record player, hundreds of vinyl audiobooks, and more. Never got bored in there!

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@dropoutninja I always assumed my grandpa had a degree in mechanical engineering. He had a ton of mechanical knowledge, usually worked at engineering firms, and even invented a tomato harvesting machine. Turns out he was self-taught! He took some community college courses in his 80s for fun 🙂

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@adhdjesse In my experience, "why?" was always a trick question. (Or at the very least, rhetorical.) No answer I could come up with was ever "acceptable enough" & all answers would be used against me. So I learned the freeze response... Pretend to be a rock until they leave you alone! 🙃

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@marcie_hatter @EleniTWehner Food for thought: Having been an "Ava" before, it can also be devastating to realize your "friends" only show up because someone guilts them into hanging out w/ you. I think there must be better ways to advocate for the "Avas" of the world, we all deserve to be actively chosen ❤️

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@BurroughsRice @1Schoolhouse She looks like she just walked into a ball & immediately realized she gravely miscalculated the appropriate amount of petticoats for this event

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

People always joke "are you a big spoon autistic or a little spoon autistic?" and like. What about the equally autistic 3rd option of infodumping about my elaborate utensil size system

[Tabitha Sable @TabbySable]

@thingskatedid This was the most important thing I learned from getting a math degree.

People who know how to thoughtfully doubt and check their own ideas can make progress when they’re right *or* wrong.

[yoi @labuyoi]

Yotsuba & Whimsical Little Creature
#yotsubato #よつばと

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

it's that time of year again

[sensory homunculette @myfriendcallie]

My dream scenario is everyone i like sitting around a big table enjoying a bowl of soup that I made. They all say “wow, this is SO good” and they all ask for seconds

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@goofbell Pretty sure Steven Universe is responsible for 80% of my grasp on human (ish) anatomy lmao

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@yoganaraska @candidly_caaait @shesadhd @StructuredSucc Yup. It "works" for a while, until your body & brain break under the stress. Then the "shame as accountability" people wonder why we have such high rates of anxiety, depression, dissociation, physical health problems, & more. (I'm sure it must be "our fault" somehow, right? /s)

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@Miaoue1 @GeraintWorks And that's just one aspect... We're also more likely to struggle with:

- Impulsive shopping/spending habits
- Budgeting & finances
- Lower income
- Decision making
- Being desperate for a "solution"
- Remembering items/solutions we already have
- Craving novelty

& more!

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@Miaoue1 @GeraintWorks TBF, OP didn't claim any group was wholly "safe."

However, I don't think it's a stretch to claim that people who socialize & communicate differently than the "dominant group" (and are frequently told their way is "wrong") would be more vulnerable to social manipulation tactics.

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@GeraintWorks Another angle to demonstrate this: job interviews. I must "sell myself" in this process the same way a salesperson would sell someone a car... And my survival depends on it.

Again, there are "ethical" & "non-ethical" methods to do both. Either way, my AuDHD brain struggles.

[Name-Agnostic Cryptid🪴🌲🍄 @catsrmylyf]

@GeraintWorks Thank you! Although I can think of situations where salespeople are helpful & I know plenty of ethical salespeople, I can't help but be wary of the entire idea of "selling" something to someone.

At the same time, this ability is integral to survival in this capitalistic world 😞