Aetherwire
@aetherwire.bsky.social
90s geek, Forever GM, music enthusiast, cynical idealist, and anxious hack. Often sentimental on my own, sometimes that leaks out here.
Strategy and RPG gamer.
No patience for conspiracy/disinformation BS. AI delenda est. 8647. FDT.
Strategy and RPG gamer.
No patience for conspiracy/disinformation BS. AI delenda est. 8647. FDT.
Am I a decrepit, broken, middle-aged man? Yes.
Am I doing an absurdly silly Happy Dance because I prepared a simple breakfast for someone I actually care about? Also yes.
I'm a simple soul, okay?
Am I doing an absurdly silly Happy Dance because I prepared a simple breakfast for someone I actually care about? Also yes.
I'm a simple soul, okay?
September 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Am I a decrepit, broken, middle-aged man? Yes.
Am I doing an absurdly silly Happy Dance because I prepared a simple breakfast for someone I actually care about? Also yes.
I'm a simple soul, okay?
Am I doing an absurdly silly Happy Dance because I prepared a simple breakfast for someone I actually care about? Also yes.
I'm a simple soul, okay?
Currently speed-running a lifelong conservative's redemption arc; I'm going to see if I can get it done in under a month.
#doingmypart
#doingmypart
August 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Currently speed-running a lifelong conservative's redemption arc; I'm going to see if I can get it done in under a month.
#doingmypart
#doingmypart
Is it just me or are neuronormies just So. Fucking. Exhausting. whenever you have to interact with one?
#ASD #neurodivergent
#ASD #neurodivergent
August 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it just me or are neuronormies just So. Fucking. Exhausting. whenever you have to interact with one?
#ASD #neurodivergent
#ASD #neurodivergent
These Red States aren't sending us their best. They're sending us murderers, drunk drivers, kidnappers, thugs, rapists, and some—I suppose—might be good people. 🙄
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August 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
These Red States aren't sending us their best. They're sending us murderers, drunk drivers, kidnappers, thugs, rapists, and some—I suppose—might be good people. 🙄
Having to face the reality of a family that still beats their children in 2025 is past enraging and goes straight to depressing. I cannot describe the sheer empathy I am feeling right now.
August 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Having to face the reality of a family that still beats their children in 2025 is past enraging and goes straight to depressing. I cannot describe the sheer empathy I am feeling right now.
Disgust. Frustration. Hate. Despair. Fugue State.
The Five Stages of Continuing to Exist in 2025.
The Five Stages of Continuing to Exist in 2025.
July 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Disgust. Frustration. Hate. Despair. Fugue State.
The Five Stages of Continuing to Exist in 2025.
The Five Stages of Continuing to Exist in 2025.
July 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
No, but for real tho:
WHAT IS THIS TIMELINE
WHAT IS THIS TIMELINE
July 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
No, but for real tho:
WHAT IS THIS TIMELINE
WHAT IS THIS TIMELINE
I am powered by Cymbalta and Xanax.
I'd prefer cuddles... but in this economy?
#mentalhealth #dystopia
I'd prefer cuddles... but in this economy?
#mentalhealth #dystopia
July 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am powered by Cymbalta and Xanax.
I'd prefer cuddles... but in this economy?
#mentalhealth #dystopia
I'd prefer cuddles... but in this economy?
#mentalhealth #dystopia
I remain unconvinced that my stress and anxiety issues are entirely biological.
I'm pretty sure they weren't this bad last year. 🤨
I'm pretty sure they weren't this bad last year. 🤨
July 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I remain unconvinced that my stress and anxiety issues are entirely biological.
I'm pretty sure they weren't this bad last year. 🤨
I'm pretty sure they weren't this bad last year. 🤨
Maybe I shouldn't do overly exciting things just before bed. I think I slept maybe 3 hours.
Today's gonna be rough.
Today's gonna be rough.
July 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Maybe I shouldn't do overly exciting things just before bed. I think I slept maybe 3 hours.
Today's gonna be rough.
Today's gonna be rough.
So my checklist for swinging WAY out of my league next week is something like:
* Bring a rose (w/ water cap)
* Compliment her style and independence
* Laugh at her jokes
* Push her left all the way to Social Democrat
... did I miss anything?
#firstdatenerves #dateplanning #SocDem
* Bring a rose (w/ water cap)
* Compliment her style and independence
* Laugh at her jokes
* Push her left all the way to Social Democrat
... did I miss anything?
#firstdatenerves #dateplanning #SocDem
July 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So my checklist for swinging WAY out of my league next week is something like:
* Bring a rose (w/ water cap)
* Compliment her style and independence
* Laugh at her jokes
* Push her left all the way to Social Democrat
... did I miss anything?
#firstdatenerves #dateplanning #SocDem
* Bring a rose (w/ water cap)
* Compliment her style and independence
* Laugh at her jokes
* Push her left all the way to Social Democrat
... did I miss anything?
#firstdatenerves #dateplanning #SocDem
Okay, fr tho, I'mma need the luck escalator to stop now. plzkthxbaiwtf
July 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Okay, fr tho, I'mma need the luck escalator to stop now. plzkthxbaiwtf
I have no idea where this wheel of escalating luck is going to end, but I am totally here for it.
July 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I have no idea where this wheel of escalating luck is going to end, but I am totally here for it.
I haven't been this depressed in years.
July 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I haven't been this depressed in years.
To be clear, I'm not uninvested in current events.
I'm just waiting for enough people to get on my level of disgust to make a difference. We're not quite there yet, but we will be.
🥀✊🏼🗳
I'm just waiting for enough people to get on my level of disgust to make a difference. We're not quite there yet, but we will be.
🥀✊🏼🗳
July 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
To be clear, I'm not uninvested in current events.
I'm just waiting for enough people to get on my level of disgust to make a difference. We're not quite there yet, but we will be.
🥀✊🏼🗳
I'm just waiting for enough people to get on my level of disgust to make a difference. We're not quite there yet, but we will be.
🥀✊🏼🗳
If we suffer power outages, be aware ahead of time that I lay full blame and responsibility at the feet of AI Farms.
June 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If we suffer power outages, be aware ahead of time that I lay full blame and responsibility at the feet of AI Farms.
Dammit, we didn't even make it a DAY before another reason got tossed onto the pile.
Now I REALLY need to consider asking to up my dose to "Beyond Recommended Levels" due to this BS.
Now I REALLY need to consider asking to up my dose to "Beyond Recommended Levels" due to this BS.
June 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Dammit, we didn't even make it a DAY before another reason got tossed onto the pile.
Now I REALLY need to consider asking to up my dose to "Beyond Recommended Levels" due to this BS.
Now I REALLY need to consider asking to up my dose to "Beyond Recommended Levels" due to this BS.
There are not enough anti-anxiety meds for the bullshit this year has hurled at me.
June 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
There are not enough anti-anxiety meds for the bullshit this year has hurled at me.
Brennan Lee Mulligan summing up the content of my soul in 6 words.
June 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Brennan Lee Mulligan summing up the content of my soul in 6 words.
I really have mellowed out with age. Instead of getting angry at the offender first, I'm managing to sympathize and help the victim first.
Would that I did not need to do either, but that is a struggle I've abandoned some time ago.
Would that I did not need to do either, but that is a struggle I've abandoned some time ago.
June 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I really have mellowed out with age. Instead of getting angry at the offender first, I'm managing to sympathize and help the victim first.
Would that I did not need to do either, but that is a struggle I've abandoned some time ago.
Would that I did not need to do either, but that is a struggle I've abandoned some time ago.
At this point, I think porn is more healthy overall for mental health than news is. That's greatly unsettling.
I'm not denying the importance of an informed electorate, but the country is just so fucked. If only our system allowed for snap elections...
I'm not denying the importance of an informed electorate, but the country is just so fucked. If only our system allowed for snap elections...
June 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
At this point, I think porn is more healthy overall for mental health than news is. That's greatly unsettling.
I'm not denying the importance of an informed electorate, but the country is just so fucked. If only our system allowed for snap elections...
I'm not denying the importance of an informed electorate, but the country is just so fucked. If only our system allowed for snap elections...
Sometimes I find myself baffled how I ended up with so many LGBT friends when they're still a distinct minority. Surely civil decency isn't *that* hard to come by...
... right?
(Rhetorical question; no srs answers plox. No iz gud fur mah sanity.)
... right?
(Rhetorical question; no srs answers plox. No iz gud fur mah sanity.)
May 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Sometimes I find myself baffled how I ended up with so many LGBT friends when they're still a distinct minority. Surely civil decency isn't *that* hard to come by...
... right?
(Rhetorical question; no srs answers plox. No iz gud fur mah sanity.)
... right?
(Rhetorical question; no srs answers plox. No iz gud fur mah sanity.)
We are so cooked.
Jasmine Crockett says Democrats want ‘the safest white boy’ for 2028 ticket
Crockett said Democrats have ‘this fear’ about voting for a woman again after Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton lost
www.independent.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We are so cooked.