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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · 16d

alright it’s official 🛬

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · 16d

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · 16d

Who wants to be first to welcome me back to SF?

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · Sep 21

- the Americans also not understanding that comparing how much things cost with some strangers is like, not an international interaction

Alright my list is actually mostly about the group of Americans, lol — I can’t believe how completely culturally symbolic that whole exchange was for both sides.

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · Sep 21

- the Americans not understanding that the sweater is a practical garment; you must have one
- the Norwegians not wishing to be bothered AT ALL, nor to have to speak English, and were probably shocked to be engaged yet felt obligated to respond all the same
- the Americans missing the above

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · Sep 21

-the Norwegians not understanding the question, because the sweaters are naturally hand-knit by the family matriarch
- the Americans not understanding that in Scandinavia you are given your sweater, buying them as expensive souvenirs is just for tourists

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · Sep 21

Watched a loud group of American tourists from Massachusetts (“which is in the United States”) break into the conversation of a group of Norwegians at the next table at the cafe, to ask “how much did your sweaters cost?” with each side proceeding to entirely fail to comprehend each other

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · Sep 21

Is “Type C personality” AuDHD?

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · Sep 21

Someone (I can’t find it now) responded to a prompt asking how to describe the internal experience of autism, without relying on external gaze / inconvenience to others, and gave “the desire to observe without being observed” and I loved that.

What’s the ADHD edition of this?

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · Sep 19

Ólafur Darri is no longer the telecom’s voice for a wrong number in Iceland, I’m so disappointed that I no longer get to be gently laid straight by his crackly booming baritone. 🥲

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · Aug 26

If I could redesign bathrooms with unlimited budget —

Floors would have a lot more texture and not be slippery when wet tile

General purpose sink? No, I want a car wash for my hands. I want some kind of actuator-driven terry cloth end-effector thing, like a massage chair but for suds.

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Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social · Aug 26

A dear friend (one of my roommates in an apartment during undergrad, we kept in touch) passed away this Sunday. I’m heartbroken, my sleep has been wrecked. I’ve also discovered that he scrubbed himself from the social networks, which I respect but find surprisingly upsetting.

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