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Recent content by Amity Alpha

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    Web-browser poll

    I'm currently the sole voter for Firefox. I love my Firefox; I've been using it ever since I discovered browsers other than IE existed (so rather a long time!).
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    men...women...understanding

    I'm a woman and I much prefer clarity to ambiguity. I'm actually irritated by all the gender references in popular culture (comedians, movies, etc) because when they make reference to women as a class, it's usually based on a stereotype that doesn't fit me at all. I don't play guessing games, I...
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    Sudden changes in plans?

    It depends how you define 'get used to it,' I guess. I don't expect that I'll ever be comfortable with it. However, I've got better coping strategies than I used to have: when my boss suddenly changes plans at work, for example, I can't afford to over-react. My internal stress level skyrockets...
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    Zoning out?

    I 'zone out' as you've described, but not voluntarily. For me, it's a response to sensory overload, where I literally start shutting down because I can't handle the processing of all the input. It works, in that it prevents me from getting visibly panicky and/or having to leave the situation...
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    When did you stop believing in Santa?

    Deno, I actually went through exactly the same process with belief in God as I did with belief in Santa. I knew it intellectually long before I could accept it emotionally. That leads to the fun kind of cognitive dissonance when you're scared that a god you don't think can logically exist will...
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    Sudden changes in plans?

    In your place, I'd have reacted pretty much the same way. Plans have to be made well in advance and if any changes are made then I need to know about them ASAP so that I have time to process. Otherwise? The situation immediately becomes high-stress. Can't you make some sort of excuse about...
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    What is your dream job?

    Time traveler. What? You said dream job. Okay, I'd love to publish some of my stories. Ideally sell enough to make a modest living from, without the pressures of too much recognition or fame. Failing that, I'd like to run my own online business. Or become an educational consultant and advise...
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    When did you stop believing in Santa?

    I read widely from a very young age and can't remember a time when I wasn't a Santa-skeptic. It just didn't fit with what I knew of the world that one immortal guy could visit every household in the world in one night, via flying reindeer. Yet I also couldn't bring myself to believe that all the...
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    When you were a kid/teenager, did people think . . .

    I was one of those hyperlexic, high-IQ kids that everyone thought would be incredibly successful in life, which pretty much guaranteed that nobody understood my social and organizational issues, figuring I was clever enough to know better. In my teenage years I slid slowly down into the abyss of...
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    How do you feel about having kids?

    I'm in the strange situation of feeling quite maternal and wanting to have children someday, while being completely aromantic-asexual with zero interest in relationships. Short of parthogenesis, then, it's not going to happen. If I'm ever financially stable enough (unlikely!) I intend to adopt.
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    Spock?

    This is me. I've actually taken Spock as a role model, because he's able to use logic to override powerful emotions. Now when I'm highly stressed and the strength of the anxiety is making me totally irrational and over-emotional, I try to remind myself to be more like Spock.
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