Big Math comes knocking: “you mean Big Physics?”

Wow, you have incredible faith in a laptop camera! On my phone the moon is often castello recognizable…

But then, you can download a sky map and figure stuff out on your own then? How precise can that be?

I had that for a bit and disliked how it “encouraged” me to be mentally lazy and end up passing by the supermarket at least once a day

I’m worried of seeing climate change half the way down the list…

I thought we only send a handful of pictures! Never knew they were so many. Amazing!

I will add my own story. Woman, in STEM, I mostly don’t care about what I wear, but sometimes I want to rock it just because. Put on make up, do my nails, wear a skirt. I kept that out of the office until I moved to a department with a flourishing gay community. If they can wear nail polish and skirts, so can I! I’m still usually the only woman in any given room, but maybe not the only one with fancy nails.

As a counterpoint, for a while I was the fanciest dressing person of the department because none of my T-shirts had holes 😒 also got told, jokingly, to not overdo it the one time I wore a shirt.

Would you go in a field in which everyone wears short shorts and you get stared at if you don’t?

Would you “not mind” if your company dress code (for a well paired white collar job) is pink shirt with orange blazer?

Make it absurd and flip it to yourself. Suddenly, you want to wear “normal clothes” but you stick out like a sore thumb if you do. Would you feel comfortable? Day in, day out?

When I was a kid, we always had dinner together. During dinner, there would be lots of conversations, not only about how school/the day went but about politics and ethics. My father was really good at talking about “adult stuff” in a kid compatibile way. Then my sibling and I started growing up and bringing our own conversation topics to the table.

My father died a while ago, and for a bit my relationship with my mother was a bit tense (anti-vaxer VS scientist). We silently decided to bury the hatchet and not talk about that topic. Our relationship had been improving ever since. I honestly deeply enjoy every evening in which the three of us can keep chatting into the night. Both me and my sibling moved away, so they happen rarely and are all the more cherished.

Somehow, both ends of the spectrum are difficult. Also: challenges really take a different mental toll. A challenging hobby VS all the different adulting tasks. Totally different.

I work in STEM. Same

It’s much easier to change a pronoun than acknowledge that “those people” are people (whoever “those” stands for). Yeah, a small update would be nice, but it’s a good starting point

I would add strict rend regulations. A one bedroom apartment should not be rented for more than 1/4 of minimum wage…

It really depends on what you mean by nomadic. Moving every day? Totally not my thing. I’m happy to do it briefly for travel and sightseeing, but after a month it two I’m done (I did it once, I was happy to settle back down after).

On the other hand, I am far from sedentary. Since my adulthood I have moved on average every year. Every time from a place that I used to call home to a new one. After almost 20 years, I am considering setting down… for the next 5 years or so. I loved this lifestyle, both the small in-city moves and the intercontinental ones. Now that I have a family it just gets more cumbersome, so I don’t plan to move nearly as much.

I agree. Extrovert/introvert is supposed to be a simplification of “do you gain energy by being with other people” (rough example: after a stressful day would you rather meet up with a bunch of friends it have a quiet evening at home not talking to anyone?). Otrovert seems to answer the question “how do you build your social net?” (With hand-picked connections or with group belonging). It seems composable with both extroverts and introverts.

To scrap the surface: Babel.

The description of what it means to be an expat, away from your culture, cut much deeper than it had reasons to. And it’s a great action/fantasy book

I found some local boardgames clubs and knitting clubs that are quite chill :) [and most people playing board games are either not neurotypical or introverted, so it’s a good place to start having minimal interaction]

On a similar note, being social is a skill we learn over time. Usually, while we are teenagers, we do a lot of social faux pas because we haven’t learned yet how to interact. Since you say you spend a lot of time in your room, it’s normal that it would take you a little training before becoming more of a social butterfly. Don’t be discouraged!

What does voluntary surveillance mean in this context ?

I don’t want to arm chair diagnose anyone from a handful of words but… this sounds like depression. Being exhausted from work should happen once in a blu moon, not every day (tired is normal). Lacking motivation to do the stuff you want to do every weekend also seems like a deeper problem.

This aside: thanks for being here! It might seem others don’t care, but we do. I have a friend going through stuff. I know they are having it rough, I try to help knowing it barely does. I just hope they’ll cone out on top at some point.

I wish the same for you. If you have accessible mental health resources, please reach out to them, get a plan in place. Even if it seems useless or overwhelming. Please

Didn’t we likely play a significant role in the extinction of megafauna all over the world much sooner than that?

Amazing topic!

I love how you summed up at least 75% of science. I’m in this picture and… I have mixed feelings!

Just because I’m a pedantic little academic: if you know how your data is crap, you can make an extra shiny model that doesn’t give only crap outputs