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Gooooood luck!
They've had the AZ Mobile ID app for a few years now, and almost every single place doesn't see it as valid.
I fear the "business owner class" is still far too conservative, old-fashioned, and tech-hostile for this to work.
Please don't be the start of a new meme, I really don't want to see this face everywhere. lol
Arizona Bar exam, which is the lowest bar of entry,
You are completely and totally incorrect:
" Last fall, Arizona lowered its minimum passing score for the bar exam from 273, what was previously the highest in the country, to 270. The new score is still the nation’s highest, though it’s shared by 18 other states, including Colorado, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
Many University of Arizona law grads who fall short within a few points often leave for New Mexico or Utah, where the passing score is 260, said Jessica Findley, director of bar and academic success and professor of practice at the UA’s James E. Rogers College of Law. The goal of the ALAP is to keep aspiring lawyers in the state."
Arizona had the highest bar exam requirements in the Nation. And is now on par with 18 other states. The cutoff for this program is 10 points under passing - so 260. Equivalent to New Mexico.
The problem is that there is literally lower bars in bordering states - and they go there instead. Sure, we could just dismiss them as flunkies, but I doubt that a score of 260-270 indicates that they're "incapable".
I had a unique upbringing. My father was an illiterate dyslexic (and maybe autistic himself) and he is fuckin weird - to put bluntly. That side of my family never really understood neurodivergence per-se, but they understood that everyone's a little weird - but we embraced that we're VERY weird. Hanging out with my dad's extended family is a lot of flailing, weird humor, and zany shenanigans and they embraced every moment.
My mother by contrast was more "abled" but she relished the "weirdness" that my father had in spades. Her own family had a bit of a zany streak as well - with my maternal Grandfather very obviously being undiagnosed autistic and having his own brand of severely understated and jump-scare humor.
Masking was entirely unnecessary in my family - and I can recognize the state pretty easily. It's more mentally relaxed, less hypervigilant, and generally more comfortable.
It was great not having to mask in my childhood - until I went to school and it suddenly wasn't a good thing.
Learning my masks was an absolutely agonizing process because "being myself" wasn't acceptable "out there". I felt so out of place compared to my peers. I was also bullied relentlessly to the point of PTSD. My masks eventually became automatic through the tumultuous times. It wasn't until my diagnosis in my early 30's that I even began to understand what it all was, and start deconstructing the masks.
Unmasking was as easy as accessing a "younger" me and simply not caring about the social results. (to a point)
For my echolalia, I don't hold back my vocal stimming anymore. I used to feel embarrassed and self conscious around it. Now I embrace it and have fun with it. Will you get movie trailer voice me or death metal voice me? Who knows!? Will I throw a random phrase using an English accent into an otherwise monotone statement, yoooouuu bet!
For my special interests, I LET my excitement bubble over. Sure, I might need to regain my composure from time to time, but hiding my excitement about these things nearly destroyed me. I try not to be hyper-focused though so as to allow natural conversational flow, but I also don't overly police myself anymore.
There's a few other things, but it's hard to reflect on them all.
Ultimately I'm unsure how helpful my experience is to others - it's a bit unique having a deep family culture of being really weird. I think that really helps me put my guard down and unmask. If I didn't have these memories, finding my unmasked state would be a LOT harder.
Thank heavens, the way the consolidation was going everything was going to be Kroger. The merger would make like 1/2 of all grocery stores here Frys. With the other half split between the rest.
If anything will empty the pews, its this.
IIRC, infertility has been a growing problem due to PFAS exposure. We may well inherit a future where IVF is required to maintain a replacement population.
These regressive idiots are essentially ensuring their beliefs will die with them. Good fucking riddance.
Huh, that's a pretty bold move for the AZ Dems. IIRC, I don't think Beshear got an endorsement from his state party. Though I suppose that could still happen.
Even on Windows, Proton drive is hot garbage. It never syncs my files correctly. Has a tendency to leave half encrypted uploads just lying around. Eating up desk space.
Don't even get me started on how long it takes to upload anything. Got a 1 GB file? Good luck!
And that's before getting into the fact that it's proton's third product. It was announced in 2019. 5 years and they still don't have proton drive as a working product.
Another gripe I have is that the Linux VPN client still doesn't support wireguard. Sure, you can download wireguard configuration files. And they work just fine. But changing servers is a pain in the ass because of it.
It's made me seriously consider dropping my visionary plan and moving to a more competent provider.
That being said, proton mail has been fantastic. And I have a ton of domains on it. So it would be a pain to move. I guess I'm just in a stalemate.
Oh yes, totally understood. I've seen families destroyed from sports gambling and other, less boisterous forms of it.
If I like anything, it's scratchers and it's because they're soooooo satisfying to "play". But it's only something I indulge in occasionally.
Anyways, I tried to get into MMO's back in the early days with all my friends. I tired of it fairly quickly. I guess the novelty seeking part of my brain overwhelmingly rejects typical "gambling" mechanics. Loot boxes don't do anything for me and never have.
More recently I've grown completely frustrated with franchises like Forza Horizon and their little slot machine / skinner box mechanic. I love racing games, but it made me stop playing.
I can be addicted to things, but it just isn't gambling for me somehow.
I do resent MMO's for destroying so many of my friend's lives though. Weird to lose people to that ecosystem, it's the video game equivalent to losing someone to an MLM.
Also fuuuuuck, MLMs, almost did the "vector marketing" (cutco cutlery) and "rainbow vacuum" thing - the only thing that saved me was that Youtube had existed for like 5 years by then and there was enough people out there with their stories.
I never understood this one. I have ADHD and autism and I find gambling boring as hell. With maybe the exception of blackjack. Where my autistic brain tries to count cards.
I remember the day I turned 21. I decided to try out a casino. I spent $50 there and promptly left. Maybe I just lucked out and they didn't hook me with an easy win early on?
I'd much rather spend $50 on a video game that I can entertain myself with for hours.
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