I remember liking the smell of diesel exhaust as a kid but now, at least here in Japan which may have different emissions, it makes me feel like I can't breathe.

Petrichor is fantastic as is the smell of the ocean. Cow manure is super nostalgic to me. I was driving my motorcycle to do some paperwork in the city and smelled them putting it on the fields. An ocean away, but still felt like my childhood home.

Cilantro/coriander leaf (and whatever thing in my property smells oddly like it when I cut grass/weeds) is like bug spray to me. Can't stand the smell. A tiny bit in something doesn't put me off, but it quickly gets unbearable and chemically to me.

No PlayStation (last one I owned was the first one, though I did play on some shared/friends' devices for PS2 and 3). No PSN account. Voting with my wallet and not buying any of their shit.

To get that far onto the pole, they are going too fast for a parking lot to begin with.

You sure type well for someone who can neither see nor hear, Anne.

/ Nothing is obscure on fark

Is there a source for this? I'm generally very positive on therapy and helping people get access to it, but fuck them if that's the case (and fuck the US healthcare system in general. Although I will say that where I'm at now, Japan, is even worse with mental healthcare not being covered by insurance (only psychiatry is covered; some psychologists having sliding fee scales but sometimes it's students and, if you don't speak Japanese well enough to articulate your issues in the language, then the premium for foreign language support is real)).

We are happy to provide your knife, but first please prove that you are human by completing the incantation as written...

I wonder how that works on a Japanese captcha. I know people have had issues shortly after moving but not knowing the language at all yet trying to set some things up.

I was more worried about earthly chemicals (particularly fuel/oxidizer); mutated space tardigrades are just extra protein (and also the name of my next band).

I used to do this all the time. Since I stopped, they don't pop so easily anymore

Same. Sometimes I can't, such as when congested, and it's super annoying and unbalanced.

Since there are no arrows indicating direction, all paths begin at Arch and end with questioning who you are.

(It took me way too long to understand that "ever used linux before?" didn't have two separate 'no' branches)

I dream and super vividly sometimes. My pet theory is that the hardware is all there but the neural connections aren't there during my waking time.

I have been able to visualize things in that brief waking time on a few rare occasions; it felt super weird to me and honestly somewhat scary.