• @Ledivin@lemmy.world
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    9729 days ago

    People existing in society in good faith. People who just want the world to be a better place to live, and aren’t willing to shove people down below them in order to get an edge.

    • @dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1229 days ago

      was trying to figure out what the stats are on vision impairment, and found this:

      https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/study-finds-most-americans-have-good-vision-14-million-are-visually-impaired

      A National Institutes of Health (NIH) study has found that although 94 percent of Americans aged 12 and older have good vision, the remaining six percent, or 14 million, are visually impaired.

      So 6% of Americans are visually impaired, and of those, 3/4 can be corrected with glasses.

      • Singletona082
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        929 days ago

        that is a fairly blunt assessment. ‘Correction’ is not a binary after all.

        After cateracts surgery I’ve got 20/80 vision in my better eye. Technically both eyes.

        HOWEVER.

        I have no useable depth perception. The retina on my left eye is swiss cheesed with holes and scarring from birth defects. My right retina has a major deflection in it and I ‘won’ the lottery in having it detatch post cateracts surgery (a nominally single digit percentage chance of happening) and thus needed further surgeries to correct.

    • OmegaOP
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      629 days ago

      My eye sight is so bad I can only see 15cm in front of me correctly, and I can’t enlist in the army.

        • OmegaOP
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          629 days ago

          Hey, I can’t enlist in the army! That’s a good thing!

          • FlashMobOfOne
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            329 days ago

            A very good thing, and one that’s getting better with each election, truly.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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    3329 days ago

    Being alone.

    Everyone’s talking about a loneliness epidemic and I’m here wishing I had fewer people around me.

    Most of them I love, for sure, but the freedom and relaxation of not having anyone around is addicting and I haven’t had a good hit since 2020

    • FlashMobOfOne
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      729 days ago

      Not to brag, but god I love waking up to a clean, quiet, empty house with my dogs every day. I don’t understand why people want a spouse or kids.

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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        729 days ago

        There was a solid 18 months where I woke up to a kitty cuddled in my arms and no alarm, no kids, no SO. Just work at some time in a few hours and a purring kitty.

        I miss it. Even though I could see my breath in my own bedroom.

  • @NeedyPlatter@lemmy.ca
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    2929 days ago

    A brain that can produce a stable level of serotonin and not go haywire all because the seasons changed.

    That and being neurotypical, my life would be much easier if I didn’t have ADHD

      • @phampyk@lemmy.world
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        328 days ago

        It is minor. People that are neurotypical don’t even think about it and take it for granted. For them it is normal, so it’s not a big deal, they don’t think there’s a struggle there because they don’t struggle.

  • @peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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    2529 days ago

    The thing that gets people to get out of the house and do things with other people.

    Not like a vehicle, or transportation but the other thing

    • @insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe
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      729 days ago

      I’m a shut-in and I’ll say it doesn’t help living in a sparse area with only a bike*. I usually just ride on the trail to a very close bridge, sometimes I go to the closest town over and buy a few things from the produce section from the local grocery store and that’s it.

      Admittedly, I probably still wouldn’t be very social in a denser place (money, but also other issues).

      * I don’t want to drive, though lots of ditches around here and there is no north/south trail. So it is a factor.

  • konalt
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    2329 days ago

    No allergies. Im allergic to dairy, eggs and most nuts. I’m not lactose intolerant, which I wish I had, because then I could be in the bathroom for a few hours instead of a hospital for a few days. So many things have milk in them, and the few things that don’t put eggs in them too. I can’t eat out.

    • @Waldelfe@feddit.org
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      127 days ago

      I feel you. I’m allergy to all nuts (that are tested for) and soy. Dairy, eggs and nuts sounds like a shitty combination because a lot of the vegan stuff is nut-based.

  • @Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2229 days ago

    An inner voice. My wife and son both talk about options and choices like they’ve discussed things with another person.

    I have to go with plan A. There is no second thought.

    • @WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world
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      Total aphantasia? Same here, but:

      No intrusive thoughts, ever.

      No visions of, or reliving, trauma.

      No sad-memory sounds or tastes.

      No facades, so no energy wasted.

      And if you got the SDAM bonus, you can re-discover all your favorite books and movies like you never read or watched them before!

      • As someone with diagnosed anexity. Constant repetive intrusive thoughts and obsessive reliving of past trauma, I can’t help but be a little jealous.

        Apologies. I’m sure you have your own complementary problems to over come. I just can’t help and admire the how green your grass looks

        • @WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world
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          229 days ago

          My husband is like you, and also wishes for the absolute silence of my mind. But you’re right about green grass - I wish I could visualize happy memories or even picture the people I love.

    • funkajunk
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      529 days ago

      Holy fuck this.

      My parents haven’t seen their only grandchild in like 6 years and it seems like they couldn’t care less.