Hell yeah man. I just want to own my own place so I can sit around a fire, drink my beer in peace while I play some acoustic guitar with a dog and no one else. That’s all I want in this life 😭

Been playing for 20+ years myself, I’m getting fucking giddy over learning bass again. Heck, I’ve been learning some Alice In Chains on acoustic and I’m having a blast! Also learned jigsaw falling into place by Radiohead. But 2 years ago I didn’t know these songs and thought they were out of my reach, but got pretty stoked when I got them, felt like I finally got “good” at guitar 😂

I’ve been called an asshole many times. I think most people think I’m a nice person, but to the wrong person I’m a complete asshole. If I find out you support cops I’m suddenly the biggest asshole alive. If you’re a capitalist? Guess what, asshole mode wants to turn on.

That’s fine in echo chambers, but when you’re in a diverse group? I had to learn social skills early on as a kid, and not every autistic child learns how to adapt to a social situation. I put my example as a hard truth: We can’t applaud people being assholes to certain people and then be appalled when assholes remain assholes to those aren’t the acceptable group of people to be an asshole to. If I want to remain socially acceptable around cop-supporters, I have to adopt different social ‘postures’ like respectfully disagreeing instead of calling them boo-tlicking piggies. My tolerance for respectful disagreement only lasts so long, though, when my under-the-breath stuff starts coming out and then I know I can’t be around people if I want to be accepted.

What gets rewarded gets repeated.