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The Radical Child ([personal profile] theradicalchild) wrote2022-07-04 09:18 pm

Weekend in Review, U.S. Independence Day 2022

I know U.S. Independence Day is celebrated by many within and in some cases without America, but as far as I’m concerned, the United States, its founders, inception, history, and all leaders past and present are just as subject to judgment and criticism as in any other nation in the world. I don’t necessarily agree with everything that occurs at my nation’s Federal and State levels, but am really sick and tired of foreigners pretending we’re a bunch of backward, uncivilized barbarians because we don’t do things the way they do, and it annoys me to no end because we don’t tend to protest things that go on within their countries or their respective leaders.

I also blocked an internet acquaintance on Discord due to his constant desire to engage in conversation with me about banal interests of his, despite turning thirty this year, and while he’s also on the autism spectrum (Asperger’s is his official diagnosis, and mine is high-functioning autism), it’s my view that every autistic person is unique and incomparable to others. Before I had likened myself to Gary Cooper’s character from the classic Western High Noon in that I feel really alone in my struggles in real life and on the internet, and it’s been nigh-impossible to find someone else who shares precisely the same interests and perspectives on various topics that I do.

I’m partaking in the postgame content of Dragon Quest XI and have been prepping my party to revisit the Battleground that was key to a late-game event in the main quest, and spent an hour in the aerial city managing my characters’ equipment, and when I get back in the game I’ll go back to the mentioned dungeon. I’ve been having a blast in Biomutant completing many of the optional quests; I’ve got one of the suits necessary to tread radioactive ground and such that has opened my exploration. I’m still watching Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ and am more than halfway through Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park.