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  • I guess that’s true, if you eat a whole bunch of snow at once you could get too cold - especially if you do it while not moving. If you have a fire, of course this is all a non-issue; just make sure not to light yourself, your surroundings or your container on fire, especially during sleep.

    it’s also generally a good idea to boil water of unknown quality before drinking it to reduce the risk of getting sick, which would be especially bad if you’re lost in the wilderness

    Hmm. Are there known cases of illness known from snow melt? It’s not guaranteed clean like domestic potable water, but I can’t imagine it carries too much by natural water standards, either.



  • And don’t forget ‘rich’, or more importantly, supported by the rich. A national-scale campaign requires resources that a typical organization can’t gather, and to win without such a campaign is miraculous in most systems.

    Well, in countries like mine there’s donation limits (with teeth). Middle class people are the ones you pursue for financing. That’s not really the issue so much as the majority of voters that barely know what they’re voting for - and soundbites or a personal hearty hello at a local event work wonders on them, while actual honesty or competence has little effect.










  • and even if there is a reasonable option, they probably won’t win the vote anyway.

    See, this is it right here. Anyone can run, but nobody can win without being slick and two-faced. The idiot vote is the largest block. If you get involved it’ll be obvious pretty fast.

    (I say usually, because a few elections are better than other, but generally speaking at a federal level, it’s slime no matter how you vote)

    So, you’re assuming we’re all American here. This applies to every democracy, including my own. In America, just add a probably terminal deadlock problem in on top of that.



  • So, to be clear this was an application to move to another part of the same company?

    I don’t know you, but being thin skinned isn’t a trait I associate with any form of autism, so I wouldn’t worry about that specifically. Misinterpreting things is a bigger possibility - it could just be that the new boss doesn’t want big personnel changes right as he’s getting his footing. (Would you?)

    Except that I don’t know how to deal with it. And I don’t want to deal with it, because it is unfair that what others think and talk about you makes your career more difficult.

    Speaking for myself, once I’ve understood the situation, gamed out every option and picked the one that’s best, I find a kind of peace - even if that option is really, really demeaning and hard. I hope you can find something like that too.

    A reminder that “dealing with it” doesn’t just mean stoicism. Now, I don’t have all the details here, and I only have your side of the story, but you can still set boundaries with neurotypical people. If you’re successful, you almost by definition are going to have options. Do you want to quit? Maybe even pursue a different career path? Or, is continuing as normal the best option?