Zos_Kia

I get where you’re coming from but it sounds like a cop-out to me. The OP reads more like “I can’t handle frustration and not being the center of attention” than “i’m neuro-divergent”.

But of course that’s just interpretation from a few lines of text so…

who said this is a competition? this makes no sense

OP made it a competition. They haven’t even arrived, they don’t even know the kids in question, but they’re already calculating whether they will siphon off attention away from them. That screams immaturity to me.

your initial comment indicates clearly that OP does not deserve attention and respect in your opinion

My comment says nothing of the sort, and i am sorry if it can be interpreted that way.

Let me rephrase it : OP sounds super high-maintenance. If i am meeting with another adult, it’s not to baby-sit them. It’s not to always be wondering whether i am giving them enough affirmation, or whether they are getting agitated because they feel i’m not focused 100% on them. That’s what kids are for.

That is not to say you should meet with someone and completely ignore them. But when adults meet, there’s this tacit understanding that everybody’s got their own shit going on, and there may be the odd interruption or the occasional shift of focus. Your work phone may ring. A kid may get hurt and need a hug. Hell, maybe someone from your Minecraft group hits you up on Discord for some urgent topic. I don’t give a shit, i’m not the center of the universe, and i can look at my phone for 10 minutes while you get your stuff out of the way. Apparently OP is wildly unprepared for this kind of completely normal and benign situation.

Well that’s exactly my point. If you’re ready to compete for attention with a newborn and a toddler, I’d say you’re not approaching the situation with respect and genuine interest for the other adult.

That has never been true for Google. That’s what other search engines did in the late 90s, and Google’s success comes precisely from implementing smart ranking rather than just being a directory.

They were also early adopters of semantic search using NLP and embeddings, way before LLMs became popular.

Honestly i wouldn’t spring for an expensive model such as a fleshlight. You can have a lot of fun with a simple textured sleeve, it will cost you 40$ and you can work your way up from that if you feel the need.

I think the key with male sex toys is that you have to kind of work at it. The first few times will be meh, and you’ll be tempted to just use your hand. But then when it clicks… oh boy. It’s a whole other landscape really.

It sure sounds like OP needs to be the focus of the occasion because they need constant attention

For me that’s badly played hardcore punk with an extremely loud drummer :/

He’s also one body shift away from being a giant dragon with adamantium scales…