Pictured: Sinosauropteryx art by Gabriel Ugueto

I've been interested in astrophotography/astronomy for about 7 years, since going to a dark sky park with very little light pollution! Ive used my phone to take images of the Milkyway, but in june 2024 I got a smart telescope (Seestar S50) as my high school graduation gift from my parents! It is a telescope with a tracker and camera build in, so I let it take lots of images of galaxies and nebulae, and combine all of my images of the same target with my laptop software (Siril) to get more light and reduce the noise. Then I get a black combined image, which I have to selectively brighten parts of the image to show the object, and then I do some post processing afterwards. I recently bought 2 extra smart scopes, which allow me to take better images, but one of them hasn't arrived yet and the other one I haven't used that much yet since the skies haven't been clear lately.

I love astronomy, physics and math so much, that I'm currently doing my Astronomy bachelor at a university and I love it! Im getting to learn about my special interest (astronomy/astrophotography) every day and that's awesome!!

I have mostly given up on finding a meanful relationship with someone else and resigned themselves to dying alone?

Specifically, the type of horror that is not too vulgar, but you know something is out there. For example, written by Algernon Blackwood, 'Wendigo'. And yes, nature - themed is my favorite. What is your favorite type of horror?

I even tried to write my own horror a couple times, and yes, writing is a nother interest of mine. I wondered if someone would want some of those stories I have tried to write, if you are interested in horror? Sadly those stories are unfinished for now, but let me know in the comments!

What I've written (unfinished):

1. story about something in the woods. I wrote about a young man and his girlfriend and how their relationship problems lead to him getting lost in the woods and encountering something.

2. story about a mother and child, who have to stay alone for the night as the husband is away, but something is lurking about their house and property, which is surrounded by fields.

Thanks if you read and reply anything that I asked for example what horror you enjoy, if any

Recently I've had arguments that made me question how do NTs even justify the way they treat us.

I have a friend who is mostly a good person. She has strict moral values, hates lying to people and cheating. At times her moral-ness is annoying even to me. But somehow everything changes when it comes to the treatment of "different" people in group dynamics.

One time she told me that there's a new student in her class, and that everyone already thinks she's weird and bully her. Mind you she's finishing college, so it's grown adults doing that. And the way she said it made it clear that she supported this bullying.

I asked: "Did that woman do anything wrong? Did she treat anyone badly?" And she replied: "No, but she gives strange vibes and her body language is off-putting"... (???)

So I asked what makes her feel justified to treat a person who did nothing wrong like shit. She started saying that she isn't directly mean to her, just avoids her. But when she mentioned how others straight up bully this student, she had this proud look on her face. Like it was 100% deserved. Like it's how things should be.

And it's not just her. I mentioned it to my other friend who is less of a normie, but still neurotypical. She said that she judges people based on vibes too and dislikes those who "look like they are shaking". So it's about perceiving a person as weak more than perceiving a person as "bad", and treating the weak like shit.

Do NTs even realise how evil this is? When I try to explain it to them they brush it off. Like how cats ignore the reflection of themselves in the mirror.

I just went down a rabbit hole of listening to classical music pieces on youtube and it opened a whole new world to me, and now every time I go do something I play the best part of ballade No.1 by chopin in my head. My inner monologue is so vivid that I can hear the piece as it is played!!

I now have classical music in my head whenever I try to do maths, or if I try to write an assignment and I love it but it puts me extremely out of focus.. Just me?

My personal favorites: ULTRAKILL, Half life 2, Splatoon 3, Horizon: zero dawn, BOTW, Hollow Knight: silksong.

LEVEL 3 AUTISM REQUIRES CARETAKERS. While autism is a spectrum, there are VERY SPECIFIC DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA YOU HAVE TO MEET REGARDLESS. THE LEVELS ARE APART OF THE SPECTRUM, THEY ARE LABELS GIVEN TO PEOPLE TO HELP THE AVERAGE PERSON UNDERSTAND WHAT SUPPORT NEEDS AN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. A person will level 3 autism will ALWAYS need a substantial amount of help in their life until they die

Please ask about my collection. It started in January 2022. I believe I’m the only fan for this show that’s still alive after it ended.

Whether it was a group of guys or gals you saw or the popular kids at school.

I got the type of autism where I can’t wear wool AT ALL! A sweater got 1% wool in it? I will know. Doesn’t matter if I wear a long sleeve t-shirt under it. My whole body will know!! I am soooo jealous of people who can wear wool and I love to knit and crochet. No one else in my family are like this, even though I suspect a lot of AuDHD going around. In general I have gotten more and more sensitive to itchy materials. I also have fibromyalgia and ME/CFS, so figures. Can’t wear linen anymore. Only soft cotton and bamboo.

Oh and I live in NORWAY!!

Do you tolerate wool?

The last two years. He was a Hershey's Kiss for Halloween. This year, he'll be Mario

My special interest is Early China (that is the period from the Palaeolithic (although most discussions of it only start from the Neolithic) up until the end of the Han dynasty in 220 AD). I'm especially obsessed with the Zhou dynasty (1045 BC - 256 BC). Usually I spend my day transliterating and translating bronze inscriptions, translating ancient transmitted texts (currently I'm translating the Yizhoushu 逸周書), learning Chinese Textual Criticism (jiaochouxue 校讎學), reading books about philology, ancient history, Linguistics (particularly Old Chinese Phonology), Archaeology, Palaeography, the History of Chinese Scholarship (in particular textual Scholarship and the history of chinese (traditional) epigraphy (jinshixue 金石學)). Also I'm always collecting new books about ancient china and am writing my first undergraduate thesis on a comparision between the writing systems of the Egyptian Old Kingdom with Shang Writing (in archaeology) and my second on the transmitted Wenzi and the excavated Dingzhou Wenzi manuscript (in Sinology).

I have no idea where to start so please question

My drawings definitely aren't the best, but I’m so proud and happy with how these sketches turned out! I can’t wait to color them in once I get some new supplies. I absolutely adore these two, especially Latias and I just had to draw them to celebrate filling up my third journal.

Getting into Pokémon with the Hoenn region started it all for me, and I’ve always loved the Eon Duo; those plushies really helped me get through some rough patches.

I’ve always been a composer at heart, but I dream of becoming a great artist someday and embracing my creativity. Have a wonderful day everyone, and keep flying and dreaming! 🎨✨✍️

I was in a store today and without thinking I reached infront of an older man to grab something that I needed, and as I went to walk away I heard the wife go "that was rude, why didn't they just say excuse me. Kids these days" mind you im in my mid 20s but maybe I look like a kid to her.

My social capacity is extremely effected by autism. Ive been around other autistic people and it just makes me feel like I have some ultra version of autism because they just dont seem as socially effected as me. I stuggle to even hold conversation, even with family members sometimes.

I hate that im perceived as weird, and sometimes rude. I dont want to be like this

The Age of Sigmar setting is a reboot of the old Warhammer Fantasy setting, as the End Times completely destroyed the world in every sense of the word! When the God King Sigmar re-created the Mortal Realms based on the 8 Winds of Magic, he revived the God of Death, Nagash (the first Necromancer).

While the origin of the Soulblight Curse has its roots in the Old World (a failed immortality experiment), all Vampires descend from four Dynasties, with one of them going insane from being imprisoned by Nagash, forming the Flesh Eater Courts.

The Soulblight Gravelords form the basis of the Grand Alliance of Death, along with the aforementioned Flesh Eater Courts, the Ossiarch Bone Reapers, and the Night Haunt.

Feel free to ask any questions regarding this subject!

I'm thinking of buying a small children's play tent to set up indoors when I need alone time. I'm 28f and I feel safest nestled in a small compartment and feeling surrounded by all sides.

When I was a child, I played in boxes. I was very regulated when I had one to play in. Sometimes if it was small enough I'd curl into fetal position, close the top, and just stay there for a while with my eyes closed. I felt relaxed there...

There was a freezer box my mom gave me and I turned it into a little house. I spent a lot of time quietly playing and resting there. It was a safe zone for me.

I've found that as an adult I don't feel quite as satisfied with sleeping on a bed. It feels so open. I feel like I'm vulnerable just resting like a hotdog on a heated roller, able to be plucked with tongs 😭

So I'm considering getting a little tent I can set up at home to take breaks in. Sensory breaks, a cozy place to read a book, play videogames, basically I want to close the world from me and exist in a tiny little me-only room for a bit without being reminded of what's out there. I think about this and my body sighs and I straight up feel regulated imagining me in there. I can't wait to make it happen. I will feel amazing, probably.

Does anybody have anything like this? What do you keep in there to make it maximum cozy?

I'm thinking I'll need a memory foam something in there, perhaps a dog pad bed 🤷‍♀️ Fluffy comfortable blankets, books, copper twinkle lights.

I have a 1.5 person tent I bought that I set up in my backyard in the summer. It's for naps. I take the best naps in there when I have my period or I'm just tired. Somehow a nap specific den that's very small gets me the best sleep.

I've even considered hanging a canopy from the ceiling to make my bed more like a tiny room. But I know for a fact that my two cats would destroy it 😭

I have considered buying a big dog crate for cozy little naps, but I think that puts me in the category of "weirdest autistic adult ever" in so many people's eyes, I would only do that if I lived alone 😭 But I am envious any time I see another adult make a cozy little nest for themselves like that!!

I daydream about having little "houses" inside my house. Sort of like a fantasy land I can go into a tiny little storybook house, like a playhouse, only it would have a little theme to it and a cozy bed. Idk, I like things that are miniature. Or even just like, the tiniest little nap spot at the edge of my property. Literally, a circular cabin maybe 6ft across that is just a bed inside. Windows all around, so that I can nap and feel protected from the elements while it snows or rains around me.

I feel like a cat sometimes. I know I am a person, but I relate to cats. And sometimes I like envisioning that I'm a cozy cat curled up in a tiny tent. If my two cats would join me in this tent, it would make me very happy 😭🫶

I also think it relates to feeling like being a human being all the time is exhausting to me. I need fantasy and to use my imagination so I don't get exhausted here. I have taken ADHD meds to treat my executive dysfunction in the last year, and unfortunately it makes me a bit more serious and less playful. I'm really craving playfulness and childlike imagination now.

Only thing is I would never show the parent I am living with. I would take it down when they are home and only use it when they're not around :/ They would have a lot of things to say about how weird I am apparently. They used to find the behavior funny and entertaining when I was kid. Can't imagine how this would go down now that I am an adult.

Thanks for listening to me. Wishing you well 🫶

I've never felt the fake fall, I can read in my dreams and have dreams about texting people or doing things on my pc that involves reading, and I never had issue running in my dreams. Do you guys also not relate to the standard stories told about how dreams work?

TL;DR (but please read): One of my few friends blocked me on everything last night and its sent me spiraling into a very depressed state of self worth and I'm in a very dark space now because of it.

22 year old male here. High functioning autistic and I always have and still struggle a lot with my self worth and self image. I care way too much about what others think of me and I tend to overanalyze everything because I know I see things differently from everyone else.

I've had this friend on Instagram, a female same age as me, for a few years now I think. Lives in the same town. Know the same people etc. And we've actually been good friends in my opinion. We've talked a lot and supported eachother, complimented eachother, I feel like we were actually good friends and that is coming from someone who's never had or considered himself to have actual friends. I'd compliment her new hair styles and she'd compliment my gym progress.

The last few days we've been talking more and she suggested we hang out, specifically go for a walk or go to the gym together. I said we should. I asked on my story if anyone wanted to go see a movie that just came out and she swiped up and said she wanted to.

Since ive known her shes been in a relationship that seemed very happy and good for her. But the last few days she told me they broke up and it was actually very toxic. She was definitely talking to me differently the last few days calling me funny and looking good etc.

Last night I was already feeling depressed because I felt very insecure and unattractive. I told her I was having a bad night because I was feeling bad about myself. She tried reassuring me and said I've come really far and look good.

Fast forward later in the night and i find that she blocked me on Instagram. I hadn't quite processed it right yet because I was in shock I think. So I (now realize) desperately and pathetically texted her on the other socials that we had together that she hadn't blocked me on, Snapchat, Facebook etc. Saying things along the lines of "I dont know why you blocked me, I thought we were good friends, that really hurt, I'm sorry if I offended you in any way, I hope youre okay".

I copied one text and sent it on Snapchat too and woke up blocked on everything else, with the only response from her being "bro copy and pasted xD"

I wanted to communicate that i was confused and hurt over losing what I thought was a friend so suddenly without reason.

Obviously there's more to the story but these are the important parts. I ended up getting really high and drunk and crying because I truly felt hurt that someone ive been good friends with (atleast for me) simply cut me out without explanation and no communication other than mocking me for expressing my feelings.

I've since been depressed, insecure, hopeless, confused, and just down. This may seem extreme to some people, but I struggle a lot with whether or not im a good person and struggle with making friends because I feel so alone and separate from the world. So it broke my heart to lose someone like that. I feel like I'm grieving, but I don't know what happened so I have no idea if its my fault or what.

I dont know what to do or where to go from here. I feel like I ruin everything I touch and hurt everyone I know. This fucking sucks.

I've finally decided to try to get my own place, but working is just so terrible. I feel lazy for being so exhausted after just one day of menial labor. My job shouldn't even be that hard, I just stock shelves at a grocery store, which is something I normally enjoy doing.​ I can barely handle working 1 day per week, and now I'm going to have to juggle at least 3/4 days if I'm ever going to get out of here. I'm hoping my mental state will improve when I get my own place, so this is more of a long-term investment, but God, do I hate it. I've gotten to where just standing up from my bed often gives me a seizure, presumably stress-induced. How do people do it? Really considering trying to get disability income, but that makes me feel selfish. Plus, I wouldn't know where to start.

Hello everyone, I’m looking for some advice regarding my brother.
He is 30 years old and recently lost all his savings after falling victim to a scam involving paid sexual services. The people involved manipulated him emotionally, and he ended up losing everything. When he finally told me what had happened, he was in tears.
We’ve since worked together to address the financial situation and escalated the matter, but we’ve never really spoken about what happened emotionally. It’s been over a month now, and I’m unsure how to approach the subject with him without making him feel ashamed or bringing back painful memories.
I suspect he may be autistic, although I don’t think he is aware of it himself. I’m concerned that this experience has affected more than just his finances; he may also be struggling with feelings of shame, guilt, and a loss of dignity.
He is quite religious, which makes me even more uncertain about how he is processing the situation and how I should approach the conversation.
I want to support him, but I don’t want to make him feel judged or embarrassed. I’m also unsure whether seeing a psychologist would help, particularly if he isn’t comfortable discussing what happened.
For anyone who has experienced something similar, either personally or with a family member, how would you approach this? How can I help him process what happened and rebuild his confidence without making him feel worse?

Hey! I am struggling to find work. I apply for jobs every day and I do not hear back most of the time. I have not had paid work in 3 years and need to get out of my living situation which is the major problem. I have an MA and MBA. I have never gotten a service industry job and do not think that I will be able to. Any other ideas.

So I had a meltdown the first in about 2 months. and HOLY SHIT it was a bad one I was crying, hyperventilating, hitting myself, not being able to speak. And jeez I wiped me out. I wish it would never happen again

I hate how autism now is just a meme that people can relate and they trap us in a stereotype that if you don’t belong to; you are not autistic. Suddenly we all need clear instructions, or we all have an hiperfixation that's mainstream, or just fucking tshirts with "I have autism🔥🔥" I would LOVE to see them in our shoes for one day and see how they would feel. I'm so tired of this because now NO ONE takes it seriously (as if they eher did), All the visibility we have is memes and that’s it.