Amy

I’m generally pretty calm and to-the-point, to the extent that I can come across as pretty cold at first. But if there’s something that gets to me, whether it’s happy / sad / infuriating or whatever, I can let it out and process it now, rather than bottling it up. That lets me appear as even more of an emotionless robot the rest of the time! Yay, I guess?

I have real trouble empathizing with people around me, even if I can read them on a conscious level. I guess that either makes me autistic or a sociopath.

Do you mean TeX (not GNU though)?

The related package METAFONT converges on e, as well.

I’m currently in the process of separating from my partner and it’s bringing out the worst in me. Every request or angry “what do you expect me to do about XYZ?” triggers my “shut it down!” response and I end up being selfish and heartless. The house is in my name, I pay all the expenses and give my partner an allowance (she does work part time though), so I’m in a very strong position and I really don’t want to abuse it. But OTOH I also can’t just give in to every demand or we’d be (I’d be) bankrupt in months.

Ugh, my AuDHD is not making this easy.

OK, rant over. I’m not really looking for advice, just a hug <3

I get to wear cozy sweaters and snuggle under blankets.

I have all the hobbies (thanks ADHD), so it depends on how much I want to avoid the conversation. Usually “computers” is enough to signal “danger, she’s a nerd”.

Otherwise it depends on what the other person might find interesting. Gardening, clay pigeon shooting, piano, mathematics, baking, and amateur radio are all fun topics I can infodump on.

I really am a nerd.