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I used to be so afraid of making phone calls that I'd write myself a script before I dialed. Now I agonize so much about getting the tone of an email right that I'd rather just call.

About morbid thriftiness (Autism Spectrum Condition)
As you may have noticed, I am morbidly thrifty. Usually I don't buy stuff that I don't need — and if I decide that I actually need something, I am going to ponder about it for a while, look for value products, and for the best price. And with some luck, I'm going to decide I don't need it that bad after all.
One reason for that is probably how I was raised. My parents taught me to be thrifty, so I have to be. It doesn't matter that, from retrospective, I see that their thriftiness was applied rather arbitrarily to some spendings and not others, or that perhaps they were greedy — spending less on individual things so that they could buy more. Well, I can't delude myself like that, so I have to be thrifty for real. And when I fail, when I pay too much, when I get cheated — I feel quite bad about it.
The other reason is that I keep worrying about my future. It doesn't matter how rich I may end up — I'll keep worrying that I'll run out of money in the future. Perhaps I'll lose a job and won't be able to find anything for a long time, Perhaps something terrible will happen and I'm going to need to pay a lot suddenly.
Another thing is that I easily get attached to objects. Well, it's easier to be thrifty when you really don't want to replace stuff. Over time you also learn to avoid getting new stuff at all, since the more stuff you have, the more stuff may break and need to be thrown away.
Finally, there's my environmental responsibility. I admit that I don't do enough — but at least the things I can do, I do.
[EDIT: and yes, I feel bad about how expensive my new phone was, even though it's of much higher quality than the last one. Also, I got a worse deal because I waited too long.]
#ActuallyAutistic

Dialing a phone number in the same area code as your own yet still getting charged long distance fees because the number was an exception & outside of your local zone.
Heck, long distance charges for domestic calling in it of itself is probably a foreign concept to Millennials & GenZ.

I'm now getting several political spam texts a day. This is a recent escalation and I've done my best to keep my cell phone number a secret for several years now. Politicians are ruining text messaging, just like they ruined phone lines.
So far my Google Pixel is doing a pretty good job blocking most of them as spam. But that's going to be a losing battle.

baia, baia... Lo siento, pero los 100€ del reembolso no dan para uno nuevo.
Si estšn mal, las cambias gratis, o nos mandas un terminal nuevo.
https://9to5google.com/2025/07/28/google-pixel-6a-battery-replace-fire/

Google researchers say Android's early-warning system detected and issued alerts for 1,200 earthquakes since 2021, sometimes giving up to 15-60 seconds' notice (Kasha Patel/Washington Post)

Your Android phone is getting better at warning you about earthquakes
An early-warning system on Android phones has detected more than 1,000 earthquakes worldwide since 2021, sometimes giving people 15 to 60 seconds’ notice

I'm getting my buddy "The Woodlander" to make a wooden sleeve for the new phone.

For some time I have been debating getting one of those phone cooling fan that I have heard @… talk about on episodes of @…. I ordered one a few days ago and it arrived tonight. I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max running iOS 26 Beta 4…

@… The whole AOSP management is exhausting, isn’t it?
That’s good to know. My iPhone is 5 years old and still works fine… I could see myself getting a new phone for GrapheneOS and keeping this one around.

For some time I have been debating getting one of those phone cooling fan that I have heard @… talk about on episodes of @…. I ordered one a few days ago and it arrived tonight. I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max running iOS 26 Beta 4…