I speak English. That’s a foreign language for me… Does that count?

Those cubes do ring a bell although I suspect it may be fabricated memories. It being an IQ test makes sense with what was told to me, thanks!

The pictures question wasn’t about “comparing two pictures”: pictures were presented only one by one and I was supposed to find “what was wrong”.

My dad coming should be just a one-time thing, he lives hundreds of kilometers away and wouldn’t make the trip just for fun. But yeah, writing it down is definitely something I’m doing (thanks for reminding me, I would have forgotten…)

Thank you! I guess I’ll still mask anyway because, well, I can’t picture myself not masking at all when interacting with a stranger, and even less if my father is present. Also this shouldn’t be my last appointment so hopefully I’ll have other occasions.

Thanks for your account! Mine won’t be remote, and I don’t have any animal at home (except some spiders but they are too cute to eat my cords).

This. Except I’m not limited to authority figures and that’s sometimes very hard to handle. Like if a friend wants to invite me on monday but I already have something planned with another friend that same day I sometimes feel like giving the real reason would make them jealous. Yes, I know I shouldn’t do this, and I’m working on it, but it’s not easy. It’s especially hard when the real reason is something like “spending time with you in particular is very stressful for me and I can’t handle it”.

Here in France (American) comics aren’t common. Findable if you look for them, but you won’t see it in your supermarket. Meanwhile mangas are almost as popular as our own kind of comics (bandes dessinées) which is its own thing.

I’m a huge fan of bandes dessinées but also read my fair share of mangas. Meanwhile I must have read perhaps one or two comics in total unless you count “Picsou magazine” (Picsou is the french translation for Scrooge McDuck)

Had a Therion phase. Also Ultra Vomit but it doesn’t have the same appeal now that they have become bigger.

I’d say Modded Minecraft, Factorio, Céleste and one I can’t advertise because it’s NSFW.

Not speaking for all of them but sometimes just feeling good about yourself is enough. You can even tell them how you appreciate their efforts (assuming you do)

Reddit wasn’t even always like that: I’d say it progressively went downhill during the last decade. Design choices were progressively made to tailor the most toxic users.