I venture into society, on average, once per week. To Costco. It takes all of my energy in that single visit and then I need a week to recover.
I'm semi-joking, but I'm really not.
this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2026
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I really will only ever go to costco at 2pm on a weekday that isn't Friday. Even then, pheww.
...plus ANC headphones with chill beats, sunglasses, a grocery list that is ordered by path through the store.
Hell yeah.
That sounds perfect, only if the store owners would stop reorganizing the store on a monthly basis.
I feel this. Still recovering from my trip last Thursday. Its so worth it tho, covers almost all my needs for months
Why weekly? Can you consolidate your trips at all?
"peOpLE ARE SupPOseD TO BE socIaL creaTures."
But why are people exhausting then? Why do i want to avoid them all the time? Why is dealing with people like navigating a minefield then?
YouTube channel called frugit basically has this cat doing these jokes, and also jazzy animated music videos. Strongly recommended
Just sitting in a psychology lecture about autism. I relate, wayyyy too many people and sounds here ://