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I loved the mention of giving our attention.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Well, this took me back to the late ‘90s.

Playing this with the Namco analog twist controller was superb. Taking the PlayStation to work to pump it through the Silicon Graphics Onyx Infinite Reality Engine so it could be played on a big (24") wide-screen LCD with ear-splitting sound.

I will always and forever love The Designers Republic™. ❤️

The ‘90s had the progression: rave, techno, bleep, idm, jungle, big beat, house, ambient, breaks, garage, 2-step, and so on. I may have come of age during post-punk and the subsequent new wave, but as the ‘80s ended, I loved what was happening in the UK.

The Summer of Love, as fueled by the arrival of 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, “Ecstasy,” to the British Isles. It was absolutely a demarcation and generational shift, and a subculture was born.

I knew it was so very real when the UK enacted The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994.

Those damned kids, with their repetitive beats, in a farmer’s field, or abandoned warehouse, all sorted for e’s and wizz.

Lulzy Times,
Ian
 
@Asa

I know I said I would never street luge because I am risk-averse (a lie) and because I would love it and die.

The below video is timestamped so you can see a perfect example of how I would ride in Chicago.

It was so electric, and in-the-moment, that I would feel so present, and awake, and alive. My mind would still and be quiet. Pre-diagnosis I was a stim junkie.


edit: this is “safer” because there is no cross-traffic...I would never ride downtown, not at speed, anyway.

Cheers,
Ian
 
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I know it was a week or so ago, but thank you for sharing this! I ordered this guy's book The Nonvisible Part of the Autism Spectrum 50% because of this vid and 50% because the "nonvisible" bit of the title really resonated (masking, etc.) and it arrived today. My wife looked at it, read the back cover, skimmed a few pages, and was like, "wow, this really might actually be you/us!"

I feel overcome with appreciation and humility, and like some puzzle pieces that have eluded me for most of my life may start to fall into place. I'm actually working my way through another book right now (which I'm also really enjoying), but this has jumped up to next on my queue and I'm eager to digest both as quickly as possible now!
 
 
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