I find myself wearing my sunnies indoors more often than not. On days I forget and grab my regular glasses, switching over to the tinted lenses is literal full body relief as the light input is reduced.
Hum… Yeah… That’d be me. The creature of the night. Not rave n’ disco night… More like, night night. Even during the day.
I like to sit in my desolate room. No lights. No music. Just anger.
You’ve killed everyone.
You’re away forever, but you’re feeling better?I had to spend six months in the ICU and I always had the lights off and no sound, not tv or music, no talking, all the staff would comment on it or ask if I wanted them to turn things on for the first few months but by the end they were always telling me how my room was so peaceful and they actually preferred it to other patients rooms. I just want peace!!
This is one of my great sensitivities. I can’t drive without sunglasses. My eyes will tear up and I’m unable to keep them open.
Going outside to let my dogs out in the AM is genuinely painful! The dark to light is SHOCKING mentally and physically, I used polarized glasses for driving for the same reason you do. I find certain kinds of lights to be agitating even not just uncomfortable or painful
Everytime I read something about neurodivergent behavior I am astonished that another atypical thing I do is actually typical behaviour just not for neurotypical persons. (sry for my English - not a native speaker)
Your English is good, don’t worry! In fact I quite like the way you worded that. Isn’t it comforting to realize you’re not as alone as you had thought you were?
90% of the time, the explanation is “I was doing a thing that didnt require external light source and didnt notice the sun went down.”
lol I don’t bother to explain I usually just say “nothing” I don’t owe anyone an explanation for why I want the lights off
yeah but even if i did notice the sun went down i prefer to stay in the dark as long as it’s not necessary to have light
Is there a eye-strain-related reason that the lights should be turned on in this circumstance? I find myself in this position a lot, not realizing the screen is way brighter than it needs to be for the brightness in the area.
I like to be in the dark and with screen at minimal brightness, all light is the enemy
I don’t believe the iPhone screen gets dark enough. I’ve had mine on its lowest possible setting since I got it, and I still sometimes want to make it darker. Thank goodness so many sites have “dark mode” nowadays.
Somewhat related but does anyone else like driving in the dark? Like no other cars back roads in the middle of nowhere, the only light is from my instruments, radio, and headlights? Fucken peak especially out in the truly middle of nowhere with minimal light pollution with the cosmos visible.
I try, but then that fucking clown shows up…
Then you pull aside, roll down the window, and hear nothing but the buzzing and chirping of whatever nature’s out there. It’s just… zen.
I’ve always lived in pretty densely-populated areas, but a few years back I got to drive around eastern Arizona for a few hours at night. It was so dark and so empty, I felt like I was flying through space. I could’ve gone into a trance, had I not been somewhere unfamiliar (I had to keep some focus in this unfamiliar area with spotty cell reception, where I was alone, at night.)
The Prius (and more historically Saab) used to have a near blackout mode which shut off interior lights and dash indicators, basically only leaving the indicator that shows your headlights are on. It was wonderful to drive with the blackout mode and just have your eyes perfectly adjusted to the light outside the cabin.
I drive a lot of retro cars and can say that while there usually wasn’t a dedicated mode you could turn down or off all of the interior lights. For example my 2001 Jeep Cherokee it’s just turning the light knob (same applies for the '91) as for my 2001 Toyota Tacoma it’s a matter of turning the dedicated knob that’s funnily enough the same spot as the one on the Cherokee.
That sounds really really nice.
Yes! I wish I could drive with out headlights but I know it’s too dangerous. I have incredibly good night vision even in my late 30s, I don’t need light at night why am I forced to use it??
The lights are also so others can see you, not so relevant when you’re really out away from civilization but there are many laws that require headlights to be on when windshield wipers are used
Agreed, I love this part of long drives to out of the way destinations. Definitely better in older cars without obnoxious touch screens.
I enjoy some games that can simulate this too, like Elite Dangerous scooting around in the lander on the dark side of some barren planet deep in uninhabited space. Not the same as the real thing of course, but I still enjoy it.
Doesn’t matter if they’re neurodivergent at all, it’s rude to flashbang anyone like that
Tell that to any phone with the fingerprint reader behind the screen.
Apparently thumbs can now only be scanned by harnessing the power of the fucking sun.
Another reason why my previous phone was better than my current one: backside fingerprint scanner. Infinitely superior to a screenside fingerprint scanner, as I was able to unlock my phone in the same motion as picking it up or removing it from my pocket. With a screenside fingerprint scanner, it is no longer more convenient than just inputting the lock code.
My new pet hate is that I’ll unlock it with a finger print, go to do a contactless card payment, and then it demands the fingerprint again, because it turns out the original unlock was the face detection, which is a lot faster than fingerprints but not secure enough for a small payment.
I’d turn that off, but then it just takes ages every time I unlock my phone rather than the once or twice a day I need to buy something.
Huh? My s21+ screen reads my thumbprint with the screen off
or worse, using face unlock in the dark
Yeah, why tf do people need to turn on my lights?
I’m not Vashta Nerada (I wish tho).
Yes! Please let me be part of the flesh devouring hive mind colony that likes books and lives in the dark.
It’s the prefect life.
Coworkers like 75% spectrum. Office is DARK
When we have meetings, boss comes in and opens the blinds. We scurry around like roaches
We used to keep the light off in the tech bullpen. There were no windows but enough lights from the screens to keep people from tripping over themselves walking to their desks. Fucking director level POS hated it. When he didn’t have anything to do he’d come back there and loudly exclaim “I don’t see how y’all can work in the dark!”
It’s almost like different people work different ways and have different levels of comfort. I can deal with either just fine but damn, don’t just loudly pronounce shit and change the environment immediately. That absolutely stops pretty much everyone from working because they want to removed about how it’s different now.
I think it was 50/50 not giving a shit about the comfort of others and wanting attention because he was as useless as a bag of used microplastics.
Lol people see me in the dark with a laptop and backlit keyboard and are like "how can you see / read in the dark?
Like wtf it’s backlit. IDC what’s happening in this - until recently - otherwise uninhabited room.
I have a backlit keyboard, but the light is always off. If you can’t type by feel and you work on a computer then what the hell are you doing? I will never understand how people can’t work on a light up screen in the dark.
I used to work in an IT call center like that. It wasn’t even dark it was just dim because no one wanted the light over their desk turned on. There was enough light from the kitchenette area and the walkways to easily see. We got a new manager that hated that we all wanted the lights off so she used like 3 people who complained about it (and were in a corner of the room with the lights on so… stfu) as a pretext to do a poll to keep the rest of the lights turned on. She came back saying there was “a lot of” support for turning the lights on so now it was required but refused to release the results. Immediately lost all respect from the room. She would have eventually anyway because she was a shit manager but that was like right out of the gate.
She showed her true colours immediately. Didn’t care about the people in the team.
We did that as interns. Our official response was the light was causing interference with the testing and needed to be off.
“I rule from the shadows” is my usual response.
“leave me to do my dark bidding in peace”.
“Oh, what are you bidding on?”.
“A table”Normally I just hisss
I like the way they worded it as if you were misplaced by them. Ah shoot, where did I leave my nuerodivergent again? Probably left them next to my keys in the kitchen.
Can you imagine if we just started making snarky comments and turning off lights that people purposely put on? Wow, that’d be so rude! Right? Right??
Why are you standing in a brightly lit room, do you need to be seen or something?
Why are you always in the light? Are you a plant or something?
Be honest. At least half the time, it’s because you’ve forgotten lights are a thing.
I just hiss as I retreat under the bed.
Wouldn’t them being in the dark bolster the argument that they are bats?
And if they were lost bats, what would turning the lights on be meant to do?
I should get that diagnosis. 😐
I never denied I’m a bat, I’m simply not lost!
