Tej

Hello! Call me Tej. I'm a disabled autistic author, charity livestreamer, ttrpg creator, and small-time farmer in rural New England. I do activism as my migraines allow. I run Rabid Haberdashery, and you can find our website with relevant info and links at rabidhaberdashery.wixsite.com/home

This, like it should not take an implied threat to you for you to be horrified and disgusted that entire groups of people are being terrorized. Trans People deserve basic decency because they do, not because it buys me better treatment by extension. 

#AutChat A4: Why does everything have to be so bright all the time? Does the airport really need to have EVERY SINGLE LIGHT on ALL DAY? And would it be so bad to add, like, I dunno, one proper highway that bypasses Connecticut in a convenient fashion? Why do 90 AND 2 have to go to Albany?

A3: More Travel Tips - I create routines, first-thens, and social stories for navigating the airport, checking into a hotel, or getting to the bus station. - Bring snacks! - Bring extra comfy clothes and options for different situations or weather. - Stay hydrated. #AutChat

#AutChat A1: I travel when I can. Most often I drive about 12 hours to Ohio for about a week, usually about once a year. I have taken Amtrak for that trip a few times, but not since having kids.

Hello, #AutChat! I'm Tej, and I've always enjoyed travel but rarely had the money to do much of it.

I need to get back to my Mass Effect supernatural noir AU fanfic.

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Most of my antagonists are either spirits, or rich enough that we don't sit in the same part of the plane. I guess the most likely, then, is Alethea, who does possess someone at least once. Which would be fine, really. She isn't a bad person, her needs just conflict with Matteson's in a big way.

Where do these high budget podcasts come from? Instagram keeps showing me clips of random dudes I do not recognize in full studios with branded gear and a production crew doing podcasts I've never heard of. When I ran a podcast it was me. I was the entire crew. What is happening out there?

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On learning instruments Leah: I want to play violin very, very badly! Me: Good news! The first time you do it, you will do it very, very badly.

Let us love and sing AND wonder? In this economy?

#AutChat A3: I mean, it kinda looks like everyone doing AutChat today is floating around the same region of the orientation landscape. I think I recall a couple other regulars mentioning being in the same ballpark in the past, as well. But I haven't really read many books where it comes up.

#AutChat A2: I'm gonna be honest, I've only started engaging with neurodivergent spaces OR spaces that talk much about attraction and orientation at all in the last few years. So yes, to a very limited and very recent degree. Not enough to have learned a ton yet.

Hello, #AutChat! I'm Tej. This one might be a doozy, let's see how it plays out.

If you're a #Gamemaster who runs campaigns for pay or you've always been interested in doing so, but are wary. Can you sound off in the replies or my DMs? I want to get a group of folks together, any size, to talk about the economy around Professional GMing and what Pro GMs need, support-wise.

Remember, kids: you never have to worry about getting left behind if you don't actually want to go where they're going.

#AutChat A4: Within our own communities, kind of a glue, I guess? It's a medium that allows us to bond and relate. Not the only one, but I think an important one. In the broader world? More like a shield. It can suck out there; having some baseline love for oneself helps.

#AutChat A3: I've only known I was autistic for two years now, and didn’t really consider pride at all for most of that. But as mentioned, my thoughts about what it means have changed in the little time I've sat with it. And I think I'm starting to actually connect with the idea.

#AutChat A2: No. I mean, I heard the words during Disability Pride month, but that was it. This week's chat is the first discussion about it I've witnessed.

Hello, #AutChat! I'm Tej, and currently down with a throat virus, depressive episode, and raging migraine, so let's see how well I keep up today.

We carried paper maps, but their use varied. I, personally, am just good at memorizing routes and streets. Every time I moved to a new place, I'd spend a couple days just driving around aimlessly and then I knew every street within a half hour of my home. Sometimes we just guessed and got lost.

"How did you get into TTRPGs?" I wanted to understand characters better for my writing, and a coworker invited me to a World of Darkness game played over IRC.

It's okay if your book sucks a little bit. I say this entirely unironically. Perfect is the enemy of great; do it your way, let your story shine where it shines, and accept that the bits that aren't that good will be accepted because of the bits that are.

Hey, @discord.com How about instead of trying to push us to get Nitro with meaningless virtual tokens like “free” profile customisation, you make us want to support you because you’re doing the right thing? Like stop pushing for that age verification bs, for example. As a start.

Its wild i started this journey 10 years ago The first platform I built came out as reaction to the death of google+. That version ultimately failed because i more focused on publishers and their products... expecting that a community would gather to those things with no real mechanism to engage..

you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor

We'd have more fun modules to play if people tried out more systems. The answer to 5e isn't reskinning it or making something up from scratch. No need to reinvent the wheel with you own entire new system. Try lots of systems first and see what elements you like. Then maybe make a module.

D&D 4e was actually a solid game. It's fun to play and it was very good at being what it was intended to be. The problem with it was that it wasn’t what 3.5 fans wanted so they refused it, and WotC failed to appeal to its actual target demographic. It was a marketing failure, not a design failure.

There is truly nothing wrong with disagreeing on matters of taste. In fact, peacefully disagreeing on matters of taste is a vital skill in the TTRPG space, one lots of people haven't cultivated.