DaveTLV @Surasanji@social.cleverlibre.org

@freemo I have what is considered a 'moderate-severe' case of Bipolar Type 2.

I refuse to not fight it, though. It's like brain diabetes- I have to change my life because of it, of course, but it's a part of me. I have to do everything humanly possible to not let it negatively impact my quality of life.

I don't always succeed, but I am well medicated here and under treatment which helps things. I will admit that one of the things I hate most is how the disease stole so much from me when I was younger. Bipolar is the reason I wasn't able to do college properly. It's gotten in the way of my relationships and other health.

Still, I'm in a better place now. It's taught me to love the day I'm in, because tomorrow for no reason whatsoever, I might just want to die and everything will be tainted with that melancholy.

On the whole, I'm better than I was, but still more to do.

@freemo I'm a guy who really likes to learn. I pick up little skills here and there. I was a kid who could take stuff apart and put it back together, and enjoyed doing that.

I still do, somewhat, but dealing with and learning how to live with bipolar disorder has been the majority of my life since 18 years old.

@freemo There are a couple, but 8-Bit guy is one of my favorites. It helps he knows what he's talking about. Nostalgia Nerd is also fantastic.

LGR is also one of my favorites, although his stuff is more in line with my childhood with like old-school IBM clone 286/386/486 systems.

So LGR has a bit more nostalgia for me, where as 8-Bit guy talking about his love of the C64 is just really interesting to me because my experience with those computers are like messing around with one on a weekend at a friend's house and then never touching it again.

@freemo Ahahahaha! Oh, such a kidder....

*opens trenchcoat*

I got the spinal column of a particularly large chimp. Don't ask where I got it. 20k.

@freemo Awesome stuff. Let me know if there's anything you need from me. I can like send you a recovery pizza or something.

I've been watching a lot of stuff on late 70s/early 80s era 8-bit computers. Just a little before my time, but it's easy to see the evolution.

I'm hooked on watching all these things about computers I've seen, or played with, but were curiosities instead of my 'everyday' experience.

@InvaderXan @MordecaiPinhas Sabich for me.

@johnrandom@cryptids.online orb does a podcast challenge 2019

@johnrandom@cryptids.online Hi orb, did you have a nice weekend?

@jacethechicken Five-Thousand Square Feet of Existential Suffering.

@freemo Unfortunately so.

@freemo That is a problem. Politicians should be elected by their merit to lead and protect the interest of the country and voter.