Posts by slybear13

this last update is gonna be solid. thanks. honestly, did anyone here actually think some people have nothing better to do at work than multitask through design projects while having zero mental bandwidth left over to obsess over some niche American keyboard layouts? because I don't. and we finally found the fix—just stick to a standardized, international American layout. it’d be a total ego trip if foreigners were proud of me for that. thinking about this stuff is just pure stupidity, like all those useless "innovations" dreamt up by people who think they're way smarter than they actually are. we don't even need a language for a bunch of four million nobodies; English would be perfectly fine.

Whenever I can snag a spare second, I'll check out SharpKeys, thanks. Honestly, I bet some Americans get all worked up because I spend like 99% of my workday typing in English, even though whatever is printed on this keyboard was basically slapped on there by some random guy. There’s this one solid company—maybe someone here knows them—whose whole motto is "it either works, or it stays simple." If I have to waste brainpower thinking about US layouts instead of actually finishing my projects, then fine, maybe I'll just spitefully set everything to an English layout just to piss off that 1% of people who care too much... plus, there are fewer keys to deal with anyway.

Honestly, this whole thing where Americans mess with the keyboard layout is a total joke. Like, why do these idiots feel the need to make something "special"? I actually went as far as wiping those weird local symbols off my keyboard that the monkeys at the Best Buy where I picked up my laptop insisted on printing there. Look, I only deal with international firms and I use nothing but English for work. This stuff people try to pull here is just pure stupidity, and even the foreigners agree. So yeah, custom layouts...

Anyone know a way to software-edit the Windows 7 American keyboard layout? I want to make a custom version that keeps the standard American setup but swaps out the Y and Z keys to match how the rest of the world actually uses them, instead of this weird layout we're stuck with here. I mostly stick to the English layout anyway, and it drives me absolutely insane when I have to type a couple of words in American and end up having to manually fix every single Y and Z. If anyone has a system file like that, please just upload it or shoot me an email.

I'm with you on that. Nothing's gonna just shift overnight, no matter how much we all want it to. Everything in this world is just... individual, you know? It's all on a person-by-person basis. I guess I'll just wait up and see what happens. Just taking it slow.

No official diagnoses yet or anything, I just see that my guy is acting weird and he’s basically a mirror image of me. We haven't just met yesterday, I'm not out of my mind and I know what's what in this life—honestly, it takes one to know one. It's not like I went running to some doctor to get "fixed" from being myself, but I've been deep-diving into human psychology since I was a kid. If we're talking OCD, I could probably teach you guys more than you could ever tell me. Anyway, looks like everyone here has plenty to say about this, which is fine, but I already have a pretty good idea of how things stand here in the States regarding these kinds of topics. I'll wait a bit to see what the books tell me, then maybe I'll pop back in for a second opinion or some feedback.

The real question is, what am I supposed to actually *do* as a parent to make things easier on him? How should I carry myself so he doesn't take my help the wrong way? I just ordered some new books specifically about the whole parent-OCD-child dynamic, so we'll see if they actually offer anything useful. My kid is starting to catch on to his own patterns and compulsions, and he’s beginning to hide them—though it still slips through here and there. It looks like stealing toys, this intense greediness for stuff, hoarding everything, hiding things in secret spots, and having zero ability to focus on a task for more than a minute. He also has this very specific way of obsessing over things that I recognize instantly, even if I can't quite find the right words to describe it. That's basically the gist of it. Look, I've learned how to adapt, how to pivot, how to steer things when needed, and how to live with myself. I hold my values high and I feel a massive sense of responsibility. Honestly, I think I'm happier than most people I run into, mostly because I set my bar for satisfaction pretty low, but I wasn't born that way. It was a brutal road to get here, and honestly, it's still a struggle. Now I'm seeing it all play out again with him, but as a parent, I'm flying blind. I don't have experience in this kind of support. Everyone has their own path in life, and mine isn't something I can just force onto my son. It's not like I'm trying to "fix" him into some perfect version of a human being, but when I remember how my own compulsive roller coaster has shown me both heaven and hell, I just feel this overwhelming urge to step in and do something.

I need some advice regarding my kid. He’s a little quirky, but he’s sharp as a tack—almost ready for school, and honestly, I’m so proud of him. But man, he’s constantly zoning out, and his focus on any actual task is pretty much non-existent. He’s just living in his own little world. Total chip off the old block, too. He can already read and do math, and he figures things out if he really has to, but he reminds me way too much of myself. I was exactly the same way growing up—the kind of guy who’d thrive in some creative field, you know, total OCD vibes. It definitely threw me off course in life sometimes, but it gave me that extra creative edge, so I managed to turn it into something positive. Now, seeing my kid heading down what looks like the same path (not that it's a disaster; I turned out fine and have a solid life), I'm wondering: should I actually do something about it? And if so, what? I don't think he'll struggle academically—he’s actually killing it there—but I want to be a good parent and give him the right tools to handle emotional hurdles like OCD. I don't want to just ignore it if it needs real action. He’s starting school soon, and being a daydreamer in a classroom isn't exactly a winning strategy.