Like for example, how someone thinks because you work in IT you can fix their TV, or how if you’re into music you must be able to play any random instrument.

I just like hearing pros rant about about their very niche problems.

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    Recreational scuba instructor since 2008. People think it’s extreme as fuck, and badass and all. It’s honestly really Zen. You take long, slow, deep breaths; often wearing a wetsuit or drysuit which reduces the sensory input on the body; you can’t talk to anyone else (unless you have a full face mask and comms system/are fluent in sign language); mechanics of sound through water mean that everything is muffled and sounds like it’s above you; you’re (ideally) neutrally buoyant, so you’re drifting through your surroundings.

    It made a hell of a lot of sense why this was my career choice when I got an autism diagnosis in 2019.

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      That’s really fascinating especially because I was in the former group and didn’t really think about those aspects of diving. Would love to hear more of your stories/experiences diving - that sounds amazing to me.