I have a high IQ and diagnosed as “gifted” by psy at nearly 40.

I won’t argue about IQ and Giftedness having scientific base or not. All I can do is a professional clinical psy told me I am gifted. And what I’ll say is just my way of thinking.

I have a systemic brain. I have very poor memory concerning names, date, etc… but I can remember complex system (basically, what cause create which consequence) really easily. I also understand problem, and find solutions much faster than most of peoples, I have strong Intuition of things, but I have difficulties explaining how I’ve found the solution. Scientists think it may be related to Myelin. That stuff increase connection speed between neurons, so it makes you think “faster”, but sometime faster than you conscience.

I also wants to give meaning to anything. If I take a nap and hear the wind in the trees, I immediately imagine air molecules traveling and hitting leaves, sound wave propagating and hitting my ears. Wind also blowing the small layer of hotter air near my skin, explaining why it feel cold, etc…

I see object through their functioning, not their usefulness. When I see any new machine, I don’t really care what it does, but more how it does it.

I’m constantly flooded by information, and I’m constantly analyzing everything. Being in a crowed area is exhausting for me, because there are too many stimulus. I’m not going to faint or something, but I think being in a crowd for me is like being in a kindergarten class full of screaming children.

I don’t talk a lot because I’m easily bored by small-talks. I don’t see the point of speaking about what I’ve done this week end, or the weather, or anything. I prefer staying in my own bubble speaking to myself.

I don’t feel part of this world, I more feel like an observer watching some weird TV show. I don’t understand most of human reaction.

If you are French speaking, I strongly encourage you to read the comics Comme oiseau dans bocal. It’s based on serious research and is a very good popular science story about IQ, giftedness, etc…

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

Treck un Moroco desert, with local guide and camel drivers.

Causual conversation during dinner about alcohool, that non Muslim can legally drink alcohol, as long as they do it discreetly and not directly in front of locals because it might make people uncomfortable.

French tourist proceed to take red wine bottle out of its bag, drink it and even propose to local staff.

Never been so ashamed of my compatriots.

I don’t think jailbreaking will change a lot power consumption. Maybe even the opposite, as you may break service that aims to decrease consumption.

On my stock android (cross call core X4), in airplane and battery saver mode, it can last for a week. I use it when trekking and just use GPS with osmand from time to time.

Just be sure to disable all shitty apps (WhatsApp, gmail, etc…)

Holy fucking shit ! I just fall into this rabbit hole, I was suppose to mow the lawn and go to the dump this morning, my wife will kill me 😅

A T-shirt a friend gave me when going back from China. It had a small smell, so I put it in washing machine. It end up completely torn in several part… I didn’t,t even had a chance to wear it once 🤣