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if you've acclimated to the emergency, in-an-emergency items look merely useful

this is a note I'm making for myself, because my measurement basis resets constantly (seems to be a feature of my autism), which is good for calming and maneuvering but not for recognizing when I'm in a situation for which the in-an-emergency items were prepared.

an emergency is an emergence, right?

so for me it's more like... okay, emergence is baseline, so, looking across baseline..novel inclusive, is there a shape in there that matches the designation of this in-an-emergency item

... which I suppose means that every time I notice an emergency exit it'd make sense for me to consider whether or not it's useful to me now, without checking myself for an "emergency" label. interesting. okay.

this is coming up with regard to the in-an-emergency snack I had in my bag, a little sesame crisp bar thing. emergency lite; enough space around it for me to register that I was realizing that oh this is the kind of scenario for which I set this aside, and I can just restock it later for the next time around