Possibly the greatest NPR exchange ever recorded
- non verbal autistic people are just as valid as fully verbal autistic people.
- level 2 and level 3 support needs autistic people are just as valid as level 1 support needs autistic people.
- early diagnosed autistic people are just as valid as late diagnosed autistic people.
- low masking autistic people are just as valid as high masking autistic people.
- autistic people who exhibit "stereotypical" autistic traits are just as valid as autistic people who do not.
- autistic people who like "childish" or "childlike" are just as valid as autistic people who do not.
- self-diagnosed autistic people are just as valid as autistic people who are professionally diagnosed.
- poc autists are just as valid as white autists.
- afab autists are just as valid as amab autists.
- physically disabled autistic people are just as valid as abled bodied autistic people.
I'm all for natural remedies and traditional medicine, but I think when your "natural remedy" is based on the idea that water can become medicinal by being in the presence of a teeny itty bit amount of something, then it's probably bullshit and you're getting scammed. Go buy some ibuprofen or see a doctor.
Things that can be true simultaneously:
- The idea that Western medicine is the be-all-end-all of science is based around white supremacy and elitism. Traditional medicine DOES have its place and is incredibly useful, especially when combined with the emotional, social, and spiritual effect it has on people from those cultures and communities. Many people also choose to combine their traditional cultural medicine with Western medicine and that should be respected by doctors.
- Homeopathy is a fucking scam.
stacys mom turned me into a frog!
im eating flies and live inside a log!
stacy cant you see she has placed a spell on me!
now im in a bog and look just like a small green frog
my testosterone crystalized??
me and the boys doing crystal men
positivity post for disabled people who need assistance with basic care needs
If you need help dressing, eating or drinking, washing yourself, brushing your teeth, going to the bathroom, etc. this post is for you! You’re wonderful and you are not lesser for needing help and you shouldn’t be ashamed of it. Some of us need more help and that’s okay!
whatever
grow up cunt
its not that fucking hard to understand is it mate
this is the first tiktok i’ve seen that actually feels like a Vine
was originally gonna go with "dog" but decided to go for a longer word with more "reasonable" mispronunciations instead, but that ended up backfiring and now like half the people on this post think i actually pronounce it like this. guess you could say it was a bit of a. a b. it was a
it was a bit of a self-own
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
- why might op have said that she wanted to choose a word with "more 'reasonable' mispronounciations"? what could the quotes around "reasonable" indicate? why did she say mispronunciations instead of pronounciations?
- op writes that the post "backfired" and now "half the people on this post think i actually pronounce it like this." what might the word "backfired" mean in this context?
- what words could "self-own" sound similar to, and how could that relate to the rest of the post?
Nintendo will kill your pets if you try to pirate their games
WHY THE FUCK DID NOBODY TELL ME ABOUT THIS
bell hooks mentioned going through a time in her life where she was severely depressed and suicidal and how the only way she got through it was through changing her environment: She surrounded her home with buddhas of all colors, Audre Lorde’s A Litany for Survival facing her as she wakes up, and filling the space she saw everyday with reinforcing objects and meaningful books. She asks herself each day, “What are you going to do today to resist domination?” I also really liked it when she said that in order to move from pain to power, it is crucial to engage in “an active rewriting of our lives.”
I have come to think of the suicidal impulse as the brain waving a flag to say three things:
- something needs to change here
- this is urgent
- I don’t know how to do it
death is the ultimate metaphor for drastic change. it’s a general specific. whatever your problems are, it is very likely that dead people don’t have to deal with them. a real solution to your problems may demand a very narrow range of action that’s likely to be out of reach at this moment, but death is sold on every street corner, so it feels like a more realistic fantasy than happiness.
you don’t really want to die per se but it’s also not completely random chemicals swamping your brain for no reason. you want the pain to stop, you want to be somewhere else, you want to be someone else. it’s urgent. you don’t know how to do it. the end is not the end but a means that feels within your reach right now.
this is the wisdom of bell hooks: daily rituals of meaning and resistance and solidarity are part of slowly building a future where you can make the change you really need. and only alive people can do that. every step you take towards change and power is another step away from death.
my little brother came into my room and told me that there was water all over the bathroom floor so i got up and grabbed a towel and ran into the bathroom to find all of my water energy pokemon cards sprawled out on the floor this kid is 5 fucking years old and he got me
ender-friend
do you think this is a fucking game (because he does)
imperialvizierzorlok
THIS POST IS TWO YEARS OLD NOW. MAX IS 7. IT DIES DOWN FOR LIKE HALF A YEAR AND THEN SUDDENLY IT KICKS BACK UP AGAIN I HATE THIS POST
this post is now 5 years old. Max is 10 and i hope he’s still schemin’
this post is now 5
years old. Max is 10 and i
hope he’s still schemin’
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
The feminine urge to walk into the woods never to return.
The masculine urge to walk into the desert to never return.
The androgynous urge to walk into the ocean to never return.
For the oysters.
I can’t believe australian prime minister harold holt was nonbinary
hold on I gotta google something
I probably could've pieced that one together myself tbh
Jfc
I’ve been thinking a lotttt lately about how one of the biggest acts of daily violence that seems normalized as fuck in white dominant neighborhoods is calling the god damn police on people who are simply existing in public/common spaces.
I live in a townhouse complex that is technically private land but its owners are the 68 of us who each own 1/68th of the green space, pool, sidewalks, etc., and pay HOA dues to maintain it all. A lot of people who live in the neighborhood surrounding our complex don’t understand or don’t care that our little sliver of land is not a small public park and they walk their dogs through it, kids ride bikes through it and other normal, harmless things.
The aggression with which particularly white, boomer aged women in the HOA freak the fuck out about “non residents” doing these mundane, non destructive acts on our Facebook HOA group is truly unhinged. Shit like
“Someone is playing with a large dog on the lawn outside my unit! Does anyone recognize them? If this is your guest please notify me immediately or I’ll be calling the police on the trespasser!!!” [Creepy pic taken through her blinds attached]
“A homeless man just passed my unit pushing a shopping cart full of junk! I’ve already called the police but wanted everyone to keep and eye out!”
And my favorite (🙄) “Whose teenagers are using the pool right now??”
Like teenagers?? In my pool?!???? So fucking dumb.
It’s gotten a teensy bit better in more recent years because many of us have intervened when we see posts, begged chronic-cop-callers to stop, etc. A couple of men of color residents went as far as to offer to be “on call” for these ridiculously overly afraid and racist white women so when someone seems shady to them they can call those neighbors who said they’ll talk to the “trespassers” instead of escalating to cops. They shouldn’t have to do that but how kind of them to offer. People are so (rightfully) paranoid their friends visiting will be accosted by the Police Calling Crew that folks routinely post now to let others know who is coming to stay with them or if they’re getting a new roommate we’ll see around, etc. It’s nuts.
How do these creeps surveilling us not get that THEY ARE THE PROBLEM?!
i got on nextdoor to post a found pet and the first post i saw was someone in my area saying they are scared out of their mind bc they saw a U-Haul slowly driving in their neighborhood at 7am and "kids are at bus stops around that time"
WGA Strike signs!
At Fox Studios:
[WGA Strike sign reads "A.I. WROTE THE this sign]
At Netflix:
[2 WGA Strike signs read "our therapists keep saying we have to stand up for ourselves, so here we are, sorry." and "I like your offer as much as you like an angry female lead."]
At Universal Studios:
[3 WGA Strike signs read "If you want a funnier sign, PAY ME!", "PRODUCE THIS: " followed by an empty box, and "I HEARD A.I. REFUSES TO TAKE NOTES"]
At Disney Studios:
[WGA Strike sign reads: "THE GREEDIEST PLACE ON EARTH"]
for more signs: source
Im learning that way too many of you have no regard for your own safety or the safety of your data and also that you would be found by bailifs in a day
No but really, pro tip. If you never ever respond to your name until you know who is on the phone, then anyone chasing debts cannot confirm that you are at that number.
Caller: "hello, can I speak to [name] / am I speaking with [name]?"
You: "I'd like to know who's calling / who am I speaking with?"
Caller "this is [caller]"
You: "why do you need to speak with [name]?"
Don't give them ANY information about you til you know who they are and why they're calling. Even if you're not in any financial trouble or have any debts this is real good practice
oooh this is good