I isekai you into another world but it is exactly the same as yours except one, teeny tiny, itty bitty, detail you can’t quite put your finger on
Ok ok ok, tell me more
Just saw a "What was your favorite PBS Kids show" poll but only one of them was old enough that I actually remembered it sO
Please note that this poll does NOT contain the Big Three PBS Kids Shows: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, or Bill Nye the Science Guy. It also does not include Barney & Friends or Teletubbies. This is deliberate on my part. (I may make a separate poll for them later.)
hey girl are you from missouri because you're the only miss i'd yuri
tough crowd tonight
being a rude person isn’t the flex some of y’all think it is!!!! please heal!!!!!
Abbott Elementary + Janine’s height (part 2)
it’s fun to stay at the Y
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*smacks the side of my boom box to get the cd to stop skipping*
YOUNG MAN
Ok so at this point I've had two people roll up to me in manual wheelchairs, well, one of them was somebody pushing somebody who was nonverbal at the time, but it still counts. They asked me why I had zip ties around my tires.
It's winter where I'm living and we have really bad snow. And the snow plow people are really bad at their jobs probably because there aren't snow plow people who clean sidewalks. As a solution I got to thinking about how I could increase the traction on my wheels. And the most redneck thing I could think of was taking a bunch of zip ties and tying them around my wheels. They last surprisingly long, and work surprisingly well. It's basically the same premise as chains for your tires during the winter.
I chose to space them out pretty evenly so there's about one for every spoke. You could probably do more or less depending on how many you want and how much traction you get but I wouldn't go more than three per spoke. I realize that it's a bit later in the winter, and I probably should have made a post about this sooner, but I came up with it about a week ago. So please share this, even if you're not disabled, because there are tons of people I know who are stuck in their houses because they can't get around in the snow. A pack of zip ties costs about $5, which compared to $200 knobby snow tires is a big save, and if you want to invest you could get colored zip ties.
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First image: a picture of a wheelchair tire from above. The wheel has five white zip ties spread out mostly evenly. The zip ties are situated on top of the tread.
Second image: A picture of the same wheel from the side. The zip tie knobs are pointing down towards the ground. They have been trimmed down.
Third Image: A picture of the same wheel, from a top down side point of view. There are zip ties all around the edge of the wheel, and knobs of the zip ties are all positioned to be on the inside of the wheel, away from the edges.
Here are some pictures for those that are asking! You wanna make sure that the zip tie knobs are facing to the inside of the wheel otherwise you WILL cut up your hands trying to move.
@spacecripple Wanted to make sure you saw this!
@bangtansboyfieyfies I'm not sure with a power chair but depending on the kind of wheels you have, you might be able to use larger zip ties. Anything can help! If you have an extra set of wheels, I know that some bikers will install their own studs (essentially screws) into their wheels, which might be useful for you!
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nobody tears through library books quite as fast as a 12 yr old girl with no friends
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only ppl on this post who matter r the ppl who r saying "me except im not a girl anymore" & "me except i wasnt a girl yet"
can't believe that pompeii by bastille is over ten years old now. but I guess if you close your eyes it does almost feels like nothing changed at all
Barb said “I have two hands.” ABBOTT ELEMENTARY 2.14
Anyway on a lighter note in the vein of the “let yourself be a beginner” post:
I love it and I wish people would work on the skill of being a beginner
bc it really IS a skill. it’s acquired and honed.
being willing to learn to find humor in the process of learning and your mistakes. learning to tolerate frustration and confusion. learning to pace yourself when you want to rush past discomfort. learning how you like to learn. and should the time come—learning to take take critique and correction.
please please please work on being a beginner you never know what you may fall in love with and who you might meet thru your interests
okay tumblr I think it’s time I tell you all about rocks chonch, I have given this talk three times and it has given everyone present Much To Think About, I am all about accessible education
very long transcript and photo sources under the cut
people talking about australia like they do japan and korea
UGH this reminds me of bluey s2 e3 so bad… imagine growing up Australian and having fairy bread and pass the parcel at birthday parties 😩 its so crikeycore
How is it is supposed to work: your emotions are a response to your situation and surroundings. It is OK to feel the emotion. Now take that emotion and use your logical brain to decide which parts of the emotion fit the facts of the situation and which do not and why, and how you're going to respond to said emotions (which is what tweet said, and what therapists say)
How people seem to interpret it: any emotional reaction is perfectly fine and I am not responsible for what I do out of emotion.