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I keep running into a problem that I'm wondering if anybody else has. When I'm buying pants (especially jeans), if I go by my measurements on the size charts, everything always winds up being far too big. The size that fits is always labeled as around 10" too small for my actual measurements. For example, I ordered some non-stretch jeans, and got a 4XL based on my measurements and the size chart. They showed up today, and I didn't even need to undo the zipper to get them on and off! So I'm exchanging them for a 2XL instead, which the size chart says is way too small for me. Does anyone else have this problem, or am I just a TARDIS of a person?

From another plus-sized person: you're a fucking TARDIS and I'm incredibly jealous. I automatically buy 2 sizes bigger than the size chart says and sometimes they're too small. When I bought my Halloween costume, I bought a 5x (size chart said 3x) because I figured I'd probably need to tailor it around my overly large chest. NOPE! It fit everywhere except the chest, where it was too tight!

So yeah I'm jealous

That's the weird thing, it's ONLY pants! I can buy a shirt off of measurements, I can buy underwear off of measurements, but pants? Fucking witchcraft, it never fits the way the size chart says, and I don't understand.

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I keep running into a problem that I'm wondering if anybody else has. When I'm buying pants (especially jeans), if I go by my measurements on the size charts, everything always winds up being far too big. The size that fits is always labeled as around 10" too small for my actual measurements. For example, I ordered some non-stretch jeans, and got a 4XL based on my measurements and the size chart. They showed up today, and I didn't even need to undo the zipper to get them on and off! So I'm exchanging them for a 2XL instead, which the size chart says is way too small for me. Does anyone else have this problem, or am I just a TARDIS of a person?

To be clear, this is not a case of "one 4XL is too big and another 4XL is too small", it's a case of "if I try on pants in a store and get a 24, if I go home later and check the size chart, it'll tell me that my measurements would fit a 28". It's like that consistently across brands, across manufacturing processes, across fit models.

You can not untangle alt culture and being queer

all workers should go on strike forever until these motherfuckers stop making these fucking steaming hot pile of garbage opinion pieces

i have never related so much to a tiktok

This is an absolute religious experience that I was not prepared for

Whoever did the caps for this deserves an award

Can never not reblog this, a Scottish national treasure 😂

Right now the top suspects are either HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) or covid. If at all possible, avoid taking your dog to dog parks and day care, especially if your dog is older or already has difficulty breathing.

Remember HPAI is most widely affected in waterfowl and migratory birds. Weigh the risks of waterfowl hunting with your dog during an avian influenza outbreak, practice biosecurity if you keep poultry, and please don't let your dog play with any bird carcasses or parts they find you have no clue what it died from. Deer can also carry covid, so if you feed deer(you shouldn't be) or birds on your property it may be wise to stop your dog from hanging out in the same area or sharing any water bowls with local wildlife

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this is probably going around here like several times, but you can order 4 more free covid tests starting today. if you didn't order any back in september/october (I hadn't heard about it, so I hadn't gotten more tests), you might be able to get up to 8. it just told me 'hey you can get more' and let me do it again, it was very easy to do.

if you're like 'well, I should leave that for people who need it!' don't. order them. stockpile them. the more the program is used, the more likely it is that it will remain a funded program and send the message that covid-19 is still a concern. use the program. there's no needs testing, no nothing, just put in your name and address. if nothing else, you can give a couple to a friend who has a larger family, since it's a per household thing and some people might need more or less, or a mutual aid group in your area, or something. the more people who do this, the more likely they are to keep reupping this program.

post from november 20th 2023!

"we'll get you in" and "someone can help you" do NOT mean the venue is accessible. if i call up in advance of an event and ask if i will be able to attend, i want to know if i can actually attend or if going there will be a disastrous waste of my time, money, and energy. if you have stairs just fucking say you have stairs, fucking hell, "uhhhh we can carry your wheelchair with you in it" is not an answer to whether there is step-free access

im so sick of able bodied cowards wringing their hands & being too embarrassed to admit over the phone that their building's architecture is hostile to disabled people. like yeah you SHOULD feel bad about it, but you also have a duty to be honest. if you dance around and try avoid telling me the building is not accessible, you risk me showing up and getting stuck and causing an even worse scene because you lied about accessibility and now you've got a distressed cripple in your foyer.

like. i don't care how ashamed you are. i don't care how embarrassed you are. i will think so, so much less of you if you try to hide the shitty access from me instead of just informing me. i need that information for my physical safety. i am not saying that you personally are responsible for the inaccessibility. i just want to plan my fuckin day without getting stranded somewhere for once.

let me rephrase this a little more kindly

if you work at an inaccessible venue and a disabled person calls up to ask if there is wheelchair access, you are doing them a favor and being a good ally by saying the truth and warning that person about inaccessibility. if you want to help disabled people, you need to make an effort not to put obstacles in our way, and that means informing us of access issues so that we can plan around them and avoid getting stuck or hurt.

if you lie about or try to minimize access issues, you are instead putting us in danger.

we will learn about the inaccessibility one way or another: either by you telling us, or by going there and finding out for ourselves when we hit a roadblock. don't let it be the second one, it's much less pleasant for everyone involved.

about project 2025

to all americans: project 2025 is a plan created by an association of republicans for what they will do if they win office in the next presidential election. within 180 days of victory, they plan to turn the country around. they've written a book called mandate for leadership: the conservative promise detailing their plan. it is 900+ pages long. you can download a pdf online (i tried putting the link here but it won't work. just look up mandate for leadership pdf)

what they want: their republican president to do a deep clean of the government and, in essence, turn it into a conservative stronghold. they want to flood the government with republicans. (source) (source) what they will do with this power includes:

why this matters: a couple months ago, i would've thought they could never pull it off. but now, anti-lgbtq+ legislation has only been growing. and if you think you're safe in a blue state,

you're not

Trump already has a stated plan to also invoke the Insurrection Act on the first day of his presidency in order to deploy the military against protestors. So you won't even be able to peacefully demonstrate against these acts.

I’m curious about this because my OCD started when I was around 7/8 years old, and I’ve been psychotic my whole life! but I am aware that my experiences are not universal so 👀

My cat is broken. He meows for a bath every night and when I put him in he flops down and sleeps.

look at my little bastard. look at how happy he fucking is in my sink.

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