The funny thing about figuring out youre neurodivergent is looking through your family and starting to notice youre definitely not the only one

This post got way more attention than I thought it would

Really interesting reading people talking about their neurodivergent family members

I’m a recently graduated therapist so I don’t have the most experience in this, but I can tell you. The amount of teens I see who I end up screening for ADHD/ASD & referring…I was originally taught to ask parents if they notice any eccentric, rigid, impulsive, or inattentive behaviors at home that are developmentally out of place.

Then later I realized I shouldn’t be asking the parents, because they usually don’t view those behaviors as any of those adjectives because they do the same sorts of things. So now every screening of a kid or teen also usually ends up becoming a screening of the parent(s) too.

And as someone who’s been diagnosed with ADHD for ten years (and probably has autism too), I have to be the weird messenger to these parent(s). Like, “yes, it is frustrating to procrastinate things you want to do and enjoy doing! However, the council has informed me that this is not a common and universal experience and is, in fact, A Symptom.”

we need to destroy the idea that girls should wear makeup. normalize bare faces on prom queens and flower girls and cheerleaders. no products at all instead of '7 product simple makeup routine.' no more 10 step skincare and regular facials and dermablading and gua sha just to be comfortable with yr natural face. i want to see eye bags on the funny librarian and acne on the swim coach and wrinkles on all our adult role models. i want to see a 16 year old girl that has never tried putting on eyeshadow. i want to see a 7 year old girl who doesn't have to go out and buy powder for her dance recital. i want to see trans women and girls everywhere to never have to wear makeup, regardless of how well they 'pass.' no more 'contouring to look masc' either. a post-beauty industry world is possible

+ if it wasnt clear this post is explicitly trans inclusive :]

Are you fucking kidding me? Kroger WAS FOUNDED IN CINCI-FUCKING-NATI WHAT THE ACTUAL FRESH HELL IS A FOOD MOMMY??? Sounds like a kink we can all get behind shaming

people's reactions to this post really show that we haven't ever gotten past the point as a species where we saw faked photos of little girls playing with fairies and accepted it as conclusive proof that fairies exist

this post (at least for me?) has the image censored for violating the tumblr community guidelines, which has led to a fascinating exercise of trying to figure out what the image could possibly be based on the commentary above

i eventually found it in the notes and let me tell you it was not what i expected

Hey Gen X’ers…how many of you remember playing with a rad set of Fashion Plates?

I wanted these SO BADLY. I cannot express to you how much I wanted these. If I had to pick only one toy that would symbolize the entirety of things I wanted as a kid but knew I couldn’t have, it would be Fashion Plates.

#fyi you can still buy these

Hey, this is just a good opportunity to say to my fellow adults that that thing you desperately wanted when you were eight? Even if they don’t still make it, there’s a really good chance that you can pick it up for a song on eBay.

id like to present to you my proposal for a Michigan-less super lake

Lake No More Michigan

Lake Michigone

putting on the high vis corset and running in front of cars across a dark country road like a deer

yeah yeah online privacy is important but really i just hate those share tracking things at the end of links because they look ass ugly

Patreon done goofed.

If you haven't been made aware, Patreon shat the bed at the start of this billing cycle:

I had quite a few Patrons knocked off the roll this time around. If you got declined or a fraud warning or something, please be patient and try to stay on top of it.

Considering Grady's health issues, this comes at a really bad time. Pitching in would be appreciated.

An update:

For some reason, Patreon appears to have moved its payment processor to Ireland. This is causing some American banks to see payments routed internationally and they're flagging the charges as fraudulent.

Just a giant damn mess.

The reason is bc the Republic of Ireland has had an abysmally low corporate tax rate for decades now, to entice multinational corps into using this country as a tax haven. Patreon is only the latest to do this, they just shit everyone's bed doing so lmao

Patreon done goofed.

If you haven't been made aware, Patreon shat the bed at the start of this billing cycle:

I had quite a few Patrons knocked off the roll this time around. If you got declined or a fraud warning or something, please be patient and try to stay on top of it.

Considering Grady's health issues, this comes at a really bad time. Pitching in would be appreciated.

babe is everything okay? it’s been almost two years and you’re still in the bargaining stage of grief over the spn finale

babe is everything okay? it’s been a thousand days and you’re still in the bargaining stage of grief over the spn finale

Bed makers are a rare breed I see. 😭

The heated mattress pad doesn't really work without blankets

I don't do it terribly neatly but I like having the covers straightened out. Also it discourages me from getting back in when I need to not do that.

Not only is making your bed is a mental marker for the start of your day, but it makes getting into bed to sleep later even more delightful. It also helps me understand when I need to wash my sheets because if things get out of whack enough that making my bed becomes harder, it is time to have that reset. Also if you have anyone coming into your house (we have a dog sitter), I find it weird to have an unmade bed.

To be fair, there are perfectly practical filmmaking reasons why cool guys don't look at explosions:

"Cool guy slowly walking away from explosion" happens to be a very obvious way of satisfying both of those safety constraints.

Example of #2: Seventh Doctor in classic Doctor Who not flinching when the fucking pyrotechnics department actually burned holes in his coat

(multiple clips from his era are now examples in the BBC's workplace safety training tapes)

Yeah, that's a fantastic example of how not to do it. The "correct" low-budget approach would have been to show him exiting the building, then quickly cut to a different camera angle for the walking away from the explosion part, using forced perspective to conceal the fact that he's teleported 30 feet between shots A and B.

"i cant watch shows about fantasy kingdoms without thinking about how they should be abolishing the monarchy" that my friend sounds like a skill issue

if im watching the lord of the rings extended edition i am a monarchist for 682 minutes

dnd jokes that will always be funny no matter what your dm tells you

feel free to add more

im not the person i was 1000 days ago

this is the representation nepo babies deserve

I think it's important to know, there's an older picture of David signing stuff, with his father-in-law WHO WAS THE FIFTH DOCTOR, holding a very similar sign behind David's back. I don't have the pic, but you can probably find it if you look a bit.