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I was raised agnostic and tend to remain ambiguous on theological matters.

-but my house has a porch on the second story that affords me a terrific view of my neighborhood and the Colorado Front Range and I was partaking of some peace before the 4th Of July Finger-Loss Festivities begin, and I have had a

I just watched my neighbor try to unload an actual wooden pallet that had to have been forklifted into the back of his insecurity pickup worth of fireworks.

Except that he does not have a forklift in his garage.

He does have so much sports memorabilia and cardboard boxes of unsold MLM Merchandise and patriotically themed camping gear and posters of women in bikinis and flags of suspect political organizations in his garage that there is only BARELY enough space for the fireworks and certainly none for his truck.

So he had to unload the individual boxes of recreational explosives from the back of his truck and stack them in the minimal space he had cleared by hand. This is a tedious and time-consuming process as this neighbor has purchased a wide variety of recreational and locally illegal explosives instead of many of just a few types, so the individual boxes are rather small.

He begins, and this is crucial to what happens next, by cutting apart the industrial-grade saran wrap his explosives dealer had so carefully wrapped his merchandise in, and discarded it unsecured on his lawn.

Where Outdoor Conditions sometimes happen.

I saw an otter briefly hop on top of a babirusa at the zoo and when the stranger standing next to me heard my camera shutter click he turned to me with this look of immense relief, put his hand to his chest, and said in a dead serious tone “oh thank christ someone caught that on film”

Not the best photo but here it is for posterity

I wish they taught a class on what being a normal human is like

Like, the normal amount of pain is zero. The normal amount of wishing you weren’t ever born is zero. Food isn’t supposed to itch or hurt*. Going numb (any time outside sitting in one position too long) isn’t normal. Passing out isn’t normal. Normal people take like 10-20 minutes to fall asleep, and sleep like 6-9 hours. You’re supposed to get one period a month, which is manageable with a few tampons or pads a day and lasts 3-6 days.

These are all things I had to find out later, like a moron.

(fibromyalgia, depression, allergies, cataplexy, narcolepsy, PCOS and endometriosis)

*spicy food is supposed to hurt?

Sneezing when you see bright light? Normal.

Sneezing hurting your ribs so bad it makes breathing hard? Not normal.

It’s normal to hear a fluttering in your ears when you yawn. It’s not normal for your ears to hurt so much your teeth hurt too.

It’s normal to sleep badly and wake up sore every now and then. It’s not normal to lay awake because pain is keeping you up.

It’s normal to be nervous to see a doctor. It’s not normal to put off care because of your anxitey

So many times I’ve realized something about my body is super messed up when I’m like “you know how when X, Y?” And all my friends are like…no. I don’t experience X.

A couple good additions from the notes:

(image description: screenshot of a reply to this post from fiddlysticks that says “Took me up until very recently to learn headaches aren’t supposed to feel heavy and fuzzy, make you extra sensitive to light and sound, be debilitating, and last about 3 days lol)

(image description: screenshot of a reply to this post from raw-squid that says “Also like period cramps arent supposed to literally wake you up, even with the strongest over the counter painkillers :) )

Some additions from my own experience:

-Crunchy foods like toast or pizza are apparently not supposed to cut up the inside of your mouth and make you bleed- that’s unusually fragile skin and might indicate a connective tissue disorder

-Wearing jeans or bulky jackets isn’t supposed to make you feel like you’re dying- that’s a sensory processing difference, more specifically tactile defensiveness

-Ribs are not supposed to dislocate when you laugh too hard (connective tissue disorder again)

-Waking up exhausted every single day isn’t supposed to happen- could be any number of underlying conditions

-Standing up is not supposed to cause your heart rate to skyrocket and you to get super dizzy- that’s dysautonomia, anemia, or something similar

-Constantly sitting like a pretzel as a teen or adult mean nothing, but if other people are baffled by how you’re comfortable in those positions, you might be hypermobile or neurodivergent or both!

-The normal amount of seeing double is almost none!  And even if you’ve seen double your whole life, the eye doctor can still prescribe you glasses that fix it

-Have a few “floaters” in your vision is normal, having constant showers of them that interfere with your vision is not

Basically, just because everyone in your family experiences something doesn’t mean it’s normal, it might mean there’s something genetic going on and you should ask a “control group” friend

• Food isn’t supposed to make your mouth itch. That’s an allergy

• Coffee isn’t supposed to put you to sleep

• Your period is not supposed to be more painful than labor (found that out with child #2)

• Your friends do not hate you. Yes, even when they’re too busy to answer your text. That’s RSD

• 100 and 1000 are not the same number. Most people don’t transpose numbers regularly. Most people do not find Algebra easier than arithmetic because variables mean less numbers to accidentally mix up. That’s dyscalculia

• Lights in the distance should be round. If they stretch like stars have your eyes checked for astigmatism

Everyone always talked about halos and I didn’t realize until I saw a picture of normal vs astigmatism to realize how much it affects me. The points take up my whole field of vision, top to bottom.

most people cant hear the buzz/hum of large household appliances or lights being on, thats autism

if it takes you an hour or more to fall asleep on average thats probably either autism or adhd, but could be other stuff, if meds dont improve it go to a sleep specialist to see

some people simply do not have 24 hour circadian rhythms. if you find the time you are asleep vs awake every day slowly crawls forward until for some periods you are nocturnal and then after another while you are diurnal again, this is probably you

spicy food causes your mouth to be more sensitive to heat, so if youre feeling pain/discomfort thats not heat related while eating it youre probably allergic to something in the meal

if you find yourself wishing you could be a different gender you can just try that to see if you like it

most people can just do things. if you feel completely unable to do something even if you want/need to and have to trick yourself into it, thats executive dysfunction. could be adhd could be some other mental illness

if caffeine puts you to sleep thats also adhd

if you regularly completely forget the plots things you saw/read/played a year or more ago/have similar memory loss issues with other things in your life, that too is almost definitely adhd (but if your memory loss is more extensive there could be other factors too)

The normal odds of making it through any given meal without vomiting immediately afterwards are 100%.

If you found yourself HARD relating to the line « I feel like a piece of butter spread over too much bread » as a ten years old because life is just very exhausting in general, all the time, that could be autism or another disability talking. Apparently the normal amount of general, ambient exhaustion and overwhelm should be zero

it's not normal to dislike the taste or textures of many different foods to the point that you can't handle eating them. That's a sensory issue and is probably autism.

tag where you're from if you want

1) I knew someone with this exact wall art, and no, it was not my grandma who painted in that style

2) at one point, my family owned that kitchen table

3) I knew MULTIPLE people with this clock

4) this is, however, a very weird example for the reason that there is white paint and no wallpaper. Floral wallpaper was a huge thing, and so were “accent walls” (painting one wall a different color than the others, or painting/wallpapering only one wall with the rest being wallpapered/painted), and both were usually pastel or some bright color.

It’s also really weird to me that the walls above and below the middle trim are the same color. Yes, that was a thing too, but usually the top would be wallpapered and the bottom would be paneling.

The top IS very much like the bedroom of the girl across the street from me in 1998, though, I’ll give it that.

It’s Fourth of July Eve so make sure to leave some milk and cookies out for Captain America

I THOUGHT AFTER FOUR YEARS YOU PEOPLE WOULD LET THIS DIE AND YET AGAIN I OPEN THIS CURSED APP TO FIND MORE NOTES ON THIS POST

i’m only on reddit for r/Kevin

the fact that a river ends at the mouth implies that the source is the anus, and a river flows from anus to mouth

not for this one I don't think so

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Returns to the scene of my crime post 10k notes like I'm watching a bonfire and bringing my favorite additions to roast like marshmallows over the flames.

*it may not seem like I can be, but seeing that someone needed to hear it and so they let me say it makes me so so proud. It’s a bit of an oroboros but we’re ignoring that. <3

had the wildest interaction today some random woman called me a slag and my dog a fucking faggot because I was using a pink lead/harness and he’s a boy like what the fuck lmfaoo

he did start wagging his tail when he got called a fag so good for him <3

imagine seeing this and being like oh my god oh my god i need to say a slur right now

RB for the largest sample size this site has ever seen

Pls do not reblog anything with the old disability pride flag, it does cause seizure and migraines, please use the new one which was created by the same person with the feedbacks of many other disabled people.

This is the safe one:

Dont use the zigzag one, your making disabled space inaccessible for a part of the community.

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Freshman year of high school

all cops are bastards because all cops are just doing their jobs

“I’m just doing what I’m told. If I am ordered to remove gold fillings from refugees theeth then that’s what I’ll do”, says police officer Michael Hansen. Just thought I’d add this since not a lot of people outside of the nordic countries seem to have seen it. This is a danish police officer discussing a new danish law that says the police should seize the possesions and money of refugees to finance the integration.