Yeah being bred until I break sounds hot, but I think platonic cuddling would fix me unironically.

yes. i dont really experience much sexual attraction to anyone, but i think i would weep if i got a genuine hug or something.

Yeah being bred until I break sounds hot, but I think platonic cuddling would fix me unironically.

yes. i dont really experience much sexual attraction to anyone, but i think i would weep if i got a genuine hug or something.

Yeah being bred until I break sounds hot, but I think platonic cuddling would fix me unironically.

yes. i dont really experience much sexual attraction to anyone, but i think i would weep if i got a genuine hug or something.

Yeah being bred until I break sounds hot, but I think platonic cuddling would fix me unironically.

yes. i dont really experience much sexual attraction to anyone, but i think i would weep if i got a genuine hug or something.

Yeah being bred until I break sounds hot, but I think platonic cuddling would fix me unironically.

yes. i dont really experience much sexual attraction to anyone, but i think i would weep if i got a genuine hug or something.

The urge to bother my mutuals

reblog if it’s okay for your mutuals to bother you <3

mood

Reblog if you’re a little internet friend who finds this funny

M-M-M-MULTIKILL!

cmon, give me jk rowling 🤞

why do we bother with I hate my partner jokes when your boss is right there

I love my wife. my boss though? that ball and chain??

do you understand my vision

Oh this is too fun

Bestie, your brain, your VISION, ahead of your time

minos was such a pussy. if my wife gave birth to an epic minotaur baby i wouldn't have locked him in a labyrinth. i would have taken him to the mcdonalds play place (athens) every day and let him eat as many stray mcnuggets (athenians) off the floor as he wanted. i love you hungry son

(pulling a painted vase out of my wallet) and this is my youngest at his first nose ring fitting. isn't he handsome

“A Bull-Son, you say?”

Eyes neighboring kingdom and their feeble walls

“Train him for siege combat”

"Have you seen the Minos lad lately? The royal smith did fine work with his new guard armor."

"Oh yes, quite the masterpiece. I imagine Captain Namocles will have his hands full with the lad."

"Oh, to be sure. Namocles will have him on masonry duty if he acts too high and mighty. I only made the mistake once in my day..."

“The Prince has, ah, um, well, you see…”

“Spit it out man”

“He has discovered the Brothel District.”

“The royal coffers can afford an indulgence.”

“You misunderstand sir he’s causing mayhem…”

“He has always been a bit… rambunctious…”

“You misunderstand! The porni have gone mad! They won’t let him leave! They’ve turned on their masters! They’ve started a cult!”

“Oh”

“Yes. They’re, um, worshipping him.”

“That’s my boy!”

*pinches brow*

I saw this on FB today and I wanna try and express something about it. Like, you know the curbcutter effect? Where when curbcuts are put in it benefits everyone (bicyclists, people with baby strollers etc) and not just disabled people?

There is also whatever the opposite of the curbcutter effect is. And this is that.

This isn't just anti-adhd/autism propaganda... this is anti-child propaganda.

Kids have developmentally appropriate ways that they need to move their bodies and express themselves and sitting perfectly still staring straight ahead is not natural or good for ANY CHILD.

Don't get me wrong, I was punished unduly as a kid for being neurodivergent (and other types of kid will ALSO be punished unduly for it... Black kids come to mind) and thus UNABLE to perform this -- but even the kids who ARE able to perform this type of behavior are not SERVED WELL by it. They don't benefit from it.

This is bad for everyone.

The idea that bc some kids may be capable of complying with unfair expectations, those expectations don't hurt them... is a dangerous idea. Compliance isn't thriving. Expectation of compliance isn't fair treatment.

The image above expresses the attitude towards children I grew up with, in a fairly conservative United States suburb in the 1990′s. Expectations for children’s behavior were strict, and when children failed to meet them, their parents were blamed publicly and privately, to a traumatizing degree. 

When I went to the Kids R Us, Toys R Us, even the supermarket I constantly heard parents yelling and nagging at their kids over virtually nothing, and telling them not to cry. Kids had their own segregated food (unhealthy, tasteless fast food and pizza), clothing, and activities (full of plastic junk toys and meaningless crafts that would get thrown out the day they were made). 

Parenting advice was everywhere, in grocery checkout aisles and doctor’s waiting rooms, with the format “push button, receive behavior” and the goal of making kids do what you wanted easily, without conflict. It drove my mom frantic that it never worked for neurodivergent kids like hers. 

In school, we had to get permission to go to the bathroom. I’ll never forget nearly wetting myself for a half an hour waiting for the kids with the passes to return. I learned that even my most basic basic bodily needs were unimportant and unacceptable.

No one seemed to think kids were actual people, and the segregation and contempt pissed me off even when I was young enough to use a kid’s menu. The anger and hurt are still there, under the surface.

And yes, I was one of those kids who couldn’t focus on busywork or stand in line for a long time. I’d wander off to dance or draw or I’d just let my imagination wander, “zoning out.” It’s the same old story everyone in neurodivergent communities hears ad infinitum. 

Meanwhile, I was told, and I believed, that school was designed for all the other kids, who seemed to do what was expected without struggle. Many of them even seemed content with school and life. It made me feel even worse about myself. I didn’t understand that they were suffering, too, until I saw my generation and then Gen Z going through the resulting mental health crisis.

Somehow, I never realized that strict expectations that require kids to go against their own needs, that teach kids their basic needs don’t matter, are a reverse curb cut effect.

Yes. All kids deserve better.

Neurodivergent ones are just the canary in the coal mine. Things that hurt neurodivergent kids, tend to be bad for everyone.

Thank you for pointing this out, OP.

friday memes for you guys