I’m posting this at 1 AM (source)

@obsessivefangirl

anyone who complains about the power of love in media is a little bitch. the power of love fuckign rules. you dont understand anything about life.

I'm sorry, I don't want to come across as harsh, but this is honestly ignorant as fuck.

I'm not gonna claim to know everything about the importance of studying dead languages, but I think I can safely say that it would probably be a really bad thing if we lost these languages to time if we didn't have people studying them.

We can lose hundreds if not THOUSANDS of years of story-telling history if these languages end up forgotten.

I can't put it into clear words right now because I'm busy or go int depth because I only have a common sense understanding, but I just wanted to address this. So if anybody on Tumblr who's more qualified to speak on this kind of matter wants to explain, then please take the floor for me.

And last but not the least:

Things do not have to be "useful" to have value.

also dead does not mean no longer in use, it means no longer CHANGING. No new words are being added to that dictionary. That’s all it means. Latin is only dead bc new words aren’t being added to its dictionary

“ummmmm ur bra strap is showing :/ ”

i thought this was me at first and i was really confused

omg hi

WE’RE MULTIPLYING

uhhhhhhh

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

This still blows my mind

After seeing the thousands of tags and comments:

1. Yes this is real. And no, this is not limited to the US. Many other countries around the world subject autistic people of all ages to these same mistreatments, you just never hear about it. Government doesn’t WANT you to hear about it because they don’t want autistic people to have the same rights as everyone else. This is why self dx is ALWAYS valid if you’re autistic. This is why nts should always support and BELIEVE autistic people

2. Some people pointed out that even when you get a diagnosis, some employers/schools/etc don’t consider you “autistic enough” to need the accommodation or take you seriously, so you essentially get it for nothing; sometimes you sacrifice basic rights for accommodation you really need, and they still may not even give the accommodation to you. This is also why words like “high functioning” and “low functioning” are very damaging to autistic people because if I’m diagnosed autistic but a university labels me as “high functioning” because I don’t “seem that autistic” then I’m not seen as worthy of assistance I desperately need and my asks for help are ignored. But when they want to bar me from accessing something, suddenly they say I’m “too autistic” to use it properly. Functioning labels cater to the interests of industries, systems, and institutions who wish to control which services and rights they think an autistic person is worthy of, and their use severely impacts anyone looking for accommodation

3. People saying “they can’t fire you for being autistic. File a claim with the government,” I know you mean well, but governments in most parts of the world throw out/glaze over disability cases ALL the time. It that illegal? Yup! But does it still happen? Yup! Businesses fire autistic people all the time for autistic traits and say the reason was unrelated to being autistic and gaslight us if we try to file a claim. If people in power cared at all about us, we would not be terrified on a massive scale of being diagnosed because we know for some people—especially those from marginalised groups—it can mean never having the same rights or treatment as anyone else ever again if someone sees we have an official dx. It is 2021 and we are STILL getting treated like animals and infantilised due to having a diagnosis and it is completely unacceptable

4. Even if your diagnosis never has created problems for you, even if you’ve never personally seen it around you, neglect of autistic people due to someone seeing their diagnosis happens ALL the time. Always remember to look outside your own experiences.

5. I mentioned it in my tags but when you get a diagnosis for school/work/legal services for the “proof” you need for their assistance policy or financial aid, often times the only “proof” they use it for is to support you being suddenly unable to do anything. We use the diagnosis to get financial aid only to be told you are not allowed to earn a livable income or have any more than a little bit of money in your bank accounts at any given time or else you get punished. Insurance companies hike up our rates. Doctors suddenly think all of our medical issues are caused from being autistic or we must be “confused” and refuse to take us seriously. Instead of using it for accommodation, schools use it to disrespect me, my limits, and my needs and assume I will perform poorly instead of providing simple assistance that would allow me to succeed. Work uses it to back up why I’m unfit for tasks I was just doing fine a moment ago or why I deserve less hours when they should instead be accommodating of me and not treating my basic needs like a burden or avoiding talking to me. In the US, it is legal for some companies to pay autistic employees less than half than the minimum wage, some paying less than $1 an hour, some pay as little as 14 cents an hour.

6. And yes, an autism diagnosis, if seen by some adoption agencies, can cause them to deem you unfit to care for a child or restrict your right to adopt in certain countries

7. This is not even the tip of the iceberg to potential risks of diagnosis

It’s up to the individual whether or not they want to seek diagnosis if they didn’t already receive one younger. For some people, a diagnosis considerably improves their life and provides many benefits! Others find their life considerably more difficult than they did before receiving a dx. While this comic isn’t meant to scare anyone, it is meant to bring attention to an frightening issue I never really see anyone discussing when the topic of diagnosis comes up and I’m glad to see people are actually boosting the info

There have been quite a bit of "guilt trippy" and "forceful" posts recently about how you must reblog everything you give a Like, how reblogging is like the lifeblood of this site, and so forth. And yeah, it's true, reblogging is very helpful for everyone involved, especially on Tumblr.

But I want to reassure others (and myself too!) who fret about these (at times) pressing and aggressive-sounding posts. You don't have to reblog if you don't want your blog to be filled with them. Your blog may have a theme/specific subject like it being an art, ask, or roleplay blog. It's fine to not want to clutter your blog(s) with things unrelated to your blog's theme.

The upside of Tumblr is that you can have side blogs and you can dedicate one of them to reblogs only. You can name it whatever you want if you don't want others to quickly find it, in case the stuff you enjoy is on a more personal level you aren't willing to publicly share. I have one too because I'm one of the people who likes to stay on theme with their blogs. It's a bit of a hassle to reblog posts to a side blog if you aren't used to it yet, but you'll get it in time. Just make sure you have an avatar and banner on this side blog, and maybe a short bio/description, to show you aren't a bot. That helps with not getting your side blog blocked.

The thoughts of "I don't want to reblog-spam someone's notifications" or "I don't want to flood my mutuals and followers' feeds with many reblogs" are valid, but still ones you should try and put aside. It's not up to you to curate other people's online experiences; it's their own. If someone doesn't want their posts to be reblogged, they can opt out of that. If a follower/mutual doesn't want to see certain reblogs, they can use Xkit (Rewritten) or whatever tools to hide or blacklist them. You reblog what makes you happy or like to share, and if you're more comfortable doing so from a side blog, then please do. While tags in reblogs are appreciated, they aren't a must so don't feel pressured about that either.

While I know all this is supposed to be common knowledge, I just wanted to make this post in case some of my followers are nervous about the whole reblog subject, or are still learning about how Tumblr works. You've got this!

PSA, there's a really nasty Discord scam going around rn. If one of your friends DMs you, starting off with a simple "hello" "how are you", may even joke around a little, and then starts asking you to look at a game/project they're working on, don't click the link, don't download anything. If you can reach that friend through non-Discord means, reach out and let them know they got hacked.

One of my friends said the link takes them to a very convincing video game page that has in-game screenshots and stuff, and then gives you an option to download a playtest zip file or something. That download exploits a weakness Discord apparently has for password protected zip files and steals your Discord log-in and changes your account info to the scammer's account info. Two of my friends lost their accounts. Be careful.

Why does my brother have a goofy ass clown bike???

Fangirl Hand Reveal

made this before i came up with a punchline and wound up too afraid of it to actually come up with one. rip

PSA

If you happen to stumble upon an ad that looks like this, DO NOT SCROLL DOWN.

The rest of the ad is a very tall GIF of strobing red light that can potentially cause seizures. You cannot scroll past this ad quickly enough to avoid seeing it.

There seems to be no way to report the ad, so the next best thing is to use an adblocker (if you haven’t already) or even stay off the mobile app.

Please reblog to help spread awareness.

FEMA is doing an emergency alert test on all TVs, radios, and cell phones on October 4, 2023, at approximately 2:20pm ET.

If you live in the US and you have a phone you need to keep secret for any reason, make sure that it is turned off at this time.

Yes, I'm doing this months in advance, and yes, my blog has very little reach, but I figure better to post about it more than less.

Please reblog and add better tags than mine, I'm bad at tags.

OCTOBER 4, 2023

TURN OFF YOUR OTHER PHONE AND DO NOT TURN IT ON AGAIN UNTIL YOU ARE ALONE AND SAFE BECAUSE THE ALARM WILL COME THROUGH AS SOON AS THAT PHONE IS POWERED ON.

AGAIN I REPEAT:

OCTOBER 4, 2023

THE ALARM WILL COME THROUGH AS SOON AS THAT PHONE IS POWERED BACK ON.

SO ONLY POWER IT BACK ON WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

OCTOBER 4, 2023

If this doesn't make sense, then good news it's not for or about you but still reblog it because you never know who may need to know this.

Reblog and add more tags.

Because I'm only seeing other Jews posting about this, non-Jews I need you to be aware that for the past month or two there has been a wave of bomb threats and swattings at synagogues all across the US. They usually do it when services are being livestreamed. I haven't seen a single non-Jew talking about this. High holidays are coming up in a few weeks, which is when most attacks happen against our communities. We're worried, and we need people to know what's happening to us.

I saw this posted on reddit to a wholesome memes sub, and it was full of nothing but people being unnecessarily awful on a post trying to spread information about why these creatures are beautiful and worthy of living. (Interesting note: They don't need a reason to be allowed to live.) I got sick of trying to correct people on there who were more interested in hating wasps than hearing the truth.

Honestly, it's just exhausting sometimes.

Source: @shencomix - Thanks for helping to spread the word, buddy.

NO ANTI-WASP SENTIMENTS ON THIS POST

for the last time i DON'T have ADHD!!!!!!! i'm just always daydreaming because of my whimsical nature, i make impulse decisions because i love spontaneity, i forget things from before because i live in the now, i get everywhere late because i'm a free spirit, my place is a mess because i'm a creative type, and i'm tapping my foot because i'm feeling the rhythm of life babey! what do you MEAN you found my wallet in the oven