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@tacky-jack-with-a-hat

wttt stuff They/them Diagnosed Autistic and possibly other issues. pls use tone indicators and trigger warnings when using my askbox
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Hi, I'm Jack (they/them), this is my pinned comment

About me: diagnosed autism, probably undiagnosed other things, Non binary, bisexual, mixed race, orcas my special interest

My ask box is always open :D

This page is solely wttt but I occasionally talk about other things.

Will write: headcannons, AUs, lighthearted stuff, angst, depression, alcoholism, abuse, relationship drama, trauma, orcas

Won't write: smut, bigotry, stereotypes of Voodooism and Romani people

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Sorry I haven't responded to the responses on my last post about ranking ship names.

Something personal happened but now I have read them and I think I've responded to all of them (pls tell me if I missed you)

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Saw a post and now I want to rank everyone's chaotic/alternative ship names. For example, polycule acronyms are my fav so far:

R.I.P (Rhode Island, Illinois, Pennsylvania)

L.O.U.I (Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Illinois)

F.L.O.R.I.D.A (Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Indiana, Delaware, Arizona)

How do we feel about C.A.T(California, Alaska, Texas)

C. N. N for CA/NY/NJ ?

10/10 because I want to see these 3 try to do a news broadcast where it's just NY and NJ flirting with Cali while Cali is the only one taking the job seriously

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Saw a post and now I want to rank everyone's chaotic/alternative ship names. For example, polycule acronyms are my fav so far:

R.I.P (Rhode Island, Illinois, Pennsylvania)

L.O.U.I (Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Illinois)

F.L.O.R.I.D.A (Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Indiana, Delaware, Arizona)

How do we feel about C.A.T(California, Alaska, Texas)

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aceasadhd

OG6 for California/Florida/Gov-DC/Louisiana/NY/Texas

C.A.T is a 5/10 unless there's silly cat behaviour then it's a 7/10

OG6 is a 6/10 because it's a classic

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Obnoxious how most anti-infantilization activism in many low support-centric autistic communities seems to rely on arguing we don't need support rather than reducing the stigma attatched to needing support.

Simply put, most anti-infantilization autistic activism I see is about how we don't need to be talked to slowly, need 24/7 care, don't need help with going to the toilet, don't need help shopping, etc. because we 'aren't toddlers'.

Which is a bad kind of activism, because, uh, many of us DO need those things. This is a fact. Ignoring it won't make it go away. And saying that only children need those things IS infantilization.

What we SHOULD be arguing is that adults who have medium to high support needs and who need help with or just can't do basic tasks, can't speak or can't speak well, need to have things explained slowly/repeatedly, etc. are still adults and deserve to be respected as such. Having higher support needs isn't childish.

No, people shouldn't assume that all autistics have higher support needs. But autistics with lower support needs also shouldn't erase those who do, when they are ALWAYS the ones most impacted by infantilization.

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Saw a post and now I want to rank everyone's chaotic/alternative ship names. For example, polycule acronyms are my fav so far:

R.I.P (Rhode Island, Illinois, Pennsylvania)

L.O.U.I (Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Illinois)

F.L.O.R.I.D.A (Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Indiana, Delaware, Arizona)

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saw people were sending rarepairs to your askbox. please consider: florida/georgia/alabama. neighbors trio. how do you feel about my blorbinis /silly /nf

—floridagirlboy/marley

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Great ship. I can imagine them trying to find excuses to be at the others' house before they got together like asking to borrow stuff, inviting the others to a barbeque or drinking and watching sports. I can also imagine in the relationship their houses are so close to each other they can yell compliments to each other like-

Georgia sticking his head out the window yelling to Alabama: "THAT SHIRT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU"

Florida yelling from his porch: "I AGREE, THAT SHIRT MAKES YOU LOOK HOT"

Alabama flustered: "THANKS BUT I ALWAYS WEAR THIS SHIRT-"

Georgia and Florida: "WE KNOW!!"