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Beck | 20-something | Australia | they/he | neuroqueer

[remanence-of-love]

[eroscestlavie]

This just pissed me off so baaaad 😂

[mametzwood]

JUSTICE FOR BIG CHALLENGES I LOVE YOU BIG CHALLENGES

[cookiethebirddoll]

bus is my friend. shes no train but shes trying her hardest in a world that hates her

[trying-trying2lyk]

i love writing out numbers and then putting them in parentheses like "one (1)" even when i dont need to i think its funny

[justatiredlittlesnail]

[michaelwaev]

I really think we should stop saying "kid-friendly" and start saying "ad-friendly". We shouldn't indulge these companies and their excuses anymore. I also think that continuing to pretend that this is about "protecting the children" pushes a lot of the blame onto kids and teens, who don't have the political power to push through any of this censorship legislature. Corporations and governments are to blame.

[goth-queen]

[headspace-hotel]

Here's an idea about why kids are so anxious and depressed all the time...the environments kids are in most of the time are very stressful and don't fulfill their needs for play, rest, proper variety of foods, positive social opportunities, and freedom from fear pain punishment etc

[headspace-hotel]

Like everyone with any basic understanding of animal welfare knows that if you put an animal in an enclosure that is too crowded, without hiding spots, with no freedom to move around, no ability to avoid harsh and stressful stimuli, and scare it by shouting at it and punishing it, the animal will become stressed and start chewing its own fur off or hurting itself or become sick or unable to eat...

But we expect human children to grow up in these conditions and literally blame them when they develop the exact type of problems that any creature under those conditions would

[justexactlywhatareyouimplying]

Gillian Anderson being an agent of chaos while filming The X-Files | bloopers/behind-the-scenes compilation

[volpeantica]

These are hilarious!

[lichcoil]

so there's a natural order to this world and we need atleast four million mans in boots with armor, vehicles, and firearms to enforce it, otherwise something unnatural might happen

[strange-aeons]

Having a cat son with ibs has got me sending my wife texts the human mind wasn't built to handle

[spicymochi]

they are sitting and pondering

[penandinkprincess]

parenting commitment level 3000

[penandinkprincess]

apparently a requirement for working at poison control is a talent for stand-up comedy

[starsarefairylightsfornerds]

[sighinastorm]

"They told me to go to bed" gets me every time.

[praziluk]

theyre called broad shoulders because theyre for women

[freakoutgirl]

how to do things that everyone else seems to do no problem

[sandersstudies]

Sick list of symptoms bro. Now try humanizing your behavior instead of pathologizing it.

[sandersstudies]

Pathologizing: Hey sorry I yelled at you. I have this ADHD symptom called RSD that makes me really sensitive.

Humanizing: Hey, I’m sorry that I blew up like that earlier. In the moment I felt really attacked and overwhelmed and I reacted badly, but I know you didn’t mean to offend me with what you said, so that behavior is on me.

[queer-asinfuckyou]

Because I just saw a post bitching about this one, I want to add: this post is saying that you need to take accountability for the way you hurt other people, even if it happens because of a symptom of your disability/illness. It's also saying that using terms (especially acronyms) that aren't common knowledge isn't a helpful way to explain yourself. It is NOT saying that you need to let people walk all over you because "your disability isn't an excuse."

If you're diabetic, you don't have to eat the honey glazed ham that will send you into a coma (their example). But you also can't yell at the person offering it and accuse them of trying to kill you. You can just say "thanks, but my body can't handle that kind of sugar intake, so I'll pass"

[ayin-me-yesh]

If you run over someone's foot with your wheelchair you still apologise

[ahgoeff]

Also for all my homies wondering if they're the asshole for using uncommon terms: saying, for example, "RSD" when you know the other person is familiar with the term can be okay as a shorthand for "this action of yours instigated this emotion but I'm acknowledging that it is my sensitivity to perceived rejection, and as such is inherently irrational, so I am communicating my experience but not placing blame on you".

Using terms and acronyms when somebody doesn't know what you're talking about, especially somebody who doesn't have lived experiences of Diagnoses™, makes your actions seem inevitable and immutable, and makes them feel ableist for not treating you like porcelain.

Language that succinctly describes your experiences can be helpful, especially when it's evidence that your experiences are medically or academically recognised. But we all know how horrid it can be to let your personal baggage hurt other people.

[creekfiend]

its so awkward when people ask me why i dropped out and i have to be like "inadequate disability support" bc no one wants to hear this. they're always like i thought they had to provide that though isn't it the law? girl you might want to sit down i have some bad news about the litigation-based enforcement of the americans with disabilities act

then if i do say that theyre like, couldnt you sue? well theoretically maybe but not without spending more money than i have and putting myself through absolute hell. so no. no i can't.

[mabelsguidetolife]

it’s just this