Asking Stars Why

| It/Its | | Nonhuman System | | will make post about whatever, will post it art sometimes | || this side blog, will interact with @wetherockatanskys ||

[pluralskeepliving]

Keep living for the headmates that aren't done living yet

reason to live #52

[toddycats]

another comic about friendship

the first one is here

[ghostmouses]

mad about being chronically ill so I baked a cake about it

[unwell-radio-transmissions]

what 'cyberpunk dystopia already exists for disabled people' looks like for high tech aac users:

(here using 'voice' to mean both an aac program and an aac device.)

Your voice used to be free but now is behind a paywall. Your voice only runs on a subscription payment model and doesn't offer outright purchasing. The cost of outright purchasing your voice is several hundred dollars. Your voice runs ads. Your voice has planned obsolescence. Your voice ran out of funding and is no longer being updated. Your voice is free but requires coding knowledge to create. Your voice can only be used and accessed with a wifi connection. The people most trained to help you with your voice are expensive or unavailable specialists. You require additional aids to use your voice that are difficult to get and/or expensive.

Feel free to add on your own experiences. We listen to and look out for each other.

[kaninchenzero]

your voice may omit words about sex, reproduction, drugs, and other "adult" stuff, preventing you from being able to join conversations, express desire, or describe assault

[chrome-barkz-aac]

your voice is subject to software maintenance without warning which takes a week to fix

your voice is dependant on how well a large internet server is running (not your own personal wifi, AWS)

your voice is built with materials like cobalt and tungsten , that are mined with unpaid labor and horrific working conditions and is a product of one of the worst humanitarian crises at the moment.

[shepandem]

Your voice crashes and freezes, especially when you’re near the end of creating a long sentence, because it can’t handle the overload of stringing together so many words at once.

[celsius451]

Your voice frequently clips out at the beginning of a sentence and you have to repeat yourself, annoying boyh you and others

Your voice is restricted in volume so you can't effectively speak up in noisey envimrents or call for help in emergency

Your voice is visual and people can refuse to look at it (traditionally a low tech aac issue, but I often show my device instead of hitting speak cause I don't like the voice when I. Already overstimmed)

Your voice requires chargers that are often made to break sooner and cost money to replace

Anyone can come over an setal or break your voice on purpose if they hate you enough or break or lose it on accident or just take it whenever they want

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

… “nonverbal = permanent / long term ONLY” not just abt some haha another tiny detail to police that only chronically online social media ppl care abt when there Real Problems Going On In World How Dare You bc like

so many times just want peace not want spend already limited words explain that concept… of not have energy or… or theory of mind forget ppl not know that… or again just like. don’t wanna, not obligated to!!! n just say “am nonverbal” casually or talk abt nonverbal ppl nonverbality nonverbal i/dd ppl etc

n then at *best* they at first message respond w sth like “oh me too when i go nonverbal” or sth that let me know oh they not understand

but usually what happen be like

talk talk talk go for while maybe even talk good and then THEN realize oh we not talk abt same thing at ALL. that when they say relate they don’t relate. when feel oh maybe am not alone someone else experience same, am actually so very alone. when am saying real n true n research backed things abt nonverbal ppl, they misinterpret to mean different thing n now they believe in wrong information n gonna go on spread misinformation.

n vast majority cases prob be ppl passive scrolling by, or convo end without ever realizing, that they interpret what am say abt nonverbal as. what actually be verbal shutdown. n me person who say thing not even realize own message misinterpreted.

bc actual nonverbal ppl not exist to lot people majority people even. like it not just that we not first thing they think of (when it be what it supposed to mean!!) (altho it do be true), not that we second thought, not “oh right and those ppl exist,” it also that we not thought of at. all.

[pt: we not thought of at. all.]

“nonverbal” be so misused n popularized that actual nonverbal ppl literally erased from that term

[pixierainbows]

Pixie get so frustrated exhausted try to explain , just not can does it any more . So now Pixie have to just . Block everybody what use word nonverbal wrong .

Or . Get off tumblr .

But Pixie also really need medium / high support needs community support . And . So far tumblr is only online website Pixie able use with only some help .

Pixie not want leave tumblr . Because cognitive disability , many many social websites just too complicated confusing to Pixie .

So Pixie just keep block all people what use nonverbal label wrong . Instead of . Try educate people .

Some times Pixie feel like is bad . That Pixie should try harder to educate . And . Help people understand what nonverbal really means . And . how very different is from verbal shutdowns .

Pixie do all that , before . It use up all Pixies social and communication energy …

So Pixie not can do that anymore .

[butch-pilot]

transformation body horror where you want the end result so badly that even though the process is terrifying and painful, you'll do anything to finally be yourself

[papayajuan2019]

hey, do you mind if i immensly value our relationship, in a way i'll never properly be able to fully verbally communicate

[theskywaker]

loved @kianamaiart ‘s black mario girls, so i painted some black zeldas! great practice for these kinds of hair styles 💙💜💖

[theskywaker]

happy holiday with zelda 🩵

[thesweetiepienovels]

YOU MUST CHOOSE SOMEONE WHO MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO BE SILLY! YOU MUST CHOOSE SOMEONE WHO MAKES YOU WANT TO BE YOUR WEIRDEST SELF WITH! YOU CHOOSE THE PERSON WHO YOU DON’T FEEL YOU HAVE TO HIDE ANY PART OF YOURSELF FROM!

[ghost-of-a-system]

too many

it's been a long time since we've posted a comic so we're a little nervous. this issue has been weighing on us for a long time though, especially recently. we know that sharing experiences like this always helps us to be nicer to ourselves. and we always share them with the hope that it can help someone else, too.

[flork-of-cows-official]

burn out

[badpsychicadvice]

Internet hugs for anyone else out there dealing with burn out or other mental and/or physical issues that make it hard to interact right now

[shock-micro]

i love my friends

[shock-micro]

i love my friends and i wish the world was kinder to them

[joy-crimes]

I WANT TO GO HOME SO FUCKING BAD I NEED TO BE IN A COZY BED WITH PLUSHIES

[the-empty-skies]

Inspired/collabed by a convo with @perfecttoasts, here are ways a doll might break laws of physics/reality!

Blushing despite not having blood

Clockwork/electric/etc doll simply ignoring the fact that its energy reserves have run out for the day because it still has work to do!

Not leaving footprints in sand/snow/etc, and walking floating above puddles and grass and flowers, because disturbing nature would be rather rude

Effortlessly avoiding bumping into anyone in crowds because, again, bumping into someone is rude!

Asking politely for doors to open for it, and they do, even locked ones, because it asked so so nicely

Not having a shadow so it doesn't get in the light's way. Imagine a doll's insides being filled with light!

Needing to cool its witch's food instead of warm it, so it turns the microwave upside-down, and this somehow works

Always heating or cooling food to the exact temperarure that's desired, regardless of how long the food was heated or cooled, because it simply demands perfection of itself

Effortlessly being cute and gorgeous and badass every day all the time because a doll is built to SERVE 👏💖💅

Being so Other that it only obeys the laws of physics that it's told about—

Sometimes it floats to dust high shelves because no one told it that entities don't just randomly float.

It can see in the dark because it didn't occur to it that it should have eyes that work like human ones and need light to see.

It doesn't have a reflection, until it's told there's supposed to be another one of it in the mirror, after which point there is now a living reflection in the mirror. The doll and its reflection now clean the house (or at least the room with the mirror) twice as fast! How efficient!

It always has exactly what you need in its pockets, regardless of the size of the object. Dolls must always be useful and helpful, after all!

Its witch said it would be theirs FOREVER so it becomes immortal and indestructible

A doll's existence is already quite magical and anomalous, to be fair

[frigomaniac]

this is the best metroid pic and let me explain why:

imagine you're living in the metroid universe.

everything you know about science, the nature of the cosmos, technology and interstellar government comes from a long established precursor race of bird people who are only half a generation away from leaving it all behind to either transcend humanity or fuck off to a hippie planet somewhere and renounce most of the technology they helped develop.

the equivalent of going "yea we taught our pet dogs how to democracy, we don't really need to babysit this anymore". this all happens within your young adult lifetime

next thing you know, youre teaming up with this space mercenary who is famous for both being raised by this precursor group and for also being one of the only people left in the known galaxy who is even capable of using old precursor tech.

the suit she wears is nothing like you've ever seen. it looks dated but the cannon on her arm is stronger than most of your arsenal. even if you do have something stronger, she can just ... adapt it into her own suit no problem? you try not to think about it too hard.

one of the strangest things the suit does is form up into a ball. you dont understand why it can do this. no one else seems to make a big deal about it so itd be weird for you to bring it up now.

you then also learn that this is secretly one of the most sophisticated technologies in the known galaxy. many other have mangled themselves in an attempt to replicate the morph ball.

your coworker is now rolling around the office, making no idication as to whether she is currently enjoying what she is doing. you also see her laying bomb patterns on the wall, but this doesnt get a reaction either. the bombs this thing can lay are near powerful enough to destroy buildings and the toughest minerals in the universe, yet its not even scratching the plaster drywall

she then rolls up to you and sits there for a second. how do you even respond to that situation?

[indigoisaspookyghost]

Having online friends is such an odd thing. I love you. I don’t know what color eyes you have. Have you drunk water today? You know more about me than anyone who knows my face. I hope we can meet someday. I love you even though you’re across the world. You’ve never layed eyes on me but you see me. In my brain, you’re a bird because that was your profile picture when we met. I love you, go to sleep. Goodnight- I just woke up. I wish I could hug you. I wish I could protect you from them. Can you feel how much I care for you? Maybe we can meet. I’m going to be near you soon. I love you. I hope you can feel the little nudges and gentle bonks and headpats. I love you. I love you. I love you.