I tell bad chemistry jokes

[foulserpent]

my life’s mission is to utterly annihilate this fucking thing from existence 

[depotagents]

my life’s mission is to protect the integrity of The Bean

[foulserpent]

then you will be destroyed alongside it

[depotagents]

my life is nothing if it means the bean’s safety…. *unsheathes katana*

[foulserpent]

[loismacgiver-deactivated2018061]

Please look at my cool new shirt

[astro-glow]

The Signs as Unhealthy Addictions

Aries: Gambling Taurus: Smoking Gemini: Exercise Cancer: Alcohol Leo: Spending Virgo: Arson Libra: Caffeine Scorpio: Sex Sagittarius: Thrill-Seeking Capricorn: Technology Aquarius: Drugs Pisces: Hoarding

[lierdumoa]

To my friends on the spectrum, let me explain to you an unspoken social rule that possibly nobody has ever explained to you before

If a neurotypical asks you, “What game are you playing?” they’re not asking you to describe the game.

They’re asking you if they can play too.

If a neurotypical asks you, “What are you watching?” they’re not asking you to explain the plot of the movie/tv show to them.

They’re asking if they can watch it with you.

.

When neurotypicals ask you “What are you doing?” 

What you think they’re asking: “Please explain to me what you are doing.” 

What they’re actually asking:  “Can I join you?”

Now here’s the really fucked up part. If you start explaining to them what you’re doing? They will interpret that as a rejection. 

What you think you’re saying: [the answer to their question]

What they think you’re saying: This is an elite and exclusive activity for a level 5 friend and you are a level 1 acquaintance. You are not qualified to join me because you don’t know all this stuff. Go away.

.

This is why neurotypicals think you’re being cold and antisocial.

IT’S ALL A HORRIBLE MISCOMMUNICATION.

[bonehandledknife]

I didn’t realize, even thought it took me almost three decades to learn this, that this was such a paradigm changing realization until we had our conversation today.

But it really really is. One of the most bewildering realizations I’ve had is most people don’t talk to learn things unless its related to work or directly towards their own hobbies, all the words and questions are bonding questions if done socially. They are “lets make friends” questions.

So if I answer their question without an opportunity for the person asking the question to give a response or to join in somehow, the asker feels alienated and starts shutting down.

Example: what are you reading?

True answer but not what they’re looking for: Title of book

Best answer for social scenarios where I want to retain/create friendship: This book is about x and y but it has z that i know u have an interest in too.

Example: what are you doing?

True answer but not: drawing

Best answer for friends: I’m drawing but would u like company while I’m working?

And sometimes frankly I’m not in a headspace where I can process people so the answer is something like, “I would like to do something in a day or later, do you want to plan something?”

Tldr: communication is wierd

[survivablyso]

HOLY

SHIT

that explains so fucking much thank you

(why the fuck do neurotypicals never just day what they mean ie hey this show looks cool mind if I join you)

[bonehandledknife]

Further annoying?

They don’t realize that’s what they’re asking and they just feel rejected and go away. So you can’t even ask them what you did wrong because they can’t even put a finger on why they feel the way they do they just know you made them feel bad for some undefined reason.

[animate-mush]

#is this true???#I don’t know any neurotypicals who can confirm for me

Yes.  And the good news is, there’s an entire field of study devoted to it called Pragmatics.

What’s being described above is such a common and well-understood (within the field) phenomenon that I was actually taught on the first day of Pragmatics class: “one common feature of autism is not having an innate or intuitive sense of pragmatics.”  And on the other side of it, in teaching I often ran into the problem of (presumably neurotypical) students getting bored and saying “but this is just common sense.”

The other good news is that there are algorithms for figuring this stuff out.

[ineedarendezvous]

Google “Grice’s Four Maxims of Conversation”

[muspeccoll]

Here’s an adorable marginal caterpillar from our early sixteenth-century processional for your #ManuscriptMonday this week. MU Ellis Special Collections Rare Vault BX2032 .A2 1510z 

[coolthingoftheday]

This is a plant from the genus Trachyandra, specifically known as a Crassula succulent. They are mostly found throughout southern Africa and Madagascar. 

[geekghoulsmash]

I am reblogging so I can look into this more closely. Because 1. That looks kind of like polymer clay; and 2. Crassula is a genus of succulent, containing over 1400 species of plant, and I’m on mobile.

[madsciences]

I can never tell if succulents I haven’t seen are real or not because all succulents look fake in the first place

[avariea]

Here to tell you HAPPILY cause i love these plants that they are in fact real BUT the actual name of the plant is Trachyandra tortilis! They also come in a flat leaf version with curled or wavy leaves!!

[a-singer-of-songs]

These are delightful i need twenty

[smugtownmushrooms]

THIS! NOT TO BE MISSED!

More details soon

MUSHROOMS ARE COMMUNITY CATALYSTS

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[sosuperawesome]

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[cowsgomooandidotoo]

@lovethefutureisthine

[basketcasemp3]

me: *is anxious about not having a job*

me: *is anxious about having a job*

me: cool

[kant-deactivated20190908]

ugly boy appreciation post. please appreciate this ugly boy

[theonion]

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA—All semblance of harmony lost in the maelstrom of books, electronics, and random keepsakes that lay before him, local man Ron Beck reportedly became grimly aware of what chaos he had wrought 20 minutes into organizing his bedroom shelves Wednesday. “Oh God, what have I done?” said Beck, realizing far too late that he had set himself upon a dark and perilous path through random power cords, scattered binders, and old CDs from which there was no turning back. “I never would have done this had I known my fate would be as Pandora opening her box. But now the old order is in ruins. Nothing remains but the mayhem I have fashioned with my own hands and folly!” At press time, Beck, knowing he had no choice but to forge ahead no matter what awaited him, took a deep breath and solemnly removed an LSAT study guide from the pile.

[amorphoussystem-deactivated2024]

How much longer until the utopic Solarpunk future where Capitalism is dead and we all live in ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities? Asking for a friend.

[ewaneneollav]

[petbud]

[classicmeevs]

[bedupolker]

Look ma! I made a tag yourself/alignment chart meme! sapphic girl stereotypes edition, inspired by that old thing..

Any resemblance to preexisting characters, real or imaginary, is purely coincidental. (I’m neutral butch tho)

[lukia26]

The Frog Saga

So in a nearby college’s science building, a geologist had set up a very interesting display. 

It was his collection of gemstone frogs.

There was a derpy frog!

A judgy orange sunny frog!

A simple frog!

A short frog!

A bumpy toad!

A salty, taunting, tongue-out frog!

And there were even two lizards who had somehow made their way into the collection…here is one of them…

Reminds me of some @orochihigh​ things going down right now…..

There was a super shiny opal frog!

But I took a liking to 2  frogs in particular. 

who is she

CELESTINE

and…

sOAPY.

I’ve never really had an OTP until now.

[knowyournewmeme]

[iguanamouth]

Can you draw....a good boy?