An Actual Sock

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[bleachedblacksocks]

damn, life flip flops so fast.

yesterday I cooked shell-on prawns in butter and holy shit they were delicious.

today I'm eating plain bread for dinner because I had an allergic reaction to the delicious soup my mom made (despite not typically being allergic to cooked foods)

[ewyband]

when will people learn that you can just be non binary without being transfem or transmasc. is that really so hard to comprehend 'oh are you the boy non binary or the girl non binary?'

[bleachedblacksocks]

shout out to my sister for always considering me a man despite the fact I wear dresses, have boobs, am 5'5, and occasionally wear eyeliner.

she calls me her "brother," she corrects other people for me, she uses he/him pronouns for me (I actually use he/it/they, but im fine with people only using one pronoun for me! especially when it's he or it) and buys me masculine gifts.

[bleachedblacksocks]

being aware of your irrationality is fucking wild man.

same with being aware of how your hormones are impacting your emotions.

[bleachedblacksocks]

BEANS

[bleachedblacksocks]

next time I'm thinking of eating a big portion of super fatty food can someone just slap me in the face and tell me not to?

(for context i have gallbladder issues, and fatty food causes me pain. my shoulder/chest really fucking hurts now because I had chippy) (also thank you mom for the shitty gallbladder genetics)

[bleachedblacksocks]

I have 2 first degree family members who had gallbladder issues before the age of 30.

my mom had gallbladder issues for years before having it removed at 30 years old. my sister started having issues in her teens and had it removed at like 21 or something.

I am now 21

[bleachedblacksocks]

next time I'm thinking of eating a big portion of super fatty food can someone just slap me in the face and tell me not to?

(for context i have gallbladder issues, and fatty food causes me pain. my shoulder/chest really fucking hurts now because I had chippy) (also thank you mom for the shitty gallbladder genetics)

[pukicho]

You're almost 30

Not even 1/3rd of my life has yet to be experienced?? YIPPEE!!!!!

[awakened-dreamers-blog]

Bold assumption pukicho

[pukicho]

You're saying I might live longer??

[bleachedblacksocks]

this reminded me of a time when my friend at like 16/17 said she was having a quarter life crisis and then fucking died at 17y/o.

like mate, twas not quarter life for youuuu.

[revoltingchild]

[mxlabradorite]

I will reblog this every Christmas season I’m on tumblr.

[drunkygoesonadventures]

It’s beginning to look a lot like shit scram

[bleachedblacksocks]

I've had 2 electrolyte drinks, drank 2000ml of liquid, and eaten a shitton of salt. WHY IS IT STILL LOW WTF BRUH

GET UP YOU BITCH. IM OBESE. OBESE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, NOT LOW!

[bleachedblacksocks]

wtf when did it become 5am

[bebsi-cola]

now that the big christian holiday of christmas is coming up: be fucking nicer to people with alcoholism. it's not funny, they're not a killjoy, it's fucking ghoulish to set someone back all the excruciating work that goes into staying sober for the vibes of your silly little get together. no they do not "like a drink, huh?" do you understand this kills people it ruins lives. get some elderflower soda or something for christ's sake, every inane alcohol joke you think of will have been told 1 million times before

[bleachedblacksocks]

semi-related:

my mom is 6 weeks sober!!! I'm so proud of her!

[bleachedblacksocks]

I just whipped myself with a measuring tape trying to play with my cat.

[bleachedblacksocks]

I have twice the amount of (erupted, I'm not counting my wisdom teeth) molars as my mom and somehow also have the same number of premolars.

my mom had 4 premolars on bottom and top (so 8 total), then 4 molars bottom and top. then one wisdom tooth came in (so 9 total)

she had 2 of the premolars removed. so now she only has 6 total. she had her wisdom tooth out, then 3 molars out due to infections. so she has 5 molars left.

I have hypodontia (not enough teeth.) my lower second premolars just never existed. so I only have 6 premolars, 4 on the top, 2 on the bottom.

because those 2 premolars don't exist, I have my old baby molars instead. so I have my 8 adult molars (2 on each side) and then 2 extra baby molars. so I have 10 molars.

I also have wisdom teeth but they haven't popped up yet, so I'm not counting them. I also have peg laterals which I actually really love for some reason.

[pawtism-luna]

Absolutely begging y'all not to push aside the way medium and high support needs autistic people experience autism right now. It's fine we want to make our jokes, but lets remember that autism is a disability. It does in fact limit and change the way autistic people interact with the world around them. We have an administration here in America that is looking to bring back eugenics. msn and hsn autistic folks are being treated as subhuman because they "cost the tax payers money".

It's cool that you have autism and still go to school, have a job, have a social life, keep up with hygiene, don't have to rely on your parents as an adult, can live on your own, and such, but not all of us can do that! Some of us will have our lives extremely limited, even with the proper support.

Those of us with lower support needs we should be taking this time to speak up, call out misinformation, and reminding others that disabled lives are valuable, no matter if they "contribute" to society or not. Not gloating how autism makes us fun and quirky. this is a time to be working together as a community, listening to each other's needs, and working to support each other.

[celsius451]

I recently had to explain this to someone, so here we go:

Sometimes it is necessary to restrain an autistic person, but that's something ONLY a caregiver or professional should do. It could hurt you or the autistic person if you're not trained on how to do it correctly. Physical conditions can be more common in autistic people (especially higher support needs) and some autistic people can't communicate when you're hurting them or understand when they're hurting you.

Lots of autistic people get hurt and even die from being restrained incorrectly. Usually it's by well meaning friends and family, special-ed teachers, police, social workers, even professionals and caregivers preforming against training. It happens all the time. You just won't see it out in the open.

I once had a nurse tech in residential restrain me chest against the ground, hands behind my back, pushing into me with his knee. I was born with the front of my rib cage sunken in (PE 4.0 haller index, iykyk). I couldn't breathe properly. 1) No training will tell you to do that to anyone regardless of their condition. 2) I was able to communicate, and he still did not listen to my pleas for air until I went silent and stopped struggling for as long as he wanted me to

***This happens to people who cannot speak and do not comprehend the situation they are in. That is how they DIE. And because they were unable to cry for help, it will be called an unfortunate accident beyond anyone's control. The average person doesn't know about this. They don't know that it happens, or that it's not nobody's fault. Please, for the love of god, make this more known

[bleachedblacksocks]

TW// a lot of ableism, specifically against autistic people who require a lot of support. also a mention of abuse and transphobia

I mentioned on reddit that I'm fairly certain I'm a level 2 autistic and got into an argument with someone where they eventually called me a "human pet" because I require support.

it's been over 10 days and I'm still pissed about it.

not every single disabled person will be able to have full independence and live alone.