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[apolladay]

Were you in band, orchestra, and/or choir in school?

* I was in band, orchestra AND choir

* I was in band and orchestra, but not choir

* I was in band and choir, but not orchestra

* I was in choir and orchestra, but not band

* I was only in band

* I was only in orchestra

* I was only in choir

* I didn’t do any music in school

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Were you in band, orchestra, and/or choir in school?

I was in band, orchestra AND choir

I was in band and orchestra, but not choir

I was in band and choir, but not orchestra

I was in choir and orchestra, but not band

I was only in band

I was only in orchestra

I was only in choir

I didn’t do any music in school

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[canaa]

Household changes

Sadly, in April, we lost our sweet dog Sammy - he had cancer and was ~15 years old, and so when his quality of life degraded enough that keeping going would have been miserable for him, we had to say goodbye.

This left us with one dog, our German Shepherd Dog named Bandit. We knew he would be lonely since he's always had other dogs to keep him company, so when Sammy's health started to decline we began looking for a puppy. My brother in law picked out a boxer mix from a rescue in Texas who was coming to Washington in a few weeks for an adoption event anyways, and when the pupper bus arrived, he and my sister went to pick her up. Unfortunately, Sammy declined too fast to meet the new baby and had passed the week before, and Bandit had to spend that week with just his humans. Which, he loves his humans, but also, he needs his canine siblings.

We knew he'd be fine with a puppy, because unless they've been badly abused, German Shepherd Dogs are natural adorers and defenders of babies. The introduction went well - he accidentally scared her briefly by getting a little TOO enthusiastic about nibbling her ears in welcome but she recovered quickly from the startlement - and within a couple days we were comfortable leaving them alone together.

And now? Now they're best buddies. Bandit LOVES having a little sister, and she adores her big brother back. Sometimes she wears him out a little and he retreats into his crate to get some alone time, but mostly, he's overjoyed to have her. See, he's a snugglebug. He used to cuddle with our mastiff mix Jackson all the time, but Sammy wasn't as much of a cuddler, so once Jackson passed, Bandit wasn't getting his cuddle quota. And then we lost Sammy, and there were NO sibling snuggles.

This is no longer a problem! Adelaide, Addy for short, is ALL ABOUT the cuddles. She loves snuggling with her big brother, and he's so, so happy to have a cuddlebuddy again.

She's a wonderful pup. She's super sweet and clever, incredibly social, and very attentive to humans. She has made friends with the neighbour dogs and runs along the fence with them, but when you call her, she comes right away. We're all dearly attached to her already. And how could we not be? Look at that face!

[foxes-in-love]

[boybeetles]

The main reason I’m pushing for people to stop using the term ‘pedophile’ and instead use the term ‘child sexual abusers’, is because since all discussions of child sexual abuse focus on this idea of an evil person who is just out to get kids because they are sexual attracted to them, it makes it hard for kids who where sexually assaulted by people who don’t fit that description to realize they were sexually assaulted.

It didn’t register for me until recently that my experiences of being forced to strip naked multiple times at the mental hospital to be ‘checked’ when I was 14 was sexual assault, because the people who did it were nurses/doctors who clearly didn’t find me sexually attractive but instead used it as a form of humiliation and control towards children they deemed as ‘unruly’ and ‘uncooperative’ (ie. children who asked to be treated like people). I thought only people who fit into this idea of a child attracted pedo could be child sexual abusers, so I thought my experience didn’t count.

Stepping away from the idea that there is a pedophile boggieman and instead highlighting that anyone can be a child sexual abuser will help more people realize that their experiences are sexual assault.

[mousidy]

my stepfather would openly sexually harass me and my siblings at dinner while also loving the fantasy of killing pedophiles. whether he personally found our abuse sexually gratifying was frankly irrelevant to whether it traumatized us. whether he would be considered a pedophile or not doesn't change that he committed sexual abuse of children

I think in his mind there was a type of horrible person out there who does horrible things, and because he didn't think of himself as fitting that category, his actions could not be judged

[veggiemedleys]

see my problem is if i “listen to my body” it literally only wants to lie down and take naps, all the time

[natalieironside]

There's always a moment of intense cultural whiplash whenever I realize I'm talking to someone who thinks "legal" and "illegal" are meaningful categories and ascribes innate goodness to following the law. It's like meeting a space alien.

[natalieironside]

Like ppl will say things to me like "But that's Against The Law 😱" or "but they Broke The Law 😱" like sinners in the hands of an angry God and idk what to do w/ that

[natalieironside]

"But [action] is A Crime and if someone does [action] then they'll be a Criminal who Broke The Law! But what about The Law?"

[tobiasbones]

The other day i bought this yarn cause that’s obviously the trans flag, and I just saw that this colour is called ‘life’! I’m gonna cry

[rosethornewrites]

They’re great. I have a scarf I made of their enby yarn.

[thatdisasterauthor]

Today at work a girl at my register was heatedly explaining to her mother that wearing a dinosaur costume to her school’s decades day was, in fact, perfectly acceptable because her teachers did not specify any particular decades.

[antique-scarecrow]

the kids are alright 

[gallusrostromegalus]

SCA garb guidelines say “before the 1600’s” which includes like. The Ice Age. Catch me rolling up to Pennsic on assorted pelts and the latest in attatl technology.

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you have this superpower! BUT you have this side-effect

is it worth it?

yes!!

the side effect is bad but ITS WORTH IT

meh it's okay

the side effect makes it unusable/not worth it

Results/option I didn't think of

Voting ended onMay 20

[curiositysavesthecat]

Be it fanfic or original work, was the FIRST EVER EXPLICIT SMUT you've READ good?

Yes

No

I don't remember what the first explicit smut I read was

I've never read explicit smut

Voting ended onMay 20

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[seekerofpatterns]

After watching about 50 C-dramas, I can confidently say that Wei Wuxian is the only character who has actually died after falling off a cliff.

He always was an overachiever.

[shadowen]

This is an anti-despair checkpoint! You must share something you're looking forward to before scrolling on.

[pangur-and-grim]

very polite little paws. I was taking too long with breakfast so he made himself taller

[thepplprty]

What is it with diabetes that makes people think they know more about it than the people who have the disorder. People hear the word diabetes and flock to compete with who can be the most ableist.

Found a video of a girl showing off Diet Soda detector strips (if there's any diabaddies that see this and want it I can link them, they're super helpful), and half of the comments were "you're diabetic you should just be drinking water..." First of all, not only are you just wrong, but you seriously expect diabetics to just never enjoy themselves? Ever?.

Saw another comment under a video about type 1 saying "you did this to yourselves. you ate too much sugar and you got yourself into this situation." And it's just so funny because they're Wrong™️. Type one diabetes is autoimmune and fully hereditary, and not at all effected by diet.

I mean, I know the answer. It's diet culture. People on their fancy diets think they're a superior human being because other people are "unhealthier" than them, and they hear diabetes and think "big fat and lazy with a bad diet" and think they're allowed to walk all over them since they're so superior. Despite the fact that it's a completely false stereotype that doesn't apply to most diabetics.

And btw please do not come under this post saying "but other disorders have that too" this is a vent post about diabetes. Do not derail.

[alarajrogers]

The other thing about diabetes type 2 is that what the evidence actually suggests is that there's an underlying metabolic disorder that causes weight gain and sugar craving before actual diabetes develops.

A lot of type 2's start out as hypoglycemic -- their pancreas is over-producing insulin, causing blood sugar crashes. Insulin stuffs sugar into fat cells, causing people to get fat, if there's too much of it. The overproduction of insulin is a response to slow-growing insulin resistance. Because sugar is a vital part of human energy, people who cannot easily process sugar due to insulin resistance and insulin over-response may crave sugar in order to have enough energy to function.

So you didn't get diabetes because you got fat. You got fat because you were on track to get diabetes. and nobody is addressing the metabolic disorder. Hypoglycemics can be quite skinny -- I was for years. But if you're skinny, nobody is concerned about the fact that you are passing out when you haven't had enough to eat. Because only being fat is ever a medical problem. People who are "normal" weight obviously have nothing wrong with their metabolism whatsoever. :-(

[grace-williams-xo]

To add somewhat to the above, type 2 is genetic. You can’t get it solely from diet alone. As a specialist nurse crudely but not entirely incorrectly once said to me “if it was just diet then every fat/unhealthy person would have diabetes”.

And now going back to the top point, I know exactly what video op is referring to and she made a different video a few weeks prior specifically about harmful comments to t1d’s and instead of getting the point, heaps of comments were basically to the effect of “but we can bully t2ds bc they brought this on themselves, they deserve to be mocked”. HUH. DO YOU HEAR YOURSELVES.

I have many chronic conditions. T1D is absolutely the worst by the landslide it’s not even close. I would not wish this on anyone. If you ever think you’d like to make a comment on someone else’s diabetes, of any type, do not do it. If you are a diabetic I trust you to be sensible, otherwise, keep your mouth shut.

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[fagcrisis]

whats the loudest reocurring noise that happens near ur house for example i live next to an airport so its definitely the planes

[bitchfitch]

literally make her stop doing that

(taken in 2 week intervals)