Bits and Bytes

Occasionally post something NSFW. Usually silly and occasionally strange. Bi poly fat middle-aged gimpy autistic cis woman.

[were--ralph]

Sometimes twitter be hitting

[calamity-unlocked]

This is even funnier with context attached

[crazycatsiren]

"So if you can technically walk perfectly then why do you need mobility aids?"

First, I cannot walk "perfectly". Second, if you can technically take things out of the oven with your bare hands then why do you need oven mittens?

[datagoddess]

Um, hi, I'm back

[calmingmanatee]

[Image description: A photograph of a manatee, front on, holding a human’s hand. TEXT: “No matter how great you are, some people just won’t like you. Be yourself, be kind, do things, and know that I think you’re amazing.”] (Image credit)

[knitgrrl]

An open message to @CRBcleveland

I fully anticipate the comment below, which I wrote at

http://clecityhall.com/2015/04/27/the-city-of-cleveland-department-of-community-relations-wants-to-hear-from-you/

will either never be approved or otherwise deleted, so here it goes, in its entirety:

Would it be possible for you to hire someone with

a. some idea of how social media works b. a general idea of how grammar and spelling function c. a clue

to run your social media campaigns? You’ve taken a bad situation and made it worse with incompetence, in true Cleveland tradition. It’s embarrassing to be from this city sometimes, and the tone-deafness in the wake of what’s currently happening in Baltimore is disgusting.

You should have been doing this months ago if you wanted to build up a following and a true discussion online. You can’t just march in and say I want 5000 people to talk to me about something. (Oh wait, that was in one of the tweets you deleted – another amateur hour move). Starting to post as Baltimore burns looks opportunist and like you’re trying to cover your ass pre-Brelo verdict.

Starting the umpteenth “listening tour” equivalent is ridiculous. The people have already told you what you need to know, you just don’t want to implement it. Mayor Jackson can say he’s angry that the mediators allow bad cops back on the job but that’s empty rhetoric if he isn’t prepared to step up and do something about it. His recent comment about lunch breaks for the pothole crews was equally inane. Stop flailing and start doing.

[theunitofcaring]

a meditation on boundaries

i. 

Back when I thought I was straight I would go on dates with boys. The boys would usually want to kiss me. I disliked kissing, but I thought that their preferences deserved to count as much as mine, and I reasoned that they probably liked kissing more than I disliked kissing. So kissing was a morally good thing to do. I also reasoned that if I told them I disliked the kissing then they’d feel guilty and enjoy it less. So I did not tell them. 

I am certain I was making some kind of critical error but it has taken me a long time to figure out what it might be.

ii.

I like cuddling. I know some straight girls who like cuddling with their straight female friends but don’t want to cuddle with people who might be attracted to them because it makes them uncomfortable. But they don’t want to explicitly tell me this preference because they’re worried it’s homophobic. Ever since I learned that this dynamic was present in at least one friendship of mine I have not cuddled with any straight girls because there’s a plausible scenario in which I’d be making them uncomfortable and they wouldn’t tell me. 

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[neil-gaiman]

Dear Neil, I am a horrible person. How to be kinder, please?

Sometimes I suspect we are all horrible people. Or at least, we are human people. Same thing. We are impatient, judgmental, irritating and irritated, grumpy, easily offended and the rest of it.

So how to be kinder if it doesn’t come naturally? 

Fake it. 

Fake it a little bit at a time. 

Because there isn’t actually any difference between doing something nice for someone because you are naturally saintly and perfect, and doing something nice for someone because you are secretly demonic and trying to cover it up. It’s still an act of kindness either way, and you still made their lives better.

Smile at people. Say hullo. Ask about their lives. Remember what they’ve told you about their lives. Do small things to try and help them. (They will not know you are horrible, do not worry. They will just perceive that you are helping.)

Give people the benefit of the doubt. Remember that it’s more often stupidity to blame than evil, that everyone can screw up (including you) and what’s important is learning from that.

Think “What would an actually kind person do now?” – and do that. Don’t beat yourself up when you fail. Just be as kind to yourself as you will be to others – even if you have to fake that.

And good luck.

[doona-baes]

[hulkperfume]

How come an hour ago, I had a 16-year-old girl’s bra in my hand?

This is correct parenting.

[herzsoldaten-deactivated2018041]

Not all girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Some girls are made of sarcasm and wine and nothing is fine.

(via petewentzdefense)

[memeguy-com]

All day this couple ran up to different Batmans yelled son and then dropped to the floor

[wahbegan]

N.O.

[pungentsoil]

Autistic 6th Grader Assaulted by School Cop, Now He is a Convicted Felon

This is how an autistic 11-year-old is treated in a police state.

this is why we needed people to participate in autistic visibility day, it is not a little white boy condition, this is how we treat autistic black boys when they have a meltdown after being yelled at 

[techtvhottie]

[k-lionheart-deactivated20171126]

really? You’re going to post something like this with no explanation like WHERE IS THE REST OF HIM???????????

[techtvhottie]

[potatowonder]

The Motto. ⭐️💅

[apitnobaka]

AND HOW AWESOME IT IS THAT WE HAVE A TITLE LIKE THIS

[thejediavengeroftheinternet]

Here we have Captain America decapitating an Ultron drone by drop-kicking his own shield through the drone’s neck. 

[mechapuppy]

i love how he planks and then falls straight to the ground. i’m dying

[fuks]