jack. he him. 22.

you're gonna miss each and every shot you cant be bothered to take

[aluvsblu]

[dysphoria-things]

SO one of the interesting statistics from my aromantic census was that 51% of the so far 1,500 respondents were autistic. that is a huge abnormality and so i designed a basic survey for autistic and arospec people. you can take it here. then all that’s left is a control group to compare to- non arospec autistic people, who can please take the control group survey here.

the only rules are- you can be diagnosed or undiagnosed, as long as you believe you’re autistic. any arospec identity is free to participate and i really appreciate anyone who shares this around- the larger the sample size, the better more reliable results i get. for the control group, any autistic person, diagnosed or not, who isn’t aro is encouraged to participate. if you want to be tagged in the results, let me know!

[x-brik-x]

I'm seeing a lot of people say that punk fashion is expensive and inaccessible, which is very wrong. here is a list of some ways you can make punk fashion easier, cheaper and more accessible for you, since that's... kinda the whole point.

others are encouraged to add onto this!! (just don't recommend corporations like amazon. not cool.)

1. patches!! you don't need to buy them. DIY patches are not ugly or boring. in fact, they are encouraged here!! DIY, in my opinion, is always the best thing to do when it is an option and is safe to do so.

2. speaking of DIY, spikes!! you can make them!!

cut the top and bottom off of an empty can. cut down the middle of the cylinder and flatten it, so it's just a flat rectangle of metal.

cut out a shape that is kind of a third of a circle, but around 3/4 of the curved edge is taken up by triangle shapes. (I'm not very good at describing, so here's a badly drawn picture)

roll it into a cone, leaving the 4 triangles sticking out at the bottom. this bit is optional, but you can fill it with hot glue to make it more sturdy, just be careful touching the hot metal. I tend to hold the cone by one of the triangles with a bit of fabric wrapped around my fingers for this bit. cut 4 small holes in your fabric in this kind of shape:

and put the spiky bits of triangle through the holes. fold the triangles in on themselves to secure the spike in place. boom. spike obtained. this is one I made and attached to a little piece of fabric to test this method out:

3. battle vests!! (like the base jackets). the best places to buy these are charity shops and second hand websites in my opinion, but if anyone else knows any better options, please reblog with those!!

a good trick I find works well on eBay is to filter search results to your country (or state? can you do that in the US? idk) so that a: fast delivery because local, and b: all the sellers of everything that shows up are in YOUR TIME ZONE.

why is this important? when people sell something for really cheap, it goes FAST. check eBay at like, 2am or something. all the scalpers in your area are asleep. grab the cheap stuff while they can't.

4. sewing!! want patches, but can't sew for whatever reason? I've heard of a lot of people with joint conditions like arthritis complain about the inaccessibility of patch stuff, and that does sound extremely annoying, however:

safety pins!! while they are still a little fiddly, they're much less work so you don't have to fiddle about for long. if you can, you could even ask a friend to help, since it doesn't take long at all I'm sure someone will be willing to help out!! (I know I would, but that's just me, and I love this kind of thing). safety pins on clothes are also widely considered to be a symbol of solidarity, so if anything, you're adding some extra love and meaning to your patch pants/battle jacket.

if that's still too fiddly, fabric glue is always an option. unfortunately this means you won't be able to remove/reposition patches, at least without leaving a massive patch of residue, but if you're ok with that then fabric glue is probably your best bet.

for people who prefer sewing: as for where to get the thread, I've heard a lot of people recommending dental floss, as it's apparently much cheaper and works just as well. I haven't tried this myself so can't confirm that, but I thought I'd share it regardless.

5. where to get fabric!! old clothes. rip em up. you don't need any kind of fancy fabric from the craft store. my patches are made of old jeans that I grew out of.

don't have any old clothes and you don't want to waste any good ones? I'm not sure about other countries, but in the UK, as long as you're not on private property (trespassing), dumpster diving is perfectly legal.

I definitely ;) do NOT encourage ;) trespassing rich people's land ;) to steal from their dumpsters ;)

or tbh it doesn't matter too much how rich the person is, since it's all going to landfill anyway. if it's in the bin, it's free game, but you didn't hear that from me. ;)

please add onto this where you can!! and if I missed something or got anything wrong, add that on too!!

[officerdougeiffel]

these are little things from my personal experience, not really essentials but could be useful

1. can tabs are so versatile. you can make light weight chains and pins out of them very easily (as well as other stuff like chain mail)

for chains, stack 3 or 4 (depends on how stiff of a chain you want) tabs of the same shape (I prefer the ones with a round, wide end instead of the thin little oval), cut another tab at the center of the smallest end and slide it onto the stack and fold the ends closed. repeat until you have 4 and then start stacking onto those. I reccomend following a video tutorial there are plenty on the internet

for pins, all you need is a pop tab, metal bottle cap and a safety pin. for the tab gently in the middle and place in the back of the cap. bend the edges of the cap down to secure the tab. slide the pin through the tab holes and boom pin done. you can also paint these for cool designs (I have most of my band pins made this way) there's also tutorial for these online

both of these need a wires cutter or pliers but those are easily buyable (or borrowable) from the hardware store I got mine for like 2 euro a piece

2. want to draw neat patches but have shaky hands/have trouble painting ?

ive found my beat method to be taking a piece of paper, finding your design on a computer, tracing the design onto the paper with a pencil and then drawing over the design again when you place it on your fabric. if you press hard enough onto your paper, itll leave graphite lines on your fabric which you can trace over

i usually use those acrylic paint pens for my patches since I have shaky hands (and the knock off poscas cost about the same as a bottle of acrylic in my crafts store) but you can always borrow supplies from friends or the shops. just one note is that you need to layer paint pens quite a lot depending on your fabric. I usually go for 4-5 layers for strong opaque colour

3. need jump rings/clasps/earring hooks/small chains/most types of jewelery supplies?

you can get almost all of those things by tearing apart old jewelery. i get mine mostly from my mother or my friends but you can also probably find ultra cheap stuff at the thrift or the dumpster or wherever you get old unwanted jewelery. it is a bit fiddly but really useful if you don't have access to buying these specific things since in my experience theyre always sold at crafts shops or online. again to take apart jewelery you need pliers but again, just invest or borrow. pliers are a life saver for diy projects

and save the beads ! you may think you wont use them but often you can reuse beads for simple rings, bracelets, necklaces, pins or some embroidered patches if you want to have some shine, sparkle or colour on your jacket

also by asking for old jewelery you might simply get something you like and can incorporate into your outfits. I got my favourite pairs of chokers from my mom cleaning out her drawers

[batmanshole]

do you have a specific phobia? not just a weird fear / discomfort with something, but an actual phobia.

yes, animal type

yes, natural phenomenon type (water, fires, thunder/lightning, etc)

yes, medical type (blood, needles, dentists, etc)

yes, situational type (claustrophobia, heights, flying, the dark, etc)

yes, other type (something not under one of these categories)

yes, multiple in two or more types

no, not at all

no, but i have agoraphobia (not a specific phobia, despite the name)

i'm not sure / i don't know what mine qualifies as

results

Voting ended onJul 5, 2023

i have two phobias and idk i dont see many people talking about phobias despite them being fairly common in my experience.

i have pyrophobia (fire) and turophobia (cheese)

also please dont be rude in the notes of this post ok?

[were--ralph]

Where did you come from

Tumblr is my home....I never left

I left tumblr during the porn ban and now im back for no reason

Reddit Refugee

Twitter Refugee

Facebook Refugee

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Voting ended onJul 8, 2023

RB for the largest sample size this site has ever seen

[haganez]

im in a jumping to conclusions contest but my opponent is a tumblr user

[notunda]

i didn't read the post but I ve already crafted an intricate assumption of who you are as a person in my head. Why do you hate women

[nyancrimew]

op murdered someone in 2014 over fandom feud

[good-4-her]

[good-4-her]

simply dont monday

[largishcat]

simply don’t tuesday

[latenightcinephile]

simply don’t wednesday

[paganinpurple]

Simply don’t thursday

[therandominmyhead]

A wild MACHAMP appeared!

Go! DUGTRIO!

[rifa]

I tried to scroll past this but its too damn clever

[sorta-spaced-out]

June 15 is the anniversary of both the Night Vale and Gravity Falls pilots, as well as Vanessa Doofenshmirtz’s birthday and “give it up for day 15” day

[sorta-spaced-out]

[wonderlustbastard]

happy birthday to the only things ever

[nb-nightwing-deactivated2022111]

And love händel reunion day and Linda and Lawrence’s anniversary

[bees-buzzy-blog]

Hey.

[broadwaytheanimatedseries]

The most day ever

[pansyfemme]

the world is built on mundane ppl with extremly passionate and niche intrests BTW

[evildevil42]

actually it's built on evil

[pansyfemme]

no i think thats a you thing. peace and love forever

[elalmadelmar]

I gotta say, so much queer intra-community horseshit dropped off my shoulders when I decided to adopt a firm policy that everyone is the expert in their own identity, the single most knowledgeable person about what it's like to live life in their own skin, and that if someone describes their experience in ways I find contradictory or paradoxical I should do them the courtesy of presuming that they are striving to express something very specific and nuanced, rather than leaping to the conclusion that they're just dumb and using words wrong.

Sure, there are some combinations of identity terms that I look at and go "hmm, I don't get how that works." I'm still a human being. But there's a big difference between not getting how something works versus insisting that it doesn't.

[lemonlamblaura]

I want "everyone is the expert in their own identity" on a poster

[tkthegoddess]

OP, this was articulated beautifully!!!😊💋

[elidyce]

I believe very strongly in the duality of identity/sexuality/etc.

1. There is Mine, upon which I am the expert and nobody else’s opinion matters.

2. There is Not Mine, upon which the owner is the expert and my opinion does not matter.

[sagethegremlin]

SO UM

HUH???????????????????????????????

[criatchura]

[theweirdwideweb]

[astronicht]

Unless you were a tech at NASA back in the day, when one time some hydrogen a) escaped in a particular building, and b) caught on fire. This was extremely difficult because hydrogen does NOT burn on the visible spectrum humans evolved to see (and flee). Rather, it technically does, but it’s so pale that in practice, no one could see it. Additionally, pure hydrogen burns without smoke and with so little ambient heat that you can’t really sense it till you walk into it. So, per the lore, for a few days all the techs in that building just walked around brandishing brooms in front of them like lances. If your broom lit on fire, congrats! You have located more burning hydrogen! Do not proceed!

[mias-back-from-the-dead]

oh my god it's real and it was LITERALLY called "the broom method" holy shit

[783-remade]

milfs

[783-remade]

it’s a sensitive subject, but of course as long as you’re respectful

[chongoblog]

I have a hard time simping for Joel from The Last of Us because he has the same name as my dad.

[looney-mooney]

Actors and Animators should go on strike next tbh. Especially cgi animators. Put the fear back into Hollywood

[mister-hickey]

Animators? Yes. Actors? If youre talking ppl like RDJ or Jamie Lee Curtis or what have you. They have more than enough fucking money. Take a look at one production cost and see how much these people are paid.

[looney-mooney]

My dad is an actor/playwrite. He has to constantly search for new gigs to make ends meet, and even then ends up doing retail or lyft or doordash a lot of the time between gigs.

And my parents don't live in a huge house in New York or LA, it's a tiny townhouse in a really small city. My mom's the one who really pays the mortgage with her events organizer and house manager jobs at local theatres, and even then they struggle to afford living expenses. They used food stamps when I was a kid - not every month, but enough that I see it as a normal thing to do.

And when he does get gigs, especially like big tv gigs, working conditions are CRAP. He nearly got severe hypothermia once for having to jump in a freezing cold river in early winter from 11pm-3am, repeatedly, for a shot they didn't even end up USING.

Scheduling is abysmal, overtime is never properly compensated for, the jobs are DANGEROUS (mostly on a physical fatigue level), and work is contractual by nature. Are there some contracts that are ridiculously good? Yes, that's how contract-based work tends to happen for a lucky few.

But getting a contract like that is like winning the lottery, and even then they can be really exploitative if you don't have a kickass agent and/or a really good entertainment lawyer. There aren't really steady 9-5 full time acting jobs with benefits the way there are with other jobs. It's difficult to get any gigs in the first place, I cannot emphasize enough how much it is a constant job search.

And that's not even getting into the horrendous conditions and disrespect for voice actors. Actors should ABSOLUTELY go on strike

[mostlymetaphors-deactivated2023]

nostalgic for ad-free internet. I hate that every online space has become times square