🧡 Jelli~Bug 🧡

A Literal Blob of Jelly. AKA The Local Menace! (they/them) (Blob/Blobs/Blobself)

[descole-dead]

Tintin remembers what comes after 15.

[drtanner]

FUCKING HELL IT’S BACK FROM LAST YEAR

[descole-dead]

This literally gets reblogged every 15th of the month. It’s almost two years old. It’s beautiful.

[descole-dead]

listen up ya’ll this post is 6 years old now and you’re still reblogging it. every month. once a month, my notifications blow up for this one video, but only until the 16th. then the notes on this vid completely stop. it’s so eerily spot on and impressive how you just all collectively know what to do. if I’m not online, people irl still remind me that it’s the 15th. thank you for six surreal years of me wondering if I completely fucking lost it. here’s to the 15th

[grape-jelli-bug]

School rant #1

Can recess come back for older students?

Please?

Can older students be allowed to havr fun please?

I know theres a lot more to learn, but i also know its gonna be a lot easier if im allowed to decompress during the day so i dont have to spend all afternoon doing it (instead of homework)

Seriously

I dont even care if this makes the school day an hour or so longer

We dont even need a playground

Just time to decompress and talk to friends at school. Because a job isnt all work either; you dont need to work to *earn* your social life

Is work important? Yes, absolutely

But so is morale??? And i think its on most peoples interests to be able to choose what works for them

The recess could even be optional

Students who want to be able to decompress during the day can do so, other students who want it all done in a block can do so.

School, especially for older students, needs to be more flexible because "real life" is not nearly as regimented. Being able to find ways to cope with stress in a time where your just about to become part of society is important.

I cant do much about this currently, as im still a student, but I'd like to.

School doesn't have to be the way it is. We can make it enjoyable. But nobody is trying or paying enough attention to make changes.

[grape-jelli-bug]

Its also worth mentioning lunch isnt enough.

"yeah well what about lunch?" You know how often teachers take away your lunch to work? All the fucking time.

Im saying students need a time they can use that teachers can not take. They can use this for anything - naps, socializing, eating snacks, catching up on work, but the only thing is that they cant have that taken.

Rest isnt something you earn and neither is socializing. The fact that people believe you need to earn the things that lead a healthy-lifestyle and mindset just makes it all the more upsetting. We shouldnt have to work to earn a healthy mind.

[enby-life]

HOT TIP!!!

You will drink more water if it tastes good. I’m dead serious. Throw some mint in there, throw some lemon or strawberry or a little flavor packet. Your brain likes things that taste good.

[enby-life]

You know why people like lemonade? Flavored water

You know why people like tea? Flavored water

You know why people like koolaid? Flavored water

People like flavored water. Brains like flavored water. It’s like being forced to choose between a rock or a rock with glitter on it. You want the glitter rock

[enby-life]

I am once again telling you to drink water

And to absolutely FUCK OFF if you’re going to be a dick on this post

[prismatic-bell]

There are some FANTASTIC infuser water bottles for sale these days. Here are some things I have used mine with:

Basil: AVOID. You will be astonished how quickly it overpowers literally everything else and it’s bitter. You think you want some kind of basil blend. You don’t.

Mint: you will need more than you think. No, more than that. More.

Strawberry: v good but only do this if you have a way to keep the water very cold, otherwise it kinda tastes slimy.

Apple: surprisingly good. You’d think the water wouldn’t pick up the flavor much, but it does. Add a tiny bit of honey and oh. My. G-d.

Lime: you need much less than you think for MUCH LESS TIME than you think. I put a single key lime in 32oz of water for six hours and ended up with a limeade concentrate. CONCENTRATE. That 32oz made like four pitchers’ worth. It tastes great but ONLY USE A LITTLE!! It’s like the opposite of mint, you need maybe, MAYBE one or two slices and only leave it in there for an hour or two. You can always infuse it longer if it’s not strong enough for you but you cannot un-infuse it.

Oranges: brb jaunting off to Olympus to ask Zeus if this is what “the nectar of the gods” was.

Citrus mix: you will never drink anything but this, ever again. Everything else will pale by comparison. You will yearn for it.

Grapes: great in theory. Did not work at all. I used black grapes. If you like green grapes, it might be worth trying but honestly I would warn you to expect disappointment.

Blueberries: I hate blueberries and tried this on the advice of a coworker who told me it would taste different than regular blueberries. It did not, but I guess if you like blueberries that’d be a good thing.

Peaches: this one was so weird. Not because it tasted bad. Quite the contrary. It tasted EXACTLY LIKE BITING INTO A PEACH and my brain was very confused. I kept trying to chew the water. So like, 11/10 on flavor, but expect your brain to be like the meme of the lady with the mathematical formulas.

There are many delicious options. Go forth. Discover them.

[oakskull]

oh bro I've had some peach tea the confusing your brain part is SO True

[the-haiku-bot]

oh bro I’ve had some

peach tea the confusing your

brain part is SO True

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[grape-jelli-bug]

This post just reminded me of how often I drank PROPEL over the first quarantine. I needed to drink nore water because honestly for two weeks my entire diet was diet cokes and cups of rice while living nocturnal.

Its true. Flavoured water is the shit. (Tho i got kinda tired of the flavours... Maybe real fruits taste better!)

[enby-life]

HOT TIP!!!

You will drink more water if it tastes good. I’m dead serious. Throw some mint in there, throw some lemon or strawberry or a little flavor packet. Your brain likes things that taste good.

[enby-life]

You know why people like lemonade? Flavored water

You know why people like tea? Flavored water

You know why people like koolaid? Flavored water

People like flavored water. Brains like flavored water. It’s like being forced to choose between a rock or a rock with glitter on it. You want the glitter rock

[enby-life]

I am once again telling you to drink water

And to absolutely FUCK OFF if you’re going to be a dick on this post

[prismatic-bell]

There are some FANTASTIC infuser water bottles for sale these days. Here are some things I have used mine with:

Basil: AVOID. You will be astonished how quickly it overpowers literally everything else and it’s bitter. You think you want some kind of basil blend. You don’t.

Mint: you will need more than you think. No, more than that. More.

Strawberry: v good but only do this if you have a way to keep the water very cold, otherwise it kinda tastes slimy.

Apple: surprisingly good. You’d think the water wouldn’t pick up the flavor much, but it does. Add a tiny bit of honey and oh. My. G-d.

Lime: you need much less than you think for MUCH LESS TIME than you think. I put a single key lime in 32oz of water for six hours and ended up with a limeade concentrate. CONCENTRATE. That 32oz made like four pitchers’ worth. It tastes great but ONLY USE A LITTLE!! It’s like the opposite of mint, you need maybe, MAYBE one or two slices and only leave it in there for an hour or two. You can always infuse it longer if it’s not strong enough for you but you cannot un-infuse it.

Oranges: brb jaunting off to Olympus to ask Zeus if this is what “the nectar of the gods” was.

Citrus mix: you will never drink anything but this, ever again. Everything else will pale by comparison. You will yearn for it.

Grapes: great in theory. Did not work at all. I used black grapes. If you like green grapes, it might be worth trying but honestly I would warn you to expect disappointment.

Blueberries: I hate blueberries and tried this on the advice of a coworker who told me it would taste different than regular blueberries. It did not, but I guess if you like blueberries that’d be a good thing.

Peaches: this one was so weird. Not because it tasted bad. Quite the contrary. It tasted EXACTLY LIKE BITING INTO A PEACH and my brain was very confused. I kept trying to chew the water. So like, 11/10 on flavor, but expect your brain to be like the meme of the lady with the mathematical formulas.

There are many delicious options. Go forth. Discover them.

[oakskull]

oh bro I've had some peach tea the confusing your brain part is SO True

[the-haiku-bot]

oh bro I’ve had some

peach tea the confusing your

brain part is SO True

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[aquapede]

i had a dream muffet from undertale was the final boss of deltarune and gaster was hyping her up so much like ‘here she comes shes gonna be soooo cool shes gonna kick your ass’ and then she ran him over in a sedan

[hungwy]

my burger is fucking well seasoned why did the mcdonalds chef go so hard with it. what happened back there

[grape-jelli-bug]

He got his shit together and decided it was time to t a s t e .

[studentlifeproblems]

[grape-jelli-bug]

This feels more like an adhd thing to me, GNDJGRJEBgfhd

Ive always said this: you could keep me in an empty, plain room, with absolutely nothing to do except for the assignment, and i would still do absolutely nothing because part of me just wont let it. I would pick on my skin, i would chew on things and my brain would do anything in its power so i dont have to do the mindless, understimulating drone-work that school feels like. Plegh.

Obviously i gotta cope with that, thats my issue. Idk i just thought it was worth talking about because sometimes i feel physically unable to do something and even more unable to explain that im having this issue

[mcsqu1bb]

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[mcsqu1bb]

They're waiting to ambush mom on Christmas

[mcsqu1bb]

My autistic brother created a new family Christmas tradition

Okay, so last year, my mom bought this Christmas moose that she lovingly named Barry

This is him

Cute, right?

Well, for whatever reason only known to my brother, he decided that he wanted to put Barry in different rooms of our house and it usually scares the shit out of whomever happens upon Barry; usually the person who finds him is the person that my brother wanted to scare.

So far, Barry has been found

On our dining room table

On my dad's side of my parents' bed

In my parents' closet

Outside their bedroom door (at 5 in the morning and scared my mother shitless)

Near the kitchen door

Near my fucking bed

At the bottom of my sister's stairwell

In our bathroom

And down the hallway

This has gone on for 9 days and it doesn't seem to show signs of stopping. Most of the time we know who gets Barry because it's always followed with a very loud "FUCKING BARRY!!!!!"

My brother is the funniest fucking person I know.

[mcsqu1bb]

Update:

He found his way into my sister's room.

And my brother is cackling maniacally downstairs.

[mcsqu1bb]

Holy fuck this doll is creepy

[mcsqu1bb]

Another update:

The soft glow of the Christmas tree seems to quell his bloodlust

[thesaltofcarthage]

vote to replace the evil surveillance Elf on the Shelf with Barry the Chrismoose

[annethecatdetective]

Broke: Elf on the Shelf Woke: Moose on the Loose

[imapursoon]

I hope every cat you pspspsps to just ignores you.

….

[grape-jelli-bug]

Jokesnon YOU all my cat replies to is my " Ts Ts Ts!"!!

[symptoms-syndrome]

Passive aggressive maybe, but like...healing and getting better isn't easy. When I see people make posts about "LOL google says I should make a schedule to help manage my ADHD but I can't make a schedule bc I have ADHD" it's like. People saying that stuff know it's hard. That's part of why you gotta do it.

Sometimes healing is easier. Sometimes it's something really small that becomes routine. But sometimes it's hard! Sometimes you gotta push yourself to do something and it sucks! But I don't know what to tell you, other than that you don't need to be good at it right away.

Using the calendar example, I have ADHD + semi-frequent memory loss, so it can feel really difficult to try and make a calendar when both of those things can directly get in the way. So I started with making sure recurring events were in it, like therapy and med reminders. Now I'm usually able to remember to put in appointments or other one-time events in as soon as I know about them. It takes a lot of work.

I don't know. I just think sometimes people on this site are sitting in mud and complaining about being dirty. You really do need to try.

[goobiroo]

I relate to this but for cptsd and routines. It's hard. Healing isn't supposed to be comforting all the time. It's an everyday every minute thing. But I do the work to get better

[symptoms-syndrome]

Yes! It definitely applies to a lot of things.

Thinking on it more, I think part of the issue is that people view things as either in their "comfort zone" or in their "danger zone," which is not really how things work. There's an area in the middle where things suck and feel bad but aren't so bad you're in danger (mental, emotional, physical) and that's where growth happens.

Because I'm a visual learner:

Trauma can make you think things are like this:

When in reality, things are more like this:

Trauma etc can make that challenge zone (often also called a window of tolerance) really fucking small, so it can be easy to overshoot into the danger zone, which can lead to having panic attacks and being triggered. Sometimes that can reenforce the idea that everything outside our comfort zone is scary red danger zone! But with gentle prodding into our little orange areas, we can grow our window of tolerance. Growing our challenge zones, then turning our challenge zones into comfort zones.

Using a more concrete example, say you try going to a party and you get SUPER overwhelmed! That might put you in a situation where you visualize things like this:

Figuring out what's in that orange "challenge zone" can take some trial and error, but maybe you can try something like this:

Forcing yourself to go to a party where you'll feel overwhelmed and triggered is just going to reenforce the seperation of the red and the green. But pushing a little bit, in a way that feels scary but safe? That's where growth happens! Then maybe eventually, things look more like

[goobiroo]

That makes a lot of sense. You explained this so well, thank you! And totally, that orange area is super hard to figure out bit it's possible.

Since my coping mechanism is to make challenges into adventures:

I tell myself my orange zones are quests that will help me get to my goals or newer areas. And like any other person, I gotta rest in between them and not overwhelm myself. When I am rested and taken care of my needs, I have a better chance to avoid quick burn out when picking up the quests again. This storytelling keeps me excited and keeps me in check to let myself rest.

[vet-and-wild]

I legit can’t fathom why declawing is still legal. Why is it still legal to amputate part of an animal’s toes just because humans get annoyed with a natural behavior that is so deeply ingrained that it continues even after they’re removed? Declawing causes chronic pain, behavior issues, and disrupts natural behaviors. And because someone always gives the “hurr durr but what if there’s a medical reason” let me explain. Declawing is NOT the same as a toe amputation. Banning declawing doesn’t ban toe amputations. Declawing is an elective procedure that removes all the front (and sometimes all the back) distal most part of the toes. Toe amputations remove diseased tissue/bone. There’s a huge difference between taking off a toe (or toes) because they’re growing a tumor and amputating bones for human convenience.  

[pangur-and-grim]

I don’t think most people understand how cruel it is, and how deeply it affects cats longterm health and wellbeing. Marmaduke was declawed by previous owners, and for most of his life didn’t experience the worst of the negative effects (though he did frequently urinate/defecate in inappropriate places, as litterbox sand is often painful for declawed cats, and jump straight to biting as a fear response because swatting wasn’t an option. he also played strangely - being unable to use his “fingers”, he had to clamp toys between his wrists. it was quite awkward looking, but I’m glad he found a way around his disability).

it was only later on, after 7-8 years of walking on the wrong parts of his paws because his weight-bearing toes had been amputated, that his paws started to look deeply wrong. the best I can describe them as is ‘fur pancakes’, strangely flattened and very painful. he didn’t get to have a peaceful elderly life after that because walking and playing made his feet hurt, and I will never not be furious at the people who did that to him.

[arozaur-deactivated20220722]

“Aromantic people can be in romantic relationships too!!!”

Yes but some don’t and I’d like to know why you’re so focused on that

[imapursoon]

PURR

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THE ONCELER

YOUR PFP

HWHY DID INJUAT NOTICE THAIS

i like making my followers sufferrr💕💅✨😌💕💅✨💅😌🤌💕✨💅💫💕😌

[grape-jelli-bug]

*screams in existential crisis*

[fanonical]

one time in minecraft i built myself a secret underground base because i was experimenting with redstone, i built a lighting system of redstone lamps, as well as an emergency self-destruct feature

i put the light switch and the self-destruct switch next to each other

can you guess what happened next?

[kitkat-the-muffin]

Yep

[dhovorei-remake-deactivated2022]

Girls are bipedal boys are quadrupedal

[dhovorei-remake-deactivated2022]

[cannibalcaprine-deactivated2024]

[cannibalcaprine-deactivated2024]

[grape-jelli-bug]

May i also suggest being a floating being with no limbs that definitely belongs in SCP containment and/or a liminal space