Chronic Illness And Critters

she/her. loves animals. served with a side of hypermobility and dysautonomia

[hypermobilityherpyhour]

Had another nerve ablation done. Hopefully it works as well as last time. Currently questioning what all has happened in my life (being born) to lead to this procedure cause F U C K it hurts

[inatherps]

Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)

Observed by dnoell, CC BY-NC

[skipppppy]

So can non-disabled people stop doing that thing where they act like it’s morally righteous to force yourself to work while you’re sick and assume taking sick days automatically equates to laziness. Any time now. That’d be great

[bunjywunjy]

have you heard of the coyote who swam 2 miles to alcatraz island on its own and is now gorging on the local seabirds

yup! a real role model.

(it's actually not THAT weird, as coyotes are found on the rest of the islands in that area and are known to be good swimmers. the real thing about this is that it was caught on camera!)

[bunjywunjy]

[hypermobilityherpyhour]

I love coyotes sm, they’re my 2nd favorite animal (hi vultures!) and this is exactly why they’re so adaptable and resilient it’s insane

[virgomoon]

you can never go back. this is your one life. you had a bad childhood and that's it. you lost your teen years to mental illness and that's it. you're miserable in your 20s and that's it. you just go forward

[sentientsky]

[goth-queen]

[mens-rights-activia]

The duality of man is thinking “children cannot help themselves and we all need to be patient with them as they explore what it means to be human in public” and also “damn, I wish this crying baby was not on the plane rn :/“

[ffcrazy15]

Just as courage is not the absence of fear but doing the brave thing in spite of it, patience is not the absence of irritation but doing the kind thing in spite of it.

[panulyx]

Too much movement makes your joints hurt and too little movement also makes your joints hurt. This would imply that there's an optimal amount of movement that allows your joints to not hurt. This is a lie.

[bubbles-on-the-tide-of-empire]

Got nothing articulate to say about the American bombing of Venezula at the moment other then its a disgusting crime and the world should hold us accountable immediatly. Jesus fucking christ.

[charlesoberonn]

If the US military wants so bad to liberate a desert region from a repressive religious organization, Utah is right there.

[charlesoberonn]

That’s the drone operator’s job.

[catchymemes]

[headspace-hotel]

I think part of the reason why we feel so sad is that we're too far away from raw, numinous experiences. Like you know that post with a picture of the unpolluted night sky where people are reacting in terrified awe not realizing that's what the stars really look like?

I think it's like. You need vivid experiences that can't be easily repeated. You need elemental things. I don't mean this in a crunchy hippie just-try-yoga way I mean this in a way that's like...we're inside all the time and most things we experience are scheduled ahead of time. When there are sidewalks, we follow them, and there's always some boring place to go. You need things that no one has any control over and that no one can sell for money.

You need to be outside in a storm and see lightning strike very close to you. You need to meet a wild creature and have to stand very still and almost not even breathe and watch before it vanishes. You need to be alone somewhere very big. You need to go to a place because it looks interesting and be at the wrong place at the wrong time. You need to climb over a fence instead of going in by the gate. You need to hear the exploding sound of a huge flock of birds flying. You need to watch live theater performed by kids on a low budget. You need to be lost somewhere. You need to be barefoot somewhere. You need to sing with other people who are singing. You need to get soaking wet with all of your clothes on and come inside shivering.

[detectivehole]

what's that one thing where they asked how ripely from alien was so realistic and believable as a female character in scifi for once and they were like "well we just took the dude from the original script and made him a girl and changed nothing else. it works bc men and women are the same?" and people were like "woah no way" and then didn't learn anything from that for 20 years

[detectivehole]

"how do you write such believable men as a woman?" "how do you write such believable women a man?" and the answer people who are good at it always give is "i just write people. were literally the exactly the same. do you think the opposite sex is some sorta totally different animal???" and people respond "woah that's wild. yea i do. and im not gonna stop thinking that goodbye :)"

[anarchistmemedistro]

[self-loving-vampire]

[totalstupidityaddict]

cons: in pain always

pros: im so GOOD at that noises-of-effort shit. i sound like video game character voice acting. my subtitles are a bunch of words in brackets and they say [grunt of effort] [grunt of effort] [grunt of effort] [grunt of effort]

[shamebats]

Taps the "anti-veganism is an inherently conservative sentiment" sign for the 100th time in my time on this website.

[shamebats]

You don't have to be a vegan but being vehemently against veganism is on the same level as being an anti-feminist or anti-woke and you can either accept that you hold a conservative reactionary view or better, rethink it.

[shamebats]

Vegaphobia - Wikipedia

[shamebats]

People on the "how evil do you have to be to demonize people who believe everyone deserves a good life and just want to reduce the amount of harm in the world, that could never be me, I was born with a kind soul & a strong sense of justice which makes me immune to right wing propaganda" website when vegans exist.

[thesituation]

basically my opinion on many many things is “you should be allowed to do that and i should be allowed to be uncomfortable with it and the government and law should not be involved in this whatsoever”

[hypermobilityherpyhour]

Baby Milton has a brand new nice and big and PINK! tank! He’s not a baby anymore :( But he is loving the setup. Next is a new water bowl and a few more climbing and hiding options. Next big step is getting Barney into a front opening tank, too.