not a bot :)

just quietly enjoying myself

[mathematical-cheese]

[i-am-pluto]

I DIDNT KNOW I WAS GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT BUT THIS IS MY MOMENT. CLEARLY.

[bungerc0re]

the joy of mass transit is that you are always part of "the mass", and often, you are "transiting"

[apolladay]

Do you regularly watch any 'problematic'/cancelled YouTubers/Streamers?

Yes, new and old

Yes, but only their old stuff (before they were cancelled?)

No

I wouldn't know, I don't keep up with trends man

There's been "do you watch media made by problematic people?" polls, with people always saying "you can separate the art / not support the creators!!" but since youtubing/streaming is SO personality focused and more face-to-face than other forms of media, maybe people will think different about this

In my opinion I mostly don't care but if you're still watching YouTubers like SniperWolf or whatever I'm judging you Very hard

Do you regularly watch any 'problematic'/cancelled YouTubers/Streamers?

Yes, new and old

Yes, but only their old stuff (before they were cancelled?)

No

I wouldn't know, I don't keep up with trends man

Voting ended onDec 23, 2025

There's been "do you watch media made by problematic people?" polls, with people always saying "you can separate the art / not support the creators!!" but since youtubing/streaming is SO personality focused and more face-to-face than other forms of media, maybe people will think different about this

In my opinion I mostly don't care but if you're still watching YouTubers like SniperWolf or whatever I'm judging you Very hard

[homunculus-argument]

I am no nutrition expert but I do have a pretty damn good track record of keeping myself alive, so I want to remind you all that "fed is best" also applies to adults. There's nothing you could eat (that has been deemed fit for human consumption, I don't mean asbestos you smartass) that would be worse for you than just straight-up not eating. No food is as bad as no food.

A protein bar isn't the best possible source of protein in your diet, but it's better than not getting that protein. Fresh fruits would be better than orange juice, but if your choices are between having the orange juice and not getting the vitamins at all, you drink the fucking orange juice.

If you were out at winter while barefoot, and your options were between wrapping random newspaper around your feet, or not having anything to protect your feet, you wouldn't think "newspapers are a worse option than proper shoes, therefore I shouldn't take this worse option" and go barefoot.

[not-spiders]

here’s to all the weird little girls growing up into even weirder men

[injuries-in-dust]

And to all the weird little boys who grew up into weird women.

[nick-nonya]

and the weird little whatevers that grew up into weirder whatevers

[knitmeapony]

[3liza]

found some incredible internet sentences yesterday in this account by a redditor with autism who delivers a blow-by-blow description of what his oxytocin nasal spray does to his autism, but only for about 3 hours at a time

[3liza]

just so we’re clear, because i think someone could get that impression from these tags, oxytocin is NOT a drug. oxyTOCIN (hormone, the subject of this post) and oxyCONTIN (opioid drug) look very similar and sound very similar but they are not even vaguely related despite nearly being anagrams

it is not an opioid or a painkiller. oxytocin is a hormone and neuropeptide that is involved in the way mammals form social bonds with each other. it cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, so when you take it orally, it ONLY affects your body, it does not affect your brain. thats why it’s in nasal spray form in these posts. in obstetric medicine, oral or IV oxytocin is used during labor to increase uterine contractions, because in the body it is also involved in childbirth (both the physical act of giving birth and in boding with your baby/tolerating the people around you while you are in labor)

researchers have noticed for a long time that oxytocin levels in autistic people are generally very low, which in my opinion is exactly what autism “feels like” in social situations: ie, you are ambiently aware that hugging, physical touch, conversation either intimate or smalltalk level, and just being in proximity to people you care about should feel nice, everyone else seems to be having a good time, and they cant all be faking it. so what’s my problem? why does it stress me out so badly to be around people i actually want to be around and whom i trust and love? what am i MISSING that other people have? well, it might be the oxytocin for a lot of us. again, the studies on autism are 99% on “curing autism in children” and no one is interested at all in running research on improving quality of life in autistic adults, so the research we have on this is really stupid. but it offers some insight. autistic children given oxytocin nasal spray seem to respond with what you would expect from increasing someone’s low oxytocin levels: less social stress, better verbal fluency around people, better mood around people, etc.

everyone calling this “creepy” and “mind control” needs to really, really reexamine how they relate to their personalities, self-image, and their diagnosis. there is nothing coercive or deceptive being done here, to anyone. this guy ordered oxytocin on his own, administered it to himself on his own, informed his family he was going to do so, and then observed and reported the results. you are allowed to treat your own dysfunctions with medicine and then experience the effects. you sound like Christian Science maniacs saying stuff like “if god wanted me to walk he wouldnt have broken my legs in the first place” and letting their children die of sepsis and vitamin deficiencies because it’s God’s Will. you can actually do whatever you want, forever. when you do something of your own agency, guess what, that’s your personality now. that’s you doing something of your own free will. framing the alleviation of subjectively distressing symptoms (like social anxiety, anhedonia, depression and apathy!!!) as some sort of betrayal of your core tenets of Being Autistic At All Times is so regressive and self-defeating i dont even know where to begin. even if you dont personally experience autism as a disability or inconvenience, which is fine too, you are allowed to improve your conditions anyway. you are allowed to take blood pressure medication. you are allowed to take insulin if you cant make your own. it doesn’t “erase who you are as a diabetic”. jesus christ

[sentimentalslut]

what people dont get about divorces is the Whole Thing About Dogs

[sentimentalslut]

i have written custody plans for labrador retrievers more complex than i have for children. i went to four years of undergrad, three years of law school, and sat for the bar exam to write up custody exchange provisions for dogs with hyphonated last names

[sentimentalslut]

my clients are paying $295 an hour for me to go to court and litigate who makes veterinary decisions for Chuckles the Goldfish and theres literally nothing i can do to stop them

[sentimentalslut]

framing these tags and hanging them up in my office to remind me that it can always be worse

[important-cat-pics]

[dailymtgflavortext]

It suddenly dawned on Jorin that farming was quite a noble profession.

-Second Thoughts

[svdcvnt]

Everything I’ve Ever Let Go Of Has Claw Marks On It

[gloriesunsung]

To save someone else going through eleventy billion reverse image searches - the sculptor is David Altmejd.

Thought 2, 2019

[ampervadasz]

[antimony-ore]

[were--ralph]

100% honest this literally gave me the most relaxed feeling? ive literally never had this happen before

[paxamericana]

[owenthetokencishet]

When the male lead and female lead make it to the end of the story without kissing

[teaboot]

You know when someone goes "Oh, you're autistic? You should meet my buddy Ronathon he's autistic you'll love him he's great" and you meet him and he's the fucking worst

[teaboot]

And I should clarify the point Im making is not "I'm *special* and *different* and *better*" it's "Autism is not a defining personality trait"

[cuurrlin]

It’s like the same as “oh, you’re gay? You should meet my buddy ronathon he’s gay you’ll love him he’s great” or “oh, you’re Hispanic? You should meet my friend ronathon he’s Hispanic you’ll love him he’s great” or “oh you’re a woman? You should meet my friend ronatha she’s also a woman you’ll love her she’s great” and then they’re always totally different from you. Like, people like to go, oh I know two people with this same weird thing about them so that means they’re the same they should be friends, but that never works because your descriptors don’t define your personality and it’s super annoying that people do that.

[teaboot]

This is a good addition but I need to add that I am Delighted you continued to use fake name I pulled from my butt. Like ah shit it’s Ronathan

[businesstiramisu]

congrats to Ronatha on her transition, even if she's still the worst

[theliteraryarchitect]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but it’s okay for writing to be a HOBBY that you do because you enjoy, and that you don’t want to do when you’re not enjoying it. No one’s up in the business of knitters telling them they have to be willing to SUFFER and SWEAT or they’ll NEVER FINISH THAT SWEATER and they can’t expect good things to come to them. I don’t know why our current culture around writing is so intense, but I’m here to support your casual, relaxing writing habit. If people can glue pompoms together or knit a scarf or watch hours of streaming shows with their spare time there’s absolutely no reason writers can’t waste time writing just for pleasure, without any expectation that they’re going to Achieve something Amazing and Important or make a bunch of money or whatever.

[theliteraryarchitect]

I stand corrected: According to a great many who have piped up in the comments, apparently people ARE up in the business of knitters. What the hell. Get out of the business of knitters, people. May we all enjoy our hobbies without pressure to professionalize.

[zedogica]

ok. i survived 25 years outside the international space station. who gives a shit

[biglawbear]

Technically most moss is outside the international space station

[davvvd]

[unbearable-lightness-of-ink]

dear smut writers,

to lave means to wash/bathe/lap at, and it's in basically every sex scene ever

a lathe is a machine that smoothes a spinning piece of wood or metal by cutting thin layers off it, and it's also in an unfortunate number of sex scenes

so when you say things like this:

I am imagining things like this:

[abalidoth]

Is this what they mean by CNC kink?

[gaycatastrophe]

wasn’t a beautiful night. pesis is peeled