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Time for an Adventure

Back in 1994, I had a dream in which an old high school friend was getting off of an airplane, and I greeted him with a kiss of welcome. It was a really incredibly vivid dream, but I hadn't seen this guy in a few years, and last I'd heard, he had moved to Maryland where his mom lived. I called a mutual friend to see if she had his phone number in Maryland, and she was like "Oh, he moved back down to Florida months ago. He's at his dad's."

Worthless

Quick heads up

I just deactivated FB, so I'll be moving all my angst, smart ass quips, and picture-sharing to this blog. Now's the time to unfollow.

tiarasnteakettles

A lot of fat shaming and 12 year olds from around the world begging me to sell it.

Bluh.

serenne-personal

Oh you’ve taken my breath away! What an incredible design, and you wear it so beautifully. Literally like “italicized *oh*” moment

thatdisasterauthor

Okay, this was awesome enough at first BUT THEN IT CHANGED COLORS AND HOLY SHIT.

dnd-apothecary

This is absolutely gorgeous and stunning and all the amazing things!! You look *fabulous*

clungedestroyer

abortionado

MYTH: Americans set off fireworks on the 4th of July, in honor of our Independence Day

FACT: Americans set off fireworks from approximately June 20th—July 20th, for no reason other than this is the time of year that you can literally buy them at any grocery store

leladnut

Can confirm.

headspace-hotel

I’m gonna be real here, I take neurotypicals’ opinions on “weird” people far more seriously than I take their statements of support for me or for autistic people in general.

Like your opinions on furries (putting aside any sexual connotations) are HONESTLY a better litmus test of whether you are a safe person for me or any autistic people than your opinions on Five Year Old Boy Disease.

headspace-hotel

let me explain…

No one would think it was funny to bully an Autistic Child™, and you don’t think bullying Autistic Children™ is funny! That’s horrible! But when I say that story about a “weird kid” you knew that got bullied isn’t funny, you’re like “Well…that’s different! She was really weird, I mean she MEOWED at people!”

…bruh

octopuscato

Yup. “Of course I support you, autistic person, but look at this guy over there being weird!” So what you’re telling me is you’re supporting me, who is autistic, as long as I don’t behave autistic. Got it. Bye.

rorytelling

“We’re not making fun of him for being autistic, we’re making fun of him for being weird”

scarlet-rosepetals

I’ve added this note before but I don’t put aside “sexual connotations”. If you happen to find out someone’s into a “weird” sex thing or something you think is a weird sex thing (which happens a lot to furries who are immediately assumed to have a fetish for it), it’s still not okay to make fun of them for being “weird”. I wouldn’t feel the need to make these comments but A. people on tumblr are really on that puritan shit lately and B. there is very much a cultural problem of infantilizing autistic people and acting like the idea of an autistic person having a sex life is wrong and inappropriate.

leladnut

I get frustrated with the idea that it's okay to make fun of ANYONE regardless of what you think is "weird" about them. Every single one of us has our own set of difficulties, quirks, traumas, issues, etc. It's why I put so much emphasis on treating others the way I want to be treated, regardless of what might make them different or "weird" from my point of view. I do this, because I have noticed when I'm accepted and treated like an equal by someone else, I like how that feels. Everyone deserves to feel accepted and on equal footing.

As long as you believe you are one up on someone else, because you "know how to act in public" or you're "normal", you are setting yourself above them. You believe you're BETTER than them for whatever reason. It makes you less compassionate, less kind, less of a decent fellow human being. It makes you ugly in a way that really counts against you.

I grew up in a family full of people like this. I was lucky enough to find a SO that never judged himself 'better than' anyone else. He doesn't need to be one up. He's happy living in a world of people who are all on the same level and deserve to feel accepted. He taught me a better way to be just by being the person that he is.

He never saw the freak that my family sees. He just sees me, accepts me, treats me with respect. There's a healing in it, and that healing is something I want to pass on to everyone I meet.

darthsassacre

in which I give you a swtor class based on what I think you're like despite having never met you before

hey I made a dumb fucking quiz take it

leladnut

Smuggler. How Kelri of me. :)

starwarsfilms

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

onyxmoonstone

halibellecter

Good news they lived and had a lovely wedding on Voss

highlights-of-the-lowlife

Stop vilifying adults that live with their parents.

We’re still deep in one of the worst economic recessions of modern times. For many of us its not a choice but a requirement in order to survive. For many of us we have disabilities that make finding accommodation that suit our needs a lot harder and a lot more expensive.

Many of us pay into the household. Many of us are trapped in abusive households because we don’t have the means to leave. We aren’t moochers or afraid to leave the nest. The world simply isn’t built to support us anymore.

solitarelee

This is actually an incredibly western (and specifically American) thing. In a lot of other countries and cultures it’s NOT AT ALL uncommon for an adult to still live with their parents. As a second generation immigrant, it’s BEWILDERING to me. My cousin still lives with our grandmother; it’s important. She needs someone to watch after her, and she has the space… why wouldn’t he? This obsession with “adults” being “fully independent” of their parents is a fully American, bizarrely capitalist notion and it needs to be stomped into the ground.

draculasdaughter

This is about Sci-Hub. yeah we get it.. gatekeep knowledge and protect the interests of capital…

three-blogs-in-a-trenchcoat

Listen, this is serious.

Do not use the website called Sci-Hub!

It lets people access scientific articles for free. This is dangerous. It helps the free flow of knowledge and reduces the competitive edge of all the people who worked really hard to have been born into a wealth.

Like, it’s literally a website where you can type in the DOI of an article and read it, without ever having to pay the publisher who exploited the author.

So, again, do not, under any circumstance, use Sci-Hub. I mean, can you imagine a world where knowledge is free and easily accessible to everyone? Even, y'know, poor people?

whateverthebeeswant

Libgen also has many books online, including textbooks, searchable by name, author, and ISBN. Can you imagine textbook companies not getting their hard-earned income from poor college students? Here is the link just so you make sure that you never accidentally stumble across this horrible, unethical website.

three-blogs-in-a-trenchcoat

Oh, and while we’re talking about books, if you’ve managed to stay clear from Libgen, definitely don’t go to zlibrary, where you can also find a lot of textbooks, but unfortunately they’re completely free.

trzpiotka

nooo don’t use sites that make academic papers accessible to everyone, why would you do such a terrible thing

darcry1

oh and in case none of those HORRIBLE sites dont have the article you need, DON’T email the author of the paper. They aren’t paid by the publishing company, and will give you the paper for FREE. HOW HORRIBLE

yourplayersaidwhat

““Wait, does that mean I can get rid of dead bodies easily?””

— The cleric, upon realizing that their pet mimic can eat virtually anything

Has anyone else who plays MMO's noticed that the male players who say that strong female characters are hot seem to be the same idiots who are unable to handle a strong female player?