[artbyblastweave]

The YouTube content creator community was wracked by macabre tragedy this morning after Amelia Bedelia was instructed to hang streamers for a six year old’s birthday party

[jenroses]

Have I told y’all about my husband’s Fork Theory?  If I did already, pretend I didn’t, I’m an old.

So the Spoon Theory is a fundamental metaphor used often in the chronic pain/chronic illness communities to explain to non-spoonies why life is harder for them. It’s super useful and we use that all the time. But it has a corollary.  You know the phrase, “Stick a fork in me, I’m done,” right? Well, Fork Theory is that one has a Fork Limit, that is, you can probably cope okay with one fork stuck in you, maybe two or three, but at some point you will lose your shit if one more fork happens.  A fork could range from being hungry or having to pee to getting a new bill or a new diagnosis of illness. There are lots of different sizes of forks, and volume vs. quantity means that the fork limit is not absolute. I might be able to deal with 20 tiny little escargot fork annoyances, such as a hangnail or slightly suboptimal pants, but not even one “you poked my trigger on purpose because you think it’s fun to see me melt down” pitchfork.

This is super relevant for neurodivergent folk. Like, you might be able to deal with your feet being cold or a tag, but not both. Hubby describes the situation as “It may seem weird that I just get up and leave the conversation to go to the bathroom, but you just dumped a new financial burden on me and I already had to pee, and going to the bathroom is the fork I can get rid of the fastest.”

[cipheramnesia]

I like this and also I like the low key point that you may be able to cope with bigger forks by finding little ones you can remove quickly. A combination of time, focus, and reduction to small stressors that can allow you to focus on the larger stressor in a constructive way.

[sheepscot]

does this mean somewhere there is a knife theory?

[jenroses]

Knives are traumas that require help to fix. Take a fork out and stress is reduced. Take a knife out and you better be prepared to stop the bleeding. 

[not-close-to-straight]

“Right behind the fucking floppity”

You guys I am WHEEZING

he is so offended this entire video 😂😂

[nnezzanine]

jesus christ. what a day… i’ll probably kill myself later to relax

[jellyish]

I wish there were different words for the different types of forgetting because  when I say I forgot something, I don’t mean “I forgot we had plans on Friday.” I almost always mean “I forgot today was Friday.” I know my friend’s birthday is on March 20th, but I won’t wish her happy birthday on time because I won’t know it’s March 20th on March 20th. My forgetfulness has nothing to do with not caring about/remembering events and everything to do with my inability to keep up with the passage of time.

[bogleech]

My most common one is being 100% certain I did the thing already because the memory of doing it and the memory of intending to do it are the same mental images.

[lookimadeasomething]

"The Miracle is You" 🕯✨

[mmuehoul-blog]

緒に踊りましょ

[curseworm]

(suffering the clear and obvious ramifications of my voluntary actions) once again god torments me for no purpose but sick amusement

[beardedmrbean]

[i-am-dulaman]

[beyonce-knowles-carter]

Look at this family, a glowing constellation So full of stars and everybody wants to shine But the stars don’t shine, they burn And the constellations shift

ENCANTO (2021)

[anxietyproblem]

[cpt-mcshadow]

do you think

[birdsareblooming]

[contra-entries]

Country girls like you

[pglang]

i’ll get over it i just gotta be dramatic first

[honeybrees]

i love that this is just one of a number of posts that have gone around in the last few days tacitly acknowledging that you need to feel your feelings in order to move through them

[bolin-san]

Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe

Artist: Vince Serrano

[snowwarningart]

My fiancé requested some real uwu shit y’all ❤️

[fairycosmos]

look. i don’t think my stretch marks are beautiful. i don’t think they’re tiger stripes or natural tattooos. i don’t think my acne is beautiful. i don’t think the bags under my eyes are beautiful. i just think they’re human. and i don’t think i have to be beautiful all of the time in order to be accepted and loved and sucessful. i don’t think every small detail of my outer appearence needs to be translated into prettiness.

[serotonin-sunrise]

fun fact: this POV is actually called “body neutrality” and it’s SO MUCH more accessible/realistic for a lot of people. it’s based on the idea that the way we look is the least interesting/important thing about who we are, and that our bodies are worthy of respect regardless if they fit the mold of the current beauty ideals.