i don't understand

Kiwi, 28, she/they

[crafblr]

btw I’ve found these stretches from the WAK blog very helpful when knitting a lot:

Plus make sure to take breaks regularly - and stop if anything starts to hurt!

especially with gift knitting I know it can be tempting to push through it for a deadline, but it’s really not worth causing long term injury. (And anyone knit-worthy should be understanding of that, imho.) Stay well :)

[gingersnappish]

Also good for artists drawing with pencils/on a tablet/with a pen!

[not-poignant]

Also good for writers

[adorkastock]

Make art, take care!

[ladywarlock03]

Grace wearing Eridian Jewelry 💫

(if you find inconsistencies in this, no you don't 🫵🏻)

[aeritus]

Leaving for awoostria in 1h, but I needed to get this out my system before leaving, tunred out a bit more sketchy than planned but whatever

really feel like CRT Vox had a lot of untold benefit

[howling-wizard2]

first run of the xenonite suit (grace naively thought he was going to be able to play it cool)

[dragonnnerdd]

IM CRYING, THE VERTICAL ROLLING

[bowandbrush]

Donnie being hurled while standing rigid is the funniest gag ever and nobody can convince me otherwise

[sardonic-sonnets]

Look at dem babies

[biancalattei]

hail mary, full of grace, the lord is with thee

and so, repeat

[thefloatingstone]

I fixed it so it's a perfect loop 🌐

[dudethatsmypillowcase]

Two eridians and their wet dog

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

obvs it can be annoying for others when people don't understand something "obvious"

but I do wish people would hold more grace for people who are "stupid"

as my cognitive & memory symptoms get worse I'm seeing myself in these stories more and more

the woman who is visibly confused in public and doesn't see the sign right next to her and asks the same question multiple times because she doesn't understand the answer or is failing to communicate the question she actually means to ask.

the person who enters a building and has to ask if she's found the right place, because she's too overwhelmed to put together the "obvious"

the person who is polite and respectful but who still needs something explained three different ways before she gets it.

and I get the frustration, I really do.

but the next time you see a "total idiot" in public who clearly genuinely has no idea what's going on, please just try to remember that it sucks to be that person too.

and as someone who has no choice about being that person, it sucks to see post after post ripping into people for just being confused in public. Not rude or entitled, just confused.

Obvs I'm not saying people shouldn't vent or laugh online at anonymous strangers who will never see it. Especially when they ARE rude or entitled!

I just feel like I'm seeing a lot more posts about "stupid people" recently and half the time "being stupid" was the only thing they did to piss ppl off and...

Idk sometimes it just comes across as really mean.

If you knew that "stupid" person was confused bc they're disabled, would you be just as mean?

If not, please consider: why on earth would you expect to always know when a stranger in public is disabled?

People are generally trying their best. Even those who aren't disabled—u don't know what their day is like!

Do you think YOU could think clearly on the worst day of your life?

Have you ever been so upset you barely know what's going on? Ever had to run errands while coming off anaesthesia or while a loved one is dying or while your scary newly-ex is blowing up your phone with threats or god, even just when you'd been up all night and feel like shit?

Giving people grace when and how you can is an incredibly rewarding practice. I want us all to be given that grace when we most need it.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

under US law, it's illegal for anyone who's not a member of a recognised native tribe to own an eagle feather. the penalty is a $100,000 fine.

14 years ago when I had recently moved to Alaska, I went hiking with an Aleut friend, and she pointed to a feather lying on the ground and said "hey that's a bald eagle tail feather, you should grab it!" and I was like "uhh I'm very white and that's very illegal" and she went "they're fuckin everywhere up here man. I have 20." so she grabs it off the ground and hands it to me and says "there, now it's a ceremonial gift from an indigenous person."

and I'm like, okay, cool, I guess this is how we do things in Alaska. nice.

so I keep this bald eagle tail feather around for years. display it in my home among other cherished memorabilia from places I've lived and visited, etc.

on a whim, I have just now looked it up. there is no exemption to that law for a ceremonial gift from an indigenous person. the last 7 years I lived in the US, I was technically a bald eagle poacher.

probably a good thing I don't intend to move back there anytime soon. I wonder what the statute of limitations is on bird crimes.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

@freedomisscaryshit I'm fucking dying I think you forgot the word "feathers" in your tags?? or do you just wish you could grab whole ass eagles that land in your yard??

[emotional-support-husband]

As an Indigenous person, it continues to astound me that there are such strict laws (written by White people) in our name, laws against...picking up things just found on the ground. Like, stop pretending this is "for" us. We don't want this.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

so, for clarity, that's not what this is. the law against possessing feathers is an anti-poaching measure, derived from a North American treaty protecting certain migratory bird species from hunting. that treaty has an exemption for indigenous people to allow tribes that use eagle feathers in ceremonial or religious practices to continue doing so.

[chekhovs-raygun]

i used to collect feathers (illegally) as a teenager and the thing is that it's incredibly important for feathers from wild birds to be illegal to possess because it ensures that they never become fashionable to wear. the reason we passed the migratory bird act was because the american and european fashion industry was driving species to extinction in a timespan of years. not just decades. the ecological devastation of exporting birds for hats was absolutely insane and people were watching wetlands and forests and meadows just empty out in realtime. look at the wikipedia article for the plume trade.

the law against 'picking feathers up off the ground' means that you can't go shoot an eagle then sell the feathers on etsy by saying you 'just found them'. you can't own them no matter where they came from, which makes sure that they're not going to come from any birds killed and then secretly disposed of.

these laws, as harsh and ridiculous as they seem, saved flamingos, spoonbills, egrets, and all kinds of hawks and eagles from extinction. the minute these laws weaken and people can make money off killing them again, they're fucked.

[bulkhummus]

its a long journey to erid

[bulkhummus]

Hiii if you're still taking phm requests I think it would be very cool for Grace to get some Eridian celebration jewelry from Rocky + Adrian :') or something along those lines

take the ring ryland. im not asking 💢💢💢

anyways i kind of smushed your request and a silly idea i had - hope you like!

bonus below

[sharkfiinn]

i cant be normal about anything i like ever . it has to consume me like evil mold

[eyecantread]

It's not autism that makes this person hate seeing a woman's tits. It's just internalized misogyny. Autism doesn't make you act like a disgusting freak over the sight of a woman's skin- that's cultural. That's learned. Unlearn it please.

[saccharinescorpion]

what did i say!!!!!!!!!!

[sharkfiinn]

rocky fix.

[spielzeugkaiser]

I love all the 'rocky cares for grace' h/c but I crave more of the opposite too-