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Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice From Another Room

[rosewater40oz]

I can’t listen to this without crying

[enyafan]

I’m going to reblog this at least twice a day increasing in frequency until it’s the only content on my blog…… nothing else matters…… at all……..

[everythingfox]

The song to end all wars

[aliasblackbird]

simple comics about parrots

[alexenglish]

ay can we stop pretending like ADHD isn’t a Real Mental Health Issue and is Easy To Deal With? it’s a hugely detrimental disorder that effects performance in school and at work, and personal relationships on multiple levels. with ADHD it’s difficult to implement the routines necessary for day to day functioning. maybe educate yourself before criticizing a disorder that’s very fucking hard to live with. 

[transmanterry-blog]

for those unaware, I’ve been told by several friends they didn’t know this, adhd can effect basic survival rituals. Adhd makes sleep nearly impossible most of the time, makes cooking a too long task which c a n easily lead to a microwave diet, it makes basic reading and comprehension without interest physically exhausting (FYI that means us adults with adhd are fucked) and can even cause major, drastic mood swings as our energy plummets and skyrockets sometimes even resulting in straight up manic episodes. ADHD & ADD are very serious and real stop acting like they’re not a big deal.

[sylvershroud-deactivated2019040]

“your kid needs your attention, not adhd meds!”

“maybe we can talk about how with the internet there are more diagnoses of adhd now, and how the internet is rewiring our brains…”

“medicating childhood: the hoax of adhd”

literally all things ive seen in the past fucking WEEK let me out of this hell

[sylvershroud-deactivated2019040]

i can debunk this all in a flash

adhd is a neurodevelopmental disorder, and develops around 12 years old. given that, and how many diagnosed adhd adults there are, including elders, this is something that predates the internet

adhd is genetic, so despite an attention given from parent to child, it’s incredibly likely that at least one of the parents or other relatives also has adhd

oh yes, and let’s not forget the myth that adhd symptoms are synonymous with child behavior. but adhd isn’t just hyperactivity - in fact, hyperactivity doesn’t always present itself. in addition to hyperactivity, other symptoms include:

echolalia

poor memory

racing/scattered thoughts

slowed social development (around 30%)

difficulty understanding tasks/organizing them into steps

struggles understanding time management

impulsive acts (impulsive spending is a major issue with many of us)

difficulty managing emotions, especially anger

easily bored (and boredom leads to greater frustration than others)

TROUBLE SLEEPING. many adhd people spend their entire lives not getting good sleep because of the constant “noise” in their heads. see the scattered thoughts. basically, the thoughts are always going. there is no shut off switch. insomnia is largely prevalent with adhd

losing details (like getting poor grades because you missed the fine print on a test even with knowing the material)

struggles with listening comprehension (words sound like nonsense)

struggles with reading comprehension (words look like nonsense)

memorization issues - a child skilled in math will have trouble with multiplication tables, for example

has trouble “waiting their turn” in conversation - frequently interrupts without realizing

hyperfocus - an often overlooked aspect, when one focuses to the exception of all other external stimuli, including needing to eat, sleep, etc. time almost ceases to exist

not a symptom, but adhd - especially adult adhd - is highly comorbid with anxiety disorders and depression later in life. this is because a person with adhd is working their heart out to achieve the same standards, contrary to the believe that they’re “lazy.” as you can see above, almost every aspect of daily life is impacted - social, work, school, family, money… and this can lead to a feeling of being unable to cope.

despite all that, people with adhd are also:

more solution-oriented

more resilient

more expressive

more curious

and better at multitasking - not just because of having to learn how to manage the other symptoms, but these are, in fact, also symptoms. you can imagine how useful hyperfocus can be as well.

i wrote all this because i really want people to understand me and understand how this all works. and i want misunderstandings to stop so people can respect who i am.

[golemprivilege-deactivated20160]

i also want to note that one of the classic presentations of primarily-inattentive ADHD in children is a spacey, quiet kid who daydreams a lot and doesn’t seem to be “present”, the very opposite of the stereotype of the bouncing-off-the-walls primarily-hyperactive kid we’re supposed to think is The Sole Presentation Of ADHD

ADHD also impacts social development in a very big way! children with ADHD lag behind their peers in social skills. (note: i re-read the list and saw this was mentioned already, which is p. funny, because one of the big deficits i have as a result of ADHD is skipping over details and being unable to deal with lists and instructions)

also, RE: insomnia associated with ADHD, a thing that’s frequently comorbid with ADHD is delayed sleep phase disorder. DSPD (which i have) is having your circadian rhythm shifted two or three (or four or five) hours later than everyone else’s. you have no trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, but it happens later than the norm and thus you wake up naturally later than the norm. 

this is impossible to get around. trust me, even if i force myself to keep a schedule meant for people without DSPD, i will revert to my natural sleeping patterns sooner or later. quite often, going to bed early means i don’t fall asleep until my natural sleep time anyway. i’ve had this problem literally since infancy. i’ve never had trouble actually sleeping (even through noise or light or whatever) or getting restful sleep (even with the sun shining on my face), i just have a circadian rhythm that slicks its hair back into a pomp and wears a leather jacket and probably is saving up money from its part-time job at a gas station to buy a motorbike.

on the plus side, ADHD does lead to one being more curious, more spontaneous, able to make more unique and odd associations and able to devote oneself to one interest utterly and self-teach more effectively than others (at least, based on my own experiences, i find it to be so – i’m very good at teaching myself things from scratch and my boyfriend, who also has ADHD, is the same way; in fact, he’s a self-taught programmer who’s making a career out of programming with no degree; other ADHD people i know are very good at just diving into a subject and getting really into it, as long as it’s interesting to them).

… so what ADHD can lead to is the very frustrating status of 2e, twice exceptional, a child (and later, adult) who is both gifted and disabled. it’s a unique kind of struggle, because people assume being bright and spontaneous and creative means you’re capable and will point-fucking-blank ignore signs of disability in you, instead ascribing them to laziness and lack of caring. i’ve been in special education in my time in school. i was also in gifted programs. it’s a Ride. 

[fishmech]

is it wrong that the first thing that gets me mad at the lines about how the internet causes adhd is that i can remember that being said the exact same way 20 years ago, except about tv and sometimes video games and music?

[sapropel]

I want to add that ADHD doesn’t necessarily have to develop organically from genetics. It can also happen due to traumatic brain injuries.

[thatadhdfeel]

important adhd facts

adhd and add were combined under the DSM IV, and are now:

adhd inattentive type

adhd hyperactive type

adhd combined type

the brain matures in a normal pattern but is delayed three years in some regions

adhd is a neurodevelopmental disorder, not a behavioral disorder

emotions are felt more intensely

adhd makes it hard to deal with these emotions

there’s no such thing as “outgrowing” adhd

girls are underdiagnosed

[canadianstuck]

One of the funniest things I ever experienced was when I went to go see John Mulaney live, and halfway through a bit about how expensive college in the States is, he looked down at the sleeve of his suit jacket and just. stopped. dead halt, mid sentence.

And after like three seconds, where we’re all trying to figure out the punchline because the story clearly hadn’t ended, and John Mulaney quietly says, “Has there been tinfoil on my buttons the whole goddamn show?”

He’d taken his suit to the drycleaner, and they’d wrapped the buttons on the sleeves and the coat with tinfoil to protect them, and John Mulaney didn’t notice until half-way through his set, and was SO FLABBERGASTED that he never did finish the story about college and instead did five minutes on how stupid it was that his buttons were reflecting the light and he just didn’t notice, and in that moment I understood more about John Mulaney as a person than I ever have.

[ournameisfun]

during one of his portland shows, he noticed this like 7 year old girl in the front row and asked her (and her parents) if she ‘is aware that she is physically here right now’ or if she was just brought along. turns out her favorite john mulaney bit is the “and I’m new in town” bit and that she’s seen all his stuff. He was so shocked and discomforted by the fact a SEVEN YEAR OLD has seen his shows, that he couldn’t get through a bit about donating to charity without interrupting himself at least three times to import good life lessons on this small child, as if that makes up for all the horrible things he’s said that she heard

[sammysausage]

When I saw him in Ft. Lauderdale, there was a bar in the lobby that people kept leaving to go to. At one point, a guy in the front row just got up and BOOKED IT to get drinks. John Mulaney looked over at a woman who was next to the empty seat and asked, “Are you with him? What’s his name?”

She was, in fact, with him, and she did tell him her date’s name. John Mulaney considered this, looked around, and unplugged his microphone. Leaning in to us, he told us that we were going to trick this guy so fuckin hard. He said, “At some point during the show, I am going to stop and say, ‘Well, you guys know what they say here in Ft. Lauderdale,’ and then you guys are all going to scream back ‘WE LOVE MILKSHAKES!’ He’ll be so confused.”

He then continued on with the show as normal, the drinks guy returned to his seat, and that was that for quite a long time. We thought he had forgotten about it until, at some point during what I believe was his McDonald’s drive-thru bit, he shrugged his shoulders and said, “You guys know what they say here in Ft. Lauderdale…”

Naturally, we erupted with “WE LOVE MILKSHAKES” and John Mulaney SWUNG around to face the drinks guy and said, “I bet you’re real confused now, huh, JASON?!”

[windyvalleyzone]

ah so john mulaney is a chaotic neutral cryptid

[jxhn-mulaney]

i saw him last night and there was a good ten minute interlude where a woman told him everything she found wrong with his suit, including that his pants were too high waisted to which he replied “that’s where my hips are” and someone in the back shouted “look at that high waisted man he’s got feminine hips!” and he yelled back “that’s my joke! i’m offended!!”

[lovelydeck]

I saw him live at my college. During his show he shouted something, which spooked a service dog in training that someone had brought with them (the dogs are common on campus, cause they are learning how to socialize and be in large crowds without reacting). Seeing the dog had been scared he apologized and asked the dog’s name. Upon hearing the dogs name was “Blanket” he about lost his god damn mind he was so happy. throughout the show he kept checking on Blanket. It was adorable.

[broadwaytheanimatedseries]

This is my favorite version of this thread now

[angrybell]

[shortvideosandstuff]

[justalilbean]

It’s funnier when you find out that’s his dad.

[titsandtwosugars]

that fact made this even better

[anxiouschupacabra]

That actually makes it 100000000% better bc it means it’s not some creepy rando getting up in his face.

[peachthatdrinkslemonade]

Me seeing the video without any context: that’s rather unfortunate that even men reporters are getting harassed now when we want it to be no one getting harassed when will the public learn

Me seeing the context: oh that little shit loves his dad and just wanted to mess with him at work this is certified cute now

[coolfrogdude]

original thread by @pukicho and several other users

[blankie-wanky]

I grew up with a grandma who quilted, but she’d never been interested in passing along the hobby, so when she finally kicked it I was the grandkid who got all her materials, ‘cause I was the only one who knew how to use a sewing machine. Then, in 2015, a friend had a baby and I figured I’d make her a quilt, ‘cause how hard could it be?

oh

my

god

Luckily I am the stubbornest human alive, ‘cause I never woulda finished otherwise. I didn’t know what I was doing, didn’t know the terms to look up how to do anything, I musta reinvented the wheel like eight times and it took ten months, BUT I DID IT.

Figured I’d suffered enough and would never do it again and now I’m on quilt #9 smdh

————————–

I’m hyperventilating.

Holy shit. Holy SHIT.

This is INCREDIBLE.

Oh my god.

I’ve gotta go lay down holy shit look at this how do we just walk by other human beings every day and live our separate lives when there’s a person sitting next to you on the train or in line for coffee who goes home and makes things like this what even IS being human holy shit.

GOOD FUCKING JOB.

[awheckery]

Oh heck I did not expect the notes to blow up on this, UM

Okay so on a purely technical level, this is not that difficult, you just gotta come at it a little sideways.

The background of this sucker is just rows of 1.5″-wide fabric strips. I can’t remember the exact pattern, but I wanna say it was something like one row 6″ strips, one row 4.5″ strips, one row alternating? I don’t remember exactly, it was a while ago. That’s not difficult, you just lay it out and sew it all together one row at a time. It’s not hard, just tedious.

The fish are a lil different. I can’t draw, there is a disconnect somewhere and my hands are stupid, so I figured out probably fifteen years ago that tracing was the way to go. For this, I legit just yanked several photos of fancy-looking goldfish off the internet and traced over ‘em in Photoshop.

Once I had enough, I printed my outlines, laid ‘em out on the background to create the idea of movement, and then traced the outlines out on fabric and pinned the hell out of ‘em.

This woulda been WAY easier with Heat ‘N Bond, but I didn’t know that was a thing at the time. From there I just used just about every fancy stitch on my inherited sewing machine to make the fish STAY WHERE I PUT THEM, and also look good.

I have since learned this is called “raw edge applique” but whatever. It’s fun, it’s neat, you can do it with a bunch of stuff and impress the hell outta people. More recently, it’s how I’ve gone from this:

to this:

(this was another project I SUFFERED over unnecessarily, because I’m the dip that decided to quilt the waves, like a moron)

god that sucked but it looked SO COOL when I was done!

[ms-demeanor]

I’m very sorry to tell you that if you thought we would be less impressed with you after this update you were very mistaken. I’ll say again:

Holy. Shit.

[thesnadger]

Guys I found the only good thing on Facebook.

[thesnadger]

Update:

[jemthecrystalgem]

Oh fuck they’re inclusive ants, too?!?

[foxpunk]

Image Descriptions

[Image 1: A Screenshot of an invitation to a Facebook group named: “A group where we all pretend to be ants in an ant colony.” Under that is a post in the group that reads: "We reached the center of the Earth. Now what?” Four people commented saying one word each in this order: scurry, dig, work, melt. These words are in capital letters and have spaces between each letter.]

[Image 2: Another Screenshot of a post in the group that reads: "It has come to my attention that when we put the spaces in-between letters it makes it difficult for visually impaired ants to know what we’re saying and so I was wondering if we could try to make this group more accessible for them. (The text to voice can’t figure out what we are saying with the spaces) (Picture of an ant for attention)” This text is then followed by a close up picture of an ant.]

[Image 3: A screenshot of some comments on the post in Image 2. Five people commented: adapt, adapt, inclusion, love adapt, adapt. These words are in capital letters and have no spaces between the letters.]

End of IDs.

[gallusrostromegalus]

So one of my neighbors has a lawn Roomba or whatever they're called, and this thing trundles around looking like a background robot in the background of the original trilogy, and ABSOLUTELY BAFFLING THE DOGS.

They have concluded, I think, that it's some kind of prey animal because right after this video ended they decided to crouch down and stalk it, which means I'm 90% sure I'm going to have to stop Arwen from eating it at some point.

[theodorepython]

Of course it's a prey animal it fucking eats GRASS

[gallusrostromegalus]

While I can’t fault your reasoning on robot taxonomy, apparently we’re both wrong:  Arwen, as much as she is a high-prey-drive animal, is foremost, a herding dog, and has decided that the Lawn Roomba is a SHEEP.

What happened is the lawn roomba belongs to the guy that does most of the maintainence on the neighborhood park, and he had it out grazing on a different section of lawn when my parents came down for a walk and Arwen was siezed by 200 years worth fo Kelpie Instincts, rolled out of her Harness and proceded to herd the shit out of this tiny, oblivious robot.  

Everything was on display- mock-stalking, intimidating eye contact, barking, running in front of it to try to get it to balk, the scariest barking she can muster (which is actually.  pretty scary if you’re not used to Loud Dogs), looking back at my parents for directions.  or rather, looking at my Mom while Dad tried unsuccessuflly to capture her.

After about ten minutes they realized she wasn’t biting it, and decided to let her play Sheep Simulator 5000 for a while. She eventually figured out that 

It  doesn’t respond to Yelling, Posturing or Aggressive Eye Contact

It does respond to having it’s wheels or bump hazards hit 

It would respond to its side being nosed or slapped by moving in a different direction

Conent that this was apparently some kind of blind, deaf and particularly stupid sheep, she could now manage the robot by smacking it if it got too close to the creek bed or fence for her liking, and was eventually content to sit on the highest point of the field and Supervise (TM) it.

“Hey.” Said Roger, owner of the robot. “Do you think if I put the ramp down she’ll herd it into the back of my pickup?”

Arwen was mostly asleep in the afternoon sun as roger put the ramp down but woke right up when mom Whistled, then pointed at the truck.  She immediately went after the robot and did something that wouldn’t have occured to me, an allegedly more intelligent being: the robot is roughly triangular, and when it hits an obstacle, will change direction so that one of its other sides (rather than points) is now the ‘front’.  So to get it to move in a straight line in the direction she wanted, Arwen would smack the two sides of the robot that she didn’t want it to go in in quick sucession, and got it across the field, over a small hill and up the ramp as fast as it’s clumsy little wheels could go.

“I didn’t know you had a fully-trained sheepdog!” Said Roger

“Me either.” said Mom.

So Arwen now has a Semi-Weekly Appointment to play with Sheepbot.

[trebornosnibor]

Well this is just beguiling

[elodieunderglass]

It also just goes to show that all the dudes who have fretted about the Robot Apocalypse for generations needed to hang out outside with dogs more

[123iloveyoutoo]

thanks dad

[ham4harrypotter-blog]

Way too many parents need to learn the difference between “a child being disrespectful” and “a human person expressing an opinion that differs from theirs”

[jumpingjacktrash]

my mom had a nice technique for this. when i’d give her sass, she’d say, “i don’t speak rude, what’s that in polite-person-ese?”

basically, she’d encourage me to rephrase my opinion without the attitude. so “UGH, you NEVER let me do ANYTHING!” would (often after quite a bit of bitching and grumbling) turn into “it feels like every time i have a fun idea, you say no, and i just end up sitting around the house.”

and at that point we could troubleshoot like civilized people. she could explain that she didn’t want me to go to jimmy’s sleepover because jimmy’s dad creeps her out, and i could suggest maybe i could have andy over instead, and she could say sure, why not call peter and stacy and brianna and have your own party, i’ll pop some popcorn and rent a movie, and i could add what if we put up tents in the back yard and have a bonfire and roast marshmallows, and she could laugh and say don’t push it.

[hermioneindisguise]

I really like this technique because it addresses the OPs comment but recognizes that the two can coexist. The problem is often the child is expressing their opinion in a rude or disrespectful way. And as humans we automatically become adverse to opinions we feel are aggressive toward us.

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

This is good parenting.

[melowhdee]

to my anas, mias and ednos humans who need to EAT!

this is my favorite safe meal that is healthy, vegan, low carb, high protein, easy to make and legitimately filling. it’s safe for anyone!

vegan buffalo chicken wraps!

ingredients and caloric content below:

flatout mini low carb spinach wraps- 60 cal

BOCA vegan spicy chicken patty- 130 cal

mustard- 0 cal

a bit of spring mix- 2 cal

frank’s red hot buffalo sauce- 0 cal

daiya vegan pepper jack shreds 1 TBSP- about 10 cal

total: 202 cal

instructions:

prep all wrap ingredients on a plate and place frozen patty on a saucepan, set to medium-high heat.

cook patty in about 1 tbsp of frank’s red hot buffalo sauce, on each side.

flip several times until patty breading is lightly crisped on each side. it will probably need to cook for about 6 minutes, but use your best judgment!

slice patty and place slices into wrap

roll the wrap, set the pan to low heat and cook each side of the wrap, flip right before it starts to brown so the “cheese” is all melty and the wrap holds together. no oil needed, since a tbsp of oil is about 130 calories! just use a non stick pan.

eat up, and don’t feel like you’re missing out because this is bursting with flavor and even a crowd favorite among my family and roommates. I always have them asking me to make these! ❤️stay safe!

[brockhamptonbih]

✨ MY MEAL PLAN ✨

Hey guys! I’ve been trying to restrict more so I’ve made some meal plans for myself :)

BREAKFAST ☀

- 1 serving of 0% plain Greek yogurt flavored w/ a small amount of jelly & berries – about 130 cal

- 2 slices sprouted grain toast w/ a thin layer of almond butter and cut up banana – about 300 cal (super yummy but it’s better for days I feel especially hungry)

- 1 serving of Cheerios with unsweetened almond milk and blueberries – about 150 cal 

LUNCH 💫

I usually try to skip lunch if I know I won’t feel like eating later

- Miso Soup – about 93 cal per cup 

- 1 chicken breast with steamed broccoli – about 200 cal

- 2 hard boiled eggs – about 140 cal 

DINNER ✌

I try to eat as small of a dinner as possible with plenty of veggies

- Sushi – about 230 cal (I usually get 1 avocado roll and 1 California roll, though I’m thinking of switching one out for sashimi w/ no rice)  

- 1 large chicken breast w/ veggies – about 250 cal

- Veggie stir fry – about 200 cal (depending on the amount of oil and what type of sauce, cals may vary!!!)

SNACKS🙌  

I limit myself to ONE non-fruit snack a day and it must stay below 200 cal.

- 1 stroopwaffel  – 170 cal

- Outshine Popsicles – 35-85 each

I can’t name any others off the top of my head, but if I’m feeling desperate and bingy, I’ll chew and spit whatever.

I DON’T COUNT FRUIT AS CALS !!! EAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT BOO YOU DESERVE IT !!!

Reminder I’m not pro for anyone but myself, stay safe.