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[autistic-answers]

How to Cope with Loud Fireworks if You're Autistic

To neurotypicals, fireworks are a fun way to celebrate a holiday. To autistic people, fireworks may range from bothersome fun to a painful, dreaded occurrence. Here is how to fight the noise, get some sleep, and remain calm despite the...

Reblog to help an autistic American sleep tonight.

[the-marvelous-tommy]

@jayisabluebird

[novaladie]

rip luna lovegood u would have loved aurora

[silvercrystal]

Endless Kuroshitsuji Moments: 11/★

↳ Book of the Atlantic

[portrayalmuse]

❣ G R E L L ❣

[crowrelli]

hard cut to me crying over how much i love her

[officialphantomhivehousehold]

ANNOUNCEMENT

Black Butler Volume 30 (Japanese) would release on the 27th of October, 2020! Sebastian Michaelis will be featuring as the cover for this volume!

[earlgreyandco]

seb: 👁👁👁👁👁👁👁👁👁👁👁👁 agni: 🥰

[eco-socialism]

Water is wet

[aethersea]

yay I’m glad they did a study!

here’s the article link, dated 16 March 2020

for the record the study mostly focuses on energy consumption from travel + cooking & heating in private homes. results say that “in transport the richest tenth of consumers use more than half the energy”, while in cooking and heating “the top 10% of consumers used roughly one third of the total, presumably reflecting the size of their homes.”

heavy focus also on how the standard of living in the US & European countries is such that we consume WAY more energy than anyone else, by a truly ridiculous and astronomical degree. 

[popokko-deactivated20210315]

sooo embarrassing when you’re watching a show and they try to do a 7 deadly sins metaphor or whatever else… fullmetal alchemist already did it babe

[aesterea-archived]

more on writing muslim characters from a hijabi muslim girl

- hijabis get really excited over pretty scarves - they also like to collect pins and brooches - we get asked a lot of questions and it can be annoying or it can be amusing, just depends on our mood and personality and how the question is phrased - common questions include: - “not even water?” (referring to fasting) - hijabis hear a lot of “do you sleep in that?” (we don’t) and “where is your hair?” (in a bun or a braid, usually) - “is it mooze-slim or mozzlem?” (the answer is neither, it’s muslim, with a soft s and accent on the first syllable) - “ee-slam or iz-lamb?” (it’s iss-laam, accent on the first syllable) - “hee-job?” (heh-jahb, accent on the second syllable)

- “kor-an?” (no. quran. say it like koor-annn, accent on the second syllable) - people tend to mess up our names really badly and you just get a sigh and a resigned nod or an awkward smile, maybe a nickname instead - long hair is easy to hide, short hair is harder to wrap up - hijab isn’t just covering hair, it’s also showing as little skin as possible with the exception of face, hands, and feet, and not wearing tight/sheer clothing - that applies to men too, people just don’t like to mention it ( i wonder why) - henna/mehendi isn’t just for special occasions, you’ll see people wearing it for fun - henna/mehendi isn’t just for muslims, either, it’s not a religious thing - henna/mehendi is not just for women, men also wear it, especially on their weddings - there are big mehendi parties in the couple of nights before eid where people (usually just women and kids) gather and do each other’s mehendi, usually just hands and feet - five daily prayers - most muslim kids can stutter through a couple verses of quran in the original arabic text by the age of seven or eight, it does not matter where they live or where they’re from or what language they speak natively - muslim families tend to have multiple copies of the quran - there are no “versions” of the quran, there has only ever been one. all muslims follow the exact same book - muslims have no concept of taking God’s name in vain, we call on God at every little inconvenience - don’t use islamic phrases if you don’t know what they mean or how to use them. we use them often, inside and outside of religious settings. in islam, it is encouraged to mention God often and we say these things very casually, but we take them very seriously - Allahu Akbar means “God is Greatest” (often said when something shocks or surprises us, or if we’re scared or daunted, or when something amazing happens, whether it be good or bad; it’s like saying “oh my god”) - Subhan Allah means “Glory be to God” (i say subhan Allah at the sky, at babies, at trees, whatever strikes me as pleasant, especially if it’s in nature) - Bismillah means “in the name of God” and it’s just something you say before you start something like eating or doing your homework - In Shaa Allah means “if God wills” (example: you’ll be famous, in shaa Allah) (it’s a reminder that the future is in God’s hands, so be humble and be hopeful)

- Astaghfirullah means “i seek forgiveness from Allah” and it’s like “god forgive me” - Alhamdulillah means “all thanks and praise belong to God” and it’s just a little bit more serious than saying “thank god” (example: i passed my exams, alhamdulillah; i made it home okay, alhamdulillah) - when i say we use them casually, i really mean it - teacher forgot to assign homework? Alhamdulillah - our version of “amen” is “ameen” - muslims greet each other with “assalamu alaikum” which just means “peace be on you” and it’s like saying hi - the proper response is “walaikum assalam” which means “and on you be peace” and it’s like saying “you too”

[missandaei]

As a Muslim this post is so very important and it makes me so happy that it gives the small facts and details that one might be unaware of or confused about.

[leaping-hare-witchery-deactivat]

I’ve reblogged it before but honestly this fucking post touches me so much. To see how intrinsic Allah is to followers of Islam and how ingrained He is in their daily lives is so beautiful.

Also, can we just talk about the fact that there aren’t like 100 different versions of the Quran? Because I didn’t know that and that legit AMAZES me.

[fredrickthepig]

LEARNING

[jenniferrpovey]

Reblogging this again because I am sure some of my writer followers can use it and it’s been a while ;).

[el-shab-hussein]

Muslim here! Just wanted to add a couple of things:

- If you want to write mostly irreligious young adult Muslims, it would be humorous to make them literally follow nothing about the religion except making them very averse to eating pork cuz it’s haraam. You have no idea how many Muslims I know who’ll party, get drunk, smoke weed, and engage in, ahem, certain activities, but the one thing they’ll refuse is to eat pork.

- While it’s true that we are very loose with the way we mention God at nearly every occasion, we never make fun of the Prophets, God, or generally the religion. We take the sanctity of the religion and its figures very seriously because it’s blasphemy to insult them. I’ve found it’s very different from the attitude that most Christians and christianized atheists have on their religion / the religion they were raised around (easily making fun of Jesus, the concept of God, making jokes like “snow is god’s c*m”)

- People get surprised when a non-hijabi girl tells them she’s very devout and practices often, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.

- Aunties are nosy and gossip way too much, even though that’s a sin.

- Most Muslims believe in djinn because it’s part of our religion, but this belief oftentimes seems or looks to border on superstition, and a common activity amongst Muslim kids, especially cousins, is to tell djinn stories like ghost stories.

- Also, there is no ‘Muslim food’, we are 1.8 billion people that come from different cultural backgrounds with different food and culinary culture, and we all eat things that are more or less similar, so the dietary habits of the character(s) you’re writing will depend on their cultural heritage(s) instead of their religion.

[aesterea-archived]

absolutely the best addition to this post (hi, it’s OP)! thank you!!

[youneedjesus01]

Yay! Knowledge!

[yannasunflower]

some of my fave atla post-war Azula headcanons (AKA I like to cry):

Ozai doesn’t live long after the war - he starves himself out of spite. He is cremated and his ashes are scattered across the hillside. Zuko and Iroh are the only people who attend the ceremony. 

After Ozai passes, Zuko makes a point to see Azula every day. Months pass. She doesn’t say a single word until Zuko enters with a small cake Aang baked with a single candle. After he’s finished humming the traditional birthday song, Azula looks at him and says, “i couldn’t remember when my birthday was”. Zuko cries himself to sleep that night.

Years pass before Azula is trusted to take unsupervised trips away from her jail/hospital. When she sees a fire lily for the first time in years, Ty Lee and Mai see her cry for the first time in their lives.

By the time the assassination attempts have subsided and Zuko has gained a decent amount of control over the nation, Azula joins his ministry as an advisor. she is invaluable. when she nearly dies protecting Zuko from a particularly skilled and stubborn assassin, Katara heals her and calls her “sister”. Azula cries for the second time in her life.

The first time Azula laughs at one of Sokka’s awful jokes, you can hear a pin drop before Sokka laughs so hard he cries.

Katara will not let him forget that Azula is the only person who finds his jokes funny.

Toph and Azula have arm wrestling contests almost every day. 

The gaang + Mai and Ty Lee learn quickly that Azula actually loves beach volleyball and make it a point to play it as often as they can

The first time Azula steps foot on Ember Island after the war, her and Zuko stare silently at the family house before Zuko says, “we’re home”. Azula dusts the pictures of her mother off. Zuko packs away the portraits of their father. Every year on her birthday, this is the only place Azula wants to be. 

Eventually, Zuko gives Azula full property rights to the Ember Island house as a birthday gift.

For his wedding, Azula gifts Zuko their parents’ simple gold wedding bands he thought his father had no doubt thrown away. He weeps. 

It takes a long time, too long Katara argues, but one day Azula wakes up in her prison to Iroh sitting outside her cell. This continues for weeks until she finally tells him to go away. He looks at her with tears in his eyes and says, “i have failed you, Azula.” it’s not exactly an apology, but the next day, Azula accepts the tea cup he offers her. forgiveness, she learns, feels nearly the same as grief. 

Katara and Azula enjoy doing morning stretches together.

Azula is actually, like, stupid good at art???? Sokka hates it.

Azula earns enough from her art and royal duties to buy her own small estate off the Fire Nation coast, where she spends the majority of her time.

the gaang shows up uninvited way too often and Azula will die before admitting she looks forward to their impromptu visits

Azula and Aang play a dumb amount of pai sho together. like, a stupid amount of pai sho. their games last days. 

when Zuko hears rumors of a dragon egg, he takes his sister with him. when they discover two, she takes the other and dotes on it so much, Sokka is both perplexed and amused. the rest of the gaang are just vaguely bemused. the dragons are spoiled rotten nonetheless. 

Azula lives a long life, free from her father and abuse. she is free. she is happy. she is content. she heals. Zuko and her heal together and she gets to have a family that loves her. all is well. 

[phoukanamedpookie]

Team Avatar definitely catches her smooching the egg and cooing, “Mommy loves you. Yes, Mommy loves you.”

[lordeboy]

From now on im tellin jobs I was General manager at Toys R Us. Who tf they gone call

[natural--blues]

That’s actually a wise move that many people do practice. Don’t have enough job experience, but need it to get the job? Put yourself down as having had experience in a position in a company that is no longer in business, especially if it closed years ago. They literally have no way of verifying this (do not do this for chains wherein only the store closed, but not the chain). It’s a good way to fluff up your resume, just make sure you put down a position wherein you used skills you already have.

For instance, you can say you were a Personal Assistant – typing, data entry, responding to emails, taking phone calls. 

Or you were an entry level cashier/customer service worker. Retraining is simple at that point.

Need brief training on that, so that you can say you literally were trained?

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[decaflesbian]

I’ve been using Alison and it’s really rad! super recommend it

[sophie531896273240810891]

i love astrology because i am obsessed with myself

[wormsdotinfo]

[griffinmcelroyspisskink-remade]

I think more people need to add /s and /j into their online vocabulary and this isnt a joke whatsoever

/j stands for /joke and if u put it at the end of ur sentence that means ur joking

/s stands for /sarcasm and if u put it at the end of ur sentence that means ur being sarcastic

a lotta autistic people (and other neurodivergent ppl tbh) have trouble reading tones in peoples sentences so if you add /j or /s it doesnt like… distract from the sentence but it makes it clear that youre joking/being sarcastic, so people who wouldnt have necessarily read the correct tone will now know what tone its supposed to be conveying

Anyways. Use /s and /j

[constellations-and-energy]

Hey Siri, how many times in a row can I legally reblog a post?

[legsdemandias]

If you ever see /s on a post of mine, this is what I mean

[redcabooze-moved-deactivated202]

remember when dream daddy gave us an exclusively gay dating sim with a canon trans character and multiple characters of color with a character creator that gives you the option to be trans but yall found a secret spooky joke ending that you had to literally datamine the game for and decided it was hashtag cancelled

[dunmertitty]

people are STILL talking shit in the comments

y’all just don’t like ddadds because there were bi/pan characters (mat is bi, craig is bi, joseph is pan [confirmed in the comics]), trans character(s) (damien and dadsona if you choose), plus damien, A CANON TRANS MAN, was voiced by a TRANS MAN rather than a cis woman like most games (and a few movies), characters of color (mat, hugo, craig and their families, plus pablo) and the “cult ending” (which MOST dating sims have or have something similar to! y’all never talk shit about that one dating sim where one of the characters LITERALLY COMMITS GENOCIDE but fucking go off about dream daddy where the ending isn’t even canon)

y’all talking shit about the people who made it, but aren’t even talking about the right people. game grumps funded it, they didn’t make it. i don’t know a lot about gg, but i know they fired that one racist and refuse to talk to him. plus they’re a company with many more employees than just the faces. also the devs who ACTUALLY made it are lgbtq

and to the people saying it’s boring or badly written or one-dimensional: SO IS THE MAJORITY OF STRAIGHT CONTENT! straight books and movies and tv shows and games ARE ALL SO FUCKING BORING! most of them are just copies of some shakespeare play (most likely romeo and juliet) or some other classical piece of literature. straight people are allowed to make their shitty cliche content and y’all never go and “cancel” that shit. let lgbtq people have cheesy shit too

y’all just don’t wanna like it because it was inclusive and cheesy and fun

[theocseason4]

This is extremely funny

[clitorous]

do they think being a cop will be morally okay in a few months or what

[apardonablemonomania-deactivate]