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guide to new meme:

the snake/snail memes formed separately, so they have different formats. with snake, the full phrase goes first, but with snail, the shortened phrase goes first with the full version in parentheses. basically it’s “snake people, or sneeple” vs “sneeple (snail people)”

mysterysolver

everyone reblog this so people can be informed on proper meme usage

thebreakfastgenie

they came from two completely separate origins but have similar characteristics. it’s convergent evolution of memes.

theodorepython

Separation of snake church, or snurch, and snate (snail state)

outofcontextgarf

coolerdracula

stuffed-bilby

We all need floor time sometimes

wastrelwoods

new mychart message! aw damn....doc says my reality and existence lab work was wayyy off so she's referring me to an Ontologist

devotioniii

only news that matters

des

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Idk why but as a kid I used to get hysterically upset everytime I would imagine a gif of a rotating cow because I could never stop the cow from rotating no matter how hard I tried and I would be crying and no one knew why

ooppo

chetungwan

This is probably an unnecessary addition, but OCD is missed in cases like these because it's deeply misunderstood by most people.

It's talked about like being obsessively neat or repeating pointless tasks is the main part of it, when really those are just potential symptoms.

The main thing behind OCD is not being about to turn off a thought. There's a thing where most people can just stop thinking about something. If it's over, it's not relevant, it doesn't matter anymore, people can turn their attention away. For OCD, that mechanism can get stuck. And some thought that was supposed to just temporarily pass through your head just stays there. An image of an object rotating. An anxiety about something bad happening. A wish that you made on a dandelion. These are all things that have at some point gotten stuck in my head, sometimes for years at a time.

The compulsions, the rituals, are the person trying to address the thought so it can go away. After all, if you're worried about the door not being locked you can check the lock. But for someone with OCD, that doesn't make the stuck thought go away. So they check it again. And again. And they made a ritual, maybe if I check it exactly five times, I'll know that it's locked and I can let this worry go.

It helps a little. It feels like you're doing something. But it doesn't solve the problem. Actual therapy for OCD involves not doing the compulsion. Instead, you ignore the thought, move around it, try not to give it space in your life. Your mind won't let the thought go normally, so instead you fill yourself with other thoughts. Other parts of your life.

It's not easy at first. Your mind fights you on it. But as you get practice, it gets easier. You learn tricks around your own mind, ways to look at the thought and go, hm. I guess I'll go distract myself now. It does get better. I promise

ocdheritageposts

OCD Heritage Post

reputayswift

Emmy-winning expressions here

cannibalchicken

the-irreverend

The GOAT

spedles

TENNA W YAYYAAYAYAY

He’s gonna be so annoying about this forever now 💖

buniix3

i still have hope he'll win look at that crowd

gayj0equinns

I might not be the best person to make this point on account of being white, but the way a lot of people use the term “trans men are men” reminds me of when white people say “I don’t see color”. Because yes on the surface that’s a progressive statement, and from a purely philosophical standpoint, should be a universally held opinion. The problem is that in practice, it’s often used to (whether intentionally or not) shut down conversations about the unique struggles PoC face in society. It’s great if you don’t see color, but society at large does, so it’s counterproductive to go around pretending that race doesn’t have a role in shaping people’s lives. Should it matter if someone’s black? No, but right now it does, and responding to that conversation with “we’re all just people. Your race doesn’t even matter” is extremely unhelpful.

Similarly, the general sentiment of “trans men are men” is a positive, gender affirming one, but again, it often ignores the reality that society at large doesn’t see it that way. Saying “I see trans men as no different than cis men” doesn’t help anyone when trans men aren’t being treated the same as cis men. The fact of the matter is that our lives are impacted by the reality of being trans, and we have certain needs and experiences that cis men don’t. We need to be able to have an open and honest conversation about that instead of just handwaving it away.

And before anyone tries to misrepresent what I’m saying let me be clear. Trans men are indeed men. We’re just men who happen not to be cis. That doesn’t mean we aren’t truly men, it just means that men can have experiences that deviate from what’s expected by cisnormative society, and that we’re not any less of a man because of it.

creekfiend

gender essentialism is soooo funny bc it's like "this is what women are like" and you're like "I've met women and many of them, if not the majority, have not been like that" and it's like "well women SHOULD be like that" and you're like "why should women be like that" and its like "because that's what women are like"