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todays beanie is: jokester the bear!
todays beanie is: happy hanukkah the bear!
Drawlloween 24: Carton
Milk's Haunted // Don't Cry over Spilled Ghosts
Image description: Two cartoonish black and white drawings of haunted milk cartons.
In the first drawing, the carton sits upright next to a glass. Both are transparent and partially filled with liquid. This liquid is comprised of simply drawn, blobby white ghosts, each with two black dots for eyes. A few ghosts float up and out of the liquid. The carton and milk are outlined in black pen, lightly shaded with gray watercolor, and sit on a black shadow.
The second image shows the same milk carton but this time on its side, against a black square with rounded edges. Ghosts drawn in the same simplistic style spill out of the carton and into a white puddle around it. A few float up into the air to the right. /end ID
i was looking for special cat feeders because ours are gluttons who gorge themselves and i found this one...device:
this sounded fun so i checked the comments and...
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come to the dark side we have dry food scattered in strategically designed green colored plastic tubes
i hope everyone with acne, eczema, vitiligo, psoriasis, dermatitis, dermatillomania, and skin conditions have a good day today
An electric toothbrush and an escalator are two things that can stop working and still accomplish their original goal.
Ah, wonderful! This post can help me illustrate something I’ve been trying to articulate for awhile: the concept of benign or unintentional abelism.
Escalators and electric toothbrushes are perfect examples of things that many able-bodied people assume exist for their own convenience, and this post is a perfect example of that unconscious assumption.
An escalator that has broken down is still perfectly functional, right?
Well, sure–if you could have used the stairs to begin with.
But for people like me, for whom the escalator was not a convenience but a mobility device, a broken down escalator is not functional.
An electric toothbrush might seem like something that could be just as easily used turned off as turned on, but for someone with Parkinson’s, or any other number of nerve, coordination, or grip issues, the function of the electric toothbrush is a necessary feature, and without it, the task at hand becomes far more arduous (or even impossible).
I’m not angry or trying to point out why this post is “bad” or “wrong”–I’m simply trying to point out that people who assume every time or energy-saving invention was created as a means to help able-bodied people be lazier should consider re-examining those assumptions. It might help you become more compassionate toward your disabled friends and family, or at least more aware of the struggles we face daily.
I’ve had plenty of folks ask for examples of abelism and I am terrible at coming up with them on the spot, so here you go. This is a great one: assuming every modern convenience is only a convenience for everyone, when for some, it is, in fact, a necessity.
^ When I heard that this is why all those infomercials show “impossibly clumsy able-bodied people” - that these random convenience devices are really made more for people with troubles like randomslasher describes, and it’s just able-bodied actors trying to act those mobility issues out - I kinda had to stop making fun of those clips.
And the reason they use able-bodied actors instead of showing real people with disabilities use the product is because if they did that, able-bodied people would see it and be like “oh what a neat product for people with x disability” and not buy it because they assume it’s not for them. And even though that’s true, the companies need able bodied people to buy it so they can make enough revenue to stay in business and continue to produce the product for people with disabilities.
^^ also the more able bodied people that buy or have a product intentionally designed for someone with disability is that it helps destigmatize it. Which is super important.
Remember Snuggies? The blanket with sleeves? It was designed for wheelchair users/people with mobility issues so they could be warm and still use their arms without being trapped under a blanket. They were SO popular for a while, and everyone had one… which meant that if someone who was able bodied came over to your house and saw you had one too, it was less of a chance of being made fun of for it, and more like an opportunity for a conversation on about how they want one too.
The slap chopper is also another great example. I know so many people who are able bodied that had/currently have one and sure it makes things quicker and easier for them, but someone with motor control issues or bad arthritis can use it. It won’t be an awkward “why do you have this thing” conversation. It is a “woah, I have one too!” or “I love mine, so glad you love yours too” sort of thing
By selling/marketing them to able-bodied people, this makes it better for those of us who are disabled. It can destigmatize, which in turn normalizes it, which helps us become less Other and more Accepted.
Snuggies are also perfect for those of us who use sign language(s)!
[image description: a printed out flyer with the picture of a sleeping grey tabby cat on it. It has text on it that reads:
Muffin disclaimer
So you’ve ordered a muffin! We hope you’re up for a challenge.
Our wobbly tabby cat Bea REALLY likes muffins so there are a few things to be aware of if you have a muffin in the cat area.
- She WILL climb you to try and get your muffin - She is not very good at climbing so she will claw her way up your body - It WILL hurt - She WILL NOT give up - She may try to eat the muffin right out of your mouth - She is not allowed to eat muffins
You may pick her up / move her away if needed and if you’re really struggling, come and talk to us and we will help. No matter how much she wants to, it is still very important that you don’t let her eat any muffin as it will make her sick.
Good luck and we hope you enjoy your muffin experience!
She may look sweet and innocent but we promise you she’s not
/end image description]
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Drawlloween 19: Cool
Image description: A black and white watercolor painting of a cliff overlooking a snowy landscape. The cliff is steep and painted with uneven vertical stripes, and fills most of the right side of the painting. Below the cliff runs a river, bordered by a snowy riverbank. A small house sits slightly back from the edge of the river, beside a pine forest that continues up into fog-covered mountains. The mountains and trees are also reflected in the river below. Above the mountains and cliff is a nearly white, foggy sky, speckled with several v-shaped birds. The tiny silhouette of a person walks along the top of the cliff. /end ID
Drawlloween 20: Egg
Image description: A black and white watercolor painting of an egg in space. In the center of the painting is a cracked-open eggshell, with planetlike rings extending partway around each half of the shell. Between the two halves sits the yolk of an egg. The whites pool around the yolk and shell, and drip down to the bottom of the page. The background is mainly black, speckled with tiny white stars. /end ID
Mary and Kitty Bennet alone at home after their sisters get married.
“Why aren’t we allowed on the wall?”
“BECAUSE WE’RE NOT BETROTHED TO MEN!”
the delivery on these lines, the music in the background..... I had to watch this several times
obsessed with torchics hgss pokedex entry
this lives in my head rent free
Hug it!
That's the lasting cultural legacy of Sherlock, it's everyone going fuck you Sherlock I'm not drunk the charging cable hole on my cellphone is just VERY SMALL
I DIDN’T LEARN ABOUT THIS IN DRIVING SCHOOL
Do yourself a favor. Sound up. Enjoy.
the neurodivergent experience is thinking you’re sharing fun, interesting or helpful information in a normal human conversational fashion while they think you’re an asshole lecturing them or looking down at them like they’re stupid and also that no matter how many times you have this experience you always think you’re doing it the right way this time
are you immune to poison ivy?
I’ve posted about this before, but now that I have my second-ever poison ivy rash in my 27 years on this earth, it’s come up again.
You see, I grew up in the woods, usually in shorts or a dress as a kid. I rolled around in the stuff, I could rarely be forced into socks and shoes, and while all my peers suffered the consequences of throwing caution to the wind in poison ivy patches, I never paid that price.
So I fairly assumed the same thing many people do, that I was among the lucky ones immune to Poison ivy.
The problem is: That’s Not A Real Thing.
To understand why, let’s just go over what immunity means like we’re reading a 5th grade text book. Immunity is defined as, “ the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.”
When your body is exposed to an antigen, or, “ a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body,” your immune system will (hopefully) create antibodies which recognize and fight that antigen in the future should you be exposed again. That’s the basic concept behind vaccines.
Something harmful enters your body, and your immune system creates specialized soldiers to recognize it and fight it off better next time. Creating antibodies as an immune response to antigens that will harm your body means your immune system is functioning the way it should.
However, when your immune system overreacts to a foreign substance that WOULDN’T harm your body, that’s not an efficient way to run things. And that’s exactly what happens with Poison Ivy.
The plant (leaves, vines, and all) contain an oily substance called “urushiol.” Urushiol itself is technically harmless. It won’t hurt us. But when urushiol comes in contact with our skin, our immune systems sometimes identify it as a threat and attack it with VIGOR.
The reaction this causes is called “allergic contact dermatitis,” and we can get this same reaction from things like shampoos, laundry detergents, grass, and anything else that our body freaks out about on our skin for technically no good reason.
The reason this matters is to understand that an immune response to poison ivy is not the same as an immune response to a pathogen. Your immune system isn’t building any defense against Poison Ivy. The immune response is actually the thing making Poison Ivy a problem in the first place.
And the more often you’re exposed, the more you put that Urushiol into your immune system’s memory. Meaning, if you haven’t reacted to Poison Ivy before, when you finally do, the reaction (rash and itchiness) can be more dramatic than it is for people who react more frequently.
When I was 22 and had my first-ever reaction, my doctor said it was the worst he’d ever seen, and he explained it to me as my body “finally getting the memo.”
Basically, I’d exposed my immune system to Urushiol so many times for so many years that when my immune system finally responded, it was like, “THIS guy again? Alright. It’s time to REALLY teach him a lesson. Get out the Big Guns.”
So if you’ve never reacted to Poison Ivy before when you know you’ve been exposed, don’t take that to mean you’re immune. Take that to mean you’re trying your immune system’s patience, and it may only put up with you for so long.
Allergic reactions change over time, and at any given moment, a person can develop an allergic response to literally anything. I wasn’t allergic to penicillin until last year. It just happens. Mild childhood food allergies can worsen with age and become genuine threats.
Some people will go their entire lives without ever reacting to poison ivy. This is luck, not immunity. It is not possible to build immunity to something that is caused by an overactive immune response. You can’t put out a fire by setting it on fire. Plain as that.
SO. WHO CARES?
At the end of the day, when it comes to your body, skin, and safety, it’s up to you what you do with this information. If you want to try your luck and continue to laugh in the face of that poison ivy vine between you and your favorite swimming hole (okay I’m speaking from experience right now), that’s your business. You may eventually have a reaction, or you may not. I’m suffering from my second-ever rash as I type this, but I’ve been exposed plenty of times between it and my first rash four years ago. I guess you could say that in the day-to-day exposure I get in my profession and hobbies, I like my odds.
BUT. Some pervasive myths about Poison Ivy immunity can put other people in danger, which is why this is all important information.
1. It’s popular practice where I grew up to feed a toddler a bit of poison ivy with the belief that they’ll develop an immunity.
Now you know that’s not possible. At best, you’re setting the child up for a stronger reaction in the future, and at worst, you give the child a rash on their lips, in their mouth, throat, and even their anus when the plant leaves their body. This can result in breathing issues and serious infections, because it’s hard to keep babies from scratching the rashes which can create open, dirty wounds.
2. I once had an argument that resulted in a manager being fired when he tried to send only the black members of our landscaping staff to clear out a Poison Ivy patch, because he believed black people are naturally immune.
Obviously, that’s a larger problem of race othering and dehumanization, but armed with the understanding of why Poison Ivy immunity is a myth in general, you’re more equipped to combat this dangerous belief if you ever run into it in order to protect yourself if you’re not white, and to protect other people if you are.
So now you know! Go forth. Protect others. Do what you will with yourself, but I recommend caution.
Read more about this here, and here, and here.