THESCREECHINGJELLYFISH

Let’s Live Today

[screechingjellyfishnight]

I watched “Under The Boardwalk”

Don’t promote this movie. Don’t show anyone this movie. It’s a good movie but it WILL lead to the death of millions of hermit crabs. They show land hermit crabs living on the Jersey Shore. They don’t live there. They aren’t native there. You can’t release them there (it’s literally illegal) if you see a purple pincher crawling around in a painted shell, pick that bitch up and get a travel tank and call the LHCOS. They will take it for free and care for it PROPERLY. Unless you’re willing to spend upwards of $500 and 30+ years of care, do not get a hermit crab. Otherwise you WILL kill it. You WILL be an animal abuser and possible animal murderer. They are NOT disposable.

Let me say it again

THEY ARE NOT DISPOABLE

They are not throw away pets. They are not cheap pets. They have the same care requirements as some harder to care for reptiles, with the added difficulty of learning how to properly set up and manage their substrate! They need 75-80° F. They need 80% humidity. They need 6-10 inches of 1:5 eco earth to playsand substrate at sand castle consistency so they can molt. They need both salt and fresh water pools they can fully submerge in! They need leaf litter, greensand, wormcastings, and supplemental calcium.

They need 50% protein, 30% veg/fruit (fresh is best but dried is fine. Citrus COULD be deadly to them, but it’s widely argued. I’d say better safe than sorry) and 20% carbs (rice/oats/corn/popcorn) not to mention oil! (I use olive, some people use coconut and some use sesame. They cannot have canola)

They cannot have iodine or iodized salt. They need marine salt for their water.

They can’t have exposed metal as rust is toxic to them. They can’t have painted shells, painted shells and paint in general is toxic for them. ANY paint. Period. It does not matter what the person in the shop told you. They are lying. They purposely give you information that will kill your crabs so you have to buy more. Don’t feed your crabs the crab food they give you, it’s literal poison. They need 10 gallons per crab in a sealed aquarium. You should get a minimum of 2 crabs. They need 3-5 shells (Turbo, petholatus, jade turbo, snakeskin turbo, lace turbo, Mexican turbo. Any turbo) per crab in the same size and in other sizes. They need a lot of care and work. They are not the easy and cheap pets they are sold as.

[screechingjellyfishnight]

My tank now is much more foliage covered than this!!! That picture was taken as I was setting it up to show proper depth of sand!

You can see how much foliage I’ve added to the tank!

Also Hephaestus on the wheel lol

[screechingjellyfishnight]

I have officially joined the rollator club.

My rollator is blue and changes into a transport chair. How cool is that???

[screechingjellyfishnight]

Update: I went on two walks(!!) with my rollator/transport chair, and one of them was without my sister the other was with. Without her I was able to just take breaks as needed, with her I was able to be pushed.

It’s fucking AWESOME. The damn thing moves so much smoother than my other walker, holy macaroni no vibrations! Riding on it isn’t bad either. And I can sit outside in the shade for as long as I want!! Fucking WICKED. Fucking SICK. I’m so happy WOOT WOOT!

[screechingjellyfishnight]

I have officially joined the rollator club.

My rollator is blue and changes into a transport chair. How cool is that???

[nonbinary-wyvern]

some of y'all abled "allies" take back your support as soon as the person is "gross".

you still need to support disabled people if they use a catheter, diapers, IVs, food bags, and waste bags.

you still need to support disabled people if they cant shower, brush their teeth, put on deodorant, or shave regularly.

you still need to support disabled people if they bedrot, eat messily, and breathe noisily.

i am so tired of y'all treating disabled folks like trash.

This Post Is About Physical Disability. Do Not Derail.

[writing2changetheworld]

SeaWorld has banned rollators (basically a wheeled walker with a seat). They say rollators have to be stored at the entrance.

They claim it's for safety.

They're offering walkers without seats and wheelchairs as a replacement.

They are currently being sued by the Department of Justice.

If you don't understand why this ban is a problem (with or without the offer of wheelchairs and seatless walkers), let me explain what I've thought of (and other people might have more points):

Some people choose to use a rollator instead of a wheelchair or whatever for a multitude of reasons. Whatever the reason(s), someone could be walking with the rollator and need to sit down when there are no other seats around.

[screechingjellyfishnight]

This is why I got a rollator/transport chair combo. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Myalgic Encephalopathy) and I need to be able to take breaks while out and about. There often are not seats now and days. This eliminates these issues I have. If I’m too slow? Yoink out the footrests and yeet me onto that bitch, I’m going for a push.

[screechingjellyfishnight]

I have officially joined the rollator club.

My rollator is blue and changes into a transport chair. How cool is that???

[eternallysluggish]

Reminder that seeing a disabled person participate in a task once does NOT mean it is easy and straightforward for them and that making assumptions (and loudly voicing said assumptions) based on that is incredible unhelpful

You don't see the preparations made in advance to be able to tolerate the event.

You don't see the discomfort or pain they're experiencing during the event.

You don't see the rest after the event.

You don't see the crash or flare up that the event may cause.

You haven't considered that their disability could be dynamic. Sure, they may have managed an event however if their condition is dynamic there aren't any garentees they can handle it multiple times, equally there are no garentees they'll be able to handle it in the future.

[screechingjellyfishnight]

I’m writing this mostly because I’m still in shock about this.

My OG diagnoses from my rheumatologist were Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.

I asked for my records from them. I have AS, Fibro, Sero Negative Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Great news, it qualified me for DARS. Meaning I can get employment that isn’t going to kill me physically or emotionally.

Btw what it’s actually called is Multi Autoimmune Syndrome, but it has to be diagnosed like this so insurance will pay for my meds and biologic.

I have inflammation everywhere, in all of my joints. It mimics all three of those autoimmune diseases, and makes my life kind of hellish.

[apocryphics]

oh ok

[gorps]

[screechingjellyfishnight]

He makes a good point.

[screechingjellyfishnight]

Every time I think about giving up, I end up remembering the second quote. “Keep going, why would you stop in hell?” Because yeah. Why would you?

Chronic illnesses take a lot from people, and mine have taken a lot from me, I walk with a walker at 25, and I crash into comatose states when I push myself too hard. So, while stopping isn’t an option for me, rest is necessary for me to function.

I have to remind myself, it’s okay if I can’t do anything, if I make a million mistakes, if I keep trying to be better, keep trying to move towards my goals, I will be there before I know it.

I’m getting married on July 10th. It’s been a lot to think about leading up, not just like. Normal wedding stuff, but how our lives will look together in ten, twenty years.

I am not going to get better. There is no Magic medicine or surgery to fix the damage done to my joints by my autoimmune diseases. I may continue to get worse. And he knows this and still wants to be with me anyway.

I made sure he was aware of how my diseases work, how they affect each other, and how I will degrade.

Other than that I am literally so excited to marry him, though. We have known each other since we were 15, and we started dating in our 20’s, so we both have a solid foundational friendship, and I’m very lucky.

He is my Sunshine and my Starlight. He makes me feel so loved and I hope I make him feel just as adored as he makes me feel. Because I love him so much. Everything about him, how he speaks, how he sleeps, how he’s basically a living space heater. I love how he texts, because he’s dyslexic so he uses voice to text, and I can hear his voice in my head when I read them.

I love how our learning disabilities compliment each other. I can’t do math (dyscalculia), but he’s great at it and he can’t read well, but I excel at it.

We actually met in special ed world history! We helped each other in school. Like I’d read tests to him, he’d help me with my math homework.

I love how intelligent he is, how sweet and respectful he is. I love how he cares about everyone, no matter what. I love that I can tell him what’s wrong without fear. I love how funny he is, no one makes me laugh like him.

I love how our hands fit together, how he plays with my engagement ring when he’s holding my hand.

That man has me wrapped around his finger like I’m a string.

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

And if I said Megamind is one of the few movies that understands Superman.

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

And if I said Megamind through its three subversions of Superman shows a deeper understanding that the point of Superman is that he was loved and taught to love by good, present parents, and because of that he is able to return that love to a world even if it doesn't always accept it, and he is not corrupted by his power, than many other films either subverting or playing the superman story straight.

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Megamind has three Superman subversions. One is obviously Megamind himself. He was not raised loved by the world, but rather was loved by those hated by the world. Because he was still raised with love, he does care about other people, hence his character development. But because he didn't receive wider love growing up, his own is misplaced at first.

Metro Man was not loved growing up in a way that mattered. His adopted father was clearly very absent, and while we don't know much about his family, their relationship seems superficial. Because of this, his sense of duty to the world is also superficial, hence his boredom.

Hal wasn't raised with power. He gained it and was shown how to use it by a 'space dad' who only taught him power and not love. Hence, he sees it only as a grasping means to an end.

All three of these subversions, in their negative space, create the silhouette of the superhero that they are parodying. That silhouette is of a space child that came to earth and was cared for very deeply by the world, and taught love through his experience of love, and because of that holds fast to his duty to the world. Which is Superman.

[anidala-for-ever]

I want this person and this person only writing and directing Superman movies for the rest of my life

[golongbyjoannanewsom]

obsessed w this person in the replies

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i appear to have made mortal nemeses with a pigeon

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

tumblr stop rooting for the pigeon

[screechingjellyfishnight]

No

[thesweetiepienovels]

Some is better than none. Some is better than none. Some is better than none. Walking for three minutes, is better than nothing. Drinking a glass of water and eating a snack, is better than nothing. Wiping down the counter, is better than nothing. Small things are not nothing. Small things are not nothing. Small things are not nothing. You don’t have to achieve grand things if all you’re capable of right now is the smaller things. They are still achievements. Don’t do nothing just because you don’t think you’re capable of doing bigger things, just do something you’re capable of today. 

[dailycatsblog]

[catchymemes]

me be like

[beardedmrbean]

this sounds like a party to me

[grand-theft-carbohydrates]

[byjove]

It would be kind of fun to have a medical dramamedy show where people (patients and people in the medical field) could submit their craziest experiences with the medical system and those plotlines and patient stories could be dramatized and woven into a cohesive narrative with any additional profits from the show going to pay off medical debt.

[byjove]

Plotline A: Patient is suffering from a near fatal case of hypothermia after passing out in the snow drunk and laying there all night until his 13 year old nephew discovered him in the morning, said 13 year old managed to transport his druncle to the hospital on a snowmobile but the rest of the family cannot make it there due to road conditions.

Plotline B: A live rat fell through the ceiling halfway through an emergency appendectomy, causing the surgeon to startle and rupture the patient’s appendix. Infectious disease is very interested in the situation due to the risk of zoonotic infection. The hospital’s legal department is also very interested in the situation.

[screechingjellyfishnight]

I know there’s no way you could know this, but most serious medical dramas DO take real cases and tweak them for their shows. Like how every medical drama has had a character with a specific rare disease or disorder, and it’s based on real cases. The people it’s based on do not get compensated for their stories being used.

A good example is every time someone is diagnosed with a highly specific condition, with specific environmental factors contributing to it, that’s usually based on something that really happened to someone.

[valtsv]

my that one friend that's too woke opinion is that in a similar vein to how you almost never see fat people or women without makeup on tv you never really see anyone experiencing incontinence issues unless it's a humiliating comedic moment at their expense and that's kind of scary

[valtsv]

like sorry to be the bearer of bad news but people piss themselves. when they're afraid. when they've experienced mental and/or physical trauma and their body needs a way to express that stress. when they've been sexually assaulted. when they get older and their muscles start to wear out from a lifetime of service. a not insignificant majority of people Will experience incontinence in their lifetimes and while there are steps you can take to manage it for your own comfort and others', there's simply no moral dimension to it whatsoever. & like i'm not saying every show and movie needs checkhov's bed wetting scene but we have seriously got to get more okay with acknowledging that somehow.

[valtsv]

[screechingjellyfishnight]

I appreciate this post. I wear diapers and I’m 25. I’ve had to wear them for a few years now due to my disabilities. I can’t hold my urine for long, and I cough a lot, which causes me to pee a bit.

There are thousands if not millions of people in a similar situation to me.