Shallots & Oranges (run by syn)

system, they/them collectively || will answer almost any question || do not send us syscourse or shipcourse, we will ignore it || this is a safe space for all systems || Jewish and learning ancestral languages || [ID: a person with pale, white-pink skin, an androgynous appearance, turquoise scales on their face, and green hair wearing what seems to be an old-fashioned military coat]

[shallots-and-oranges]

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I think I'm supposed to create one of these.

We are a polyfragmented DID system, with a shit ton of trauma :) We fit many medical stereotypes around DID, and see our DID & systemhood through a medical lens for the most part. If you think our mere existence is harmful because it "reinforces stereotypes," please leave.

Xe/vo pronouns collectively. We are also somewhat new to Tumblr. Body is 18. We are Jewish (quite observant, so if you have a problem with spiritual practices you might not understand that don't harm others, please leave) We are learning our ancestral languages (Ladino/Judezmo & a specific variety of Judeo-Arabic). Physically disabled (chronic illness) with a nice collection of mental disorders to go with it. Activist, mostly for queer & Jewish people. Also for disabled people. I am the activist who spends a ton of time talking to non-leftists. I am very realistic about activism, and will actively talk about the reality of doing activism in any real-life space adjacent to any authority. if this is a problem for you, please leave. We do not have a DNI, but we will block people who are assholes to us. Do not ask about our trauma. /srs Feel free to ask other questions though! Syscourse & Shipcourse will always be ignored. Syn is the alter who runs this blog, though many of us chip in from time to time. This blog is a mix of (mostly) reblogs and the occasional really long post we write.

Always looking for more friends.

[pluralasking]

#Twenty-Eight

[pt: #twenty-eight]

What does your headspace look like (if you have one)? Does it change or is it a solid place? Is it small or gigantic? Is it based on specific places (such as from games or shows)? Share some fun facts about it!

[shallots-and-oranges]

It started as Void, and has expanded from there. Every time a new headmate splits, something usually gets added. We don't live in the headspace (per se), moreso get to enjoy hanging out there whenever we feel like it. My favorite spot is the lavascape area.

[softiesuggestion]

reblog if you want more interaction w your lovely followers

[ekptwtosaggelos-deactivated2023]

Yes

[enraged-chihuahua]

when i say flood my inbox, i mean flood it. go wild y’all.

[sstar-struck]

yes please sweet mutuals

[shallots-and-oranges]

all interaction is welcome!

[shallots-and-oranges]

i genuinely think that gotye just turned off one time and hasn't been turned back on and that's why he doesn't have any new music and you cannnot convince me otherwise

[shallots-and-oranges]

I'm sorry, but who in the fuck posted this, I do not remember writing this, I do not remember thinking this??? Also Gotye *does* have new music, it's just produced under a different name. I'm so confused.

[shallots-and-oranges]

i genuinely think that gotye just turned off one time and hasn't been turned back on and that's why he doesn't have any new music and you cannnot convince me otherwise

[captainjonnitkessler]

I think I can trace my intense hatred for the whole "regulations are just corporate bullshit, building codes are just The Man's way of keeping you down, we should return to pre-industrial barter and trade systems" nonsense back to when I first started doing electrical work at one of the largest hospitals in the country.

I have had to learn so much about all the special conditions in the National Electric Code for healthcare systems. All the systems that keep hospitals running, all the redundancies and backups that make sure one disaster or outage won't take out the hospital's life support, all the rules about different spaces within the hospital and the different standards that apply to each of them. And a lot of it is ridiculously over-engineered and overly redundant, but all of it is in the service of saving even one life from being lost to some wacky series of coincidences that could have been prevented with that redundancy.

I've done significantly less work in food production plants and the like, but I know they have similar standards to make sure the plants aren't going to explode or to make sure a careless maintenance tech isn't accidentally dropping screws into jars of baby food or whatever. And research labs have them to make sure some idiot doesn't leave a wrench inside a transformer and wreck a multi-million dollar machine when they try to switch it on.

Living in the self-sufficient commune is all fun and games until someone needs a kidney transplant and suddenly wants a clean, reliable hospital with doctors that are subject to some kind of overseeing body, is my point.

[sol1056]

from what I know of just the general history of building codes and osha rules, I would not be the least surprised if every single one of those healthcare codes exist not just to prevent someone from dying, but because pre-code, someone did.

[mellifluousbenthictones]

osha rules, building codes, food production rules are all written in blood

[shallots-and-oranges]

I've helped write regulations for things before (luckily nothing life-or-death) and I promise you that 95% of all regulations in literally any context come about because before the regulation, someone fucked shit up to the point where new rules were Needed. (Also the same logic applies to crypto Bros re: financial regulation).

Poorly written regulations cause problems, and regulations constantly need to be assessed to make sure they're not simply protecting the powerful at the expense of everyone else. But rules are necessary for literally any space where there might be people with bad, or even just apathetic/negligent intentions.

Lots of small activism spaces operate on consensus, which is awesome, but that doesn't work once you're organizing 1000 people and need to worry about those who are either incompetent or have potentially harmful motives.

[crippled-peeper]

sometimes your disability actually does stop you from achieving the things you want to do

[lions-den-collective]

plurality problem #36: losing track of time easily, so we refer to any recent past time as "the other day"

only to get told "you mean yesterday???"

[thew1tness]

thankful for our adhd diagnosis so we can blame it on that :')

[shallots-and-oranges]

we are Always blaming our DID symptoms on ADHD whenever we can't mask.

[antigerrymanderingspiderman]

there is trauma surrounding being diagnosed at a young age.

there is trauma surrounding being late diagnosed.

there is no way of knowing which would’ve been better for you because you can only experience one.

being disabled or mentally ill in a society that is not made to support you is inherently traumatic

[enchantingducktheorist]

Who else has a system account when most people in their life doesn't know you're a system 🙋‍♂️

[meet-you-at-the-cemetery-gates]

Your daily reminder to not put "You SHOULD be reblogging this" in your posts because you're going to trigger somebody's OCD. Especially when it comes to topics such as social justice or politics. Yes, your message is important but guilting people into reblogging it is not just reblog bait, but it can harm somebody mentally.

[wheelie-sick]

some people on disability Tumblr desperately need to learn that EDS is not just having bendy joints and that, like, people die from it?

like.... people dislocate vertebrae and die

people have aortic dissections and die

people have organs rupture and die

people go into anaphylaxis and die

and that even when people don't die from it they're still often, like, severely disabled by it?

like.... people are tube feeding and TPN dependent because of it

people have spinal cord injuries from subluxed vertebrae because of it

people have fused spines because of it

people are full time wheelchair users because of it

people live in hospitals because of it

sure plenty of people are mildly disabled because of EDS but that is not the case for so many people with EDS

people with severe complications from EDS are welcome to add on

[zebulontheplanet]

It’s ok to be upset. It’s ok to yell into the wind. It’s ok to scream. It’s ok to hit. It’s ok to shout. It’s ok.

[shallots-and-oranges]

Anger is not a problem. Hurting people is. Anger is a natural emotion that everyone feels. Anger should not be demonized.

[randomitemdrop]

Item: unlabeled plastic jug of thick bright-green liquid sitting on the floor in an office where that seems out of place

[randomitemdrop]

Table of some possibilities (one of them is the likely truth but I’m not telling which), roll for which one you get (also check the comments for more ideas)

Mtn Dew syrup

Really old Surge

Nickelodeon slime

Ectoplasm

Katydid smoothie for insectivores

Antifreeze

Dish soap

Lizard squeezings

NyQuil (green kind)

Cloying mint liqueur

Herbert West: Re-Animator’s Re-Agent

Ninja Turtle ooze

A melted pitcher of margaritas

Hand sanitizer gel

Knockoff Jäegermeister

Sour apple snow cone syrup

Broccoli and kale snow cone syrup

Mucus

That cheap corn-syrup drink they sell really cheap at grocery stores, probably called something like “Green Drink” with a picture of a lime on the label and a tiny caption that says “contains no lime”

Oh right this is a D&D blog, it’s literally just a Green Slime taking a nap

[shallots-and-oranges]

This is now an item in one of the D&D campaigns I run.

[positivelyqueer]

Friendly reminder to charge any assistive or medical tech that needs charging! Like feed pumps, oximeters, electronic AAC devices, phones and laptops, hearing aids, powered chairs if it’s been a while.

[shallots-and-oranges]

Thank you for the reminder! I will go charge my assistive technology that I forgot to charge.

[becomedog]

people with medical issues are not “putting a strain on the medical system”. that’s what the medical system is for. yes this includes people with substance use related medical issues and other people considered “undeserving” of help

[theconcealedweapon]

Pharmaceutical CEOs and other medical profiteers are “putting a strain on the medical system”.

Insurance companies refusing to pay are “putting a strain on the medical system”.

People who make life so traumatic that people feel the need to cope by using drugs are “putting a strain on the medical system”.

Police brutality is “putting a strain on the medical system”.

Landlords who contribute to homelessness by hoarding houses and raising rents are “putting a strain on the medical system”.

Overworking people so they’re more likely to get injured on the job or crash their cars because they’re in a rush to get to work or too exhausted from work to be able to drive safely is “putting a strain on the medical system”.

Corporations who pollute for profit are “putting a strain on the medical system”.

[feuervogel]

Shitty working conditions and low wages for nurses are “putting a strain on the medical system.”

The utter brutality of medical education (and the cost of it) is “putting a strain on the medical system.”

The drive for profit that understaffs hospitals is “putting a strain on the medical system.”

The problem isn’t sick people; it’s fucking capitalism.

[inthetags]

reblog and put in the tags the most strange compliment you have ever received