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biteorflight

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feminist-space

irrationalityi

re: last reblog. people really treat thirteen's choice not to be tested as crazy because house does. but it really isn't. the genetic test for huntington's has been available since the 90s, and researchers have done surveys on this: about 90 percent of people at risk choose not to do pre-symptomatic testing. and they cite exactly the same reasons she does:

the two primary reasons why participants did not want to know their risk were because they felt no effective cure or treatment exists and their inability to undo the knowledge they learned from the test.

house treats it as crazy because he's house--and it is an interesting character choice because she's literally a doctor who's applying for a diagnostics fellowship. but like, it's a perfectly rational position. human beings are probably not psychologically equipped to live with the knowledge that they'll die a horrific death sometime in the future (exact date uncertain). i see a lot of people in the fandom claim they would chose to know but just statistically, they would probably feel differently if they were actually in that position.

irrationalityi

#and it does affect thirteen. a lot. she was scared before and she was scared after#but so much changed#and for the record i don't think that if you see that change as positive#that means that she 'should' have done it herself#anyway i've always been puzzled by her decision#not in a 'why doesn't she want to know? smh' way#but in a 'i have no idea what i would want or why' way#thirteen#♥️ love her#house posting

yeah, it's really interesting to consider whether getting tested was "worth it" for thirteen. on one hand, she definitely seems better off in season eight than in season four, partly because she came to terms with her diagnosis more. and i personally don't blame house for her ultimately getting tested; that was her decision and imo the text allows the reading that it was more influenced by amber than by house.

but equally, thirteen is doing pretty well in season four. even aside from being a doctor who is quite handily beating out the rest for this competitive fellowship, she is remarkably cool in a very stressful situation--so much so that her peers think she doesn't even care. i always get a little shock seeing season four thirteen because there is such a lightness (almost whimsy?) to her. sure, we learn from the mirror mirror guy that she's afraid all the time, but does it negatively impact her functioning? not really, from what is shown. i guess you could extrapolate from her behavior in the survivor arc that she's maladaptively withholding in her personal life, but if anything, that's exacerbated by her diagnosis.

and she was showing symptoms by season six so she would've known pretty soon anyway. so, in a way, all she accomplished by getting tested is spending a year of her life crashing out and getting the placebo in a clinical trial--neither of which was really productive or helpful. sure, she probably would've crashed out when she started showing symptoms anyway, but why crash out until you have to?

so i could see the argument either way. but i do think that based on her reaction after she did get tested that she would not have been well-served by getting tested at 18.

#hatecrimes md

supermariomamafucker

they need to come up with more words like necrosis and miasma and mausoleum and cadaver and morose and decrepit and stuff like that just so metal bands can expand their vocabulary

cryptotheism

I always wanted to be the guard that tells only lies

cryptotheism

I mean I've actually never wanted to be that.

cryptotheism

Stupid stupid stupid. C'mon. At this rate I'll never be a lie guard.

brothermouse-skeleton

As a professional guard who always lies, don't worry about it, you're doing great.

futchlings

"incurious" still GOAT insult. You could be better but you're not. You could learn but you won't, and for no good reason, just a base dispositional apathy. Get fucked

calamitys-child

People: I know that you want tattoos but you shouldn’t get them as soon as you’re eighteen!! You need to be sure that you’ll still want them when you’re grown up!!!! You might like a tattoo now but you can’t be sure you’ll still like it in your forties or fifties!!!!!!!!

Me, a person who has trouble visualising the future and literally cannot imagine themself living past about 25: okay…

swordshapedleaves

Hey op did you ever get the tattoo? Do you still like it?

calamitys-child

Fuck this is a wild one to see again, especially as someone now about 3 weeks away from officially making it past 25:

- I remember 2016 as being the worst year of my fucking life, in ways it’s gonna be hard to beat and the universe better not fuckin try

- since 2016, I’ve gotten a degree in a field that I love, been in a toxic relationship, had a toxic relationship end, been in a kind but ultimately not what we wanted relationship, had that end too, been single for a while, learned I’m trans, started hrt, gotten in a different lovely proudly queer relationship which I’m very happy in, made friends, lost friends, mourned friends, made new friends, gotten a job I liked, made manager, quit, got another job that lets me do a bit of good in the world, gotten top surgery, travelled, swam shirtless in the warm sea, written half a dozen zines and a poetry chapbook, performed poetry, accepted I’m probably never gonna make a career out of poetry alone, gone on and off and on again various mental health treatments and hopeful that this one will stick for as long as it needs to, walked probably a thousand or more cumulative miles wearing through the soles of half a dozen or more boots, laughed, cried, rested, collapsed from fatigue, crawled back out again

- if I could reach back to the kid making this post… buddy, I’m not gonna say it’ll all be alright, because that’s pat and trite and diminishes the very real struggles of growing. But we cut our hair and change our name and grow a beard and we’re not Quite out of the shitty little hometown but we’re getting there. I think you’d like the jumper I’m wearing. I saw mcr live and I know you’d kill me with jealousy for it. I took you with me, as much as I could. I still think you’ve got great taste in movies, and I’ve got some new recs for you.

- I now have 4 tattoos! None of them are the ones I thought I’d have, but that’s okay. The first one is not an art style I’d choose today but the design holds a ton of meaning for me, and always will, and I don’t regret it. The other 3 are a more cohesive art style - maybe I could have changed the placement or tweaked some details, but I don’t need to, they’re part of me now and they’re beautiful for it. I’m excited to get more and to live long enough to reflect on them like this again and again and again

- 25 felt impossibly old to you. Right now it feels both impossibly old and impossibly young. I’m glad I got to see what it brought me, even the shit parts

- I’ll put aside a slice of cake next month in your honour

swordshapedleaves

I’m glad I asked. I’m glad you’ve made it this far. I hope we both make it another 10 years and it keeps being worth it.

shiverandqueeef

how measurements work in canada (ie/ badly)

meneatyoghurt

We have similar problems.

Here's a UK version:

(it gets more complicated than this but this is the basics that most people need...also there's an age disparity in that some older people will only use imperial and some younger people have never used things like stones and pounds)

andmaybegayer

sometimes when you're travelling you will see a beautiful unique bird that captures your attention completely and you will discover that the locals call it the Boring Sparrow and there's 70 000 000 of them and they eat nothing but spicy chicken wings they find in dumpsters.

general-book-nerd

Some of my favourite examples.

elodieunderglass

Package containing three reusable silicone lids for preserving supermarket hummus, which cost very little and which I honestly don’t give a fig about: we’ve posted your parcel. (we’ve posted your parcel.) your parcel is posted. Your parcel is posted. Your parcel is moving. Tracking number for your parcel. Your parcel is being hand-carried to the depot by a courier named GREG. Your parcel is nestled gently at the DEPOT. Your parcel has been fed and watered and given a comfort break. Your parcel’s overnight nurse is named DILYS. She has twelve years of experience and a qualification. She reports YOUR PARCEL is DOING WELL. YOUR PARCEL HAS LEFT THE BUILDING. YOUR PARCEL HAS LEFT THE BUILDING. Your courier is named MERVYN and he is an AQUARIUS. your parcel is due at 12:13. We apologise. Your parcel is due at 12:17. This is due to MERVYN encountering ROADWORKS. Your parcel is circling. MERVYN is on your street. MERVYN IS HERE. Here is a photo of your feet with the parcel. Your parcel ARRIVED. how did you like MERVYN. Was he okay. Would you use him again. Would you trust Dilys to safeguard the following: a glass case containing a crystal gem / a balloon / a bucket of water. Your parcel was four minutes late. We’ll email you forever now. Do you like this

Package containing fragile and valuable birthday present to myself, anxiously awaited: due date of FUCKOFF Posted NEVER 💅

gallusrostromegalus

A cat is a machine that turns proteins into violence.

starathsbunker

#Helios was declawed by his former owners so he doesn't just slap things he dislikes like most cats#he really only feels confident in hissing at them#Especially because a lot of the thing he doesn't like are bugs and those are sharp sometimes :(#Selene has figured this out and now when she hears him hiss she sprints over the kill the fuck out of the bug#Helios has learned she will do this so he'll hiss at stuff louder and louder until she hears him#A nervous old man and his emotional support homicidal maniac tags by @gallusrostromegalus

I couldn't reblog without the tags because the context is hilarious

gallusrostromegalus

A Nervous Old Man (right) and his Emotional Support Violence Machine (Left)

Yes, he is more than twice her size. Yes, he is five times her age. Yes, he cries like a big baby until she kills Unacceptable Scary Things (earwigs) for him.

flootzavut

Couple goals.

patt-off

oh your pronouns are he/they?

well that’s mathematically incorrect becuase you can still simplify the fraction since both sides have “he”

making your pronouns technically 1/ty

patt-off

>:)

ncah-czerny

mapsontheweb

Passenger trains in US vs Europe (image is making the rounds among U.S. transit advocates today)

rumbustious-backhander

High speed rail in China on 2008 VS 2020

somethingusefulfromflorida

staticbluue

“People should pass a test before being allowed to have kids.” “Isn’t it scary how white people have this inborn capacity for evil?” “I’ll never pass because males and females have different skull shapes.” “Autistic people have a stronger sense of justice than anyone else.” “I don’t want AMABs in my space because they’re dangerous.” “You shouldn’t have access to hormones if you dress like THAT.” “Anyone who does something that awful isn’t human.” “Some people really shouldn’t be allowed to vote.”

This is eugenics. This is phrenology. THIS IS NAZI SHIT, YOU ARE A LEFTIST BUYING INTO NAZI SHIT. YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO NAZI SHIT.