Cigarettes and Coffee

Just a girl with Crohns, POTs, IST & Migraine. Mom to human spawn & animals.

[thoughtcascades]

I come from a long line of people with something wrong with them

[skeletoes]

Mentally & physically. Spicy family genetics.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Thank you for posting a pine cone for reference but I’d like to see what the bird looks like too, please.

[villiago-deactivated20141112]

[neververy4]

[sparkbird]

5 minute fanart

[inthefallofasparrow]

Icecargo

[cannabisbutch]

One thing i wish both drs and some other disabled people would stop saying that "pain cant kill you" bc it can. Literally, just too much untreated pain can stress ur body out so bad you have a heart attack or stroke or other potentially lethal medical event. And its 100% completely preventable, but opiod hysteria is so bad drs are giving people NSAIDs only for spinal surgery (real thing, i spoke to this person on twitter/X)

Pain kills. Stop demonizing pain medication

[mindflamer]

trying to get disability benefits is less like applying for aid and more like being put on trial for a crime you didn't commit

[thelatestkate]

Shop , Patreon , Books and Cards , Mailing List

[skeletoes]

Sometimes that little bit of light is all that lets you keep hanging on.

[heyatleastitsnotcancer]

I still remember the nurses who laughed at me after major spine surgery when I was walking around with my butt out because I didn't know to bring shorts to the hospital and wasn't allowed to double my gowns due to the incision location. I still remember the aid who told me that I smelled after days of being unable to move my limbs or get out of bed while sweating uncontrollably from spinal shock and agonizing pain. I sat and cried after that because I had overcome so much that hospital stay just to be dehumanized. Never did they ask if I wanted something to cover up or assistance bathing. Just laughed at me and joked with each other.

I also remember the nurse who checked on me extra during the night with a hospital stay in the middle of covid because they kicked my mom out and I have trauma about being in the hospital alone. She made extra visits to make sure I was okay just like she promised my mom. I remember the nurse who held my hand and called me honey as my limbs trashed and shook from spinal shock.

Basically being a good nurse and being a bad nurse to patients does stay with a person. It's been years and many other hospital stays since a lot of these instances and I still remember them clearly. I know nurses are burnt out, traumatized, and exhausted. Nurses deserve better treatment. But so do patients.

[caffeinewitchcraft]

Relationships get so bananas when you start deciphering the other person’s love language.

Like I thought I was just acquaintances with this person because they never told me details about themselves and we just talked movies and writing . But then they made time to have coffee with me and they showed up out of breath because they ran. Like. RAN to be on time for coffee with me?

And I was like “i don’t mind waiting” cause I never want to run

But they said they wanted every minute they could get because I’m so busy usually

Which is when it clicked that I didn’t get how much they considered me a friend because I just straight away didn’t see MY signs of affection in them and went “cool! Casual buds it is.” But now that I’m seeing their signs of affection, I feel a little silly for dismissing them like that even though I felt like we could be best bros.

Anyway, some people show affection through time or intensity or commitment and not vocally. I really have to remember that!

[madammuffins]

Fyi- just in case you didn’t know.

TOUCH got a bro that likes to give high fives? Back slaps? Are they a hugger? Do they not blink an eye at cuddles?

QUALITY TIME this bro will (as op stated) sprint to spend every minute possible with you. Every second that you guys are together is a declaration of affection.

WORDS does your bro tell you how amazing and great and fantastic and wonderful you are all the time? Guess what…?

GIFTS do they buy you coffee? Snacks, energy drinks, spot you at the restaurant? Did that one key chain remind them of you? Ding ding!

ACTS are they always doing things for you? Ie: Nah bro, I got this, I can do that, need me to get anything for you, I can help with…?

PRO TIP - The way people show love is often how they receive love as well.

[queerautism]

Can I just say how much I love seeing this applied to friends / platonic relationships, when I’ve only seen it about romantic ones before?

[skeletoes]

This really makes me happy. Remember, quality of friendships over quantity of friends.

[sporks-and-spoons]

Hello darkness my old friend

I stood up too fast again

[alisonzai]

[audioabsinthe]

[lolzpicx]

Street Art

[flyingtentacledlampfucker-deact]

“graffiti isnt art its just vandalism”

[zackheroinbob]

The creativity is absolutely amazing

[nyctosaurid]

who else is in the “didn’t realize sheep have long tails until i was like 20″ club

[dimetrodone]

Undocked unrestrained

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

The reason most farmers dock (cut off) the tails is to prevent fly strike, an often lethal infection of fly larvae in the rear of the sheep. Without a (VERY FLUFFY) tail for fecal matter to accumulate on, fly strike is almost completely eliminated!

[brunhiddensmusings]

there is a wide variety of similar treatments for farm animals that are entirely for the animals well being pigs get their tail curled and tusks removed as babies so they dont accidentally nip each other while playing or stab each other just walking around- even a small tail nip might be fatal once the other pigs react to the scent of blood goats/cows often have their horns removed as babies as well both for obvious reasons to prevent stabbings but also to prevent them from growing in weird that can cause pain and infection for the animal chickens and other poultry, especially pet ones or hobby farms, might have their flight feathers clipped to prevent them from flying over fences, where their life expectancy is nill outside the farm/owners enclosure

[rabbitfishes]

Very good and valid points but please tell me what you mean by “might be fatal once the other pigs react to the scent of blood” before I lose my marbles

[battlships]

Pigs are omnivores and cannibals. Fun fact if you ever have need to dispose of a body, tossing it in a pigpen will get rid of it real fast.

[adampage]

gracias lo detesto

[trashpits]

so back in high school i was in the class for “troubled kids” and there were like maybe 7 kids in there. there was one punk kid in it and i remember when i got my first denim vest he got excited and just ripped a patch off of his and was like “here is something to add to it” and i always thought it was so sweet and wholesome

and now years later we were just talking and he was like “i’ve always had a thing for you” like goddamn… where was i for this??? why didn’t you tell me??? hello????

[trashpits]

THATS NOT JUST BEING NICE??????????????????

[skeletoes]

That's how punk rockers show their love!

[skeletoes]

Conservatives: The Ultimate Snowflakes/The Twitter, Facebook & YouTube Purge

Conservatives: The Ultimate Snowflakes/The Twitter, Facebook & YouTube Purge

So the conservative circle jerk has found a new focus. It started back when Twitter started removing bots run by Russians that had been part of their social media campaign in our last presidential election. Donald Trump immediately started whining that his follower count dropped (even though they weren’t real people?!) and accused Twitter of “censoring conservatives”.. even though they were…

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[skeletoes]

ANARCHY IN THE .. Opps, we mean MEDDLING IN THE UK!!

ANARCHY IN THE .. Opps, we mean MEDDLING IN THE UK!!

The United States has been in a state of uproar since our last presidential election. Regardless of your stance on what happened or why, we’ve been chirping on and on about how the Russians meddled in our elections. It’s been a record that keeps skipping back and repeating itself, as if it’s important to Americans that no one meddles in another country’s politics or government.

It’s almost as if…

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[skeletoes]

That Familiar Pain & Immediate Fear

That Familiar Pain & Immediate Fear

As anyone with a Chronic Illness can attest, when you’re lucky enough to go into remission, the first twinge of pain or hint of symptoms can send you into a straight panic. Once you’ve had a taste of living normally again, it’s hard to face the (often times) inevitable downward spiral into all of the stuff you’d managed to put out of your mind for a while.

I’ve been pretty lucky with my Crohn’s…

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[skeletoes]

Atheism, Spirituality, Religion & Raising Kids

Atheism, Spirituality, Religion & Raising Kids

I am personally an atheist. I grew up Lutheran and had an extremely religious extended family. Through the first couple decades of my life, I did a lot of “soul searching” to figure out my place in organized religion and what I truly believed in. Throughout my twenties, I slowly transitioned from Agnostic to Spiritual and ended up an Atheist.

Now, let me make this abundantly clear. I do not like…

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