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Sonder - 20 - they/it + neos - white - lesbian (carrd in pinned for more info)

[sonderdream]

I have a carrd now! Please read it!

https://sonderdream.carrd.co/

[bimstown]

jimothy my cryptid son

[shamebats]

[3liza]

[shamebats]

Meanwhile this was what various medical professionals in that reddit thread had to say about it.

They do not, in fact, love it.

[fittingoutjane]

The proof that chiropractic is an utterly failed medical profession is not that adjustments can cause harm, but that the profession has responded by ignoring and denying the harm, rather than studying it.

All medical treatments (other than complete placebos) have some risk of harm, but for real treatments given by real professionals, the harms are tracked, measured and warned about. If the harms are too severe, the treatment is no longer used.

[robotslenderman]

One of my colleagues was a chiropractor. After a while he began to suspect that a lot of his patients actually just had muscle tears, not spinal issues. He bought an ultrasound machine, learned how to use it and how to read ultrasound, and found that to be the case. Between that and the constant pressure from management to get customers (because lbr, they're not patients, they're customers), he got sick and tired of it and bailed to become a sonographer full time.

And before people pipe up with "but my chiro is good, they have me do exercises and so on!" that's just regular ass physiotherapy. See a physiotherapist. A lot of people who sing the praises of chiros because they saved them from chronic pain would have gotten the same benefits from seeing an actual licensed physio, who can prescribe the same or even better exercises because they have an actual fucking education.

[wisteria-wolf]

The amount of fucking charts I've seen where a patient went to a chiropractor and now needs a surgery is fucking insane. All I do is medical charts, day in and day out doing medical code. I've gone over hundreds of patients whole year of appointments. Unless the chiropractor is also a physical therapist, that patient is going to get worse and need surgery with very few exceptions. It doesn't matter when they mention seeing a chiropractor, by the end of the year they need surgery for issues that started after *shock and awe* a chiropractor appointment! I've seen patients needing multiple surgeries to be functional after chiropractors. I've seen patients lose their ability to walk because of chiropractors. And all the way up till they need surgery, through the issues piling up and needing more pain meds, the patients insist it's helping because the want so badly for it to be helping. I wish it did

[shamebats]

Yup, you absolutely can. They can help with lots of stuff. I first started going to my PT because of headaches, TMJ, muscle pains and tension in my neck and shoulders. There are PTs who are specialized in working with chronic pain patients. Mine is part of an interdisciplinary pain management clinic.

Surgery recovery is only a small part of what they do, but mine did help me regain full mobility after top surgery and taught me how to massage my scars.

They cwn also do a lot of things a "good" chiro would, except way more safely — they will actually assess what's safe to do and what isn't.

The PT also isn't someone you'll have to see on a regular basis forever. They'll teach you exercises and stretches you can do at home, help you with your form and if you can't do something, show you adapted versions that will be easier for you to do. The goal is that once you've got the right routine, you will be able to just do it at home and will not need their help anymore.

[foxglovedforest]

The kids are aight

[everythingfox]

Most unserious animal

[higglety]

it's like he just cycled through all the emotes in a MMORPG

[ampervadasz]

[thecatalogues]

Kitty!... long leg kitty!.. uh, creechur?... OUPPY

[slavetomyheadcanon]

I WAS NOT FUCKING PREPARED

[thedancingwalrus-blog]

@phynali

[iced-charanator]

what are they even doing..

Charapost 1

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

fairytales which tell you to be both kind and clever fairytales that say to be kind is to be clever and to be clever is to be kind fairytales that say the cleverest thing you can ever do is choose kindness and that cruelty or thoughtlessness are always foolish but not kindness never kindness

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

you bring oil for the gate and food for the dog and clean out the oven and bake bread in it and the oven will hide you and the dog will not betray you and the gate will stay open for you and close on your pursuers, to be clever is just to know that if you are good in a world made of rules, goodness will be returned to you.

[tokoweka]

In [fairy tales], power is rarely the right tool for survival anyway. Rather the powerless thrive on alliances, often in the form of reciprocated acts of kindness —from beehives that were not raided, birds that were not killed but set free or fed, old women who were saluted with respect. Kindness sown among the meek is harvested in crisis.

— Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby

[moonpaw]

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[fiore-firelily]

such insolence... guards? seize her! ...no. stop. not like that. you are doing it gay. why are you seizing her gay style

[mira-mira-0n-the-wall]

[aeonlamb]

[kingscrown666]

This belovéd weirdo

[futureevilscientist]

Unironically, this is why society would crumble without diversity

[pixeljade]

more than anything i want a world where a trans girl realizing she is a trans girl faces zero fear from that realization and subsequent coming out. Where she can say "Oh sweet, I can just be a girl? Sign me up!", no worrying if shes girl enough, no worrying if society will accept her, no worrying if she'll be an attractive girl as she transitions, no worrying at all in any way shape or form.

[innerchildabortionclinic]

I really do wish meeting new people when you're autistic didn't result in the person viewing you as secretly evil for at least a month before realizing you just act slightly different than others without ulterior motive. I get that people meet a lot of assholes in life but omg. I didn't do anything

[innerchildabortionclinic]

Need to wear a shirt that says this

[hopeful-recoveryy]

Reminder that abusers can be abusive by accident.

Reminder that abusers can genuinely, wholeheartedly believe that they are doing you a favor by abusing you.

Reminder that some abusers never apologize because they genuinely, wholeheartedly believe their abuse was for the better.

You’re allowed to know and acknowledge this and still be upset!

Explanation is not an excuse.

Some people abuse purely to cause a victim pain.

Others abuse for more complicated reasons.

But that doesn’t negate the fact that they abused you.

Even if there were aggravating circumstances, you are still allowed to still be mad at your abuser. You were not in control of their circumstances in their life and it was unfair you had to suffer the consequences.

Abuse is abuse, no matter the circumstances.

[thehistorychannel]

[tatersgonnatate]

... Y'know what, sure. why not

[bananaquilava]

This should be considered a form of art.

[youhavethewrong]

Because it is. This was made by artist Foka Wolf. You can find more examples of his art on his instagram.

[ohnofixit]

Yep! To be clear this was made out of fake ads and posted in a public space by the artist. That's why everything lines up so conveniently and the fonts match.

I've seen it called brandalizing. :)