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[thatonemoonie]

This is probably the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life

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[doubleca5t]

this is about what I would expect from the author of Azumanga Daioh writing a Sailor Moon doujin

[depsidase]

[cllynchauthor]

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Something ironic that I’ve noticed from being in both autistic mom groups and NT mom groups. Let’s pretend a child cries every time they have to be buckled in the car seat..

NT mom group: “tell them to deal with it, it’s for their safety” “ignore the outbursts, they’ll get used to it” “maybe the straps are too tight? If not, and nothing seems to be wrong with the seat, let them cry it out, safety is most important.” “Sometimes, you just gotta deal with it, hugs mama, sorry this is happening.”

Autistic mom group: “is your child verbal enough to express or show why they’re in distress?” “is the fabric of the car seat scratchy?” “Are the windows tinted? If not the sun may hurt.” “Maybe he wants someone to hold his hand, can you reach back and hold it maybe? anxiety is a real bitch” “transitions can be hard, especially on little humans, maybe give advance notice that you will be leaving in the car at x time?” “Obviously something has him distressed, does he have a toy he’s attached too and can hold?”

And they say autistics do not experience empathy.

[infiniteglitterfall]

This is extremely fucking true. Our friends are always marveling at how attentive we are to what our toddler is trying to communicate. I’m like… that’s… how you communicate with someone who you don’t share enough language with… that’s how you communicate with someone who’s ~~“”“"nonverbal”“”“”“~~~

the intersection of ageism and ableism is awful, and it really shows up squared in the way that abled adults just assume that there’s no way to communicate with neurodiverse kids. and babies, tbh, who they think of in a similar way.

[arsanatomica]

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[vintageadvertising]

This Equation Can Help You Solve Your Parking Problem - c. 1940

[zvaigzdelasas]

[bearie]

he looks so mad angry

[bearie]

kubrick stare

[ot3]

to be honest there has never been a fictional character i’ve actually wanted to date. like. i want them to date each other. i don’t want myself as a person to be involved in this scenario whatsoever. what would i add to this narratively? what’s my thematic purpose in the narrative? immersion breaking. 

[pengychan]

#im the director bitch not the actor

don’t hide this in the tags that’s exactly it

[picopepin]

[evilscientist3]

ask about mud.

me my flaps

[tricktster]

Hey you guys want to see an actively hilarious bonsai tree?

[tricktster]

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[davepetasprites]

wheres he going……

[saedoesalittlebitofeverything]

[theyouth--waste-it]

I reblogged this like…ten minutes ago. How did you do that

[tricktster]

This is absolutely delightful, and would have been the bonsai related apex of my year if it weren’t for the fact that earlier today, while googling what to do about my very very strong baby ficus boy literally cracking his pot into four pieces overnight with the sheer vigor of his roots, I discovered another actively hilarious bonsai tree.

You… you guys wanna see it?

[tricktster]

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[sexhaver]

god how much would it rule if mitch mcconnell had a massive heart attack or stroke and died live on CSPAN? i wouldn’t even mind all the huffpo stinkpieces about how celebrating his death makes you just as bad as republicans

[sexhaver]

in my rich imagination of this scenario, they would obviously cut the live feed as fast as possible, but not before we get to hear the sound of his head bonking off the podium on his way down

[sexhaver]

then hyperpop musicians would sample it

[demonius-darkblade]

I still think about this. This could still happen.

[funoftheday]

You don’t say.

[a-spoon-is-born]

[timemachineyeah]

For the record, she actually abandoned the movement BEFORE they all got whooping cough, but abandoned it too late. There’d been a breakout of measles in her area that caused her to reassess, and she and her doctor had already drafted and started a catch-up vaccination schedule, but her kids caught whooping cough just before it could be started. Then she wrote a blog post for The Scientific Parent explaining how she and her husband had come to wrong decisions in the first place, how they changed their mind, the consequences they suffered as a result, and asking other parents to please vaccinate their kids. And now she’s an activist for destroying the misinformation of anti-vaxxers, and reaching out to anti-vaxxers because she’s understands their fears but knows their kids deserve better. 

She was trying to the best for her kids and just didn’t know how to interpret the validity of information or its sources, an actual skill that can be actually difficult and that is under-taught and a necessary first step to being able to trust vaccination research, so chose no action over taking an action she wasn’t sure of. She kept looking into it with family and friends and even eventually came to the right conclusion before her kids became sick, but it was still too late.

Honestly it was pretty brave of her to publicly admit she was wrong. She could have just quietly vaccinated her kids and not become a national news story, but instead she spoke out, even saying “I’m writing this from quarantine, the irony of which isn’t lost on me.” and also “I am not looking forward to any gloating or shame as this ‘defection’ from the antivaxx camp goes public, but, this isn’t a popularity contest.  Right now my family is living the consequences of misinformation and fear.  I understand that families in our community may be mad at us for putting their kids at risk.”

She understood the consequences and still put herself and her story out there. 

[hatey-mchaterson]

You know what, it does take a big person to admit they were wrong so publicly and work to undo the harm. I believe I made fun of her in the past, but timemachineyeah changed my mind.

[sandmandaddy69]

[sigmaleph]

what's this 'wife' business? nobody calls him Prince-Consort Mario

[rustingbridges]

if Bowser kidnapped my plumbing client, I would be saying “wahoo” as long as those hours were billable

[omghotmemes]

Quiet please, the Lemon Raspberry Loaf is sleeping.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

[browningtons]

Guy whose about to figure out eating 50,000,000 bananas is a lethal dose of radiation: mm im so full from 49,999,999 bananas but one more

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[samwisethewitch]

I literally do not care what the Bible says about any political issue. I am not Christian. Christian scripture should have zero effect on my life or my personal freedoms. 

[samwisethewitch]

The fact that I did not mention abortion anywhere in this post, yet the replies and reblogs are filled with Christians trying to “well actually” me and/or resorting to anti-choice insults is… telling, to say the least.

[samwisethewitch]

So you agree? Current US laws banning abortion are based on the religious convictions of a select few?