Mountain North

Norther / Nellie, 20. They/He/Faer. I'm more active on Twitter. Follow me on there- my username is @NortherElkson

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“OH YOU DRAW??? CAN YOU DRAW ME????”

[misterlanky-deactivated20170126]

man i really doggone y’know, idunno why they cominroun thinkin i wanna draw errdang person who scootnon over t’mah sketchbook mang i ain’t yerdam persnal artist you gon pay me ferthat shit didn think so goddaamn

[aetro-deactivated20150512]

Oh, I don’t know, I think it’d be nice… people all around you, asking you to draw ‘em because they care enough to see you try, maybe make a little conversation… I mean, they’d probably leave right after… never even really want more beyond a drawing… might not even call back… but it’s the thought that counts.

[cryptidfurry]

Yeah, that’s what the government wants you to believe, Bill.  One second you’re looking down drawing a picture for someone and then SHA-SHAW government tracking chip planted in your brain!

[godandgaming]

He had it coming.

[kielljoy-moved]

autism things: lonely kid edition

- befriending an object and becoming horribly distraught for days when you lose it

- putting all of your toys in rows and just looking at them instead of playing with them the “right” way

- constant echolalia because there was never anyone around to tell you off for it (until you were at school)

- staring at the wall/ceiling for hours and daydreaming until you forgot who you are

feel free to add on anything i forgot!!

[autismandstuff]

[livesunique]

Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbria, Portugal,

Massimo Listri Photography

[endangeredbodiesnyc]

One third of GoFundMe campaigns are for necessary medical expenses. People are “donating” their vacation days so that a new mom can stay home with her baby. A college-educated homeless man stood on the street handing out resumes in desperation, begging for a job, any job. Multiple posts about parents buying teachers necessities like a car and school supplies went viral.

Twitter and the media highlight these stories as heartwarming examples of “sacrifice” and people “pulling themselves up by their bootstraps.”

I call bullshit. Only in a dystopian society would we feel anything other than horrified at the thought of people crowdfunding their most basic needs.

[socialpsychopathblr]

[consultingdoctorwholock]

[longzone222]

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image submitted by @gnapist

[anexperimentallife]

That autistic feel when you’re never sure if you’ve over-explained, under-explained, explained just right, or if no explanation was necessary to begin with. Because so many times, you’ve explained things in a way that was perfectly clear to you, and that the other person swears they understand, but it later turns out that what they understood you to be saying had little or no resemblance to what you intended.

Also, when you’re never quite sure if you understood correctly or misunderstood, because so many times before, you were absolutely certain of your understanding, and acted on that certainty, only to discover that when it comes to communication with allistic people, it can be really hard sometimes to know when to take them literally and when not to.

[sassyartisanpizza]

To all the young Millenials about to watch M*A*S*H for the first time, do not be turned off by Max Klinger being a guy in a dress.

For those of you unaware, the character tries several schemes to get out of the army on the grounds of being mentally unfit for service, most notably being a man who wears a dress, which no one buys. It’s played off as a joke but everyone loves him and treats him very respectfully unless it’s a character you’re not supposed to sympathise with.

You might want to call bull on the fact that they’re getting a cheap joke at a man in a dress. But, this man in a dress had a gender identity crisis ON SCREEN (although they couldn’t call it that) and also helped pave the way to allow transgender people into the armed forces.

No, seriously. A congressman who was a fan of the show brought up how Max Klinger cross dressing never was an issue at this M*A*S*H unit and it allowed transgender people to serve in the armed forces!

[oldpaintings]

Imogen, 1888 by Herbert Gustave Schmalz (English, 1856–1935)

[regularlesbian]

fun fact: any policy on drugs that isn’t harm reduction is going to cause addicts to suffer and die

[uncanney]

fun fact: Drug addiction is a public health issue, and approaching it as if it were a law enforcement issue is prejudicial to addicts and will result in their suffering and death

[jumpingjacktrash]

if you just assume addiction is a method of self-medicating, you’ll pretty much never be wrong.

now, not everything people self-medicate for actually has a proper treatment. i’m pretty sure the reason my uncle made sure to be slightly drunk at all times ‘to round the sharp corners off of things’ was sensory processing disorder. i have that too, and i just kind of accept that i’m going to randomly get my brain sandpapered from time to time. there is no medication for that. all you can do is dull your senses. i’ve chosen not to, but i can’t blame him for his decisions. when a ringing phone feels like getting hit upside the head with a frying pan, liver damage sounds like a fair price to pay.

anyway, it seems really self-evident to me that people don’t enjoy living the life of an addict, they do it because the alternative looks worse. people don’t get addicted to substances just for funsies. they start making a habit of taking something because of insomnia, or grief, or headaches, or depression, or seething undirected rage and terror they can’t put a name to – something that they can’t ignore or shrug off. and for whatever reason – lack of access, lack of knowlege, lack of money, or it just plain doesn’t exist – they aren’t able to apply the Approved Correct Remedy. they use what they can get.

addicts aren’t some weird otherfolk who inexplicably just Do Drugs because they’re Bad. addicts are you with a problem you can’t solve.

[iamatinyowl]

The mere presence of addiction in a person isn’t a statement on their morality.

[antoniettabrandeisova]

Madonna del Magnificat (detail) 1481. Sandro Botticelli

[animations-daily]

Ashira l'Adonai ki gaoh gaah Ashira l'Adonai ki gaoh gaah Mi khamokha ba'elim Adonai Mi khamokha ne'dar baqodesh Nah'ita veh'asdekha ‘am-zu ga-alta Nah'ita veh'asdekha ‘am-zu ga-alta Ashira, Ashira, Ashira

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

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McDonald’s employees when telling the 714th Rick and Morty fan that they can’t have their McNasty meme sauce to dip their mcnugs in

[uppityfemale]

The President charges his own Secret Service to use his golf carts.

The Secret Service also had to move out of their floors in Trump Tower because they couldn’t afford the lease.

THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING MONEY OFF OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY DETAIL.

THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROTECT HIM AND HE’S CHARGING THEM AT HIS PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO DO SO.

The Secret Service is almost out of money. Trump spent in one year on travel what Obama spent in eight (not to mention profited off of it). They can’t afford to pay people their people to cover Trump’s huge family as they travel for work and go on vacation every week.

This is corruption. This is unethical. This is something we should all be mad as Hell about.

[caitallolovesyou]

This was actually so insane to me that I figured I HAD to make sure it was real before reblogging it with no sources. It seems to be totally real.

sources:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-clubs-charge-60k-to-rent-carts-to-secret-service-as-agency-runs-out-of-money-2017-08-21 http://www.businessinsider.com/secret-service-trump-tower-rent-command-post-2017-8 (and there are many more if you googlefu, but most of them weren’t sources I particularly like or trust so I’m not linking them here.)

Anyway yes, this is like textbook corruption. This is our tax dollars at work, people!