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[hellomelancholic]

Direct byproduct of being neurodivergent and growing up isolated from your peergroup is having no idea when it's appropriate to define someone as your friend

[hellomelancholic]

Is this person I met yesterday my friend? What about this person I've been talking to every day for three months? What about this person I've known since middle school? Is friend a title I have to earn? What are the limits of friendship? Is it a static state, make-or-break, or is it some endless dance-dance-revolution style cavalcade of prompts and challenges and social cues I have to hit perfectly to keep it up? Does it bend? Does it break? I don't fucking know man I just work here.

[dubiousculturalartifact]

i still remember when the dude doing my autism assessment asked me how many friends I had, and I was like "okay but how are we defining friendship?" and he just like, stared at me for a second and then wrote down some notes

[totally-patton03]

This is why *I* sya I only have one friend, but everyone else says I have more... Friendship is one of those words everyone else seems to just *know*, like study

[theminecraftbee]

[image ID: three screenshots of the terraforming around pearl’s new megabase area. it has been heavily terraformed using oranges and greens into a canyon-like area with many overhangs. /end ID]

jesus christ pearl

[totally-patton03]

Nice!

[4giorno]

i have literally never laughed so hard at a video

[tomcat-acaphe]

Him flying into the wall at the end really just is the cherry on top of this whole video, to be honest!

[picklesontheseafloor]

Don’t mind me I’ll just rewatch this 50 times

[midnightbikeride]

i ,, wanna make an animatic ,, i have no time but ,, i’m gonna make an animatic

[totally-patton03]

That was great 👍

[totally-patton03]

So, my family and I are watching the first of the "new" Jamanji movies. I noticed the date this was released.... WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS WAS MADE 5 YEARS AGO?! I remember seeing this in cinema! Gee time has flown like a peregrine falcon 😅

[utopians]

when I become an eccentric billionaire I'm going to buy every house in 10 square blocks of unremarkable suburb. I will have them all furnished and decorated except for (and this is key) one house in the dead center. this house I will put up for sale at a ridiculously reasonable price for the area. once it sells, and the new owner/couple/family moves in, the plan will spring into action.

every single house besides the one in the center within my 10 square blocks will remain uninhabited. I will put all the lights inside on timers so that it appears that people are living in there, I will have lawns mowed when I'm sure everyone in my victim house is at work/school, I will have decorations put up during the holidays and cars moved there and parked in driveways when I'm sure that the owner/couple/family in the house at the center is not there to witness it happening. I will produce all the superficial trappings of life without a single person actually being there.

who knows how long it'll take them to realize that something is wrong? when their kids are playing in the yard, and they notice they've never seen another child around here even once, despite the four-bedroom family homes all down the street? after a few weeks, when they realize the lights in the house across the way click off at exactly 9:45, on the second, every single night? when they've been living there for a month and a half and they realize they've never seen a single car park in front of another house? when they want to greet their neighbors and not a single house in the whole neighborhood opens its door?

when they do realize that they're completely alone here, what would they do with that fact? what would you do if all at once, as you stood in a crowd, you realized that every single person around you was a mannequin? it's unnerving, sure, but enough to warrant a move? how long will they live in this idyllic ghost town before it gets to them? can a person survive in a dollhouse? Thank you. *I wave to the crowd as I walk offstage at my ted talk. one person gives a halfhearted round of applause from the back. a talk about sustainable ecosystem management was scheduled for right now and no one knows how I got up here.*

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

[totally-patton03]

This sounds like an amazing experiment :)

[dedmau]

yeah i work in graphic design *building gradients in minecraft*

[dedmau]

here they are btw

[wickedcriminal]

Do you love the color of Minecraft

[totally-patton03]

As an artist and Minecraft lover, I must say: holy shit, that is is beautiful 😍

[bunjywunjy]

I've heard that reptiles can't form bonds with people. Idk if that was something from like, pet stores who didn't know/want to care properly for reptiles or what. Is this true? Or is it something that we didn't use to think could happen, but we know more now? Like how we know more now that fish can have fun or play.

it depends on what you mean by "form bonds!"

if you mean "form a pack/clan bond with you using happy brain chemicals", then no. that's strictly a mammal/bird thing.

but, if you mean "recognizes you as an individual and a place of safety, tolerates interactions with you that absolutely would not happen in the wild and even initiates those interactions with you voluntarily" then congrats! fish, frogs, and reptiles absolutely CAN do that!

both of these types of bonding are extremely meaningful to their respective animals and one isn't inherently better than the other, just make sure you adjust your expectations to fit your pet.

[hasufin]

I had a black rat snake which I thought hated me... until I saw them interact with an *unfamiliar* human. There was blood.

[bunjywunjy]

Love is a direction, not an emotion, and for some beings Love just looks like a lack of blood. congratulations I hope you were happy with them

[is-the-bug-video-cute]

Bugs can't form bonds with their humans but they can become habituated to your smell and recognize you as a non-threat. And honestly? For a fragile little prey animal with an incomprehensibly different brain structure than that of mammals? That's as good as love in my book :)

Pictured here: A nymph and adult Diapherodes gigantea from my own collection, resting on my hand.

[matchagirl]

sorry but if your bed isn’t against at least one wall you’re not valid

[heartsdesire456]

I used to think this post was stupid because most people like both sides of the bed free but then I realized some psychopaths put their bed like this so not even the headboard is against a wall and this post is about these animals.

[ranger-truth]

A single person’s bed is generally against 2 walls, a couple’s bed is generally against 1 wall, and people with 0 walls have no fear of the dark/unseen with direct access to their head, and therefore cannot be human.

[unnonexistence]

ok the bed just out in the middle of the room is bad but have you considered: only the footboard end against a wall

[crumplelush]

no i hadn’t. why would you put that image into my head?

[demansiabites]

Okay, but how is this

[time-traveling-fetus]

[dashbork]

I’m at a loss for words

[pyramidschemeofthesun]

This was the bed of Thomas Jefferson. 

[froginakettle]

STay out of my study unless you intend to have sex with me

[itsapmseymour]

BACK UP, YOU CANT JUST CHANGE THE SUBJECT TO THOMAS’ FUNKY BED SET UP AFTER JUST LOSS-ING TUMBLR LIKE THAT

[elodieunderglass]

People need time to grieve

[bezbecja]

Sooo when Jeffs wanted to go to his office he just rolled through his bed like a log, he tried to jump over his bed or he did the forward roll????

[stalinistqueens]

disclaimer: this is like extremely not my subject. but while his bedroom/office thing totally has a normal door we can assume he just rolled over the bed anyway bc it’s much funnier that way.

(these are from the monticello website.)

[not-mandip]

And then there’s my bed

[dovewithscales]

I might put my bed in the middle of a room if it wasn’t such inefficient use of space. If you have any other furniture your walkways through the room are gonna be irritatingly narrow.

That, and I want my bed positioned so that I can see all entrances to the room. I do not fear the dark. I am the reason the dark is feared, but only a fool lets any knight errant who might wander into their cave have an opportunity to sneak up on them.

[totally-patton03]

I sleep with my bed in the middle of one wall. I'm not worried though because my head is protected by a tall headboard and my back is against the wall

[totally-patton03]

Hello hello!! I know I haven't posted in a while, but I've gotta admit that I've been in a creative rut for a while... Until today! Anyway, I started this just before lunch and finished it not long after. So I guess that means it took 3 or so hours?? I hope you enjoy this as much as I do and have a lovely day!! 😄

Lots of love and hugs!!!

[analogicals]

the virgil/analogical nerf

[analogicals]

they weren’t even allowed to talk in the end card 😭

[totally-patton03]

Wait a sec. What did I miss in all the emotional drama??

[catchymemes]

[peneigh-dzredfohl]

Can everyone who reads this PLEASE reblog it?!?!?  Libraries literally saved my life as a child!

Being abused at home, bullied at school and lost in the world, the library and all the books I could escape to the most amazing worlds, kept me alive!

I would walk to the library, and spend all day, from 10 am to 9 pm reading there!! I got special awards for how many books I read, I wrote little blurbs on why i loved the books (probably why I love to BETA and do ARCs) 

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Just hit the green arrows and the reblog!!!

As a 50 year old woman, the library offers me so much. Digital art pads to borrow, 3D printing, book clubs that are face to face (yeah, the introvert likes face to face because a moderator will stomp on anyone getting snarky)

New books in LARGE PRINT! I’m visually challenged and as much as I love my kindle, The feel of a real book in my hands will always be a beloved feeling!

Our library also has quarterly books sales of almost free books!! For 5$USD we get in a day early and can buy as many as we want. Anyone else has to wait and there is a limit for the first 2 days.

[stevviefox]

Also many, many libraries have inter library loan(it may be called something different). This means if they don’t have the item you want, they can get it for you. This may include photocopy/pdf of articles. This can also include along with books and DVDs, microfilm/fiche which is also a huge resource. Check around for libraries that are listed as depositories if you want to look at government documents.

Remember that many colleges and universities have open stacks for the public. You will likely have to pay a membership fee but you will get to stuff.

[psi1998]

I love the library ☺

[icycove]

The library was one of my favorite places to go as a kid and I still live to go and just. Sit and read. Or do homework. The university I’m at has a massive 8-story one I love to just wonder around in~ Great places

[jaks21]

Libraries are amazing places, we need to protect them to ensure their continued existence.

[only-tiktoks]

[anais-ninja-bitch]

unmute

[cipheramnesia]

You only need to know one thing: meow.

[totally-patton03]

That was great XD

[viralfrog]

[geekinglikeaboss]

gods i fucking cried

[twerkstallion]

This part stood out to me especially

[athena1138]

This is really important, especially now during the holidays. You owe nothing to nobody if they make you uncomfortable.

[simonalkenmayer]

You’re always allowed to leave.

[vodkassassin]

This is really comforting to read and I’m going to need to like, write this down a few times out to memorize it because this isn’t something I want to let myself forget

[dovewithscales]

This is a very important message.

[totally-patton03]

As someone who worries about "showing integrity" (because it was used against me as a kid) this was nice to hear, thank you OP :)

[dissociativedoe]

sending love out tonight to everyone who is progressively losing their abilities, whether that's movement, ability to walk, eyesight, or hearing.

it's hard to come to terms with the fact that you can't do things that you used to be able to do. I'll be honest, it feels like you're losing control of your life. it can feel very isolating and hopeless. its scary and overwhelming, and it's so hard to deal with.

you are not less than just because you can do less. im proud of you for still being here, and i wish you ease with adjusting to new ways of life. please take care of yourself, i love you.

[phluphfy]

gentle addition for the folks who are losing their mental capacity in any way, shape, or form. If you can’t think as clearly as you used to, if you don’t have the executive functioning you once had, if your memory is getting worse, if your sensory processing issues are increasing, if your episodes are becoming more frequent. Your life has inherent value and I hope I can help remind you of that.

[fuckyeahcomicsbaby]

Different Stories Resonate with Different People

[lovingmyselfishard]

I will always reblog this.

[brightwanderer]

I once spent three hours scouring the internet to find this comic again, I will not let that be repeated.

[dduane]

Find your own resonance :)

[alexaloraetheris]

Old, but still important

[olderthannetfic]

I was just thinking about this comic the other day but had no idea how to find it.

[totally-patton03]

That was nice to read :)

[cav-core]

The neurodivergent urge to hyperfixate so much on something that when you look up content for it you start shaking like a small wet dog.

[totally-patton03]

Or you start blushing and sweating from how much energy you put into said fixation XD

[underwatercore]

[wakewithgiggli]

There are many benefits of being a marine biologist. I'm not sure running into this is one of them.

[just-rhys-things]

That's the marine biologist don't be rude

[pigcatapult]

ah, to be a rolling mass of loaches(?)...

[totally-patton03]

OP, what are you talking about? That is SO cool!