ivory

auDHD, 21 y/o, animal lover SpIns: autism, xQc

[weevilcore]

hello :3

my name is Ivory, and this is my tumblr blog, which I have had for 8 years! I've tried to tag all my posts and reblogs from 2020 forward; the others are in the past and should stay there lol

I am 21, and my main interests are autism (which I think about near 24/7) and animals (which I am studying in school). I am from the US

I am autistic (level 1) and ADHD (primarily inattentive)

that is the TDLR, now for the extended version...

Special interests:

Autism. Since being diagnosed in 2021, autism became my special interest, and I think about it nearly all the time. right now it is at, I would say, a fairly stable level of interest. Things I research right now include how higher support needs autistics experience the world, including AAC and discrimination.

xQc. I'm hesitant to include him here. I feel like this interest is almost 'in remission', which is almost certainly an inappropriate phrase here. xQc is a twitch streamer who streams a variety of games and reaction content. he streams for like 10+ hours per day, so he is an essentially never-ending source of content.

He is a very over the top personality, and exceptionally candid compared to other top streamers. Yet when he gives his opinions on things, even if I disagree with his conclusion or how he delivered it, I can always see where he's coming from.

I relate to his awkwardness, and he is very honest which I appreciate.

I also think it's fun to see how different his life is from mine, like he moves like 2x per year, and he buys all new furniture every time!

X was certainly a special interest last school year, but now as I go to in person school and work, I see a lot more people. Streaming is almost a stand-in for socialization, and now that I have in-person socialization, I'm not as interested in X's life.

Animals are another strong interest for me, although I don't know that it qualifies as a special interest, but maybe it does! I guess it's not a super technical term, so there aren't clear guidelines on that... anyway:

I love whales and all cetaceans! I know it is kinda controversial to like dolphins (they are sorta violent) but I like them. I also like beluga whales, these are the two I have stuffed animals of. But I love all whales!

I also like manatees and aardvarks, the reason I list them together is because they are 'closely' (not that close) related - they are both afrotherians, along with the elephant! I have actually seen a manatee in the wild :D

similar to the aardvark, is the anteater! I love the anteater and how the babies ride on the mother's back! it's so cute

speaking of babies on mothers' backs: the opossum! I love the opossum and I think they are so cute! The virginia opossum is the only marsupial in Canada and the US and so their pouches are so curious to me.

Snails!!! I can't believe I almost forgot! Snails are so cute and slow and my favorite invertebrate. I have a snail squishmallow who goes with me to school. I want to get snail pets in the near future.

humans - not really a favorite animal, but I love learning about our evolutionary history - Stefan Milo on YouTube is a great source of information on this topic

--tags--

#orange - funny tumblr posts I reblog, I didn't want to just tag them 'funny' or something, because I thought that would be rather presumptuous, like saying a joke and then telling you to laugh. but I do find them funny

#purple - more serious tumblr posts. they are on a variety of topics, but autism posts I tag with #autism instead

#animals - literally anything to do with animals, and I will also tag the post with the specific animal so I can find them later (not humans tho!)

#my addition - when I add something to a reblog

#mine - for posts I create

[bringcal]

fuck killing a victorian child by making them listen to hyperpop all you gotta do is make a white tumblr user listen to rap

[pc-nk]

LMAO

[capelanchett]

the jokes write themselves

[lelouch]

[ozymandia]

what the fuck

[2003-playground]

It really really frustrates me when some people, disabled or not, say "well I can do [x thing] because I was forced to" in response to someone saying they can't do something.

"Well I had to eat whatever was for dinner or else I would have starved."

Me too! And I became severely malnourished because I could not eat what was put in front of me.

"My parents hit me if I didn't get good grades so I had to."

Mine too! Except I could not get good grades in a mainstream class no matter how hard I tried or what was at stake.

"I have to mask because I need to keep my job."

Me too! Except I can't even pass an interview because of my limited ability to mask.

"I can't have meltdowns around other people or else I'll be bullied/abused/mocked."

Same here! But I can't hold in my meltdowns.

You need to understand that some people will never be able to do the things you can, no matter how hard they're pushed or what the consequences are for not doing it. I'm really sorry that you were forced to talk, but someone else being unable to speak does not mean that they could if there was enough pressure. Stop assuming that everyone who doesn't mask/speak/etc. grew up in a safe and supportive environment. There are people who would (and do!) die because they're neglected and can't learn to just do things themselves.

I really don't want to be the "other people have it worse" guy or come across like I don't think people are allowed to complain about something just because it's less extreme than someone else's situation, but some of you need to have more compassion for people who are not like you. Just be kind. And if someone says they can't do something, don't assume that it's because they were coddled or whatever.

[glitzyglee]

Excuse me, professor? So, um, you paired me with Strawberry Shortcake for this assignment. Yeah so, she proofread my paper, but the only changes she made were crossing out every instance of 'very' and replacing it with 'berry'?

[arcanespirits]

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[oliverscottage]

Hans Isaacson

[hallucicated]

[weepingfoxfury]

The man on the radio talks all things Tuesday and races us to the hilltop with Kate Bush. Weatherwise there's hints of blue through half closed bedroom blinds and a promise of sunshine. The traffic lady talks of Gill Street and the Samuel Beckett Bridge before Dire Straits carry out a few Private Investigations.

Today's groaner: What was the first Electricity Detective's name? ... Sherlock Ohms ;-D badoom tish ... here all week!!

Shiny metropolis ahoy! And another trip to the vet. Little Dude and his latest injection ... plus Busterson's leg has met more than it's match with a late night kitty altercation and needs attention.

Leaves are already slowly dropping in on the snail's and water fleas. Howzat for fast food delivery!?

Time to vamoosle ably assisted by my good friend the coffee cup ... Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday ...

[alcnfr]

Some Button Snail (Genus Mesomphix... spp) along with some probable Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Genus Dacne... spp) eating up a mushroom...

[lost-harts]

July 2023

[giulliadella]

Today I went for a walk and it was heavily raining. And, guys, there were SO MANY snails. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen so many.

They were on walls:

On trees:

In the leaves of the hedge:

And everywhere else:

And I felt so happy. When I was a kid I would collect snails all the time and play with them. Those were some of my fondest memories. So seeing so many of them now that I’m grieving Gummy made me unbelievably happy. This is how snail heaven looks like. This is where Gummy is now.

[dark-academia-alcoholic]

Streeeeeetch!

My favourite pic of a wee little snail friend.

[seabeck]

Detritivores, one homeless and one living in a van

[myxomycota]

snail eating a Trichia sp. by Adam Leaf

[riverwindphotography]

Sunrise at Top Notch Mountain

(c) riverwindphotography, September 2024

[gooberscollage]

🐛Vintage Animal Illustrations 🐛

Sources:

ABC Petits contes (1919) - Gems from Mother Goose (1899) - Mother West Wind "why" stories (1922) - Bully Bull Frog and his home in Rainbow Valley (1921)

[danmeichael]

you know that furry spectrum meme. there's an evil version of it.

[danmeichael]

i call this the taur scale.

there is an exact range of horse (or other animal) within which a creature is at its most uncanny and it is somewhere between 75-100%. outside of that range it is fine. within that range it is considered "nightmare fuel". i am unsure what the optimum point within that range is.

[xserpx]

[misheancolchester]