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!spoilers for helluva boss “sinsmas”!

I’ve been kinda non active lately, but I just thought I’d share my thoughts. Soo in sinsmas there’s this moment where Stols is saying that Blitz shouldn’t feel quirky for the choices he made, which is abandoning his life, and saving Blitz. But at the same time he says he does regret what he has done, soo isn’t he basically saying that he regrets saving Blitzø…? Stolas is in a very bad place this episode but dawg, you’re literally living with the dude, don’t have to say that 😭😭. Btw this is more of a question if someone does understand that scene better I would gladly listen to an explanation, cause my interpretation feels a little off to me

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the person who helped today when I fell out of my wheelchair actually did a really great job, so I want to share in case other people wonder what to do. [Note: this is not universal, this is merely a suggestion from one person, every wheelchair user's needs are different! I am a person who uses a manual chair usually pushed by someone else who is also disabled.]

Scenario: you see someone in a wheelchair fall out of their chair, and you have the ability to help.

1. Approach and ask "are you okay?"*

2. Next question if they say no, are vague, or open to continuing conversation** is, "is there anything I can do to help?" Or "what can I do?"

If they say no to help, then that's the end, just leave and go do whatever you were doing!

If they ask for help or say they are mildly injured, ask "what would you like me to do?" And wait for an answer before doing anything! If they seem dazed or confused, they might have hit their head or had another medical event*, or they might just be like that due to regular disability. Be patient.

Do not touch the person unless they say to, or they are like, unconcious in the middle of the road, ya know?? Wheelchair users usually have conditions that mean being handled improperly can severely injure us, you could cause much more damage than the fall.

Some things they might need you to do:

Bring their wheelchair closer (mine went about 5 feet away after it dumped me)

engage the brakes of the wheelchair

hold wheelchair steady if it's an unsteady surface (mud, hill, ramp, wet, etc)

offer an arm for them to hold onto to get up (them grabbing you, not you grabbing them) or move another solid item closer for them to use (i.e. a chair) [only do this if you physically have the ability to!]

If the terrain is rough (i.e. a parking lot), they *might* ask you to push their chair to a more stable area once they are back in their chair

nothing

Something else

Do what they ask, NOT what you think would be helpful. If for some reason you have to do something (i.e. you can't stop oncoming traffic and need to get them out) ASAP, tell them what you plan to do

Keep in mind they might also be D/deaf, have a communication disability, be stunned after the fall, have a head injury, not trust other people, etc. Be patient and treat them as a person with autonomy and agency! They might need to just sit on the ground for a few minutes to recover before trying to get back in their chair. They might want everyone to leave them alone. They might ask you to call someone specific. Their chair might have broken and that can be extremely distressing. All of this is like if your legs spontaneously stop working when you're out and about!

A lot of wheelchair users (NOT ALL) have ways to get into their chair on their own once the chair is close enough and brakes engaged (but it's hard from the ground!). Here's what brakes look like on a lot of manual wheelchairs, in case they ask you to lock the brakes. They're levers on each side and pushing the lever pushes a bar against the wheel to hold it still.

ID: A manual wheelchair with the brake levels circled in red and labeled "user brake levers"

*There is also the possibility of course that a person fell out of their chair due to a seizure or other medical event, so that is why it is important to ask if they are okay. If you saw them hit their head, tell them so. If they had a medical event, follow protocol for that, I'm not gonna get into it here (thought I could).

**sometimes a person will be clear after the first question i.e. "I'm all good thanks" clearly means they do not need you to ask another question, you can just leave them alone. Keep walking and don't stare. A lot of the time people will be a bit banged up but be totally fine and able to manage on their own.

TLDR: Ask the wheelchair user if they're okay, then what they need, and then do exactly that, including leaving them alone. Thanks!

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remember when israel bombed a hospital fourteen months ago they said that they would never do anything like that only to bomb every single hospital in gaza and then target schools and refugee camps and kindergartens and un shelters?

remember how everyone was angry when al shifa hospital was bombed? why are we all silent now when israel is bombing kamal adwan hospital in gaza? where is that anger now? why aren't the events taking place in north gaza on the forefront of your mind?

while we are going about our days, there are multiple massacres taking place in gaza. we are living in comfort while our tax money is being used to bomb children.

are we becoming desensitised to genocide? desensitised to the cruelty the occupation inflicts on gaza every second of every day?

earlier in the genocide, we all came together to help palestinians evacuate. we would do our best to help. now we've simply started tuning out fundraisers. is this what we've come to? ignoring people who are going through a genocide?

i just want people to come together and help my friend alaa. she has two children and needs to feed them and ensure that they're warm in this cruel winter. donate to her fundraiser if you have the means to, share if you can't donate.

donate here || verification

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When you have a disability, especially if you're classified as "high functioning", you're often the victim of unreasonable expectations. And if you don't meet the expectations, you're punished.

So you burn yourself out in order to meet the expectations. After all, the expectation sounds reasonable, and you don't know how to explain why you struggle with it.

But when you succeed at it once, it's used as evidence that you never struggled and that you've always been able to do it. The people who hit you, berated you, and otherwise abused you use that as evidence that abusing you works.

You end up scarred for life knowing that suffering punishments simply for being you is an inevitable reality and will be for the rest of your life, while the people who abuse you get to pretend that they're motivating you to succeed.

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My dyslexic ass can't see shit, welp, guess I'll die

Witchcraft, Wisdom, Death...

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I'M CLAIMING 12:48!! Last time I got the Scooby doo style chase scene, I hope this one will be fun!

(Please mastermind don't break my heart, please please please please)

Btw I'm doing the Timestamp Claim thing again bc it's fun, and for Mastermind I've decided to claim minute 11:36. Let's see what I get... I'm scared 😂

Does anyone wanna hop on the train? If so, reblog with your claim!

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We know many of you have seen NaNoWriMo's recent statements on generative AI...

Well, we have too—and that's why we've made the decision to retract our sponsorship of NaNo.

Your support and belief in human creativity, transparency and collaboration mean everything to us, and we're committed to staying true to that. Thank you all! 💙

You can read our full statement here.

The Ellipsus team xo

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If there were no consequences, societal or otherwise, what would you do?

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It says alot about America that the first trans woman we have ever elected to Congress is a white lady career politician from Delaware, the Tax Haven State, a supporter of the zionist genocide, who used to be the HRC's national press secretary, who interned for Obama and worked on Beau Biden's AG campaigns when she was younger, who had the foreword to her memoir written by none other that the great Satan himself, Joe Biden

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ao3 turns 15 today

reblog if youre older than ao3

(there's a lot of people asking about this, but the legal age to use social media is 13, except in few countries. so yes, there are people here under 15)

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This is where we are. Anti-trans pogroms have begun and the community is living in fear. Things are so bad that some of us are unable to live anymore.

Where is the left? Where are our allies?

#TDoR2024

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Reblog this if it’s okay to DM you and shoot the friendship shot.

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i had a joke about orpheus and eurydice but looking back it wasn't a good idea

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he baby

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Reblog if you're black tumblr.

You don’t have to be black, it just means you support us, you stand by us and your for us.

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this is a poem to me