#and yourself

[saturn-canine]

no but being so actually FOR REAL, can we PLEASE for the LOVE OF DOG stop moralizing disability and drug use?? and homelessness why we're at it??

I grew up in a INCREDIBLY teeny tiny rural town in southern ohio. I'm talkin a few thous, and EVERYONE I knew was disabled, on drugs, or knew someone who was. There was one homeless guy in our town, and from what i could tell, he was looked after.

ofc growing up as a young child I was indoctrinated with all the like "drug addicts bad" "disability bad" but by the time I was like 13/14, I was no longer believing that shit. I'm not a better person, by the way, because I learned that so early on.

i understood by that time, you're one bad day away from having a drink/smoke/etc and getting addicted. I didn't really understand drugs or what they REALLY were bc I was SUPER sheltered and autistic and shit, but I saw the humanity in a drug addicts eye. I didn't think I was somehow better than a homeless person. Didn't think I was above becoming disabled.

I knew intuitively I was disabled and that I was deficient in certain mental areas, despite being told I was "lazy" etc. Even before I really grasped that, I was a PASSIONATE advocate against the "r-slur" and ended multiple friendships due to it. I didn't use "gay" as an insult. Didn't say dyke with malice (I used it as a descriptor for myself lol)

I was accepting and radically so in may aspects (not in the way its used today mind you) for the time period I was an outliner and still am in so many regards. I had gay friends, and disabled friends, I befriended (and fell in love with) a woman with a drug addiction when I was ab 20ish and had entered the psych ward for about the 3rd time. I loved her, but fell out of touch. Nothing ever happened between us. But I think about her constantly. She was a bright bubbly soul. Her long brown hair, tannish yellow skin (due to jaundice I believe) he beautiful blue eyes and sparse, but dark freckles. I miss her so much

I remember how much love I had for all my friends. The gay ones, the drug addicted ones, the disabled ones, the women I met at the homeless shelters when i was homeless. The trans women who loved me. I remember everyone I ever loved. I was a broken person who didnt know how to love, but was so passionate. I loved with every ounce of my own broken heart. with every dysfunctional part of my soul.

Despite, or maybe because of, everything I've been through, I will love, love, love. I will love because it's what I know how to do. I will love because I have been loved.

I have been loved in many ways. Some ways that broke my heart and spirit. In ways that have shaken me to my core. I have been loved in ways that have lifted my spirits and made me believe in the world and goodness of those within.

I'm waxing poetic. But you get the point.

Love your fellow creature.

(Bible Verses under the cut)

1 Corinthians 13:13

"And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."

John 13:34-35

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

[guiltymepleasures]

So we can see you in adult form too.

[novella-b]

one thing about writing fanfic that i find challenging (and not necessarily in a bad way) is trying to fit a bunch of dynamics of different characters while also pushing the plot forward and focusing on, of course, the main ship of the story

i want remus and lily to have their time, i want him and regulus to bond. i want a great black brothers dynamic. i want sirius and lily to be close friends. james needs his moments to shine. and of course, in a wolfstar centric fic, i need them to be the main focus

so i just want to say, fanfic writers, i see you and i appreciate all that you do. writing is hard, first and foremost, and even if all you don’t get to every idea, that doesn’t mean the fic is bad. it doesn’t mean people will think less of it. i can see your efforts and you’re doing amazing

[lovely-v]

It’s crazy and fucked up that being yourself is actually the solution.

[meefstewk]

is this an adhd thing? my mom who is Very Against the idea that adhd Exists and i will both suddenly forget what we're talking about or about to say/do and we have to ask the other what we were talking about or how did we get to this point in the conversation and to be honest it can be pretty entertaining to stop and go through all the beats of the conversation so far. like the breadth of topics and connective tissue can be ridiculous in and of itself. but also it's nice to ask for help in that sort of situation because if the person you're talking to isnt a Massive Asshole they'll typically prompt you with what you were saying/what the topic is or try to help you find the word you're looking for with minimal annoyance.

anyways i was raised with the idea that forgetting what you were talking about/what point you were trying to make/what word you were looking for/what you're trying to do/what you're looking for was normal and non-medicalized and it happened all the time and you were just supposed to chuckle about it and ask for help and move on and it didn't make you "adhd" or "forgetful" or anything like that. i think i remember multiple comics or sitcom bits where something like that would happen to one character or another and that sort of cemented the ubiquity and humanity of that type of situation in my mind.

the curse of adhd:

i will remember with absolute clarity, when the thought strikes me that i have a text to send someone, that this is the fourth time in three days i've attempted to send this specific text

i will forget, in the time it takes me to pick up my phone, that i picked it up intending to send a text

[aropride]

(so mad i can’t see straight) Yeah i just don’t think chat gpt is a good classroom tool

[graveyarrdshift]

"I'm just a girl", "girl math", "girl dinner", "divine feminine energy", "bimbocore", "clean girl", "girl's girl", "girlfriend brain" SHUT UPPP!!! SHUTT THE FUCKKKK UPPPPPP !!!!

[dogglegog]

dominant things you can say during sex

i didnt hear what you said

hold on i need to blow my nose

wow

i feel kind of nauseous

is this anything

i don't know

this kind of reminds me of that one song

we can probably ignore that noise if you want to

why is my sock wet

it smells bad in here

that was weird

where are my glasses

ow

this is normal

sorry

just 2 chill people chilling

this is cool

can you say that again

are we good

youre actually naked

[insomniac-arrest]

over-psychoanalyzing blorbos is healthy and needed enrichment for the girlies in order to avoid over-psychoanalyzing themselves. like giving a dog a chew toy in order to redirect chewing on its hind legs

[captainjonnitkessler]

>Join a union

>Hear people constantly complaining that the current union leadership is super corrupt, it's all just the same ten guys making all the decisions in secret and nobody else in the union ever gets to know what's going on

>Go to the monthly union meetings that are completely open to all 1200 union members

>The only attendees are the same ten guys every month, giving detailed reports about everything that's going on

[deehellcat]

ALL of this. Well, except, it's the owner who doesn't vaccinate that is stupid, not the poor dog.

"I've decided not to vaccinate my animals. Think about it, how often do you see a rabid dog?"

Yes Heather think about it. Think about how few rabid dogs you see in your comfortable western country with easy access to vet care. Think about why it might be that you've never seen a rabid dog. Really dig deep here you absolute fucking fool.

[lotuspositivity]

You don't have to force yourself to bounce back so quickly. I read something recently that said "when you come in from a rainstorm, you don't expect yourself to be dry and warm right away", and it really resonated with me. It's okay to take time to dry off and warm up. Take the time you need to process what happened to you.

[privatejoker]

if you have OCD that moralistic post it not about you. keep scrolling. i love you

[milkcryptid]

do people have no shame anymore?

[doctorwhowatchesthewatchmen]

shipping isn’t about what the writers or actors say is or isn’t romantic. shipping isn’t even about romance a good percentage of the time. shipping is about seeing The Dynamic and going absolutely hog wild in your mind and your friends dms about it.