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so i wore a pride flag pin to work the other day and the kids were all interested (obviously) (find me a classroom of preschoolers who are not obsessed with rainbows) (i'll wait) so they crowded around to see.

"aww!" they said, "it's a flag!!"

but the thing is: they're little. a lot of them don't really have a handle on all their mouth sounds yet.

such as, notably, that tricky tricky "L" sound.

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I hope this vampire bat running on a treadmill will make your day better

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Autistic and allistic writers alike:

Remember that autistic characters are regular people and can have a wide range of personalities, not just what you have personally experienced.

Remember that extroverted and outgoing autistics are just as autistic as the introverted savant.

Remember to highlight the struggles that come with being autistic outside of just social struggles.

Remember that a lot of autistics are vulnerable to complex trauma because they have parents that force them to mask and abuse them for their autistic traits.

Remember to include intersectionality in your autistic characters.

Remember that bullying can be extremely traumatic and aggressive, especially towards minority groups on top of being disabled.

Remember that comorbidities exist and are extremely common in autism (OCD, anxiety, PTSD/C-PTSD, ADHD, etc)

Remember that autism is a non-linear spectrum and that someone can be non-verbal and struggle to communicate but have above average coordination, but another could be extremely verbal and have excellent communication abilities but may often walk into things and struggle with handwriting and drawing.

Remember to include all components and nuances that come with being autistic in your autistic characters to make them feel as real as possible.

-Me, an autistic writer

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tumblr polls are like: normal everyday question?

1. first option that reveals the poll maker has an absolutely bizarre understanding of the thing they are asking about

2., second option that adds the worrying context that op considers the first option the normal answer,

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"this thing is rare and only affects 1% of the population" dude that's 80 million people can you shut up

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i feel strongly about this

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she was seriously worried that the city would get rid of the grafitti before she could take a picture with it

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Why is this heat so hot 😩

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No wait, random worldbuilding idea:

A people who have an age-old tradition, that when warriors left home to go to war, their family that remains home prepare funeral goods for them while they wait, sewing them the clothes and preparing the tools and all that they will be buried with - to emotionally prepare them to the hard possibility that the one who left will not return home alive. If the warrior returns, their burial goods are all burned in a bonfire that is lit for the celebration of their return.

And to this modern day, mothers of the culture will tell their children "fine, but let me take your measures for burial clothes before you go" as a way of telling them that something they're about to do is lethally stupid. Sharing stories about just how dramatic their mothers are, someone tells their group of friends that his mother once actually took out a measuring tape to start taking his measures when he said he's leaving home for a work trip.

And another one goes "pfft, yeah. This one time I went to a rock concert and came back home to mom sitting on her sewing machine, fucking making me a funeral coat."

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Fuck you *migrates to another environment and evolves entirely new characteristics over thousands of years*

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The fact that animals that care for their young will sometimes adopt others' lost or orphaned young to raise along their own is just funny to me. I know that it's all hormonal and there's no conscious thought involved in it, but the internal logic of it is so funny.

"Baby = success. More baby = more success. I have one baby and I found four other baby. I have five baby. I am being so fucking successful right now."

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A fantasy story starting with the protagonist minding her own business gathering firewood, when a demon appears out of nowhere announcing that she belongs to him now. The protagonist demands to know on what grounds, she's never signed no damn contract. The demon is kind of baffled by this, and awkwardly explains that just now her father had promised his firstborn for something, and she is his firstborn.

The protagonist digs her heels in and says no, she never knew her biological father and by the way the demon explained the situation, evidently her father also doesn't know that he already has a daughter, so therefore the man who had made no contribution to her life after he bred and fled has no claim to her as something he could barter.

Not giving a shit about the fact she's gambling her life in doing so, the protagonist makes contact with the local woodland fae, asking them to negotiate on her side. The fae think that this is fucking hilarious and go with her. So, having lawyered up and with a reluctant demon in tow, the protagonist heads off on a quest to find her father and do whatever it takes to wrangle everyone involved into unmaking the contract.