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claiming spoon theory

i get asks from time to time from people upset they can’t claim spoon theory to describe themselves, from people who say “able bodied people still have spoons, just a lot more of them than someone with an illness”.

i’m going to have to stop you right there, folks — spoon theory was CREATED to describe chronic illness. its origin and reason for existence is to give people with chronic ailments the ability to articulate their energy levels at any given time. 

reserving spoon theory for people with chronic illnesses is not othering able bodied people. it is empowering people with disabilities. the empowerment of a marginalized group does not mean to automatic demotion of a privileged one. 

healthy people don’t need spoon theory. healthy people get tired, yes. of course everyone runs out of energy eventually, yes. of course everyone needs rest, yes. but that struggle is not synonymous to someone whose life is defined by difficult choices, someone whose disease means choosing between cooking lunch and taking a shower, or whose flare-ups make it impossible to complete certain tasks. 

some things are simply not yours to claim. some terms belong to certain groups, because they were created specifically for that group to be used by that group, often in order to communicate their specific situation to someone who wouldn’t understand from the outside. be respectful. don’t take it personally. be compassionate to people dealing with chronic illness and disabilities and mental illness. it is the right thing to do. 

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they are on a date

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Harvey " Family man" Dent

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Ra's Al Ghul: Talia. Why is your charity case running around stabbing people and causing me a migraine?

Talia: I may have told him that coming out of the Lazarus Pit can induce a rage fever.

Ra's: That wears off after four hours. It's been three months since you dunked him.

Talia: It's therapeutic, father. He's able to express his rage without feeling guilt over it. Let him have this.

Ra's: He ruined my favorite garden!

Talia: For as much as I put into keeping this League running, he gets to ruin as much as he wants.

Okay that would be hilarious.

Jason: *goes absolutely feral*

Talia, sipping tea: You’re doing great, sweetie.

Ra’s: It’s been six months. He’s taken down nine drug rings and three corrupt governments. Will you please tell him now.

Talia: Just let him have this.

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Real true facts about the baby bats

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*survives the horrors by being such a silly goofy guy that my presence fundamentally changes the genre*

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I hate, hate, HATE the term “affordable housing.” I hate that we’ve normalized it. I hate that we just accept that the majority of housing, a basic human right, is unaffordable to much of the population. Housing should be affordable as a baseline. If rich people want to add arcades and gold-plated hot tubs on top so be it, but everyone, everyone, regardless of income level, should have access to a clean, comfortable home with enough light and space to make life worth living.

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It's fun reading writers who clearly grew up in suburban/urban environments as someone who grew up on a farm because they're always like "oh it was so creepy, woods at night, eerily breathtaking, something was living in there..." and it's like yeah that'll be the deer.

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oh you like history? name everything that ever happened

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i hate this place i want to go to build a bear

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came home drunk last night and got way too excited to see my cat

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Sokka bullies Zuko into naps.

He provides the cushion.

@zukkaweek  day 3 : spooning / bedsharing / domesticity

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(SPOILERS FOR JAMES GUNN'S DC PLAN)

We all agree that if Damian's casted as a white boy we're gonna have Gunn's head on a pyke between the hour right?

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Alright, so the new movie The Brave and the Bold 2025 is based on Morrison's work. That does not mean they will use the Talia racist retcon. They will most probably use the test tube baby Damian Wayne. Which is a million times better compared to the recist retcon. Now let's remember what happened with the Batman Webtoon. We all came to the defense of Talia and I hope we do it again to show what the fans want and don't want. Because honestly no one wants Talia's racist retcon but racist people.

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damian wayne is not evil and talia al ghul is not a rapist. in case anyone needed a reminder.

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#I'm just saying, there's no way he was knocked around that many times without consequences

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regular ascot-loving-mystery-solving family