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I am tired, under-caffeinated, and ready to be back in the hell hole of my choosing (class) because it's been a grand total of 7 days and I'm already losing my marbles being in close proximity to particular individuals

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THE RANT I COULD GO ON

what abled ppl think is a massive problem for disabled folks: 13 year old on the internet faking something

what is actually a massive problem for disabled folks: "well you don't LOOK disabled, are you sure you're not faking? I'm not giving you accommodations until you PROVE you're not faking. Please give me, a stranger, your medical info and explain your condition to me in detail so I know you're not faking and only then will I respect or take you seriously"

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Race.

rahhh i hate that academics has basically given me a praise kink

I'm just going to guess and say it never ends… right?

The most arguably futile race.

The painstaking drive for academic validation,

The struggle for the top, to do better, to be better.

The constant comparison,

The borderline destructive yet nondescript pressure of everyone's expectations 

The unspoken lifeline of academic validation–

The prize never existed, yet everyone keeps on chasing it.

Every test, every assignment, every grade–

Just another rung on the ladder.

You keep climbing higher and higher and higher, but honestly do you even know where it goes?

It's this constant cycle:

Aim higher, try to do better, if you fail, try again. And again. And again

And again, until you feel as though you've accomplished something.

But there's always someone  one step ahead, doing better, being better, achieving more

And still, you keep moving forward, unsure if it's ever enough.

Then comes a point

Where the difficulty out-strides the drive,

Where the smallest steps you attempt to take feel too steep,

The effort you put starts to drag your feet with every move like weights that grow heavier by the millimeter

Some stumble, some slow down to catch their brains

And some lose sight of why they started the marathon to begin with.

It's never communicated to you, 

But that's okay.

It's okay to pause, slow down, take a breather, recharge, and restart

The race was never about who crossed the line first, or who paced themselves the best

The race was never fair to begin with.

Academics aren't everything, the training isn't everything, Success, and winning this ever-so-impossible race isn't everything yet why do we insist on making it everything

This race will eventually stop, but then what about the next? and the next?

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#imnotsorrybutimsososorry

Sorry for infodumping about my special interest out of nowhere, you said a keyword and it activated my unskippable dialogue

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Slight infodump:

Mayerle was one of the wackiest dudes. Despite being one of the chartering member of the American Optometric Association, he very much was a peddler at heart ( I mean lets be so for real it was late 1800s/early 1900s). He had a lot of "miracle cure-alls" that got attention simply because of his name, but arguably this was his most solid invention that ironically sold for $3-$6 at the time. It is still one of the most universally accessible eye charts to this day, testing for acuity, color vision, and astigmatism all on one chart.

so yeah... pretty cool stuff

George Mayerle's "international eye chart"

(positive) ca. 1907.

One of many immigrants to live in early 20th-century San Francisco, Mayerle — an optician originally from Germany — invented this chart which allowed anyone to do an eye test regardless of what language they spoke.

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‘Love is the one thing that we’re capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space.’

“Eulogy from a Physicist” by Aaron Freeman, with quotes from Interstellar by Christopher Nolan, and images from NASA, Interstellar, Getty, Petrichara, and Reuters.

1- NASA: GOODS-South.

2- NASA: NGC 1850.

3- NASA: Iberian Peninsula.

4- Christopher Nolan: Interstellar.

5- NASA: From the Earth to the Moon.

6- Hannah La Folette Ryan: Subway Hands.

7- Adams Evans: Heart Nebula.

8- NASA: Exploring the Antennae.

9- NASA: Crescent Moon from the International Space Station.

10- Petrichara.

11- Getty Images.

12- NASA: SMACS 0723.

13- Reuters

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