#Mod A

[autism-culture-is]

Autistic culture is being weirdly possesive over your space even if it's not technically your space because if someone else takes your space it's a disruption of your routine

[dailypepsicola]

DAY 3: how’s the weather down there, strider?

[mytholots]

Apollo: If I fall…

Surya: I’ll be there to catch you.

Lugh: *looks at Sol* What if I fall?

Sol: Then I’ll fall with you, never leaving your side.

Huitzilopochtli: *watches these two interactions*

Huitzilopochtli, to Ra: And if I fall?

Ra: I’ll be the one who pushed you.

[holder-culture-is]

Welcome to [X] Holder Culture!

For all of those alters who hold anything! Whether it be emotions, memories, symptoms, this is the blog for you!

What’s this blog for?

I already explained that, silly! But let me explain a bit more.

This is one of your usual culture blogs! However this time, it’s specifically for alters that hold something for the system! I, the one who’s gonna be talking here the most, hold symptoms of our OCD!

NOTE AS OF 11/27/2024: We will no longer comment on asks unless the asker specifies we should. If you want us to add something to your ask, PLEASE TELL US!!

We do also do flag/term coining, specifically for holders! We made the flag in our profile picture, and that’s the main template for all of the holder flags!

Boundaries?

ENDOS DNI!! Other than that, not really? If you really want our DNI check @saltedcavessys. We have our DNI there. Anywho, that’s about it.

Anon claims

Masterlist pt 1

Masterlist pt 2

Tags and Flags Masterlist

What about you?

Oh, I’m flattered! You can just call me C. I’m an introject, not telling of who though! Some other holders (anger holders, anxiety holders, etc) might interact there, and they’ll just go by their initials as well!

Alters that will probably be active here:

C (he/it, OCD holder)

B (she/her, paranoia holder)

V (she/her, anxiety holder)

M (he/him, anger holder)

D (he/they/xem, hyperfixation holder)

S (he/him, trauma + autism holder)

T (they/them, autism holder)

A (he/they, possible symptom holder)

💠 (it/he, dissociation holder)

🏅 (she/they, holds a bunch of things)

K🎉‼️ (they/zi/star, motivation + happiness holder)

The main system blog is @saltedcavessys!

Also, here’s the flag we used for the profile picture!

Well, that’s all from me. Toodles!

[ask-theclones]

Ay shelly u good dino?

(like dog but dino)

"Huh...?"

"Oh!"

"Ha ha, yeah I suppose I am...!"

"But please, call me Nelly. Shelly is... Someone else..."

~Nelly/Shell Shock~

[best-psych-intern]

heello fellow intern!! My name is Alex and me and @dumptruck-the-potato are going around to pester as many people as possible!

@records-intern

oh uh hi! Hi Alex! I'm Lazerine Sadler or uh Laz if that's easier! Lancaster's intern extraordinare! And hiiii potato boy! Glad to see you are making friends!

Oh uh pester me always!

[aandvarchaeology]

Hello! I wanted to ask what kind of sites do you work on in Germany and what are the conditions like when you excavate? Also are there some artefacts that are more common to find then others?

Hi @ioniccolumns, thanks for the question and sorry for the delay!

Again, Mod V supplying the first part of the answer, since Mod A is currently still huddled under 1000 blankets and drinking vast amounts of tea.

EDIT MANY WEEKS LATER: Double sorry for the double delay, Mod A answered his part, I wanted to edit some things in mine, and then Term Paper Hell happened. Ask me about medieval slate roofing if you want to hear the rant of a lifetime, I dare you.

The short answer to your questions: It depends. 😅

The long answer:

We have a vast richness of time periods in Germany, and pretty much the whole country is covered in archaeology one way or another. It is entirely possible to start a dig going through 1920s scrap metal hoards, dig your way through a high medieval road, an early medieval settlement, and a roman villa rustica and end up in a neolithic causewayed ditch enclosure. In general: If you are digging in a city you'll probably find a latrine and/or a graveyard. You will find medieval ceramics and some kind of crop marks on many many fields. If you are within the bounds of the Roman empire you will most likely find Roman stuff, be that architecture or something else.

As to the conditions: How do you mean? Working conditions? (Imagine your average construction site, only with vastly more nerds.) Preservation conditions? (It varies greatly, we have everything from peat bogs to gravel plains to brown earth, it really depends on where you're digging. Though I WILL mention the Rhenish mining area for its particularly spectacular wood preservation. We literally got paleolithic hunting spears in pretty much working condition out of there.) Soil conditions? (It varies greatly, have a look at the Bodenatlas Deutschland if this particularly interests you!)

And artefacts - again, it depends xD. Though, most medieval digs will turn up incredible amounts of ceramics (my beloved), and it would be terrible of me not to show you our prime example of a find, especially if you're digging in prehistoric time periods: The Glorious Post Hole.

Foto by Brigitte Schlüter, liscence: CC BY-SA 3.0, online here [last viewed March 25, 2025].

~ Mod V

ETA: Mod A (that's me) Has Risen From The Dreadful Pits Of Illness!

In addition to So Many Time Periods in regards to sites, I feel I should mention that most excavations in Germany are so-called Verursachergrabungen (lit. person responsible [pays] excavations) meaning that whoever dug up the monument needs to pay for its excavation. Specific laws surrounding this differ by state, but usually the state office for heritage management will get involved. As V has mentioned, we also have a decent amount of rescue excavations, mainly associated with open-pit mining for gravel and coal, and numerous excavations of scientific interest - the big ones are usually focused on the formerly Roman parts of Germany.

The most common artefact is definitely pottery, followed by flint flakes and stone tools of all kinds. There is one find category that didn't get much attention for decades that actually should be really common though: burnt loam, also known as Hüttenlehm (lit. hut loam). This category covers daub, plaster and mud bricks, but for a long time only painted plaster was recognised because the others look too similar to normal soil - especially when wet. Only the impressions left by the wattle and the temper used to bind the clay of the mud bricks will give them away and all too often those are missed in non-university excavations.

Which brings me to the last part: work conditions! The excavations run by an university on its own are usually comprised of a team of students working towards their Bachelor's or Master's degree, headed by either a PhD student in cooperation with a teacher (who may or may not be a professor) or just a teacher (more likely not to be a professor). Occasionally there may be volunteers from the local archaeological society, but around here they are more closely connected with the state office.

On the excavations run by the state office or in cooperation with them you'll have excavation techs (aka shovelbums) and such fancy things as an excavator who takes care of the topsoil for you. So while the former is the "building site with an accumulation of nerds" V mentioned, the latter is more "building site with a few nerds and the usual annoying foreman who tells you that you're on a tight timetable". [Mod V would also like to mention that the state office does not do its own digs in all German states. If it does, you have to hire them if something turns up on your construction site. If not, they're technically involved from a legal standpoint, but you have your pick of commercial dig companies to do the actual excavating. The annoying foreman is a fixture of both versions.]

University excavations usually will work with more care for the preservation of artefacts while state department (and private excavation companies) will be able to cover more ground, but sometimes lead to damage on pottery and the like.

(In fact, getting an excavator license and specialising on archaeological digs is a very lucrative job because they are always needed, highly recompensated and some excavator drivers can work with mindblowing precision. Those are worth their weight in gold and will get recommended to the head archaeologist's colleagues.)

More specific conditions like accomodation, pay and adherence to OSHA depends on where you're digging (middle of nowhere, near a settlement, middle of the city, etc.), your degree, how much money the organiser was able to secure for financing the project, whether you're there as an intern (usually paid a pittance (i. e. my last intern dig was 3,13€/h paid as lump sum of 500€ at the end of the four weeks)) or as a hired worker (minimum wage, which currently is 12,82€/h). Student interns will usually get free accomodation of varying quality but have to do their own shopping, cooking and cleaning. Hired workers are expected to commute, so they'll usually be chosen for how close they live to the excavation site or will move there for the duration of the dig.

That's all I can think of for now! I hope I was able to answer your questions, let us know if there's more you'd like to know!

~ Mod A

[gsa-official]

but why are your posts making you sound like a cult though 😭

We prefer the term "new religious movement".

[lesbian-ed]

How do I find spaces for women who think like this? I just want a lesbian friend who understands my frustration and disappointment.. I want someone i can have an honest conversation with instead of walking on eggshells.

Make space!!! If you're having trouble with the (admittedly very limited) spaces out there, make up your own space! Start a discord server, or join one. Reach out to people! Don't be shy, I know it's hard but... Be brave.

Start small if you're one to have trouble taking the first step. Send a Tumblr ask, a message. If you're already on servers, be part of the crowd that sends random first messages, interact with other women's posts, etc.

I've always loved getting random Tumblr messages lol and I have friends I met on Tumblr who changed my life!! If Tumblr isn't your usual haunt, apply this to whatever other social media you're mostly on.

I think with the way things are we forget that social media is not just a one way street, it's not just a place to monologue and consume content. The choices are not "to post" or "to read posts". There's more to it. The magic of it all is that we can interact with others, reach out, start debates and conversations.

You're not alone in this feeling of isolation, I know I've felt it myself very very often after learning about gender critical views and radical feminist theory. I know other women have too. I understand it's easy to feel like an island, but you have the tools at hand necessary to make a little rowboat and get yourself to mainland.

I understand it's scary to be vulnerable and open yourself up for reelection, but the rewards are worth the risks!!

I hope you carve your space out, and find your people. Good luck!!

/Mod A

[autism-culture-is]

Autistic people, who's the first fictional character you ever headcanoned as autistic, whether you knew that was what you were doing or not? My first was Darth Maul from Star Wars when I was 8.

[dailypepsicola]

day 9, make sure you get my good side

[mytholots]

Kartikeya: The eagles won last night.

Ganesh: Oh, did you watch the game last night?

Kartikeya, covered in blood and scratches and feathers: What game?

[holder-culture-is]

Anger holder culture is why can't you just fucking cooperate. And why are you refusing to do what you call "basic human decency"??? You say you'll do it, then don't, then criticize everybody else for doing it. I love the system though, they're great and so is my other self. /genuine.

~ 🍷 from 📹🔪

not an anger holder but THIS EXACTLY!! Hypocrites are my absolute nightmare honestly. People get on my nerves so much, I’m so glad I’m a nonhuman alter.

[ask-theclones]

hi nelly, do you have a favorite Dino ? If yes witch one

‘ pats your had because you are very cute ‘

"Rhamphorhynchus!"

"Wait they aren't technically dinosaurs, they're pterosaurs..."

"Uhhhh..."

She does not have a favorite dinosaur. (She also appreciated the head pats)

~Nelly/Shell Shock~

[iwouldfuckdarkiplier]

The very first time I saw Dark's ending in Heist, I noticed that he said, "Same snake, different skin. Always spinning his yarns, his webs, his lies" and I immediately thought, "Dark, honey, you're thinking of a spider. Snakes don't spin webs."

-💙🌹

Listen, Damien's the one with a degree, not Dark-