#Moderators Speaking

[collisionwraith]

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[xxplastic-cubexx]

anyone else get cuteness aggression whenever they see james mcavoys charles….. like i have to pace around the room everytime i see him (your art is not helping. /pos)

i can think of one (1) mate who also gets cuteness aggression

[echolalialand]

i think low support needs autistics take some of the things we moderate and high support needs autistics struggle with for granted.

like, showering. "i have meltdowns when i can't shower because i feel dirty." i can't put the right pieces together in my brain to get myself there more than once every other week or sometimes less without support, and even then i never do it "all the way". the sensory experience of showering is way worse than being dirty and i can't just "force" myself to go through it. imagine feeling dirty and being unable to clean yourself? feeling dirty and being unable to communicate that?

eating. i'm sorry that eating something weird upset you but that you "had" to, but i will starve without access to my safe foods. i literally will not have an appetite without access to my safe foods. imagine not being able to tolerate food to the degree of needing a feeding tube, or being unable to continue eating a safe food when the packaging changes.

cleaning. disorganization upsets you. great, me too. i need extensive emotional preparation, warning, and continuous prompting in order to even hope to clean, and even then it is extremely difficult and causes meltdowns and i may not even be able to do it. imagine having to leave cleaning your space completely up to someone else, how much of an invasion of privacy that is.

these are only a few of the things that i struggle with and many msn/hsn autistics struggle with. and there are even more.

not to say that lsn autistics don't struggle with these things, but that some lsn autistics tend to take things for granted that many msn/hsn autistics can't do independently.

[neurodivergent-mermaid]

Now its autism awareness month get ready to hear not nuanced opinions and misinformation about ABA the puzzle piece autism speaks and everything else. Make sure you try to use critical thinking and do research if you can.

[chiropire]

A sentiment I see sometimes, mostly in the high masking level 1 LSN autistic community, is the disdain for all labels about how impaired you are, especially the autism levels and support needs.

A lot of what I see is people saying they're bad, there's no need for them and that they have no use, that they're basically functioning labels and ableist, that we shouldn't be comparing ourselves and each other, and that they somehow don't include high masking people.

None of these things are true, they ignore the fact that often these labels are self-identifiers, and honestly, I think when having discussions on terminology like autism levels and support needs, the voices of levels 2-3 and HrSN people need to be centred. We're the people who need these terms, we're the people who often depend on them to actually communicate our needs, so when people go around saying these terms are bad without having so much as an afterthought about us it is really upsetting and hurtful.

I've seen people say we don't need the terms because we can just explain the supports we need as if it was so easy to do so. Many of us have such complex needs that trying to explain them all the time isn't possible.

[bambiraptorx]

Actually what's funny about Leo and Donnie getting the moniker "disaster twins" is that when you think about it, they're probably about the chillest duo in canon

[myfandomrealitea]

By the way if you're creating a space like a private group chat or a Discord server it is absolutely your responsibility to make sure that space is safe.

It is your responsibility to moderate it. To regulate the behavior displayed within it. To take action when people create harm. You cannot just create this space then wash your hands of any responsibility for what happens within it.

I keep seeing so many teens making servers and chats and groups and then whining that they're getting bullied for not doing anything when people use them to cause harm and upset and I cannot stress this enough.

You are responsible for shutting that down. Or for sourcing someone to do it on your behalf. You have control of that space. You are not just an innocent bystander.

"Anything goes here, if you're offended just leave" is absolutely not an excuse for blatantly allowing things like harassment, bullying, racism, homophobia and other targeted hate.

Discord in particular is incredible for available resources for preventing things like this. There are literally hundreds of server bots you can deploy to auto-moderate and manual moderation is as easy as two little clicks.

If you feel you're responsible enough to be in the position of power of creating a space, you are responsible enough to ensure it is not used for harm.

And if you're not?

Well.

[psychotrenny]

The way Western Liberals talk about WW2 drives me insane. Like USamericans are constantly boasting "We Defeated the Nazis!" as though they also didn't inspire the Nazis, rehabilitated the Nazis or engage in comparably brutal forms of genocidal exploitation over the time span of centuries. None of the other "Western Powers" are any better in this regard either

Like the idea that Liberalism and Fascism are absolute opposites is completely nonsense. Both ideologies are nothing more than different manifestations of Bourgeoisie rule; two heads of the same beasts. They aren't even inherently hostile to each other; Liberal and Fascist regimes are able to co-exist and even collaborate with each other just fine. The pattern of "Liberalism in the Core and Fascism in the Peripheries" is one that effectively predates the emergence of Fascism itself as a defined ideology; it's why you'll hear people refer to Imperial Core fascist movements as "Colonialism turned Inwards". It's also why you see people who intensely fear-monger over the idea of Donald Trump's electoral victory in the US as the "end of democracy", while giving nothing but praise and support to Nazis in Ukraine.

Basically WW2 was the ONE (1) time that the Liberal Democracies of the Imperial core had any real problem with Fascism and yet liberals use it to pretend that Fascists are their worst enemies (so therefore all their Nazi buddies are aktually just misunderstood freedom fighters). It's exhausting to put up with once you realise how hollow it all is; this Liberal "anti-Fascism" that disagrees with the means but not the ends

[mod-does-things]

The Moderators

We deal with people who seek to disrupt the peace.

We have finalized applications and these are the ones that got in.

My name is Mod. I am adept in close quarters combat and knives. I guess I am the leader of this group.

@dia-sterling-answers a water witch, she has several different water based abilities.

@xirunafer-the-worldshaper they are apparently God. They manage our files and other paperwork.

@wes-russo-answers a vampire, among other powers he can will people to do things.

@sapphire-starling mental manipulation along with being able to create illusions from and turn into smoke. They also manage our supplies and equipment.

[trans-ralsei]

okay i can't find that post any more

but i worry about the trans girls who have gaping holes where their personalities should be.

it takes a lot of effort for a person to sustain your continued spiritual and psychological existence. i've met these trans girls, and i've tried to help (or I think I've tried to help). but the deadliest part of this is that to build yourself up brick by brick requires you to fight against the currents that want you dead, that want you to be the empty husk of a human being.

that's why the whole please stay alive thing is such a resonating statement; you need to stay alive for your own sake.

in the home city that means trying to find your own shelter when rent can easily cost you a third of your wage and landlords fucking suck. that means looking for a job that won't fucking deadname or misgender you, that you can tolerate. that means surviving. that means leaving clingy and transphobic family behind and uprooting what the home city believes should be your entire support system. that means trying to live, to get to the point where you can get hormone therapy, hair removal, bottom surgery.

i can't promise that things will get better. but if you know someone like that. if you know a trans girl like that. please. keep them alive. and help them fight. help them be themselves, and grow and bloom again.

we don't have much in the home city, but there are resources. places. things that we are doing and building so that we don't lose people. allies that are fighting alongside us.

because we will win. and when we win, i hope we don't have to mourn.

[collisionwraith]

how does it feel knowing the mystery is going to be over?

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[official-agent-stone]

Screencap I have saved from the doctor's stream

[echolalialand]

i understand low support needs people telling other low support needs people not to seek a diagnosis right now bc of the threat of the rfk jr database or to get your diagnosis changed, but some of us fucking need it.

and please understand that not all higher support needs people are officially diagnosed or have it on their chart. higher support needs autistics are unbelievably susceptible to abuse and medical neglect, which can involve withholding diagnosis. not to mention poverty and financial barriers, lack of insurance, lack of awareness and understanding, etc.

for us higher support needs people who are chronically undersupported, often/sometimes even neglected, a lot of us need to seek diagnosis as soon as we're able because we are suffering without resources.

we need our stuff covered by insurance. carers, therapies, equipment. we need our disability benefits, and legal protections. we need our guardianships and legal caretakers. that doesn't happen without a diagnosis.

we can't all delay diagnosis. we can't all be stealthy, or mask. we can't all advocate for ourselves without using the word "autism", we can't all access everything we need without it.

hot take: while having the resources to seek a diagnosis may be a "privilege" for some people, being able to be undiagnosed is also a huge privilege.

[ghouljams]

taking a little writing break to make a pinterest aesthetic board and some of these catholic wedding photos look like horror movie stills...

[wywaskblog]

"Them bandages just a temporary fix. He don’t bleed or nothin’, but it ain’t gon’ hold forever. I just, I don’t really know what to do right now, just… tryna keep the pain down first. Then, when he ain’t hurtin’ no more, we’ll work somethin’ out."

[yandere-daydreams]

I don't understand. Why our brain turn the traumatic memories into fetishes. I need to research on that, srsly.

idk how to explain it but it does kinda make sense to me. wtf else are we supposed to do with them??? die??? bondage just seems more productive idk.