I’m waiting for jury duty and they’ve got a slideshow going where they’re displaying all these quotes from founding fathers about trial by jury and I’m starting to suspect they’re doing ones from slave owners specifically.
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Like, cool quote and all, but I’m not sure I want to listen to the thoughts on liberty from a guy who owned over a hundred slaves.
significantly less important than the hypocrisy of the founding fathers. but is that a projector screen that also has overhead lighting DIRECTLY in front of it?
Look, here in Alameda County we belive in two things:
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We should have a museum where every year, you can participate in the stabbing of Caesar, with 3d reconstruction or something. Like a reenactment but also as a threat to politicians. I think that’d be fun
• Donated tons of money to causes which have eroded trans rights across the globe
• Defended slavery in her most popular work (House elves LIKE being slaves thoooo 🙄)
• Used racist caricatures which have racist names in her most popular work
• Used antisemitic caricatures in her most popular work
• And if you’re still “well, but…”-ing the antisemitism of the Goblins, the recent game was straight-up the definition of blood libel
• Used the name of the man who invented conversion therapy as a pseudonym to write books
• And has now engaged in ACTUAL HOLOCAUST DENIAL
Seriously, how bad does she have to get before you all will admit to yourselves that supporting her is the same as supporting nazism??? “It was part of my childhood!” Same!!! And it sucks to admit that something you used to love is actually awful and harmful!!! But also at some point you have to just…move on!!!! “Oh I’m sure its just a mistake!” Why, because she claimed that ONE character is gay and wouldnt even let it be shown ever??? Because the main villain was slightly more cartoonishly racist than she is???? Because one of the most popular characters quit being a cartoon racist *BECAUSE HE WAS HORNY*?
Seriously. Give up Harry Potter. No grey area anymore.
Today on “Indigo posts fanart for the niche indie game visual novel nobody following him knows about”, we’ve got a mothman! Not THE Mothman, that would be his dad. I firmly believe he has ADHD just like me because come on. Look at him. He goes on long rambles that can bore and confuse some, he’s very bubbly, loud, and energetic, he tends to forget about responsibilities or procrastinate on them until the last moment… need I go on? He’s just like me fr fr.
Recently saw an insta vid where a musician was singing lyrics that described their intrusive thoughts as a person with OCD, and in the comments every so often there would be people writing like “bro what is this 🤨🤨” and “keep this between you and your therapist dont post it on the internet” and it just further fueled my belief that OCD symptoms and intrusive thoughts need to be talked about more because a majority of the struggle with the disorder is the shame surrounding its symptoms. OCD is not able to be easily romanticized or ‘quirky'fied like other disorders or neurodivergencies have been*, and as a result its symptoms are more quickly met with disgust or repulsion.
Other people in the comments were thanking OP because it captured the struggle of real intrusive thoughts instead of impulsive ones. Impulsive thoughts are more of the 'I’m gonna dye my hair randomly on a thursday night’ thoughts vs the intrusive 'what if I drove my car into that family and suddenly killed us both’ thoughts, the latter of which make OCD as a disorder truly debilitating. And the people that immediately assign bad morals to intrusive thoughts? They only further condemn people with OCD to never wanting to talk about the symptoms they’ve already been struggling with shame about.
I feel it needs to be made more blatantly explained to the public that OCD intrusive thoughts aren’t desire based. They’re fear and disgust based. You fear hurting anyone so badly your mind can’t stop thinking about what if you hurt someone. You fear molesting anyone so you never want to even touch anyone. Your mind fixates on the 'what ifs’ and distorts them into the idea that, because you think this way, you must want to act this way–when the reality is the exact opposite.
If a person with OCD ever confides to you one of their intrusive thoughts and you feel a knee-jerk reaction of disgust towards them, it needs to be reiterated that:
1. the person does not want to be thinking about this, their brain is legit hardwired to make those thoughts pop up
2. the person themselves also feels this disgust, often intensely, and they very likely resent themselves for ever thinking it
and
3. they have no desire to enact the intrusive thought, because its intrusive nature hinges on the person’s fears and dislikes.
*And to clarify what I mean by romanticization and 'quirk’-ifying, I do not mean to imply that romanticizing any disorder or condition is inherently a good thing. It’s only to state that conditions like anxiety and ADHD have been made such common/'trendy’ topics recently that they’re less taboo to speak about–leading to more people talking about their struggles with it, and helping others realize they might have it too and aren’t alone. Because certain OCD traits aren’t as marketable (obviously) a lot of those with it are left rather isolated.
Gentrification creates a stifling homogeneity in urban areas that makes it less suited for the everyday lives of the lower class and more suited towards the leisure and tourism of those with expendable income.
An old, decrepit laundromat gets replaced by an upscale bakery? And people are mad? It’s not that the poor hate organic vegan cupcakes, it’s that most of us don’t have a way to do laundry in our own home.
Run-down corner stores replaced by hand-made designer clothing boutiques? We don’t hate your eco-fabric shawl, but I can’t eat that for dinner after work like I could have a can of beans I grabbed from that corner store when I don’t have time to take the bus to the real grocery store after work.
What gentrification brings in and of itself is not typically bad, it’s that gentrification brings institutions of leisure and pleasure and makes it so that the poor have to go farther out of their way for basic necessities. It turns low-income living spaces into local tourist attractions. It can even create food deserts by putting restaurants, grocery stores, etc. in that the majority of the lower class cannot afford.
Imagine if someone totally renovated your house and turned it into a mini theme park - they took away your sleeping space, where you prepare food, where you clean yourself and get ready for your day, and replaced it with things that will please people who are visiting, who have their own homes they can go back to, who are here not for their entire life but just as a distraction from their otherwise mundane existence. It’s not that you hate theme parks, it’s not like you’ve never been to a theme park and vow to never visit one again. It’s just that you need to live! To survive! And the leisure of those who have more than you should not invalidate your existence.
I am glad this has made the rounds. Some people feel a dense misunderstanding or misinterpretation concerning gentrification, and I think it helps to hear a description/explanation of what gentrification is from those who are both affected by it and educated by the culture from which it hails. I and many others enjoy some of the delights of gentrification while simultaneously having their livelihoods threatened by it.
[ID: A Gravity Falls comic drawn very on-model to the show. Young Soos, kneeling with Mystery Shack, looks up and asks, “What happened on that birthday?” Stan says seriously, “The worst possible thing…” He puts a hand on a wide-eyed Soos’s shoulder and reveals, “…I only got one cake!”
Soos squints at him disbelievingly, then bats a smiling Stan away with amusement and exclaims, “That’s silly! What’s the real reason?” Stan grins and laughs. “What?” He settles beside Soos, who’s now smiling, and says, “That’s definitely the reason.”
His next narration continues through layers of dirt and rock below the floor. “Imagine… getting two cakes your whole life…” Finally, the earth gives way to Ford’s extremely dim underground lab and the broken portal. “…only to suddenly end up with one.” End ID]
Don’t drink the koolaid. While the hundreds of thousands of reservists out of work would and has impacted the economy, it’s not solely or even largely responsible for Israel’s economy shrinking by 20%
hi, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you tell me a few ways a person who doesn't experience chronic pain/disability can provide eCPR for someone who does?
No. Unfortunately I know nothing about this subject and am thus not at all qualified to answer your question. Sorry to disappoint!
ECPR requires a specific machine and is not performed by the average person, or ever really done outside of very specific situations in hospitals. If you mean emergency CPR, that’s just referred to as CPR because any situation where you need to do compressions is considered an emergency, and as mentioned, ECPR is an actual thing with an entirely different process.
That said, I’ve taken CPR certification a few times, and I also work with people who are disabled. At the end of the day CPR on a disabled person or person who has chronic pain is really the same as CPR on anyone else. The only difference is if someone is in a chair you need to get them out and laying on the ground, and if someone is in a bed you lay them down flat. CPR is not something you can ease up on unless the person receiving it is a child or infant, because it takes a lot of force to restart an adult human’s heart using compressions. It will hurt, ribs will break, it’s kind of unavoidable, and that’s why you only use CPR if someone’s heart has stopped. (If they’re not breathing but still have a pulse you use rescue breaths, which is different and less damaging.) You unfortunately cannot modify CPR so that it can be done more while in a chair or sitting up, you must get the person lying on the ground and perform it as normal, or else you’re risking the compressions not being powerful enough to work.
CPR is a life-saving measure and under the good samaratin law, someone performing CPR cannot be prosecuted for injuries as a result of performing compressions as in situations where someone is injured and unconscious, consent to first aid is always assumed. That said, if you’re really worried about it, take a first aid and CPR course for more information on performing it properly.
I recently had surgery, and at the time I came home, I had both my cat and one of my grandma’s cats staying with me.
- Within hours of surgery, I wake up from a nap to my cat gently sniffing at my incisions with great alarm.
- I was not allowed to shower the first day after surgery, and the cats, seeing that The Large Cat is not observing its cleaning ritual, decided I must be gravely disabled and compensated by licking all the exposed skin on my arms, face, and legs.
- I currently have to sleep with a pillow over my abdomen because my cat insists on climbing on top of me and covering my incisions with her body while I sleep (which is very sweet but not exactly comfortable without the pillow). She also lays across me facing my bedroom door, presumably on guard for attackers who may try to harm me while I’m sleeping and injured.
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