Chris Is On Infinite Earths

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pluckyyoungdonna

cyberglittter

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thefirsthogokage

Since the “Don’t Say Gay” bill was passed today, I think it’s time for some Malicious Compliance. From what I might wrongfully understand, this bill is vague enough that heterosexual topics can be reported as well. If no one is punished for heterosexual talk, but are punished for talking about queer things, then that sets up a discrimination lawsuit.

nudityandnerdery

dreamquackity

UH WHAT

UH...... WHAT.........

eirenical

This entire article is eye-opening, even as someone who has ADHD and has read a lot about it already. There's so much more there than just the bit about the glucose-craving brain. SO. MUCH.

This might have been the bit that hit me hardest, actually:

it would be easy to misinterpret the following scenario as a standoff between two partners: Imagine that your partner asks you to pay the electric bill, and you say to yourself, “OK, I have time to do that today.” But when you sit down to do it, you keep getting distracted. The ADHD brain needs higher stimulation in order to complete this rote task with minimal payoff. Your ADHD brain says, “That task is way too boring, and I refuse to focus on it. Find something that interests me more, which offers me a bigger dopamine reward, and I’ll work with you.” It doesn’t matter that you know you should pay the bill as promised; if your brain won’t engage, it’s an ugly standoff. Perhaps, after a day of procrastination — when your partner will be home in 20 minutes and the bill is still unpaid — there may be enough of an adrenaline rush from a sense of crisis that your brain will engage and you pay the bill.

The ADHD brain and its owner are at odds with one another. It’s difficult to compel a disengaged brain to engage by force of will. In fact, much of the treatment for ADHD involves learning to psych out the brain, so that it will attend to necessary, low-stimulation tasks.

Appreciating the tug-of-war within that pits intellect against neurobiology increases compassion and acceptance for one’s hidden struggle.

I feel SEEN. OTZ

Seriously, though. Read the whole thing. It's a good one.

breelandwalker

I used to straight-up eat stacks of plain bread when I was a teenager. I craved BREAD. Not sandwiches, not toast, not cinnamon buns. PLAIN FUCKING BREAD. And yanno what else? RICE. And NOODLES. No toppings, just butter and salt, and scarf it down.

And suddenly that makes a lot more sense.

wholesome-dragon-lady

ALL OF THIS IS IMPORTANT.

chrisisoninfiniteearths

Well, shit. This might explain why my diet has been easier to control since going on serotonin meds…

nudityandnerdery

firstgrave

“i would never confess to a crime I didn’t commit” you would. “I would never plead guilty if i was innocent” you would. “I would never give up fighting” you would.

firstgrave

there is no such thing as insurmountable human will and the criminal justice system is designed to find any weak point possible. it is designed to break people. you would break in these conditions, just as so many others have. looking at those who have been in these positions and declaring yourself above them, better than them, stronger than them is nothing more than pathetically naive arrogance

chrisisoninfiniteearths

Also, it’s now a cop show cliche in most people’s minds in the USA, but those Miranda rights are important: “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense.”

Don’t talk to cops if you’re ever detained. Don’t let them try to talk you into answering questions or convince you not to get a lawyer. One of the most common ways that people are convicted of crimes is solely based on interrogation confessions without any actual evidence. Don’t converse. Get a lawyer.

More information: https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/know-your-rights-what-are-miranda-rights

Know Your Rights: What Are Miranda Rights?

When you encounter law enforcement officers, you have rights. It's important that you know what they are.

legalzoom.com

wanderingchaos

helenfrankenthaler

these posts have the same vibes imo 💯

helenfrankenthaler

and this tweet as well

helenfrankenthaler

this also

zombielaunch

transmasculinities

inthefallofasparrow

Just so you know, whenever we invent yet another fake fandom character, they inadvertently blink into existence, ill-formed and meaningless, only to be trapped within the hellish liminal space created by the zeitgeist of our collective consciousness.

chrisisoninfiniteearths

*glingle, glingle, glingle*

nudityandnerdery

hayden-christensen

#Din Djarin, king of comedy

nudityandnerdery

inber

Say you break your ankle. You could know everything there is to know intellectually about the injury. Even with this vast knowledge, you will still experience physical pain.

Now take this logic and apply it to things like ADHD, autism, clinical depression, and other less visible/divergent disabilities. You cannot think your way out of feeling.

That is to say: you are not a bad, lazy, or selfish person for struggling, even if you know why you are struggling.

wanderingchaos

stylampa

happy birthday to large boulder size of a small boulder

wanderingchaos

jewishjon

Oh god oh fuck oh no

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