some time ago i introduced the phrase “food pact” to my friends as a shorthand for “i’ll go make and eat food if you also make and eat food” and ever since then ive just started incorporating more pacts into my life. stay hydrated pact. stretch break pact. stop doomscrolling and go to bed pact. we need to bring this back in vogue more people should be making pacts imo
the best part of this is when you ask “who wants to do a shower pact” and you get a half dozen friends all rolling up saying “the pact is sealed”. faustian behavior
some time ago i introduced the phrase "food pact" to my friends as a shorthand for "i'll go make and eat food if you also make and eat food" and ever since then ive just started incorporating more pacts into my life. stay hydrated pact. stretch break pact. stop doomscrolling and go to bed pact. we need to bring this back in vogue more people should be making pacts imo
the best part of this is when you ask "who wants to do a shower pact" and you get a half dozen friends all rolling up saying "the pact is sealed". faustian behavior
i’m just thinking abt how many providers i’ve had who heard my story abt psychiatric abuse + immediately individualized it. “oh, you’re so smart + kind+ obviously sane! you didn’t deserve that! i can’t believe they gave you that diagnosis when you’re obviously not like that! they shouldn’t have treated u like that when all you did was xyz! they shouldn’t have assumed you were crazy like that!”
there is always a third person haunting this interaction- the patient who does deserve that, who is “actually” that evilscary diagnosis, who did Have To be treated like that. if i want to soak up the affirmations of these providers, i must be careful to never become this third person. i must affirm myself by setting myself apart from her- i did not deserve to be treated like that because i am not like that.
i reject this. not only was i like that, she + everyone else like that deserve everything i deserve. they are my siblings + my friends + my lovers. i do not need to cut them out of me to believe i deserved better. i refuse to comfort myself through the lens of someone else’s dehumanization. the tragedy is not that psychiatric violence was applied to someone who not insane enough to warrant it. the tragedy is the violence.
i'm just thinking abt how many providers i've had who heard my story abt psychiatric abuse + immediately individualized it. "oh, you're so smart + kind+ obviously sane! you didn't deserve that! i can't believe they gave you that diagnosis when you're obviously not like that! they shouldn't have treated u like that when all you did was xyz! they shouldn't have assumed you were crazy like that!"
there is always a third person haunting this interaction- the patient who does deserve that, who is "actually" that evilscary diagnosis, who did Have To be treated like that. if i want to soak up the affirmations of these providers, i must be careful to never become this third person. i must affirm myself by setting myself apart from her- i did not deserve to be treated like that because i am not like that.
i reject this. not only was i like that, she + everyone else like that deserve everything i deserve. they are my siblings + my friends + my lovers. i do not need to cut them out of me to believe i deserved better. i refuse to comfort myself through the lens of someone else's dehumanization. the tragedy is not that psychiatric violence was applied to someone who not insane enough to warrant it. the tragedy is the violence.
“What did I do? What didn’t I do?”
This game was a true delight to play 🥰
Since I keep mentioning it here’s Freddie’s solo during Cast a Spell
Since I keep mentioning it here's Freddie's solo during Cast a Spell
The way the new dashboard tells you how many posts you have unread stresses me the fuck out. It’s like email or Discord notifications and I feel like I have to check it compulsively. So, here’s a workaround that just hides it. Blissful ignorance forever.
The way the new dashboard tells you how many posts you have unread stresses me the fuck out. It’s like email or Discord notifications and I feel like I have to check it compulsively. So, here’s a workaround that just hides it. Blissful ignorance forever.
Oh nooo it finally updated to the new layout for me. Scrolling through Tumblr on your iPad in 2014 core. Reminds me of high school. 6/10.
Oh nooo it finally updated to the new layout for me. Scrolling through Tumblr on your iPad in 2014 core. Reminds me of high school. 6/10.
Friendly reminder for any other people on the autism spectrum:
It’s not recommended to offer to kill someone’s dad, especially if you’re talking to a stranger
may I please have more context?
Sometimes dads are terrible and should die, and you can console people by offering to rid them of this troublesome parent, but you should be friends with the person before making the offer
how the fuck are we supposed to make friends if not through gestures of patricide?
Unknown. I’ll provide updates if I ever figure it out
Friendly reminder for any other people on the autism spectrum:
It's not recommended to offer to kill someone's dad, especially if you're talking to a stranger
may I please have more context?
Sometimes dads are terrible and should die, and you can console people by offering to rid them of this troublesome parent, but you should be friends with the person before making the offer
how the fuck are we supposed to make friends if not through gestures of patricide?
Unknown. I'll provide updates if I ever figure it out
its so fucked up how difficult it is to move to another country you shouldn’t need a reason or anything you should be able to show up at the border and be like “the vibes were off back home” and they should let you in
its so fucked up how difficult it is to move to another country you shouldn’t need a reason or anything you should be able to show up at the border and be like “the vibes were off back home” and they should let you in
something about foreshadowing being more prominent the second time around reading a story but in a way that the meaning is changed forever and you can never view a story the same as you once did before. do you know what i mean.
something about foreshadowing being more prominent the second time around reading a story but in a way that the meaning is changed forever and you can never view a story the same as you once did before. do you know what i mean.


