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dude do you ever feel like youre legitimately too autistic/the Wrong Kind of autistic and it makes people not really like you as much or want to engage with you for more than novelty

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The way most autism literature describes "literal interpretation" is often not at all similar to how I experience it. Teenage me even thought I couldn't be autistic because I've always been able to learn metaphors easily.

In fact, I love wordplay of all kinds. Teenage me was fascinated to learn all the types of figurative language there are in poetry and literature.

But paperwork and questionnaires are hard, because there's so much they don't state clearly. Or they don't leave room for enough nuance.

"List all the jobs you've had, with start and end dates." What if I don't remember the exact day or month? Is the year enough?

"Have you been suffering from blurred vision?" Well, if I take off my glasses the whole world is blurred, but I'm fairly sure that's not what the intake form at the optometrist is asking.

Or the infamous (and infuriatingly stereotypical) "Would you rather go to a library or a party?" What sort of party? Where? Who's there? I work at a library. Am I currently at the library for work or pleasure? Does it have a good collection?

It's not common figures of speech that confound me. It's ambiguity, in situations that aren't supposed to be ambiguous.

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THEY DO NOT STOP. YOU MUST NOT FAIL.

THEY DO NOT STOP. YOU MUST NOT FAIL. is a solo survival horror role-playing game about escaping a mysterious, unstoppable and unrelenting foe in an impossible maze. 

Inspired by Resident Evil, Dead Space and Silent Hill, learn to manage your resources, navigate strange places and survive the horror intact.

Create stories about a relentless monster constantly stalking and constantly breathing down your neck. Make bad combat decisions and get punished or outsmart your pursuer and live by the skin of your teeth.

You can get the game at $4.44 OR grab one of the free community copies now on my Itch.io! Link below:

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OK Tumblr Geriatric Ward, let’s talk about your posture-

there are things you should be doing now to prevent yourself from starting to look like 🥀

Why does it matter? Future you would like to avoid the pain, limited motion, and fall risk that goes along with worsening posture.

What’s the focus?

1. Keep the flexibility in your spine

2. Stretch the muscles in the front

3. Strengthen the muscle in the back

Here are some simple things you can do daily while sitting and when you get up to go into the bathroom or the kitchen

Keep the flexibility by doing these repeated movements: 10 repetitions several times a day

The goal is to give yourself a double or triple chin. Keep your nose pointing forward, don’t let it tip up or down

Thoracic extension- use a chair with a seat back that comes up to the level of your shoulder blades. Try to bend back over the top of the chair without arching away from the seat back and without extending your neck. If the pressure from the top of the chair is uncomfortable you can place a towel there

Stretch the muscles in the front by using a door frame. This one will feel good afterwards

If this isn’t enough of a stretch you can do one side at a time. If you have the right arm up step forward with the right foot and turn slightly to the left. Then do it on the other side.

Strengthen the muscles in the back by squeezing your shoulder blades together for a count of 10 and then repeating 10 times. You can do this several times a day Hint: Don’t lift your shoulder blades up

There are lots more exercises for strengthening your back muscles but this is a good starting point and easy to do. I like doing it while driving

Tips:

Do the best you can

If it hurts stop

Envision future you saying thank you each time you do one of the exercises

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chaotic muppets interview

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So my sister wants to start sewing more, because

a. She’s 5′ 11″ and can never find pants long enough for her legs or shirts long enough for her arms.

b. She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and it’s difficult to find natural fiber clothes that aren’t made of cotton

c. She’s a biologist and would physically fistfight microplastics if given half a chance

So her gift from mom and dad for her birthday was a sewing machine. Not a super expensive one but a good solid serviceable one.

And recently she asked “So where do I GET wool or linen and thread that isn’t polyester” and mom was like ‘go ask your sister’

And I, of course, crashed into the group text like “GET A PEN I HAVE WEBSITES FOR U” and honestly I’m thrilled about this

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I made an art/anatomy tutorial about birds! I hope people will find it helpful!

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An embroidery of the Wikipedia page for embroidery.

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Reading sports headlines while pretending sports doesn't exist suggests a fascinating world of magic and whimsy.

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Today’s Friend from Borneo is the Bornean Tree-hole Frog (Metaphrynella sundana)! He is singing his Beautiful Song from his hole in the middle of a tree! (Bonus Crested Toad (Ingerophrynus divergens)!)

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I need everyone to see this ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE

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so ummm welcome to my jar:) lemme show you around! theres some holes poked in the top so i can breathe, theres some leaves to munch on, and ive even got a twig! #mytwig

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The Grim is a dog of omen that portends misfortune, but the Glim is a dog of omen that portends you will be kissed and sniffed

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You know what. Fuck you.

*unhallows your ween*

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I cannot describe how BEAUTIFUL Slay The Princess is!

Originally, I pirated it to give it a test play through, just expecting another overrated game with a so-so story.

What I did not expect, however, was an absolute MASTERPIECE.

It's such a unique and BEAUTIFUL take on the romance genre, that puts many of the games I have played to shame. Your choices deeply effect the princess, and the world that you are trying to save along with it.

Originally, I hated the princess. She was cruel, cold, and powerful, making me feel as if I had no say in the situation (The Tower). But, when the ending rolled around, it all made sense.

By the way, might I emphasize how much I adore how you have to play through the game multiple times? It truly lets you see every perspective of this twisted love story, with even more lore to boot!

Although, needlessly to say, I did not follow the narrator. I'm sorry, but you can't just EXPECT someone as gay as me to want to kill a beautiful princess, with kindness to boot! What an asshole.

Sorry if I bored you guys with this probably confusing rant, but I just love it so much I can't put it into words!

I'll be buying the game later today. (In time for the pristine cut, whoo!)

Thank you so much! Sometimes people ask us why we don't mind people pirating our games, and this is why! It often means that someone who never would have played tries it out, and if the game is good, most people still wind up picking up a copy or supporting us in small ways, even if it's just word of mouth. And even if that isn't the case, no harm done!