#Autismposting

[trashgrl666]

[teavyy]

autistic who goes “fun fact” and then proceeds to tell you the most gruesome unfunny thing you’ve heard all day

[daftpatience]

YEAH YEAY OKAY! here we go! welcome to i get to infodump about pens again, yay yippee!

what's the difference between ballpoints, rollerballs, and gel pens?

ballpoints, rollerballs, and gel pens all use a ball-socket mechanism that continuously coats itsself in ink as it rolls across a page. what makes them all different from each other is in the ink composition!!

ballpoint pens have an oil based ink paste. the ink is very thick & requires more pressure to write with, and can get kinda skippy as the tip gets dirty or clogged, but is able to stick to many more surfaces like receipts, plastic, really shitty paper, etc. it can be hard to wash out of things that you get it on, since it's more waterproof than other inks.

one of the neat things about this type of ink is that you're able to shade with it by varying pressure. lots of artists make great use of this!

hybrid or low viscosity ballpoint ink is often just ballpoint ink with an added lubricant to make it write smoother and flow better.

rollerball pens use water based inks. fountain pens, felt tip pens*, and dip pens all usually use water based inks. because of this, rollerballs are very free flowing and rarely clog, but paper choice is more important and some folks can find them to be leaky or overly wet. the writing experience is not as glidey as a gel/ballpoint since the ink is not thick, but it doesn't need a heavy hand. rollerballs enjoy more colour options than ballpoints and can have very dark blacks, but aren't waterproof unless the ink is pigment based instead of dye based. *felt tip pens feel very different than any of the other pens on this list cause of the soft point, they put out ink in a very even and somewhat dry way, and can also use alcohol inks, like copic markers. alcohol inks soak very deep into the page and dry very fast, and blend very differently. i'm not as familiar with them!

gel pens use inks that are made of pigment suspended in a water based gel. these inks tend to be very thick and put out a wet line that takes a longer time to dry. gel pens are most likely to clog and skip due to this, since the ball is not as evenly coated in a substance so thick. gel pens do have the widest colour options and can be fully opaque (ie. pastels, whites, etc) but are often very frustrating as they clog up and get old and dried out.

as a bonus, true technical pens are a whole different kind of beast and have very specific standardized nib sizes and colours. cad software has largely replaced the need for extremely precise technical drawing, but artists still like pens like the rapidograph! they're made differently everywhere but generally, instead of a ball, there is a small tube of a precise diameter with a little wire inside it that controls the ink flow. they can't be held at a lot of angles and aren't as versatile as other pens, but they put down incredibly crisp lines.

yippee yay pens!! wahoo!!

[flowers-but-gay]

pov: i’m talking to you about something :3

[sleepy-frog-lady]

I’ve started meowing as a vocal stim and I feel like I’m treading into dangerous territory. I think if I meow around the normies they will shoot me with a head exploding beam

[2n3z]

the rules are the rules

[theshriekingsisterhood]

The way I SPRINTED to my computer to make this the second Risky showed me this textpost

[maliciouscigarette]

I’m in this photo and I don’t like it.

[littletism]

🎵🧁 age regressor sweetie belle stimboard!

with related stims! stimboards arent requestable

🎵🧁🎵|🧁🎵🧁|🎵🧁🎵

[daniel-nerd]

desperately need an autistic transfem to infodump to me about guilty gear lore while playing with my hair.

[quab00]

Dearest mutuals, I hope this message finds you well;

can we make out n cuddle? 🥺

[kennjorine]

self indulgent ;; computer / coding themed stimboard

[riddlerbrandautism]

Anya (mouthwashing) stimboard

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[sleepy-frog-lady]

I am killing the executives of every company that makes ads with the sounds of people eating in it.

[andiv3r]

The uwuification of autism drives me insane for multiple reasons but most of them can be summarised pretty neatly by saying i hate when people try to make it "oh nooo im so quirkyyy haha i flap my hands sometimes !!" when for me it's more like "you and the person next to you are speaking at the same time and the sound is overlapping so now i want to remove your skin from your body".

[daftpatience]

the gang's all here for refill day