#and like they don't seem to realize why “oh I couldn't tell they had autism when I met them!” IS THE ENTIRE FKN POINT

[ismyteadoneyet]

bro getting myself an audhd assessment for the sole reason of making the rest of my family realize that THE HAVE IT THEMSELVES is getting more and more tempting by the fkn day I SWEAR TO GOD

[chunkymamatam]

The Obey Me! stories were very entertaining 😊

If you dont mind sharing more, I would appreciate it ❤️

Of course Of course!

Again this was all really fast pace when it happened so like if it seems like so much happened at once, it did, now imagine how that shit felt when it happened.

We were at when Asmo got all pissy and defensive when him and Satan asked me who I'm making a pact with next. I was joking like "You, Asmo, obviously, cutie."

The way this man was like "Do you think I'm that stupid? None of us are as Stupid as Mammon"

I was obviously like "It was a joke."

All this man had to say was "oh"

BITCH APOLOGIZE CUZ YOU ASKED AND I MADE A JOKE WHY'D YOU ASK HOE??? This all happened before I made a pact with Levi idk if I mentioned that but yeah. Nah cuz imma be honest it scared the piss out of me to see Levi try to pounce on me because I got all the trivia questions from the anime right and he couldn't believe I wasn't cheating. The others were however giving me easy questions but that wasn't on my command lmfao

He was a pouty baby when he admitted defeat in the observatory /aff, but yeah not long after I went up into the attic I was in the kitchen and Mammon force fed me Beel's pudding. Bro tried to turn Beel on me and I literally started crying bro. This man is huge and I already have a fear of men so this was not helping bro. I also know how food aggressive he is so I dead ass thought this was it. He asks me if I ate the pudding and I threw Mammon under the bus and was like

"He forced me to take a bite. I told him to put it back."

I've never seen a man's head turn so fast. Man was gonna murder tf out of him. He threw him through the wall and shit. I had to stay in Beel's room for a while cuz that destroyed my room lmfao and pretty soon after that Luke showed up on the doorstep cuz he had a fight with Simeon probably over his prejudice against the demons but I didn't ask so eh. Me and Beel decide to hide him like a good friend and this mfer goes missing. I get there to the basement fast enough that that he's not gonna rock Luke's shit but like he's still pretty pissed so like the traumatized mediator I am, I walk over and grab the book from him and go.

"Hold on, Luke doesn't even know what this is and what it does. There's no need to be hasty, you're a very reasonable man Lucifer. Here's the grimoire back." and I almost had him calmed down enough to see reason and fucking Luke snatched the book out of my hand, I could've beat his ass myself ngl.

I forget what he said to Lucifer but it pissed him off to the point of wanting to kill him again and he threatened as much so Beel jumps in front of him and is like "No punish me instead because its my fault! I let him stay in my room."

So now Lucifer is trying to kill both of them and I tell him no. This man has the audacity to ask my suicidal ass if I wanted to die. I gave this man a look and he realized who he just asked and was like "Actually don't answer that.. One of them is dying. You're going to choose"

I was like "uhm no one is gonna die." This man starts yelling at me that I'm just a human and all this shit about how weak I am. Well, my stubbornness makes up for my lack of physical strength so fuck you lmfao. Anyway he mauled me and I woke up in Beels bed, he looked so relieved that I woke up poor man. He offered me a pact cuz he felt like he owed me and I didn't want him to feel like he was indebted to me or anything so I said yeah to it.

Then the sleep over happened. Man Asmo was wild because he one got us sucked into a labyrinth by his Ex and also he was literally trying to use his charm on me which like why tf are you looking in my eyes like that??? Its hurting autism. Anyway we almost died cuz of his bullshit. That was just the first day too. The next day this man was fucking up the scavenger hunt for the other groups and it was making me and Simeon uncomfortable and Simeon said something which probably hurt his feelings more because they used to be brothers in heaven. He ran off after bitching Simeon out and then I got sent to try and speak some reason to him.

He didn't like that either cuz he was like "You can't tell me what to do. I'm a demon this is what demons do, they ruin things and by the way I'll never make a pact with you." And while he was talking all this shit he was cornering me between the rail and himself. I was so scared he was gonna throw me over and just say I killed myself. Then he has the audacity to be like "Actually if you can get a picture of Lucifer sleeping I'll do it" And I just nod my head cuz I'm fucking terrified bro. I tell Mammon, Levi and Beel we agree to go on and try to do it cuz money, spite, fuck it? idk. but what's important is we got stuck in the dungeon again with Solomon this time. We almost get eaten but Solomon summoned Asmo and did some magic shit so Asmo could better charm this snake. We ended up getting out again but Asmo was whining about his beauty sleep the whole time /Pf. Not long after that (I think? Its been 2 years almost give me a break please sob) during the dinner ball thing that Diavolo did when Lucifer was making his way over to threaten me, I was so violently trying to avoid him. I ended up getting passed to him anyway. I wanted cry man. This man was pretty much trying to crush me against him while saying shit like "I don't know what you're planning but you need to stop before i make you."

BESTIE I HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING INTENTIONALLY PACT WISE OTHER THAN WHAT I WAS FORCED TO AND WHAT WAS NECCESSARY PACT WISE. Nah cuz I shit you not I literally never asked for a pact with any of them other than Mammon and Levi, They all came out and asked me and for one reason or another I was like "fuck it we ball." Anyway, Funny little side note, instead of packing my actually pretty dresses/outfits that were good enough for this occasion Barbatos ended up packing my sequence dress. I've asked him why he hates me on multiple occasions because of it and its our little joke now. He said "I simply did not see the other options" smh time demon, for shame /j

Solomon saved me from Lucifer and the unlocked my magic power for me to use. Well dumb dumb Mammon (/aff) got us stuck in the labyrinth AGAIN and I summoned Asmo and Asmo was like "OOOO Power GIVE. we can make a pact teehee" I'm gonna be honest I agreed to the pact because genuinely that man kinda scared me. We obviously end up getting out and that night Asmo was all up in my bed just looking me over and pointing out all of my details. He was fr even trying to look in my mouth bro ┗( T﹏T )┛

Mammon's jealous ass came in after Asmo basically illuded to trying to fuck. Then one thing lead to another and all of the brothers and Solomon ended up in the room. Someone threw the first pillow and suddenly it was an all out warzone until Lucifer and Diavolo walk in to see what the commotion was. Lucifer wanted to yell at us but Diavolo stopped him and wanted to join. It was no longer a war and just a straight up massacre after that bro.

Lucifer said "hit me if you dare" and obviously I didn't value my life because as him and Diavolo are killing everyone with their deadly ass heat targeting pillows I sneak up behind this man and smack him in the back of the head with a pillow. I shit you not the room froze and he started slow turning I SWEAR HIS EYES WERE GLOWING

I started praying and begging Simeon to help me lmfao I have never run so fast in my life. I managed to hide with Simeon under the covers. I was terrified in the best way lmfao

Okay that's all the mental energy I have for this one. Feel free to ask for more if you want lol

[amynchan]

When you finally let yourself relax into a new label and look back and see "oh wow all of that makes a bit more sense lol." Except, instead of a "new" label, it's one you've been tentatively using for years because it seemed right, but now it feels a bit more right. For example,

When I was younger, I asked my grandpa if I could ride on a nearby roller coaster. He told me it "would cost a pretty penny." I proceeded to look all over the parking lot for a penny, found one that was pretty banged up, and told him I'd clean it and make it really pretty. I was dead serious.

Whenever I stayed the night over at my grandparents' house, we always used the same blankets. I was told that it was polite to fold them up after we were done using them, so I'd go around the entire house and fold up every single "this is a blanket that a grandchild uses" blanket. I still do that, tbh.

As a child, I was told to make sure I rinsed all of the food off my dishes. It wasn't until last month that someone informed me that I was practically washing the dishes clean. I've always been confused as to why people don't wash dishes by hand, and now I realize that I took the instruction a bit too literally.

When I discovered meal prep, I was absolutely ecstatic. All of my food prepared at the beginning of the week, and I knew what was in store, and it was great. Still have trouble conceptualizing that people get bored with the same food every day tho.

Giving kindness is normal. Getting it is weird. What's the procedure? What do I do? Please tell me the script.

Whenever my younger siblings were in distress, that was the only time I could be affectionate to them. I had a script to follow. Figure out the root of the problem. If I can fix it, fix it. If I can't, find the person who can and get them to fix it. Everything else was straight up, terrifying, uncharted territory where everything I did was wrong somehow. Did not realize that this was confusing until much later. ^^;

I've always had a problem with people talking over each other and constantly interrupting each other. It's to the point where I literally check out of conversations for a while when I get overwhelmed. Check out, then stammer, then go utterly silent. I get the sense this is not neurotypical.

Evidently??? My therapist thinks???? That my reactions to secondhand smoke and the smell of marijuana may be an autism thing???? Hyper sensitivity to certain senses?????? Thing is, the doctors won't test me for allergic reactions, so idek. Doctors, please test me. I wish to know why I doubled over coughing my lungs out and was in immense pain when one of my students walked through the door. I literally couldn't breathe for half a day afterwards and still had to keep pushing through.

Whenever I get overwhelmed at a friend's house, I like to organize their dishes. Repetitive motion with clear progress goes brrrrrrr.

If you interrupt me while I'm doing my homework, I will go feral on you. And then I won't be able to regain my concentration. And then I'll cry.

I always have to use music to get started on projects or to time myself on them. I have timed ambiances, playlists, lofi (timed and not timed), and the Ghost Hunt OST for difficult mathematics. It helps me filter everything else out so I can focus and not get interrupted.

Yeah, no. Do not interrupt me while working. It's very frustrating. More than that, it's overwhelming, and then I gotta focus on two difficult things at once (whatever I'm working on plus figuring out how to politely interact with the Distraction while not getting mad).

Anyways, yeah. XD Autistic things. Aren't they fun.

(obviously this is just my own experience. different people look different in all of this)

[beating-a-dead-plot]

As someone with a sister who has very clear autism but was never formally diagnosed and has trouble communicating, this made me want to start tearing up.

My sister and I are very close in age and we grew up right beside each other, even through me struggling with bipolar disorder and psychosis, she was there, and just the other day, we were discussing at dinner with our parents how I DO speak a second language, because when we were little, our parents sometimes didn't understand her, either because she was slurring or quiet or even because she wasn't 'making sense' and I was just casually be like 'Oh, she just wants more milk!' and they had zero clue how anyone understood her! Even now, there's times where she says something and everyone else is baffled and I look at them weird and just say what she said because, for me, I never realized that my sister was having a hard time communicating, because I never knew anyone else before her that didn't communicate like her. I never understood why adults and even other kids never seemed to know what she was saying because she kind of is speaking her own language, I AM fluent in a second language.

(More mushy emotions below the cut, I know this is very personal, not so fandom-based)

After that dinner conversation, we were helping our dad clean up the kitchen and Claire said something and I gave her a weird look because it was some goofy thing I don't remember, but I do remember the smile she had when our dad grumbled about us being crazy because that couldn't possibly have meant anything. He left the room and my sister came a little closer... She told me that sometimes she slurs and doesn't speak 'normally' on purpose, because she knows only I understand it and she can tell me things without other people knowing what she said.

I don't know how to express just how much this post made my heart ache.

I don't understand it for myself, but I've seen it firsthand, I've lived with the child that wanted to understand how other people could speak and communicate so easily, I've been the one holding my teenager sister as she absolutely sobs because she tried to make a joke with her teammates after practice and was told she was being mean.

"I don't understand... They don't like me when I'm not funny, but when I'm trying to be funny, they don't like me either,"

That was the day I really realized, yeah, my sister is autistic, she isn't just an odd ball, this is something that really, truly is out of her control no matter how much she tries. She wants people to understand her, she wants to have friends and be able to socialize when she wants to, but she doesn't understand how to do that sometimes.

This post made my heart so happy because it reminded me of my childhood and of my sister and how much I want to keep being her translator when she wants me to be.

“Where’s Tech?”

“Outside. Something about aiwhas and a comm recorder—”

“What about aiwhas?”

“I…think he said they might talk.”

I sort of have a headcanon Tech’s interest in sounds, recording, and language started when he was pretty young, and that it started because he had some trouble communicating and being understood. Wanting to connect ended up naturally leading into curiosity about how everything else tried to communicate.

[zitherfox12]

Probably not, but I'm going to say it anyway, this will be the last time I probably will talk about this. Massive trigger warning on this post. DV, sex, women's rights, just be careful. If you don't agree with me that is okay, but please don't comment.

This blog believes in the statement, believe the victim. Like my friend May, aka callmemaybeee, I will always be on Ashley's side.

I had someone message me to talk about Ashley, and I took up on it because I'm always looking for new people with my special interest, usually when I talk to people about her, it ninety-nine percent of the time turns out to be how good they think her sex would be. Ew. This conversation got really hostile really quickly, but I just thought they were impatient. They asked me what my favorite thing about her was. I answered with my usual answer, she kept me alive, but seriously, I love her laugh. They said, I like to imagine what her sex would be like. I quickly said, I'm asexual and uncomfortable with this conversation. They told me to chill out. They asked me how I felt about her getting in trouble with the whole Brian situation. I said she's not in trouble. She's the victim, she did not want this to come out! They said they did not care, they just wanted her sex. I left after that, and the account has disappeared.

We also talked about autism a bit, at least for as long as they would listen to me. I believe Ashley has autism. They told me to tell them about it, so I began. Not making eye contact with anyone or anything, echoing herself and other people, her space obsession, I could go on and on. They said I don't believe you, and you've just been a pain in the ass for me. I said, okay, you can go, and the account disappeared.

Now, I agree, I probably got more pissed off than I needed to be. After Blast released the news, I just kind of sat there and cried. I couldn't tell people why, out of fear. I just wanted to protect my baby girl, even though she was telling me she was safe as I sat there crying.

Ellie has been in my system for years. She's my secondary protector. She told me she was pissed off too, and felt like someone was hurting her bio mother. I said, you are not wrong. She seems to be safe, though.

Women's rights, oh boy. I was watching a video by Liana K, and this is what she said. We all know the last of us women don't get appreciated.

I want to say she's wrong, but I'm afraid she's right. Yes, people appreciate them, but look at the Bella situation. Why do people hate them? Same reason episode 7 and 3 were labeled propaganda. Queer people equal bad.

I applaud Naughty Dog for hiring people with different backgrounds and walks of life, I think it is important.

Now, the autism thing. I'm not diagnosing her, I can't, but from personal experience, however, I do think she has it. Autistic people, but especially women, get abused easier because they are easier to manipulate because we just want to be friends with everyone (personal experience there) I just want everyone to be my friend.

I'm now realizing none of this makes sense most likely, I am so sorry. Long story short, women need to be treated better, I will always be on Ashley's side, I believe her, and so on and so forth.

[ghostietea]

Furuba autistic headcanons

With it being April, or autism acceptance month, I wanted to finally drop my list of characters from Fruits Basket that I read as autistic! This is based a lot on my own experience, as well as that of other autistics I know or have seen talk online. I hope some people can get something out of it, feel free to tell me what you think 😊, though please refrain from getting upset that I would dare suggest your fave is autistic.

Hanajima

Before becoming able to better control her powers, she would be constantly overwhelmed by the things she heard to the point that she couldn't even really go out in public. This reads a lot like sensory overload.

Constantly picked on in school because other kids thought she was weird. Eventually reclaimed this weirdness and turned it into a whole persona.

Seems to talk usually in a relatively flat tone.

Had trouble socializing with no friends outside her family until middleschool.

Has a very funny, dry sense of humor that I find very similar to a bunch of autistics I know, including myself.

Hatsuharu

Listen. You have seen the funky little man, you have seen the way he talks, the way he acts around others. He is, and I mean this in the best way, a weirdo. I do not know how you could look at him and see a neurotypical.

Once again, like Hana, Haru is funny in a way that feels very autistic.

Very flat, dry, tone delivery. Sometimes just Says Things that make everyone else go huh??? Suuuuper blunt. Doesn't emote facially a lot of the time.

When this man sees a social norm he doesn't get he WILL NOT follow it. Pierces his ears just because his hair got flak, defends Momiji wearing whatever he wants because sometimes y'know the social rules are just dumb and don't make sense. Especially dress codes.

Sometimes says things not befitting the current tone of the situation.

Represses (masks) a lot of his emotions, leading to outbursts that seem uncharacteristic.

His main childhood trauma revolves around adults branding him as "dumb" and ridiculing him. Haru, however, is super smart and wise!! Just in an offbeat way that not everyone may get.

Machi

Reads as very "flat" emotionally to the point that others would call her boring. Also has a flat vocal delivery.

Relies on specific habits or ways of doing things or else she gets super upset (her hatred of imperfection.

Has trauma surrounding adults completely misconstruing her intentions and thinking she's doing something malicious when she's not.

Generally behaves in a way that's hard for others to understand, one of her formative moments with Yuki was him saying he wanted to "see how the world looks" through her eyes.

Once again, trouble socializing.

Tries super hard to please her parents but in the end they still see her as somehow inherently "defective."

Listen. A lot of this one and the last two are mostly vibes, hard to verbally define. You just have to look at them and trust me.

Tohru

Displays behavior very reminiscent of masking throughout the story, a huge part of her arc is about how she hides a lot of herself and has a very controlled persona. I think it would fit very well if she had other autistic behaviors that she suppresed also it helps explain why she is relatively socially adept, it's learned behavior to make people like her more.

Yes she is very good at saying what others need to hear, but especially early on she is pretty blatantly imitating her mother's words. She only gets better at getting through on a more personal level later on (see her with Rin and Akito v. early series Tohru). She does this by relating her own experiences, a very autistic way of showing empathy that often gets us written off as self centered. The way she relays things her mom said could also be seen as this, and she even worries at a few points that she's being insensitive for going on about things like that.

While emotionally repressed she is hyper empathetic and feels other's emotions so strongly she cries.

Her speech patterns are all imitated from her father and she often copies verbal things from others (see Ritchan-san). Noted in canon that people think her way of speaking is slightly off/not befitting of someone her age. Additionally, her father was polite more sarcastically, while she plays it straight and sometimes takes things very literally or fails to get the message, indicating trouble with reading tone. Has numerous strange verbal tics, including saying parts of her internal monologue out loud without context.

Very expressive with her hands including waving them around and flapping them up and down.

Does have a bit of trouble with accidental insensitivity in social interactions, like how she constantly fixates on her mom and realizes that might bug the Sohma.

Has trouble paying attention in school since it doesn't have much to do with her interests

Her only friend until she was a middle schooler was her mom

Has a pretty unique outlook on things compared to others, people seem to think she's pretty eccentric. There's always a "this girl is nice but in an odd way, she's our weirdo and we love her" vibe.

Sometimes has an "inappropriate" emotional response to situations

Has a lot of trouble with change, similar to Akito. Which oh, look at the time, next hc coming up.

But first, a disclaimer. It is cathartic for me to read Akito this way, but with that reading comes the baggage that she would, mayhaps, be showing a more negative side of things... It doesn't bother me since it's a joint hc with other characters and she does develop at the end but yeah, general villain hc baggage. This is in no way me trying to excuse her being The Worst being autistic doesn't absolve you of being able to do wrong . Also, a lot of these points can and do have other explanations related to her upbringing, but things can be for more than 1 reason. With that said, she really strongly comes off as autistic to me, in a way that's sorta hard to explain. I wrote a lot more for her than the other, both because I felt I needed more to convince people and that this headcanon was more sensitive and I needed to be careful in my explanation. Also hey! She's my special interest within a special interest.

Akito

Shown to have a dislike of summer weather due to heat and brightness, could be due to sensory issues in tandem with sickness things. Also covers her ears when people raise their voice sometimes which is partially her trying to shut down opposition but also 🤔 can read a different way. She'd also avoids louder Juuni like Ritsu and Ayame because she can't handle them.

Wears pretty much the same outfit every single day. Said outfit is also pretty loose fitting.

Always seen sitting in a pretty unconventional way. Evidence:

Of course this is also the isolated in a cult thing and there is a level of her purposefully doing things to intimidate but: doesn't follow a lot of social rules (overly touchy with strangers, legit doesn't get that what she's doing is wrong, ect.). Repeatedly confused when people indicate she should act otherwise without explanation. Has a breakdown when this comes to a head and approximately says that "they" shouldn't expect her to know "common sense" if "they" never explained it to her, that the way that she was was her "common sense."

Often talks in a way uncharacteristic of her age when shown as a child in a more faux mature/pretentious way. Might just be the translation and idk how to explain it but her speech as an adult also seems off from what one would normally use in conversation. Additionally, when she tries to fake being friendly in her intro chapter, it comes of as extremely stiff and unconvincing.

Generally displays behavior that could be thought of as childish as an adult, but a lot of this behavior could also read as autistic (covering ears, emotional deregulation and meltdowns, ignorance of basic social norms, ect.). It's also important to note that she knows that this behavior makes her seem younger and more helpless to the older zodiac and uses it as a manipulation tactic. Has issues regarding people treating her like a child or only hanging out with her because of pity. While she does weaponize it, we can tell that this grates on her, as seen with her finally blowing up on Kureno, which is partially triggered by the maids saying some sorta infantalizing stuff about her. Irl, a lot of autistic adults and teens struggle with being infantalized for our behavior generally or treated as little babies that can do no wrong. Even in fandom, you see people doing stuff like jumping to call autistic adult characters, such as Entrapta from Shera, "minor coded." It is also common for us to have at least one bad experience with someone hanging around us out of pity. This is something that really gave me a similar feeling in Akito's arc. She's not a baby and she can understand and do better if she is given the chance to learn and break from all the freaky cult indoctrination she's been subjected to instead of just being constantly enabled. In the end, a lot of her growth is represented by her showing that she is capable of changing and being independent.

Shows particular difficulty with socialization, often sits by herself spacing out at social events. A lot of her fear is rooted in the fact that she doesn't know how normal relationships work, becoming overly reliant on the curse because she doesn't know how to make friends.

Clings desperately onto the notion of being "special" and in some way superior to others to be worthy and to make up for perceived inherent "flaws." It's the nd gifted kid burnout vibes for me.

Easily bothered by things that don't bother others. Feels emotions very strongly to the point of getting physically ill and has bad emotional regulation.

Relatively good at reading others in an analytical sense (though has more trouble when it comes to seeing how they feel about her since she's wildly delusional) but brings up her observations in a very cold, detached way and hurts people even on the rare occasion she didn't mean to. Has extreme trouble connecting to others and understanding their point of view. This makes her come off as pretty unempathetic even though that might not fully be the case. Also thinks that people like Momiji are trying to look down on her when they try to empathize with her. A lot of why Tohru can get through to her is that she manages to convince Akito that she's not condescending by relating shared traits and experiences. As I said earlier, autistics often empathize by sharing their own experiences with someone, and I know I often have an easier time confiding in other autistics because of a fear of being seen as lesser by those that don't understand me. I think the connection between these charachters and the way that Tohru manages to reach Akito like that while others couldn't makes a lot of sense through an autistic lense!

Additionally, when Akito herself gets around to trying to help others instead of just projecting trauma, she tries to reach out to the old maid by relating back to her own experiences. This however, doesn't work.

Has "cold" emotional reactions sometimes even to things that do make her upset. For example, how sort of calm and detached she acted after her father's death can make her seem uncaring. However, we know that this event did mess her up a lot and she is still (poorly) dealing with a lot of grief from the death of her father years later.

Copies mannerisms from others, the most blatant example is with Ren, who she directly parrots lines from as a child to Yuki.

Partly just her posturing, but gestures a lot with her hands when she talks. Also seen several times clutching her hands in her hair.

Deals extremely poorly with the idea of things changing to the point that it is a driving force of the story.

Does not understand when people tease her.

Ect. Ect. Ect. Listen, I could go on for ages but just trust me, the mean gremlin lady is autistic.

[knight-a3]

I feel like I should add context to these.

Been bitten by a horse:

our mare had a colt, and I was showing my friend the baby. I guess I was in the way too long because she bit my side(ribs). I had a bruise shaped like her teeth for awhile. Running in gym class hurt, but I was too nervous to mention to a teacher so I suffered until a friend rattled me out.

Broke my thumb with a bowling ball:

I don't actually remember this one. I was around three. My family decided to go bowling. My mom was helping me carry the ball, but she tripped and we fell and the ball landed on my thumb. Probably for the best I don't remember.

Mountain Lion:

I was a missionary in rural Missouri at the time, and my companion and I had dinner with a family who had told us a Mt Lion had recently killed some of their animals. Then we were going to visit another couple. They lived in the middle of nowhere and had a gate, but it was dark so I couldn't figure out how to open it and decided it was easier to just jump it. We were walking down their long dirt driveway when we heard something running at us.

So my first thought was the Mt Lion story from dinner. I had never been so terrified before but there was nothing we could do. I was certain we were going to die.

But then I heard oinking and realized it was a pig. But boars were a possibility! Even if it was a normal pig, those things are huge and would still be dangerous. Then I realized there was a fence... but what if there was a hole in the fence?! I couldn't be consoled, apparently.

Squirrel jumping on my face:

A couple I met had rescued two baby squirrels and kept them as pets. They let me hold one. Apparently it was accustomed to jumping on the wife's glasses. I didn't know that, but I saw the moment it noticed my face. It jumped on my face, I flinched, my glasses and the squirrel fell to the ground, then it was attacked by a cat. We saved it from the cat, but I was told later the squirrel was traumatized after.

Punched in the face:

I was working as a facepainter at an amusement park. There was one kid who I could tell was special needs in some way. Autism probably. I was sure to tell her what I was doing and when I was gonna touch her(I've had an autistic boy who suddenly screamed when I started painting his face). There were a couple other kids I'd already painted who were running and playing behind the girl and being pretty loud. The girl was getting visibly aggitated. I was trying to keep reassuring her so I didn't set her off. But she eventually couldn't take the noise and lashed out, hitting me in the face and ripping my glasses off my face in the process. Her dad kept apologizing, but I don't hold it against them.

But I was a bit shaken afterward.

Delivered Lambs

I have two ewes. Both had lambs before without much or any help on our part. This time probably wouldn't be any different, but I was a bit paranoid and wanted to make sure nothing was wrong. So I put on gloves and helped. She had twins.

Can drive stick shift:

In America these days, it seems most cars are automatic transmission. I learned on automatic. I got home from my mission trip, and my dad said to me, "I have homework for you." He'd gotten me a car. A junky little thing, but it works. So I had to learn to drive again.

Slushie on a roller coaster

I was around 10 or so, and I went to an amusement park with a friend and her family. Her dad got me a slushie, and then I found myself alone, and I don't remember why. I decided I wanted to go on the roller coaster with the loops. Yanno, the ones that go upside down. I figured the workers would tell me if the slushie was a problem. I could probably set it off to the side at the loading area. But none of them noticed I had it. I'm shy and quiet and awkward so I didn't say anything.

Can you guess what happened?

This is point in recounting this story where people go "oh no, it went everywhere!" And laugh at the consequences of my own idiocy.

Except....nothing happened. The centrifugal force kept everything at the bottom of the cup. So it was completely fine. Now I like to tell people, "If a slushie can do it, so can you!"

Jumping on the bandwagon for hyperspecific polls based on my life.