#i can't go thrifting for multiples reasons of disability

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16 year olds are still growing, they wont fit into whatever they wore in 2020. You cant be sustainable that way when you grow out of your clothes regularly. Thats only something adults can do.

Cool you've been wearing your boots for 6 years, 6 years ago they were ten and probably multiple shoe sizes smaller. I remember a stage of needing to buy new shoes every few months during a growth spurt. You're really not being fair to teens here.

And just steal clothes? Not everyone can get away with that, not everyone can safely risk that. Dont tell kids to endanger themselves.

You have some good points. Build community, root out nazis, figure out who you are really not who youre expected to be. (Hint: try new things and pay attention to how you feel emotionally = how your body feels. Tension? Pain? Lightness? Excitement? Want to laugh or cry? Use that to guide you. Build community = talk to people, learn to compromise. Weed out nazis is difficult to explain standing on one foot)

"I dont like that you buy clothes or where from" just isnt helpful.

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This poll is an accident I cant work out how to get rid of now. Uh

Bring back posers as a term please I'm begging if ONE MORE GODDAMN 16 YEAR OLD ASKS WHERE I BOUGHT MY CLOTHES I'M GONNA LOSE. MY FUCKING. MIND.

I HAVEN'T PAID FOR SHIT SINCE 2020 BITCH THESE SPIKES ARE THE BROKEN OFF TINES OF A FORK THE THREAD IS DENTAL FLOSS FROM A PAIR OF JEANS I TOOK APART TO USE THE DENIM TO MAKE PATCHES YEAH NO SHIT I SMELL LIKE SILVER SPRAY PAINT. I'VE HAD THE SAME PAIR OF COMBAT BOOTS FOR SIX FUCKIN YEARS NOW. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY LAYERS OF PAINT AND NAIL POLISH ARE ON THEM. MY WHEELCHAIR GLOVES ARE MORE THREAD THAN LEATHER ATP BUT WHO GIVES A FUCK. THEY'RE STILL FUNCTIONAL.

"but all I can afford is clothes from SheIn and Amazon and I wanna have the punk style"

BITCH STEAL THE CLOTHES. GO TO GOODWILL. YOU KNOW WHAT WE CALL HAVING THE "STYLE" IS BUT NOT THE MINDSET???

A FUCKING POSER

And no I'm not gatekeeping. Anyone anywhere can be punk. BUT BUYING A PRE-PATCHED DENIM JACKET ON AMAZON DOES NOT A PUNK MAKE. BURN YOUR OWN CD'S, PIRATE MOVIES, GO TO PROTESTS, MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE, FORM COMMUNITY IN SOLIDARITY AGAINST OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS. KILL THE NAZIS INFECTING PUNK COMMUNITIES LIKE A ROTTING BRANCH GETS CUT FROM THE TREE

WHERE'S YOUR FUCKING RAGE??? WHERE'S YOUR FUCKING WEIRDNESS??? WHERE'S YOUR REFUSAL TO FIT INTO THE MAIN STREAM???? WHERE'S YOUR OBSESSION WITH A SKA PUNK BAND FROM THE EARLY 2000'S?!

I saw a TikTok of a person who said they were punk but then proceeded to go on a tirade about not liking the bus because gross homeless people ride the bus

HOW DOES THE BOOT TASTE MOTHERFUCKER

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Hey I hope that you are doing okay. That anon being an utter dickbag needs to just get a hobby that isn't bullying people. I hope that you are doing okay today. And hmm do you like cats?

sorry I answered all those asks, I hate seeing stuff like that on my dash I am just Worried im gonna get cyber stalked or some shit if I ignored them

Rambling because that's where my brain is rn

ahhh. sleepy day. saw my partner last night which was really nice and sweet, she needed a winter coat so we went thrifting & then went to an art thing together. it was super cold. talked and kissed and fucked in my car on a dark street. she's so sweet & it's wild that I'm dating at all considering how unwell I've been but she has been such an amazing part of my life since I met her.. I'm glad she has a spouse and a home and solid job and is financially okay. She's such a rock and so good to me and I don't have to worry about things with her. She is so understanding and proactively sweet and accommodating with my disability, it makes me cry whenever I think of it, I've never been shown that care in my life. My ex was so frustrated with my limitations and it's been incredibly healing for my self worth to see people can enjoy being with me even if I am so disabled.

I didn't know non monogamy would be something I like but the security in it is beautiful. Like, someone I love has multiple people who deeply love her and can be there for her in so many ways... there's less pressure to be each other's everything, so we can just enjoy each other in the ways we like to and lean on each other knowing it's not just two logs holding each other up but that there's a whole house. It's new to me.

I think I was up past 5 for some reason, im staying on a couch and the room is chilly anddd I have insomnia so it's always hard to sleep at night. Dragged my butt outside to move my car to avoid a parking ticket; have to move it pretty frequently which is rough. Actually bought a cane recently to make it a lil easier, bc mobility is super difficult but I can't afford to pay tickets just bc I .. can't move lol. moved car, came back inside, wanted to maybe go to the leather workshop to work on things I've been wanting to do for months but like most days I ended up passing out despite myself (while trying to respond to asks actually :P just fading out over and over, seeing my phone open to a half typed response, brain not retaining shit. I can't tell ya how many drafts I have- it's hard for me to get through any longer things without passing out at some point! It's so hard to get shit done. This is why I rarely get back to messages btw- I want to put proper brain power into conversations but I so so rarely have it, and also feel bad sending a message when I might have energy for one but know I'll be out afterwards. Not sure how to deal w it, just hoping I can get seen by a good neurologist soon who can help me with wtv tf is going on. Might be narcolepsy that's much worse than usual bc of stress and malnourishment and such!)

Woken up gently by friend, I was having nightmares. She's stressed out about personal stuff and has been really busy. One of the times I feel like I'm not a waste of space is when I get to help her destress.. just cuddle and pet her and massage the knots out of her back while she puts something calming on tv. Sometimes she'll talk about things and she seems to find what I say helpful. Sometimes we'll fuck til she's able to break out of ruminating on things & then she goes to sleep w her spouse. I like being a destress puppy. I wish I could do more to help out, I'm so used to earning my keep and showing gratitude by housekeeping or running errands, but I'm just at risk of fainting if I try that most of the time anymore. It sucks. It's hard accepting help and care when I can't reciprocate. I just exist and hope I'll be healthier and able to help others in the future.

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I do like cats; the ones I grew up with were all feral ones my parents half took in so I'm used to being very wary of them lol. My favorite cat was okay with being pet a bit sometimes but mostly was a buddy who would go on hikes with me. Miss her a lot. I'd be out in the woods and she would just show up and walk with me for a while before vanishing again.

One of my favorite parts of couch surfing has been all the cats I get to meet... the people Im staying with now have some and they're so funny. Some cats are kinda yucky tbh I'm a bit of a germaphobe so idk if I could own my own cat or pet, but it's nice being able to watch little creatures go about their life.

I was actually typing something up about cats last night, must be in drafts lol. My partner wants to try petplay more and I was saying I simply don't know what dynamics involving a catgirl would be, and that i don't interact w cats much irl besides just letting them do their thing and try to avoid getting bitten which does not translate well into play! Puppies are intuitive, cats I have no clue

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I know I already had my go at this but I feel the need to go for round 2 because I seriously hard on hate this fucking organization.

My older sister has dyslexia and multiple mixed learning disabilities. When she finished highschool her first 'job' was volunteer work for the Salvation Army thrift stores. She was expected to work 8hr days, 5x a week and would get lectured if she took too much time off.

She volunteered for these mother fuckers for TEN FUCKING YEARS. My dad would constantly go in and advocate for her, telling them 'hey she's been volunteering for you for a long time and has a perfect attendance for this job. When is she going to see some pay?

They strung her along. "Oh we can't afford it rn because we're redoing the store." "Oh our profits aren't high enough for that yet" and so many other bullshit reasons I can't even remember right now, WHILE HER COWORKERS WERE GETTING PAID TO DO THE EXACT SAME FUCKING JOB.

They literally extorted my sister's disabilities to keep her volunteering for them so they'd never have to pay her and even started saying shit like "you're too mentally ill to work anywhere else; we're doing you a favor." She was made to be the bell ringer at Wal-Mart for every Christmas for ten years and then not even given the fucking pennies of what she made for them standing around in the cold for 8+ hrs at times.

My father spent YEARS on their ass, short of threatening to take them to court and to this day my sister has never seen so much as a dime from them. She's started working at a fast food restaurant instead now and has spent fucking months gushing to me about how 'nice' a fucking Wendy's is for paying her fucking minimum wage.

Fuck the Salvation Army. They extort people for profits, psychologically damage the people they claim to help, campaign against gay rights, have murdered trans people and make people attend their services and 'pray' (aka beg) for food like fucking animals.

DO NOT DONATE TO THE SALVATION ARMY. BOYCOTT EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.

DO NOT SUPPORT SALVATION ARMY