#literally fucking flabbergasted

[thedisablednaturalist]

Office disability culture is so fucked in environmental science and fieldwork. Like the mindset that to do the job you have to be in perfect physical health or you should just quit. Like I'm not talking about something that is 100% physical labor here, everything is mostly achievable with aids and you don't need to be able to do every single thing. But there's this weird like..pride..that my older coworkers have. They work out in the gym and brag about how many reps they did. They tease each other for having medical issues. They don't ask for accommodations because they fear that their legitimacy will be hurt. That it means that they can't do their job anymore. That they won't be TRUSTED to do their jobs anymore. That it will get taken away.

So they FURTHER hurt their bodies by not resting, not taking breaks, not using ergonomic equipment, not using safety equipment. Not drinking enough water. Not using mobility aids when they are so old that it's supposed to be acceptable. They don't use the scooters at the grocery store, they don't use their handicapped placard, they don't use knee pads or compression gloves.

And here I come in, 24 years old, looking perfectly healthy. And I use walking sticks, I sit down a lot, I have my care bag, I have a ton of gadgets for making fieldwork more comfortable, I have boundaries and limits, I wear braces and knee pads and compression gloves. I use my handicapped placard.

They react in one of two ways:

1. How DARE I. I'm so lucky to be young and no one sees THEM having to do all those things (literally nothing is stopping them but pride). Like old man if you need a break take a fucking break. I'm not going to hurt my health to make you feel better about hurting yours. I'm not risking a flare up to spare the 65 year olds feelings. Im gonna take my break and use my equipment cause my boss doesn't care as long as the work gets done. I'm tired of glares from 100 year olds making themselves struggle across the parking lot when they could also be using the fucking scooter. (I never take the last scooter, there's always another available. Also it's not my fault if walmart only provides 2 scooters for the whole store).

2. It shows them its okay. Its okay to need aids. When I first showed up at my job it was very...macho..everyone was afraid of seeming old (theres probably only 3 of us under 30 in the whole department, most people are at least 50, mainly 65 year olds). Then they saw me using my walking sticks, taking my medicine openly, bringing a chair with me when working away from my desk, using my TENS unit. I overheard one lady ask her granddaughter what fibromyalgia was (apparently she had spotted my pain tracking journal).

My older coworker with a bad knee got a walking stick like mine and beamed when she showed me. The grandmother uses a cane and a walker interchangeably and more often. I get asked where I get my little portable fan and pocket heaters and special clothing. Even abled coworkers are doing it. My coworker who's younger than me sets alarms to take breaks now just like I do. People seem more comfortable using things that help them now.

My boss has really struggled. He has a lot of internalized ableism and hates thinking of himself as crippled. He spent his whole life physically active and strong and all these health issues and overexertion are catching up with him. Like he did environmental testing in areas with fucking radon. He did work where they threw asbestos around like snow for fun. He's done a ton of really hard physical work. He grew up with the mentality that pain was just something everyone has to push through. But I think seeing a young person make the choice not to push through is helping him a bit. He wants to make his own walking stick, he goes to the doctor more. We bond over having constant medical issues and I even gave him the name of my surgeon. Yea he still says stuff like "shoot me if I have to use a wheelchair" (not as much anymore since he now knows I use one) but he's getting there.

Yeah so I've had this in my drafts for a bit and I wanted to update that my boss has been walking around with a fucking broken ankle for the past couple of weeks. He thought it was just arthritis pain and eventually couldn't take it anymore and went to the foot doctor. The doctor has no clue how the fuck he's been walking on it. Now he has to wear the boot and he's banned from fieldwork while he heals.

Older people and the elderly need to learn that it's okay to not push through the pain and ask for help. Everyone needs to learn this, and not be like my fucking boss. Go to the doctor, get that sore joint checked out. Get those tests done. Use that aid. Stop walking on a broken ankle just because you can.

[backpackevil]

More silly goofies for my walls

[sketchy-tour]

BOO

SKETCHY!!!??!?!

HELLO!?!?!?!?!?!??!!??!?!!?

THIS IS!?!?!?!?!? GORGEOUS!?!?!? WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE TO DESERVE SUCH LOVELY ART!!!!!

IM SOBBING AND SLAMMING MY HANDS ON THE FUCKING TABLE I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO FORM WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE SHOT OF PURE DOPAMINE THAT JUST ROCKETED INTO MY BRAIN!!!!!!!! SKETCHY!!!!!!!! SKETCHY WHEN

WHEN

I

GET

YOU!!!!!!!!!

WHEN I FUCKIN GET YOUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gingexbarnes]

it’s been 6 years since infinity war came out and to this day i have never felt the type of rage i do when i think about how Steve left Bucky for Peggy. comic book Steve WOULD NEVER. the Steve Rogers that I know WOULD NEVER.

WHAT HAPPENED TO IM WITH YOU TIL THE END OF THE LINE?!?!?

literally the worst fucking plot choice they could’ve made i swear

[lilithofpenandbook]

Literally how do you even respond to that?

[danvillecheese]

what do u mean im gonna be blogging about new pnf episodes in 2025. that should not be a real sentence

[binglepringle]

Huh

Huh.

(For context, this was about Paris Paloma’s song, Labour, which is about the unfair treatment of women in society; both comments were found on a post with Dick Grayson and Jason Todd with the song “The Fruits” also by Paloma, which is about how unfairly society perceives/treats women regarding SA.)

*please leave the posters alone btw this is not meant to be an attack or anything*

[daikonghost143]

Me when my omori fanart I made in art class gets in the fucking city wide student art show

I MADE THIS FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES DURING OUR POINTILLISM UNIT IM SORRY WHAT???

[gomzdrawfr]

Well…it was only time before I throw Raven into the mix

[sharkshenanigans]

❗headphones required❗

Foolish getting absolutely wasted on the QSMP (+ receiving a lapdance from his bfriend <3)

I am... So sorry. Leonarda, I am so sorry you had to witness this.

Vegetta (in chat): i need you. Is important. Is sexual important.

Foolish (out LOUD): Am I about to get laid? Holy shit.

💃

Vegetta: *reveals his stripper outfit*

Foolish: *literally, physically, jumps out of his chair*

💃

Roier: You just had sex?!

Foolish: Basically! That's what it felt like-

Foolish: *notices Leonarda*

Foolish: I mean- No. No Leo, nothing happened. We were just at a dance party.

Guys I had to edit out so many of his fake drunken burps you don't even know. How did he even do that??? 😭

I hope u enjoy! 💕

[crispyjenkins]

right so i have over two thousand hours in skyrim now but only just completed the main questline for the first time and

y’all what the fuck was that

[famouslysleepy]

pearl x greg comic….how did i miss the news on that….i respect a messy dynamic, but damn i did NOT see that coming for my 2024 bingocard

[crimeronan]

trying so hard not to lose my temper over various viral posts i make but sometimes..... puts my head in my hands.

Sometimes. People Test Me .

someone just left these tags on my tongue-in-cheek guy in your MFA screenshot about how some authors are afraid to write women with flaws:

and i jsut.

THE FUCKINTG.

THE FUCKING AUDACITY????

[gothicwill]

When that origami heart body unraveled into the stag and started walking towards Will in primavera..gotta be the most unhinged scene ever I was just staring at my screen dumbfounded

[iolypse]

fuck qmissa meeting tallulah, i need qmissa to meet qforever

[twistedappletree]

AINT NO FUCKING WAY