#odd 1s out

[starkid2464]

In honor of MatPat retiring, I’d like to thank all of the YouTubers who made getting out of bed worth it when I was a child. I’d like to thank you all for helping me choose to live each day I needed to make that choice.

Matpat: You gave me so much information and I don’t know if I could have kept my curiosity without you. You taught me the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells long before my first test on their differences.

Stampylonghead: Your shorts and their behind the scenes that you made taught me about the creative process. Plus the first season of your Wonder Quest series gave me something to laugh at in a life I wanted to give up on.

Stacyplays: You gave me an appreciation for nature and humans that never faded. Your book series gave me comfort this Christmas when I was spending it away from family for the first time. Not to mention Dogcraft gave me so many joyful memories to look back upon.

Katzun: Your earliest videos struck a cord with me when they first came out. And I was figuring out my identity when you came out. It’s because of you that I have been able to accept myself on my own self-journey.

Illymation: Your stories with your ex were words of caution. Your stories in general helped me accept I wasn’t alone in my feelings.

JaidenAnimations and The Odd 1’s out: You inspired me, on nights when I felt low you were there with a new video to lift me up. You both taught me things that stuck with me and gave me a passion for animation and art.

Tabbes: You were and are down to earth and quite pessimistic, exactly what I needed when brooding. You taught me about the lessons that I’d need to understand from a childhood I never had.

Minute Earth: You answered questions I had yet to even ask. I learned much about the natural world from you and grew to appreciate it better.

Dominic’s: You taught me about college, a place I never thought I’d get to attend. Your slugbooks review saved me when I had to buy books my first time.

Aphmau: Before your quality went down the shitter, I loved everything you created, it all taught me so much about quality writing and building tension properly.

I know I’m probably missing some people but these guys made my childhood worth surviving.

[jikothemartian-z]

Jason x James

[n00bcat1234]

I was scrolling on tumblr as I do pretty much daily and saw another furry Red post

That caused my brain to produce another AvA/M shower thought: What if furry Red is a reference to James (The Odd1sout)?

I mean, Alan could've picked any other animal, like a pig. A pig would've made a lot more sense because Red has a pet pig. Other than the CAT excavator joke, Red hasn't really had any interest or interactions with cats.

Also, we do know that James has a fursuit, and Alan has a channel where he plays games with DJ and sometimes James, so we know they know each other.

Also, if you guys would like me to look into more AvA/M shower thoughts, please send me an ask :)

[the-arteest]

new reaction image

[jacobogiraldo]

hola xd soy nuevo en tumblr

[wendylover2008]

My Thoughts on Bluey

[hxnyshifting]

people outside of the community need to learn how to shut the fuck up

oh dear god

[anotherocean]

My first pick a pile reading for you all! Been wanting to do this for a long time and hopefully add a little sparkle to your day, some guidance, maybe reassurance (?), or just a little divination fun.

This is a general reading for your life at the moment. I used tarot and my intuition to come up with these readings. If you aren't familiar with how to do this, you just pick an image that pops out at you, or choose one quickly and randomly. Whatever method you want to use it usually works. Pile readings below! Let me know if anything resonated with you! This is my first time doing this so feedback is really nice :)

Hello my beautiful pile 1s! A lot of mental energy here!

My main piece of advice pile 1 is:

GIVE IN TO THE NOT KNOWING

Looks like you could use some support with that overactive mind of yours. First thing's first it's going to be okay. It looks like you've had some sleepless nights recently and something is keeping you awake at night in worry-- whatever you are going through is not easy and would test anyone's faith. This might be the result of feeling betrayed (or a misunderstanding for some) in some way, or perhaps you are even lowering yourself to a level that feels untrue to you. In any case your soul is saying no to a lot of ways you are perceiving your situation right now and urging you to take a step back. Your idealism may be pushing up against some cold hard facts … about a person? (never a fun feeling) and disillusionment of some sort might be setting in. Your desire to win or succeed or have your own way may be clouding the best avenue toward your genuine peace and fulfillment (I've been there honey, I feel you). I am getting the feeling you are going around and around in your head playing mental games. Tap into your honesty and your intuition. Don't sneak out the proverbial back door. Patience is required right now. You'll make it through I believe in you! Things are going to work out, but maybe it's time to rest and reflect a bit babe? I'm getting the sense that rest frightens you a bit. Either you feel you can't stop, or rest has become equated with stagnation in your mind. In this instance that is not the case. Rest is a terrific idea for you because this looks like something you need to wait out. On the upside, I'm seeing that for some of you there could be some wonderful feelings of inspiration or drive or something urging you forward. Perhaps there is a complex mix of your excitement for a new idea or project, and conflict between something going on in your life, so you are experiencing some push/pull dynamics that are causing a lot of uncomfortable mental energy. My advice is rest, tap into some inner strength, and give in to not knowing and what a truly beautiful and relieving feeling that can be. You can't possibly know, so don't! You don't need to figure everything all out at once honey, or solve this problem immediately.

Hello my incredible pile 2's! I love you.

You have an incredibly clear mind at the moment. You are approaching your situation with logic, which may feel a bit at odds with your needs to be nurtured. I'm getting maybe someone studying or pouring themselves into research but forgetting to take care of their more sensual needs like eating nice meals, going for walks, etc. In the distant or recent past you may have been in a limiting situation -- either victimized by some form of addiction, or bad relationship, or something that was bringing out parts of your shadow side that were not to your liking. This was something that you may have felt chained to... I'm getting your toxic ball and chain. That said, I'm seeing that you are harnessing a lot of energy positively right now, and will continue to do so. You have the power and ability to manifest your dreams, reach toward your goals, be the creator in your life. In the past you may have felt victimized and held captive by a person or situation, but you are now finding yourself (or about to be finding yourself) holding the power in your life. The world around you is aligned with you in presenting you with new opportunities for growth and love, and this is merely reflecting all the power you have right now. It seems you may be faced with an important decision, and while you are jumping and ready for new adventures, I ask you to also make sure you align your desire for adventure with your values related to the people and relationships in your life. You can do no wrong if you truly consult your heart in this important decision and take an honest look there by also allowing the people in your life to be included in that "gazing into the heart" that I mentioned. You are not an island, you are most definitely connected. You also have some doubts it looks like, or fears of separation or loss. The pain of heartbreak. A last word of advice is talk to someone you trust, perhaps a mentor, or consult your higher power for guidance. You may find resolution in aligning yourself with your traditions, or the traditions of people around you. I have to be honest pile 2, your picture isn't crystal clear for me, so I hope I filled in enough blanks to give this reading some value for you!

Pile 3 hello! So much beauty here.

It looks like there are so many beautiful things in your life right now. Wonderful relationships, some degree of emotional fulfillment, and periods of gorgeous and harmonious socializing and abundance are all present. There is a strong, positive emphasis on community, but you also need to nurture your individual creative expressions (be that something tangible like painting a picture, or something more related to using your creative abilities for manifestation, or maybe just... spending some time in the garden planting seeds). You need to see the fruits of your own labor (!!!). Also, let it be known that as soon as I began your reading and was looking at the above image I felt such a lightness! Wish I were you pile 3! Like a breath of fresh air. Life is good. You also want to create some more stability for yourself. Even with all the good things, you have your sights set on something better and what a beautiful thing that is! You might be itching for something new and exciting, even with all the good things going on in your life, and the main and BIG POWERFUL MESSAGE of this reading is to embrace change. You may have built up something gorgeous and fulfilling but your heart is looking for more. EMBRACE the radical changes. EMBRACE the tearing down of the good things. More good things will come. You may currently find yourself feeling influenced by some conservatism around you (not necessarily a bad thing), but the stable attitude of those around you may be at odds with your need to honor your enthusiasm for adventure and break down what you have in order to build up something new again. As I mentioned, what you've built is gorgeous, but perhaps it is time to tear it down? You have some fears and worries around this, so take this advice as lightly or deeply as you like. Whatever the case, the changes you want aren't going to be a lightning bolt. You need to put effort into long term planning with patience, and perseverance. You need to carefully nurture your efforts right now, more than you need to immediately start a new life.

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That's it! I had so much fun doing this, I hope you enjoyed it! It was fun getting a peak into some of your lives. At some point I may offer clarification card readings if any of you want to pay for additional info or extra questions related to the above readings. I'm not sure yet, just enjoying the experiment and maybe I'll do this with some regularity :) Also let me know if there's any specific reading you might like to see me do in the future! I have been so hardcore into astrology recently (truly obsession level) so tarot is a nice little sideline.

[the-cat-and-the-birdie]

I don't think non-New Yorkers know how funny Miles and Wiles having Jordans is.

Like it's REALLY funny and really Brooklyn - New York of him.

Miles, Wiles, and Jordan Sneakers - Clever Cultural Characterisation

[A MEDIUM length post were I talk about Brooklyn Sneaker Culture and it's use in ATSV]

Have you ever wondered -

Why is Miles the only one wearing branded clothing?

When all other brands are either spoofed or replaced, why is Miles - the main character wearing such VERY BLATANTLY branded sneakers?

And why is Nike, a random shoe brand, the choice to go with?

There's a reason the creators show Miles' creativity and personality through his shoes.

And it's because

JORDANS HAVE A CHOKEHOLD - on Black Guys in High School from NYC

And this might be bizarre to some and idk if it translates to other black communities- (please tell me if it does)

But here in Brooklyn, almost every masc guy in my high school was OBSESSED with Jordans. Most guys I knew can name certain releases by looking at them, and had multiple pairs in different colors

JORDANS WERE LIKE SOCIAL CURRENCY - from middle school all the way to college. And it's a very cultural thing here in Brooklyn.

What colors you had and how many are something you bragged about. Many guys own multiple different colorways of Jordan's and will WAIT in line hours for a new release.

There's a store call Flight Club here in the city, and sometimes you'll see the line going out the door, of well dressed black guys waiting for the new release of Nikes to start going on sale.

Of course Adidas is popular, but no where near the culture hold as Nike to us.

I remember begging my parents for like a week until they brought me Black Air Force 1s

And I STILL have them over ten years later. They're too small, but they're holding up well. And even until this day, my home town is lined with sneaker stores. There's one around the corner from me rn.

Here it really is natural for guys LOVE JORDANS and to use them as a form of self expression. It's not odd for Fashion is on the minds of black guys in Brooklyn.

Even in high school, guys were matching their outfits and always trying to get the latest brand name. Mind you, this is an inner-city school full of 98% low income black kids. For us that was a social language.

Some shoes even have their own 'personalities' tied to them:

For example:

Black Air Force 1s (the one above) are often called 'hit a lick' shoes. Hitting a lick means to rob someone. So there's this idea that if you have those on you about that action lol it's an chill inside joke though it isn't serious.

White Air Forces are seen for guys who DON'T do that because they're too worried about getting their white ass shoes so clean.

Keep the above in mind for the next part

Hair cuts - like shape-ups and fades, Backpacks, and Shoes are three big things that were a fashion influence in my high school HARD.

Trends also are a big thing here, and they come on really quickly. I remember for maybe four years a brand called Sprayground got big, and after all SO many high school kids started collecting these $80 bags in all different colors. I wanted one so bad.

A lot of them had illustrations of things like money or weed.

If you see a mfer with the shark mouth bookbag RUN he's the biggest fuckboy you've ever met.

Which is to say - !42 WOULD HAVE ONE OF THESE BAGS

Guys get SO INTO THEM

How many of the iconic orange boxes that you lined up in your room (yes they keep them) was something you boasted about.

MFers would deadass have this in the corner of their room and bring you over talking about sum 'it's decor' SIR IT'S A HOARDING ADDICTION

They'll walk different, and NEVER squat, because doing that might crease the leather along the toe box. And creased Jordans are not fresh so what's the point - they're ruined. A guy in my class use to being plastic bags and tie them around his ankles when it rained then he walked home.

Like look at this Reddit post I found -

'is he stupid' 😭😭that's so mean but like here EVERY guy just assumes you know not to do that to Jordans ever

And that's why the creators do it - AND THEY DO IT WELL

And it's so impressive their deep understanding of this very specific thing that happens in mostly black high schools in NYC.

Cause that's not something you can just search up and research really.

Because of our culture - Miles & Miles!42's shoes are a silent language in their own right.

Like Miles!42's shoes are one of the first things we see about him.

They're the first thing we're suppose to notice - because it let's is compare him to Miles.

Miles' Jordans are iconic - the white and red shoes.

They're clean and white, with pops of color and personality. Like Miles, he's about being the good of Spider-man, while also getting himself and adding his own colors to it.

And because it's natural to the character and the culture, they let his shoes be the signal that Wiles is not like Miles. He has a different style, in fighting, in speaking, in personality, from his hair literally down to his shoes.

REMEMBER HOW I TALKED ABOUT SHOES HAVING PERSONALITY AND THE BLACK AIR FORCES ??????

Wiles' shoes are VERY similar to Black Air Force 1s. It's basically that with utility bags and purple detailing.

That's a signal - like I said: WILES IS ABOUT THAT ACTION. He's here to get his lick back.

From his standpoint, as a black guy from Brooklyn with his personality, he would know about this culture. He'd know the message black Nikes send where he's from.

It'd be natural for him - Hell yeah he'd go for the black Jordans.

He's speaking his social language.

Wiles' doesn't have to say 'fuck around and find out' he got on Air Forces with bags on them - HE'S ABOUT IT.

The writers didn't wake up one day and say 'Oh Nike wants a brand deal?! Okay cool'.

They don't show Wiles' shoes to be like 'LOOKY BUY THE NICE SHOES' - We are shown this shot

For them to be like : This is who Miles!42 is.

Because of sneakers.

Isn't that COOL? ISN'T IT. ISN'T IT COOL THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF INNER CITY BLACK KIDS IN NEW YORK??

But it's really funny to me to see Wiles shoes and be like 'damn he bout to fuck Miles up'.

THE IDEA OF THEM FEIGNING OVER JORDANS Fyyofydyogoc

Do guys where you are do this?? Like is this a thing y'all know any Sneakerheads.

Anyway I would put a pic of Hobie but I'm on mobile so they won't let me and I'm lazy

Bye.

[tenthgrove]

Reverse Engineering the OIAR Tagging System

I'm not the first to theorise that the tagging system is important - this post is inspired by the person who noticed that Needles and Bonzo share both a CAT and an R tag.

This is an incomplete attempt to decode the entire system for theorising purposes. Unfortunately, I was not able to figure it out as thoroughly as I hoped but I'm sharing it here in hope others can make observations. Here is the table:

For those who want a better look, or cannot see the image due to screen-reader use, here is a google document with the same table: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wc4COCMHdwKz6N-KawvMOs4Y3k3W6Kq-NDhZ7brcRLg/edit?usp=sharing

So, my observations thus far:

CAT (probably short for categories)

There are four categories so far- 1, 2, 3 and 23.

Needles, both Bonzo statements and the very first statement are the only CAT 1s so far.

Needles and Bonzo are likely to be major recurring characters, so this could suggest the creature in the first statement (which to me gives distortion vibes) may also be.

Alternatively, CAT could suggest danger. Needles and Bonzo are serial killers, while the CAT 3 statements tend to refer to very old or contained objects, so perhaps these are less dangerous? The only gap in this theory is InkSoul being CAT 3, which makes little sense given their livestreaming. Unless... could InkSoul be dead?

Generally, but not absolutely, newer statements tend to be closer to CAT 1, and older statements closer to CAT 3. Bonzo and Needles both referred to statements taken days before the episode dropped. Again, this isn't an absolute rule and the first statement is again the odd one out.

What I absolutely cannot figure out is CAT 23. I thought it was a typo until I encountered it again for Ep 11. It clearly means something special. Unlike for the R system, I don't think it means between categories 2 and 3, because the statements we get are both quite important. We'll probably have to wait for more episodes to figure this one out.

R (probably short for rank)

This is the one I'm more sure about. I believe it indicates 'grades' of some measure, like school grades. A is best, B is after that, and so on.

I think AB and BC are borderline grades.

Ep 3 and 4 (plant boy and violin man) do not have an R tag. My working theory is that this indicates the statements are below a grade C.

So what does R actually grade? Again, it could be importance (assuming that isn't what CAT means), or usefulness to the institute, but then why is our known external Mr Bonzo only a B?

So far we have no rank As and only one rank AB - the Red Canary statement.

If there's one thing I'm certain of, it's that the first rank A statement is going to be very big indeed.

Conclusion

I believe category and rank indicates any two out of the following: importance, danger, level of OIAR control, level of usefulness to OIAR, certainty of being true, amount of evidence. Ultimately, we need more statements to be sure.

For whatever two measures these systems represent, I am fairly certain that a category closer to one and a rank closer to A represents a better grade on that measure, with the exception of CAT 23 which I think is its own thing. The ultimate purpose of this post is to encourage people to pay attention to these tags more as I am certain they contain clues, and if anyone smarter than me can spot them as more episodes come out, then great.

PS: As I was just about to post this I had a sudden idea as to what CAT 23 *might* be. It could be dimensional cracks. This is clearly what's going on in the magnus institute (with the dice statement being exempt because it was taken before the institute burnt down) and it's possible the graveyard in Ep 11 also serves this function. This is pure speculation however.

[dingodad]

What's the deal with the obscure cult thing

the trolls' introductions give us an outline of each troll's position in their society. we have to remember that, at the point of the trolls' introduction, the caste system was only kind of just starting to be born as a concept. gamzee's introduction on p. 2012, where we get the "You belong to a RATHER OBSCURE CULT" line, comes a whole 70 pages before we even get this exchange:

GC: SOLLUX, PL34S3 / GC: YOU 4R3 MR 4PPL3B3RRY BL4ST 4ND 3V3RYON3 KNOWS THOS3 4R3 YOUR F4VOR1T3 FL4VORS / GC: 3V3N THOUGH YOU TYP3 1N YUCKY MUST4RD / GC: WH1CH 1S W31RD >:\ TA: maybe there ii2 more two me than you thiink. [...] maybe ii ju2t want two giive the red and blue thiing a re2t for a change and not make iit 2o iit2 liike, oh look iit2 that prediictable fuck wiith tho2e two 2tupiid color2, iit2 amaziing how much everyone fuckiing hate2 hiim.

of which Hussie has this to say in the published commentary (Book 4, p. 101):

Terezi says it's weird that Sollux types in yucky mustard, even though his "favorite colors" are red and blue. It's really not weird at all, considering literally everyone in his blood class types in that color. But this idea may not have been fully locked in yet as an ironclad canon fact. While Hivebent continuously provides the scoop on what the facts of this culture are, it is simultaneously exploring certain nebulous ideas before fully committing to them. This is a very good strategy when it comes to improvisational worldbuilding.

when Gamzee's cult is described as "obscure", it makes no sense to interpret this as meaning "obscure within his caste", because the caste idea wasn't even fully formed in the author's mind at that point in time, let alone the reader's. what that line is saying is that Gamzee's cult is obscure within his society. and everyone seems to ignore the very sentence after that comment, which says exactly what i'm saying, almost explicitly:

The beliefs of this cult are SOMEWHAT FROWNED UPON by those dwelling in more common lawnrings.

Gamzee's beliefs are strange to commoners. the very clear implication being that among the upper echelons of Alternian society, being a juggalo isn't that frowned upon at all! sometimes Hussie leaves things unsaid about the world of Homestuck because they're not important or to deliberately leave them up to interpretation, but quite often things go unsaid because when you read between the lines they really should speak for themselves. the fact that Alternia's upper castes are more and more uncommon is one of these things (but to drive the point home, there's this comment from Formspring: "lower classes must be much more copious than higher classes. The lowbloods die off much more quickly, and so must be spawned in greater numbers.").

it's odd that this particular "obscure cult" line has become a sticking point, because Kanaya's intro does the exact same thing when it describes her as "one of the few of [her] kind who can withstand the BLISTERING ALTERNIAN SUN, and perhaps the only who enjoys the feel of its rays." we all seem to understand that this isn't claiming daywalking as a unique power of Kanaya's, but merely hinting at the fact that Kanaya is part of a rare caste with that ability. I guess many don't make the comparison because Gamzee's caste is never explicitly singled out as a rare one?

from there, what limited background we do get on the Alternian regime hammers home the point. "subjugglator" (this has the word juggalo in it. a lot of people try to get out of this one) and "Highblood" are used as functional synonyms in Scratch's intermission:

p. 4054: The highbloods were livid over the unprecedented heresy, and soon, a massive sectarian war followed, spreading across the planet and throughout the galaxy. The conflict was lopsided of course, with the Highbloods given full support from the Condesce and her sea dwellers. p. 4063: [the Condesce] could use her leverage to delegate oppression to the subjugglators, whose unique abilities and exceptional brutality made them natural enforcers. They too would delegate in their governance, exploiting the pride and loyalty of dangerous bluebloods beneath them...

the fact that the guy literally called The Grand Highblood is a massive clown is basically garnish; but the fact that the word Highblood with a capital H, even outside of the context of Gamzee's ancestor, was basically used exclusively to refer to purplebloods in the comic seems to have been largely forgotten. this only continues into Act 6, even when a lot of the fandom's misconceptions and reconceptions of the lore started to seep into the comic proper:

You're not really up on Alternian history, but apparently at some point the empress got fed up with the Subjugglators' stranglehold on the soda market, and released a drink that was said to be more loaded with sugar than even the wicked elixir itself. The Highbloods considered such marketing reports to be blasphemous lies, however. (Act 6 Intermission 1, part 2)

emphasis all my own, to make clear that basically no distinction is made between Highbloods as a political institution and the subjugglators as a religious authority. but really, Act 6 is when the whole clown thing should have started to become really obvious, anyway, with lines like "There was this sense that [the Condesce] just loved the idea of delegating the extreme subjugation of the world's population to a pair of demented clown rappers" and the increasing inescapability of Lord English's influence on the story only entrenching that the presence of these juggalos on Alternia had real significance and was not some one off joke.

years ago when it was at its peak, the idea that the subjugglators "were only ever meant to be an obscure cult" seemed to me to have originated among troll enthusiasts who dropped off the comic around Scratch's takeover and didn't really care for overarching plot points like Lord English taking prominence into Act 6. but I guess now that troll discussion has started to center the design process that went into the Hiveswap trolls, the argument has circled back around into the mainstream? but basically to answer your question the deal with the obscure cult thing is that it's bogus. people wanted to make fantrolls who weren't juggaloes because what they fundamentally forget is that a race of juggalos controlling alternia is actually meant to be, and is, really fucking funny

[itsalola07]

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[sophieinwonderland]

On being angry over misdiagnosis

There's a blog by someone from r/systemscringe that I've been meaning to deal with for a while called dissociative-misinfo. An apt name if I say so myself.

It's lately been heavily pushing "imitated DID," which is an unverified condition made up by doctors looking to cover themselves from lawsuit from patients.

An anon with DID described how they would be angry about being told they don't have it because they have a long history of being denied medical treatment.

And yeah! That's completely reasonable!

This is one of the key flaws in the study! It assumes the "imitated" DID cases will be upset over not having it, but doesn't assess "genuine" DID for the same theme to compare to.

Okay... but what if you actually do have something, and the doctors are misdiagnosing you?

The whole argument here is that it's a red flag because fakers get defensive over being told they're faking. Right? But the point the anon is trying to make is that people with "genuine" DID are also going to get angry at being denied for completely reasonable reasons.

A huge chunk of clinicians don't even believe in DID, and DID has a long history of being misdiagnosed.

This is actually talked about in the study that the accurately-named dissociative-misinfo cites.

complex dissociative disorders are polysymptomatic, and specialists would rather diagnose these patients with disorders more familiar to them from clinical practice, e.g., anxiety disorders, eating disorders, schizophrenia, or borderline personality disorder (Boon and Draijer, 1995; Dell, 2006; Brand et al., 2016). For these reasons, complex dissociative disorders are underdiagnosed and often mis-diagnosed. For example, 26.5–40.8% of DID patients would already have been diagnosed and treated for schizophrenia (Putnam et al., 1986; Ross et al., 1989).

So just because people online are being told by clinicians that they don't have DID, that doesn't mean those clinicians are correct. You can't assume the clinicians' assessments are automatically accurate when DID is so often misdiagnosed as other disorders that clinicians are more familiar with.

Now, people might assume that a second opinion will help. If two doctors say something, then it must be true. Right? But with DID as controversial as it is, that can't necessarily be trusted.

Imagine if only 1 in 6 doctors didn't believe DID was real. I think this unfortunately might be vastly lowballing it, but 1 in 6 is a great number. Because it's one you should be familiar with the odds of.

Let's assume then that getting a doctor who is educated in DID and believes it's a real disorder is 5-in-6. Or the equivalent of rolling a 2-6 on a die. But some people will still roll a 1 on their dice roll due to bad luck.

If you roll again, you have a good chance of rolling higher the next time, which is great. But it's not a guarantee.

Odds of rolling snake eyes (two 1s) are 1-in-36 if you roll two dice. So assuming a clinician's chance of misdiagnosing somebody with genuine DID is only 1-in-6, you can expect similar odds of getting multiple bad doctors.

If you see a hundred people rolling a pair of dice, odds are that 2 or 3 of them are going to end up rolling snake eyes.

There will be people who get bad doctors who don't believe in DID and aren't educated in it, and then go for a second opinion that's the same. This is inevitable.

And when it happens, patients who have studied DID and know they have it have a right to be angry that their doctors are dismissing them.

I also just want to reiterate what I said on the study's methodology before:

And I also need to point out once again that "Imitated-DID was made up by Suzette Boon. The goal of creating it was protecting doctors from lawsuits. It has not been validated as a real condition by the DSM and ICD-11. And the assessment that was used in the study to determine if these were cases of Imitated DID was conducted by Suzette Boon and her colleagues using Suzette Boon's own interview that hasn't been validated.

Boon made up a condition that hasn't been validated. Then tested people with her own interview that also hasn't been validated. Then just decided to look for any themes she could identify connecting the six people, an incredibly small sample size, who failed her unvalidated interview without any comparison to a control group.

The studies behind so-called "Imitated DID" aren't scientific. And it's largely been pushed by a small handful of doctors who made it up in order to protect therapists from liability when they get sued by patients for misdiagnosis.

Being angry about getting a wrongful diagnosis is normal. It doesn't mean that you're faking.

[seas1mping]

Hi I'm here with a nice and comprehensive guide on how to convert binary :)

This is inspired by @the-art-ghost and his story and @just-a-domesticated-cryptid and their posts about the Caesar cipher codes :)

So I had to learn about binary for school back in middle school, so I can explain how to do this pretty easily AND WITH PICTURES :)

Nerd blurb under the cut ^^

So binary is a computer language made up of an eight-number string of 1s and 0s. The value of binary goes from 0-255 bits, with 256 being 1 byte. You read binary from left to right, but the value of each place goes up by times 2 as you go right to left, starting at 1 (00000001) and ending at 128 (1000000).

In order to convert binary into something readable like letters, you need to translate it first into something easier to remember other than a long string of 1/0. For this we're going to use the ASCII index.

The ASCII index is another computer language that assigns numerical values to things like of course numbers and letters but also symbols. Every ASCII value is unique to the letter/number/symbol.

Anyways, so first to translate it into ASCII, you need to be able to read the number. Here's an example:

01001101 is simple enough. There is a 1 in the second, fifth, sixth, and eighth place. That means you add 64+8+4+1 together, which comes out to 77.

NOTE: If your binary string ends with a ONE in the eighth place, it is ODD. If it ends with a ZERO, it is EVEN.

After giving your binary string it's numerical value, you then have to look up the ASCII index value for that number to get it's letter/symbol associated with it.

The ASCII index divides the alphabet into two separate versions: the UPPERCASE alphabet and the lowercase alphabet.

UPPERCASE on the index is numbers 65-90, and lowercase is numbers 97-122.

Using the example from before, 01001101 has 77 as it's value, on the ASCII index makes it UPPERCASE M.

01110011 follows the same logic just different numbers. Second, third, fourth, seventh, and eighth all have 1s, which means you add 64+32+16+2+1, which gives you 115. The index says it's a lowercase s.

When making your sentences, you use SPACES to separate words. The space also has its own ASCII value and binary number:

If you're too lazy to go looking for the ASCII index (I don't blame you I am too), I have a cheat sheet here :3 including letters, ASCII index number, and their binary forms.

I'm not going to decode the text description where the binary is featured because I find decoding it yourself to be much more rewarding so >_O

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And here is your bold leader, passed out on the floor. He is sleeping like a wiggler. You wonder what he could be dreaming about? Prospit is gone now, and he never even had the chance to wake up. Poor guy.

Well, he's not using a recuperacoon, so it's possible that he's having horribly violent dreams - assuming we haven't been misled about what Sopor Slime actually does.

The 'dark subconscious' of the troll species didn't seem to affect their dream selves, but now that they're out of the picture, it might become more of a problem.

It is important to keep your loyal subscribers of the past and future informed. It is your duty as a dedicated bulletin administrator.

This is so much funnier when you remember that Karkat is permabanned from this forum. Terezi can choose to be helpful - but only if Karkat won't benefit.

FAC: :33 < [...] derse was just destroyed too FAC: :33 < feferi was sl33ping too, and now she will not wake up!

There's a small chance her dream self survived, actually.

Derse is on the edge of the Furthest Ring, the home of Feferi's adopted family. They're certainly not above interfering with sessions, and might have interceded to save their niece.

Hey. Someone just wired you some money. That's odd.

Fittingly, Terezi was introduced to the Knight of Time by the machinations of her own future self.

Vriska's looking awfully intrigued. Stick to John, dude!

GC: WHO 1S 1T? TA: 2omeone iin our uniiver2e. [...] GC: SOM3ON3 FROM 4LT3RN14? TA: no no, ii mean 2omeone from OUR uniiver2e, the one we ju2t made.

Oh, I didn't pick up on that, actually! This isn't just Terezi's introduction to Dave - this is first contact.

The cyclical nature of Paradox Space means that it's difficult to pinpoint the beginning of something. Nevertheless, this conversation marks the beginning of something really excellent.