bouncing on it stupid and dorky style

You all need to hear this:

1. You probably dont suck at your craft as much as you think you do, I bet a lot of people are amazed at what you can make, and

2. If you actually are the Literal Worst In The Whole Wide World at your craft... who the fuck cares? What are they gonna do, call the police on you? Keep making your shitty little things, youre the boss of you, fuck the haters.

Hey if you’re schizophrenic/psychotic I just want you to know that you’re a wonderful person and that you deserve so much better than the demonization, marginalization and stigmatization you face in this society.

Please consider reblogging this/other positivity posts for schizophrenic/psychotic people every once in a while. If you have more than 100 followers, odds are that a couple of them experiences psychosis and that they rarely see positivity posts for people with their symptoms.

UwU

OwO

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So one of my kiddos is visiting for the weekend and we did a call ahead of time just to check in because it's our first time meeting in person. When we called he started asking me stuff like what kind of wound care materials I have, how I choke people, where is safe for me to hit. He apologized a few times for asking so many questions when he knew I was experienced and I told him something I think more young/inexperienced subs need to hear:

VET. YOUR. DOMS.

If you're playing irl don't be afraid to ask questions and quiz a dom on kink safety. Confirm that they both have the knowledge and know how to act on it. The RA in RACK is there for a reason. You and your dom both need to be aware of the risks inherent even in 'common' or 'low risk' kink activity. If you try to ask a dom questions or vet them and they respond with irritation or anger that should be a red flag. Never be afraid to protect yourself.

Adding onto this: subs vetting me and showing me they have their own knowledge of safety and technique is VERY attractive. Even if they don't have practical experience it is comforting to know that they've researched stuff! An engaged sub is a good thing!

smoking on the vampire weed

Today I read someone mentioning her adopted dad, and while the wording itself was a bit awkward, it still took me unreasonably long to put together that it meant that she was adopted by him. Her family didn't just adopt a dad.

I was full-on picturing a family deciding that they've got enough time and space to have a man in the house, and excitedly going out to pick out a friendly, nice-looking man from the shelter.

My latest New Scientist cartoon

Hey kid, look at me.

I want you to T-pose. Turn your right thumb up and your left thumb doen and look at your right thumb. Move your arms up and down a bit until you feel a nerve running from your armpit to your palm. Now turn your right thumb down and your left thumb up, and look at your left thumb. Keep your chest facing forward and your shoulders back. Move your arms again until you feel that nerve again. Keep alternating between these two for a minute, or look at each thumb thirty times each.

Now sit down. Put your left hand firmly under your left buttock, palm down. Keep your shoulders back and put your right hand over the crown of your head, very gently pulling it to the right. Do this for thirty seconds, then do it again but with your right hand under your right buttock.

These are stretches for the nerves in your arms, and are very good for people who sit behind a computer a lot, or fibre artists, or you name it. Do them daily. They will hurt in the beginning, but keep doing them, even after the pain has gone, or it will return and you'll have to start all over.

Hey, I know another type of stretch for this!

I had to go to occupational therapy a while back due to pain in my ulnar nerve (same nerve that acts as your 'funny bone'). It was getting compressed from jamming my elbow against hard plastic armrests that were in a too-tall fixed position on my cheap old office chair. I was having burning and tingling pain and numbness radiating from my elbow into my ring and pinky fingers. It sucked. Honestly, I found it worse than carpal tunnel, because a rigid elbow brace makes life way harder than a rigid wrist brace.

Anyways, the main exercise that my occupational therapist had me do was called a nerve glide. The stretches OP describes help improve flexibility, but the nerve gliding exercise helps move the nerve out of the pinched spot so it can move more freely.

Here's the best diagram I can find of it:

It's a little confusing, so have some extra description on the weird parts:

Ulnar nerve compression (aka cubital tunnel) is apparently super common, but I had never heard of it before I started having issues. If you lean forwards on your desk or armrests a lot, I'd suggest giving these a try. It feels kind of weird because you can feel the nerve, but it shouldn't hurt at all.

ya’ll were really gonna let me live my life in ignorance thinking mr. rogers was straight???

oh whoops, did we forget to tell you? there’s a quote in The Good Neighbor where Mr. Rogers talked about being attracted to both men and women

FRED ROGERS I LOVE YOU EVEN MORE

WOOOO

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