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I love wormblr because people will just call Taylor "Taylor" and then posts will escape containment and people will think a Swiftie just declared that Taylor Swift did nothing wrong when she gouged that guy's eyes out with bugs

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internet ransom note where instead of magazine letters it’s just jpgs of letters found on google

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This problem is nothing new, but this specific example with these numbers puts it into a fucking brutal perspective.

To put these numbers a different way: A Taco Bell burrito that used to cost ~7 minutes and 20 seconds of minimum wage work now costs ~30 minutes and 30 seconds of minimum wage work.

You used to be able to work at Taco Bell anywhere in the country and make enough money in one hour to buy at least 8 burritos (maybe 9 if you're a manager or something) and feed, like, 3-4 people a decently-filling meal. But now, the same amount of work at the same job will get you one meal for one person. And this change has happened over a mere 15 years.

Remember this whenever you see rich people demonize younger generations for our financial situations, when they call us irresponsible for not investing a ton of money in savings accounts.

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you came back wrong and i am racked with guilt because i cannot bear to see you like this and i should have let you rest. i loved you so much that i defied death itself but i do not think either of us are happy

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sir that's yassified information

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also re the attention span post, something that's really helped me with my ADHD is to just...work with my brain, and not against it?

Like here's the thing, looking at your phone when you're doing other stuff (standing in line at the grocery store, watching an episode of a TV show or a movie, avoiding writing your essay etc etc) is just a socially acceptable form of fidgeting and stimming. Even neurotypicals do it. But at least for me, that's exactly what I'm seeking when I'm looking at my phone in this moments -- just that extra bit of stimulation and dopamine.

So a) don't beat yourself up for reaching for your phone and b) stop trying to brute force your way to a better attention span because your focus (if you have ADHD) does not look like neurotypical 'sit still and pay attention' focus.

I started keeping a box of fidget toys on my coffee table and I pull those out every time we watch movies or shows - and wow wonder of wonders I no longer feel the need to look at my phone. I have a quiet one that I can use when I'm at the movie theater. I keep them on my desk so that when I get stumped on a piece of writing I can pull out my fidget toy and stare into space and give myself that stimulation I need while still working on the problem by thinking about it while fidgeting, and so then I keep my focus on my project.

So if you have ADHD and you struggle with your attention span and with looking at your phone a lot I am begging you: please let yourself fidget. Stop masking it. Give yourself tools and opportunities and make it easy. Looking at your phone all the time while doing other tasks is literally just your brain seeking that elevated stimulation that you, in your neurodivergence, need to function.

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(me, my parents, my sister, and the baby are sitting at the kitchen table eating lunch)

baby, pointing at the light fixture over the table and signing "on": o.*

my sister: we actually can't turn that light on right now, because the lightbulb inside is burnt out! it needs a new one.

baby: ighbu.

sister: yes, lightbulb! granddaddy said after we eat he's going to climb up there on a ladder and change it, and then the light will come on!

baby: gadada! adda, uuu! ighbu o!

sister: exactly!

baby, signing "on" and pointing at the light and then my dad, with increasing urgency: GADADA ADDA UUUU. O.

my sister: we're going to finish eating first though, ok?

baby: nonono. O. gadada adda uuu.

[a split second goes by]

baby, pointing to himself: ba. adda uuu. ighbu.

me: you're going to climb the ladder and change the lightbulb yourself?

baby: dzyeah. *pointing to the buckle where he is buckled into the high chair* ububu.

me: unbuckle you? so you can change the lightbulb?

baby, highly businesslike: dzyeah.

*pronounced like "on" without the n

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this too shall pass

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This guy always takes his chocolate art to the next level!!... Omg!!

(Source)

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The most diabolical miner and crafter

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I got too excited while playing chess and told my opponent that I was going to slit his throat and slaughter him like a hog. something to work on for next time

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Portalicious 🚪 Concept painting from 2020 for a project that ended up never happening.

Oil on canvas board, 8 x 10". This sketch and the concept are both available, feel free to msg if it strikes your fancy

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as each year goes by I feel more and more lost and also more and more like myself