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I want to preface this by saying this is not victim blaming. This not calling people online lazy or grifting or whatever.

But an underlooked proponent on why some people are nearing homeless and crowdfunding heavily rn is bc society has failed you by making it as inconvenient as possible to learn about social systems and programs that already exist to help your situation as well as not having enough programs and aid.

Lemme give some examples. I have been unemployed for 10 months. My mom told me about a paying job training program a month ago after I already decided to mive in with her to find work, because nothing was coming up in my own city. My best friend didn’t know about affordable housing assistance in my state until she talked to my dad about it on a chance encounter. Some people on here have to see posts about much cheaper alternatives to their current prescriptions or medical plans because its not in the interest of their doctors paychecks to tell them about it. I would have waited to get vaccinated and not have crowdfunded for Uber money if I had known they were going to give free vaccine rides the next month. But I wouldn’t have really known this until I opened the app once that program started, because it is in their interest to keep taking my money until its their desired time for me to reap their “generous” services.

What I’m trying to say is that this is an under discussed aspect of how capitalism fails people. When you are forced to make your life and work and finances so singular and self interested, you are cut off from community and equivalent social services to proper government assistance. You literally don’t know that there is help somewhere out there for you unless you’re told.

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A collection of events.

Event 1: sometime between the ages of 6 and 8 I figured out that it's easier to fool someone into thinking you're sleeping by breathing slowly and simply not moving. This kept parents (and monsters, imaginary of course) from bothering when I was up a bit too late many times

Event 2: amongst many others, I watched an episode of The Magic School Bus where Ms. Frizzle was hiccupping uncontrollably and losing the teachers contest. When the class entered her bloodstream and muscles via the bus, they learned that holding your breath not only deteriorates muscle performance, but doesn't stop the hiccups. I could certainly do research before posting but I'll be honest and say another takeaway from that episode that I got was that hiccupping *can* be like your diaphragm trying to reset itself, so holding your breath only makes things worse (I need sleep but I also need to finish this post so I will unfortunately not be doing my damn research, though I encourage the reader to do their own instead of trusting the words of someone who has been awake for far too long)

Event 3: I was with my partner a couple weeks ago and started hiccupping. So I started some controlled deep breathing and the hiccups stopped before a second hiccup even happened.

Event 4: I had some mediocre hiccupping at work, and while I was waiting for something to move so I could get through, I decided to try controlled breathing. And the hiccups completely stopped, making me remember all of this

#im not saying this is a surefire cure for hiccups #or even that ive tested it over a long period of time #i dont hiccup often #but damn #i can also slow my heartbeat #which is fairly normal but the fact that i was conciously doing it alone in my room at age 7 is kinda weird right

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Do you have any alternatives to your shop if this is closing? I haven't been able to find stim toys anywhere

We are gathering sites run by autistic/ND folks and here is what I have so far:

Aukquill Creations (a long time Stimtastic creator): https://aukquillcreations.tumblr.com/

Soft Stims https://www.etsy.com/shop/SoftStims

A Sense of Self (another long time Stimtastic creator): https://www.etsy.com/shop/asenseofself

John Elliot Knits (maker of the knitted marble fidgets): https://www.etsy.com/shop/JohnElliotKnits

RuthDoodle: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ruthdoodle

All Things Sensory Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllThingsSensoryShop

Jenedeer (they were making the cow marble mazes for us - not sure if that's still a thing): https://www.facebook.com/byjenedeer

Space Robot Studio (on hiatus, but maybe they will come back): https://www.etsy.com/shop/SpacerobotStudio

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OKAY listen up, this is a thread for all my cold friends out there who aren’t used to severe cold. HOW TO LAYER, A GUIDE TO STAYING WARM, USING ONLY CLOTHING YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE, NO FANCY SILK UNDERWEAR OR WHATEVER.

(link provided)(but I’m sure she won’t mind if you donate to whomever you feel like helping, if you are in a position to do so)

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Random mansion generator

The Procgen Mansion Generator produces large three-dee dwellings to toy with your imagination, offering various architectural styles and other options. Each mansion even comes with floorplans:

https://boingboing.net/2019/07/12/random-mansion-generator.html

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Pokemon Fashion Icons

#my child #gengar.... #gimme ur gender

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Alternatives To Sleeping in Coffins

An Illustrated Guide For Vampires

1. Privacy Tent

2. Antique Chinese Wedding Bed

3. Victorian Box Bed

4. Canopy Bed

5. Full Body Wearable Blanket + Novelty Halloween Mask of Choice

6. Hyperrealistic Black Bear Sleeping Bag (with built in ‘Do Not Disturb’ feature)

7. Tinfoil Bodysuit (For maximized UV protection)

8. Blackout Curtains You Fucking Vampiric Dumbass

in conclusion why in fuck’s name are you sleeping in coffins to begin with you utter shitmuppets

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mel blanc fuckign yelling

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so what’s everyone’s lock screen

#it's a repeating pattern I drew for a calendar page background #but rainbow #i like dice and space aesthetics so it's stars and planets but some of the planets are d20s #d4s #and d6s

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Hello yes I would like to humbly "request" to have the ability to change any aspect of my hair at any moment, starting really any time now

#no i don't mean haircuts and dye #i mean i want to have short hair one moment and long hair the next without wigs or other artificial/manual means #i need to try every hairstyle with no effort and no consequences to the health of my scalp #also I'd like to stop buying dye #its not cheap #thank you that is all

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Play a warlock character who calls himself Vithimorex or something like that. Always mention how grateful you are to your patron, Frank, for the wondrous powers he gives you.

Slowly reveal that the powers you get from Frank are things like “sense of smell” and “verbal communication”. As it turns out, Vithimorex is an extradimensional Thing possessing the person formerly known as Frank. All the eldritch blasts and shadow conjurations are boring powers according to Vithimorex. He can’t wait for the level 14 ability to understand and appreciate music.

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hey writers! OneLook Thesaurus lets you find that word you can’t think of but can describe! go check it out!

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me and my friends do this thing called “hitting em with the googoo gaga” where when we get hate mail or shit talked in online games we just reply “googoo gaga.” it makes gamers unspeakably mad. dont know why

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not to be intrusive but did you get vaccinated? longer/heavier periods are a newly noted side effect. good luck

t. also becoming the joker

I got the 2nd shot yesterday and I’d already had my period for 8 days. I posted about how I felt sick on fb and a friend of mine said they got a 19 day period after 2nd shot. I am going to require a blood transfusion. RIP

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Shout out to last week me for knowing that I have trouble deciding what to eat when I'm munchy, but the answer is usually something crunchy but not too sweet or salty

The box of Peanut Butter Panda Puffs I bought then has proved quite useful bc they fit those criteria AND I can just fill a cup and eat them like that bc I don't like getting peanutbutter on my fingers but a spoon for dry cereal is kind of tedious

#yes i eat dry cereal exclusively #why the fuck would i eat *wet* cereal

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consider: a dnd party made up of a bunch of different half-races. half-elf, half-orc, half-dwarf, full human, half-dragonborn, half-teifling, ect. They come from a variety of backgrounds and pasts. 

Somehow, through a long tale of adventure and shenanigans, they find out that they are all half-siblings, and the quest begins to find their slutty, slutty dad