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Why Do We Hold Ourselves to Neurotypical Standards?
I came across this video a while ago, and since I watched it I’ve been thinking about the standards that I try to achieve.
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Not Native Speakers
I would tell them to view it as if your child is a native speaker of one language, but you were having to rear them in a society where they have to speak another language. You know, frequently, constantly and so constantly you’re having to change things around and
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Disrespect for Traditions
Disrespect for traditions has not caused even one thousandth part of the great evil which was caused by the old prejudices, traditions, customs, and institutions which should not exist at present. —Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom, October 31
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Dreams Grow Holy
Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming, But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain. —Adelaide Anne Procter https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adelaide_Anne_Procter
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Keep to the middle
Carefully observe oneself and one’s situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one’s environment, Seize the initiative in whatever you undertake, Consider fully, act decisively, Know when to stop, Keep to the middle. —Kanō Jigorō https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kan%C5%8D_Jigor%C5%8D
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Great Artists Make the Roads
Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain’t no free rides, baby. No hitchhiking. And if you want to strike out in any new direction — you go alone. With a machete in your hand and the fear of God in
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The Opposite of Rape Culture is Nurturance Culture | Dating Tips for the Feminist Man
Men have to do this with other men, despite the difficulties in doing so, for three reasons. For one, men understand what it is like to be a man much better than women do, and they can teach one another while understanding what it actually feels like and having compassion
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(Untitled)
If you’ve ever wondered what working overnight at an AM radio station tastes like, it’s Folgers in your cup.
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Venus
Kind of crazy that I can take a picture of a planet with my phone.
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What’s Their Motto?
Just passed a house with what I thought was a yellow Don’t Tread on Me flag out front. On closer inspection, the snake on the flag was wrapped around Beavis as Cornholio, with the inscription across the bottom reading Are You Threatening Me? Not sure how to interpret this
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All The Way Down
I love reading autistic forums. The other day, someone posted about how they just learned from their brother that they’d been showering wrong this whole time. They’d just been using shampoo to wash their whole body, but their brother set them straight that body wash was for their
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Therapy Saved My Life » NeuroClastic
How many long years were there rolled up around my soul, each one a tight rubber band waiting to snap? Picture me at the center, a balled up tiny human strangled by the unspoken worries and ingrained terrible self-image. Until very recently, I gave up hope that I would