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I laughed so fucking hard at this
(SOUND IS CRUCIAL) this video is has murdered me dead the music the editing the way information is slowly revealed about the two of them the plot twist the breaking bad images. WILLIAM WILLIAM WILLIAM. all over minecraft parkour someone help im seizing
This is mesmerizing to watch.
For Atlantis, Disney needed a new language for the Atlantean people. To do this, Disney hired Mark Okrand, the man who also created the famous Klingon and Vulcan for the Star Trek series. In the Atlantean language, Mark Okrand’s main source for it’s roots and stems of its words are Proto-Indo-European,but as Okrand also described it as being the “tower of babel” or “root dialect” for all languages in the world, he also used ancient Chinese, Latin, Greek, Biblical Hebrew, along with many other ancient languages or their reconstructions. As such, you can actually learn to write and speak the language!
The chicken project is finally complete.
things that are enjoyable:
showers
things that are not enjoyable:
getting in the shower
getting out of the shower
Abled people have seriously skewed the meaning of “recovery” and i am Not About That.
Whenever I hear the word mentioned (both on this site and in real life), the conversational subtext is usually “when will you/they recover enough to meet the standards of abled society?” As if I, a nuerodivergent person living with chronic pain will one day get up and fit seamlessly into a society not made to accommodate me. (Or as if I have any interest in doing so, which,, HAH. Nope!) I’m basically resigned to hearing this from abled people by now, but I’ve noticed fellow spoonies getting frustrated about not being able to do stuff that Abled Society says they should and falling into the pit of “when I’m recovered I’ll meet those standards”. That is not okay!!
For one, chronically ill and disabled people’s lives fit a different pattern than abled people. There is no magical point where all our symptoms vanish and we return to mainstream society — the hint is in the keyword “chronic”. It means that our condition or illness is a) going to stick around for a long, indeterminable length of time, possible lifelong, or b) recurs frequently or consistently. For example, my autism will never go away and I am completely fine with that, but fluctuating circumstances may mean that I manage the traits better at some times than others. My RLS will never go away either, but unlike autism it isn’t constant — I can have weeks, even months, with no symptoms and then suffer for the next six months straight. If I say that I’m recovering, what I mean is “I just had a symptomatic flare-up that knocked me off my feet but I’m managing the fallout better and getting back to my version of normal” NOT “i am now Fully Functioning and able to do bed-linen laundry without pain and suddenly capable of stuff i couldn’t do before.”
Secondly, recovery is a personal experience that nobody else can define. I’ve said it already but boy is it worth reiterating: recovery for chronically ill/disabled folks means getting back to OUR individual version of normal, not ANYONE ELSE’S version of normal. This definition is particularly important when talking about anyone who used to be (more) abled because in those cases, recovery can mean finding a NEW version of normal.
If someone is in remission for a disease — let’s say cancer, since that’s a Big Thing — they could end up symptom-free, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve recovered. Cancer (both the illness and the treatment of it) puts a huge about of trauma on both the body AND the mind, and they may need to adjust their lifestyle because of that. Expecting your life to go back to 100% normal after an illness/accident is harmful to your mental and physical health and I am SICK of abled society encouraging it.
Recovery means understanding what your body and mind needs and learning how to provide it so you can live comfortably/manage your symptoms; NOT so that abled people approve of how you live your life! Just remember that
#Sign Laungague #ASL #Learning Sign Launguage!!
Hi, I’m Wynter, I’m Deaf and fluent in ASL (American Sign Language). I get a lot of people telling me they want to learn to sign, but not knowing exactly where to start. So, I am here to provide that!
Let’s start off with some basics, though. ASL does NOT follow English grammar (Signed Exact English/SEE does, but it is not ASL), it only uses English words and a lot of the communication with singing is done via facial expression and body language. Basically, it goes in the order of time > topic > comment. For example, “ I am going to pet dogs next week” would be “next week dogs me pet”, but there are quite a few variants and every person who signs will have a different way of doing this. Sort of how people who speak English in different parts of America have an accent and different ways to sign things. The most important thing to note about ASL is that *American* Sign Language is not universal. Most languages have their own form of SL and a lot of the word signs/alphabets are not at all the same. Another note, learning SEE may seem easier at first, but it can actually make the transition to ASL grammar that much more difficult. An example of differing signs is BSL (British Sign Language) vs ASL.
This is the BSL finger alphabet:
And this is the American one:
So while there is a small bit of crossover, it is very, very different! Don’t get me wrong, a lot of times signers will understand each other at least a little bit, but it does need to be noted that signs can differ by language, country, region, and sometimes person.
Alphabet:
ASL Alphabet
ASL ABC’S (NON-CC VIDEO)
The ASL Alphabet
Deaf Culture:
*Note: if you are going to be attending Deaf events, please make sure you familiarise yourself with our culture!
American Deaf Culture
What is Deaf Culture?
The Importance of Deaf Culture
Deaf Culture vs Hearing Culture (NON-CC VIDEO)
Finger spelling:
American Sign Language Finger Spelling
Sign Word List for Finger Spelling
Learn ASL: The Finger Spelling Alphabet for Beginners (CC VIDEO)
ASL Finger Spelling Word Printer (gives you the finger spelling equivalent to what you type)!
Finger Spelling Practice
Sign Language Translator
Grammar:
ASL Grammar
The Basic Structure
Learn ASL Grammar (CC VIDEO)
Learn:
*Note: The best way to learn is through Deaf people/other signers!
Lifeprint
SignLanguage101
The ASL App
100 First Signs (Lifeprint)
Misc:
A Day Through a Deaf Person’s Eyes (CC VIDEO)
Deaftube
What Questions Annoy Deaf People? (CC VIDEO)
Things Not to Say to a Deaf Person (CC VIDEO)
Why I Don’t Sound Deaf (CC VIDEO)
13 Things my Hearing Friends Should Know (CC VIDEO)
National Association of the Deaf
recovery is not ‘soon i will be untouched, perfect, and in a permanent state of bliss. i will be healed and all will be well, forever.’
recovery is ‘i will continue to survive despite what happens, i will find ways to cope instead of continually tearing myself down. i will recover and will see myself in a light that i never thought was possible.’
You ever invite your coworker to watch you give birth just to spite a racist
heartbreaking:
girl has sooooooo many ambitions and ideas for projects but can only get 1.5 basic tasks done per day
A storm rolls over Late Cretaceous Hateg island, nourishing the land and drenching the local wildlife. Featuring: Tethyshadros, Hatzegopteryx, Paludititan, Balaur bondoc, an Enantiornithine, Sabresuchus, and many other critters.
via 2rawtooreal2
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NEVER THROW YOUR VOTE AWAY!
(captions added by me)
ghosta nova 👻🎸
(youtube)
the potters
not to be insane but in a realistic tomarry/harrymort fic with good characterization it’s very difficult for them to not change one another.
a good fic acknowledges that harry only survives their canon interactions (and overall, his many different in-story challenges) from being tricky and clever. like it or not, harry is much weaker in magic, strength, mind, and political influence than voldemort.
so when he’s getting out of the third task, he doesn’t win, he cheats. when he’s getting out of malfoy manor, he doesn’t win, he calls dobby and gets out though a minor oversight. he doesn’t defeat umbridge in a dual, he instead helps run a covert defense club and repeatedly goes under her nose to do what he wants!! he doesn’t save sirius in book 3 because he fought peter and won, he used a time turner (albeit with help), broke ministry rules without anyone else knowing (bar hermione and dumbledore) and saved him.
that’s so slytherin!!!
it is my belief that Voldemort thus inadvertently pushes Harry to be more cunning. Harry is at his most slytherin during his daring but clever escapes from Voldemort and the indirect issues caused by Voldemort.
though it has less text evidence, i would also go so far to throw out that because of how pissed off Harry makes voldemort, it’s the same in reverse. Harry pushes Voldemort to be more reckless and daring in his effort to capture/kill him, as if a gryffindor.
i guess there’s a lot of poetry there. the more polarized they get from one another, the more alike they become. as they clash, they transform themselves into the other.
idk
found goat milk and wheat ale at the store. theres no way im NOT making a white gilgamesh tonite
when i started watching Dead Boy Detectives, i was not expecting Edwin of all characters to have the funniest and most banger lines- like, just off the top of my head:
"she can go find that insolent little girl Emma and go take Polaroids in a graveyard or some nonsense."
"now, if she had died last night, i'd have no issue with her being here."
"perhaps it's your outfit."
"police don't know what to do with A FUCKING WITCH!!"
(sing-song tone) "that is not what i said..."
"what exactly is your malady today, Charles?"
"even if that were true, you're a bloody CROW!!"
Itsmelmitch 🤣🤣
#Repost @itsmelmitch
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Tell Dumbledore to stop calling my phone! 😂 I’m not teaching that class NO MO’!
#hogwarts #harrypotter #hamu #hogwartslegacy #hogwartsHBCU #ravenclaw #slytherin #darkarts
DO NOT SUPPORT SALVATION ARMY
i think that the "i do not control the ____" memes are generally tame and do not lend enough credence to the genuine absurdity of the original line that is
them: you don’t watch game of thrones?? really? how come?
me:
It's funny that Louis is canonically always on the grind. He's investing he's a real estate mogul he's a multi millionaire he watches the stock market open and all his husbands are cringefail jobless art guys who also suck so bad. Except for human Daniel who has two pulitzers.
Jennifer's Body (2009) dir. Karyn Kusama
I just discovered foodtimeline.org, which is exactly what it sounds like: centuries worth of information about FOOD. If you are writing something historical and you want a starting point for figuring out what people should be eating, this might be a good place?
look at him go!!
#FOOD #!!!
I just discovered foodtimeline.org, which is exactly what it sounds like: centuries worth of information about FOOD. If you are writing something historical and you want a starting point for figuring out what people should be eating, this might be a good place?