Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!!

When I was in middle school, I tried to learn how to crochet. I knew how to knit already, so I figured ‘how hard could it be’ and used my Christmas money on a brand new set of aluminum hooks and a how-to book.

To say it was difficult was an understatement. I spent hours pouring over my book, begging to gain some inkling of understanding from what felt like incomprehensible runes. My reward? One lopsided trapezoid of lumpy fabric and a resolve to never pick up a crochet hook again.

And so life went on, I finished middle school and high school without giving crochet so much as a second glance. In college, I read about how crochet couldn’t be replicated by a machine, it was unique in a way that knitting and many other fiber arts weren’t.

For Christmas last year, my girlfriend gave me what I now consider to be my most prized possession: a crocheted plush of my favorite pokemon. I raved over her skills and, since she never learned how to knit, we decided to have a yarn date at some point and teach each other our respective skills.

We never did get around to that yarn date. She passed a few months after our declaration, leaving me to inherit what was left of her yarn.

Nearly a decade after my initial attempt, I got ready for the toughest battle of my life. My weapons? One skein of yarn, a YouTube video, and a crochet hook that I had somehow never gotten rid of.

I slowly made my way through the video, redoing my work a couple times until I was satisfied with my product: a small, slightly misshapen rectangle.

I looked at my pristinely-made pokemon plush with hope for the first time in months and thought to myself, ‘maybe crocheting isn’t the hardest thing in the world, maybe you were just 12.’

Maybe this isn’t the hardest thing in the world. Maybe I’m just 21.

you were meant to see this post. this post showed up on your screen for a reason. you are loved. whatever issue you may be going through right now, whether it be school or family or love, it will pass. it will pass, and you will be okay in the end. you will survive this.

Fair enough 🤷

Hey, could you do me a favor?

Could you just RB this?

The little RB statistics chart is so pleasant and stimmy to look at and I want to see what it looks like when it gets really REALLY huge because it makes me think of some deep sea lifeform

son.

anyway i wanted to draw a short comic about jason

woah mamas we are visible now

There’s so much to unpack here:

Pack of Beakers

Goth Beaker

The Beaker snitching and pointing out the photographer

The Beaker that’s about to unload on the photographer

The terminator strut before the ass whooping and you know he’s moving at speed because of the blur

The ominous feeling that you know this is 3 in the morning

I have a feeling I’ll need this later, or in an hour 🤷

Source ~ @/livedexperienceeducator

Affirmations for Self-Diagnosed Autistics

I do not need a professional to tell me I am Autistic. I am allowed to trust myself and my peers.⁣

It's okay if I realise later on that Autism doesn't really fit. I am allowed to get it wrong and change my mind.⁣

I don't owe anyone an explanation on whether I am self-diagnosed or professionally diagnosed. I am Autistic.⁣

I shouldn't feel bad for calling myself Autistic. I am not taking away resources or support from other people.⁣

Any reason for not seeking a professional diagnosis is valid whether it's due to accessibility, cost or even if it is a personal choice.⁣

I am allowed to call myself Autistic even if I'm self diagnosed because I am the expert of my own mind and experiences.⁣

I am welcome in the Autistic community and I deserve to be a part of the Autistic community.⁣

I deserve to be taken seriously and have my needs recognised and met by the people around me.⁣

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THIS is how I find out about Putin's possible resignation? I'm laughing. I'm literally laughing right now!