some lgbtq people get so so so so so so so pressed about identity terminology as if what somebody does or doesn't call themself determines whether you will be forced to consider them a dating prospect or not. behaviour near indistinguishable from cis people getting freaked out that if they recognise people's chosen pronouns then their orientation will technically encompass trans people and somehow this will materially impact their lives.
like, loading screen tip: if you don't think someone's self description is one of the Real True Identities constructed by the god of gender and orientation at the dawn of time, you don't have to date or fuck them or even join them for board game night. in fact I would hazard that they wish you wouldn't. sometimes you're just on some different shit and it's better if you leave each other the fuck alone.
guy at blizzard watching the companies stock tick down: its time for desperate measures [hits the big red OPERATION FURRY PORN button on his desk]
unfortunately no eclipse photography can ever outdo the waffle house one from 2017
*holding him out in the palm of my hand* i just think he's neat
girl are you from tennessee because. theres a lot of pretty people in tennessee
basically my position is that landlords should die until my siblings aren't forced into soliciting donations online for basic necessities like food and shelter and medicine. i do not consider this any more extreme than the popular position that poor people should suffer and die en masse so landlords can keep getting paid for doing fucking nothing.
on the whole issue of levels vs support needs…
I’m level two. you can probably tell I’m autistic after one conversation with me (or at least tell that something is up with me). I can’t mask, I stim constantly, and I have meltdowns roughly once or twice a week.
that being said, I am definitely low-mid support needs. I’m academically gifted, I’m good at a lot of “difficult” tasks, to the point that I’ve been called “high functioning” more than once.
however. I cannot do a lot of the more “basic” tasks. I need cues to remind me to eat, sleep, have a shower, etc etc. leaving the house makes me so exhausted that I can’t go out and then come home and cook dinner on the same day.
these things aren’t straight-forward. you can be in more than one category at once. your needs can fluctuate depending on other life factors. it’s okay if you don’t know where you fall on the support needs spectrum, or if it changes