"Yeah, No I Haven't Caught Up With That Show I Was Screaming Last Night" - Me Regarding My Hyperfixations

Happy birthday, my favorite alcoholic

My child is autistic. He doesn’t do well with change. Even little things that would be meaningless to most people.

For example, his hairbrush was getting old and worn. He had chewed the end of it. The cats had chewed some bristles. It was dirty and dusty. But I didn’t say anything. Because it’s his hairbrush.

Finally, he said he thinks it’s time for a new brush. Ok, I say, we’ll put it on the shopping list, and get one next time we’re in town.

So we go to town and we go to the store. There are many hairbrushes to choose from. He picks one and they even have it in his favorite color. We buy it, take it home, and remove the packaging.

I go to put it on the shelf where the old hairbrush is. Can we throw out the old one, I ask.

That’s when he stops. That’s when he freezes and gets a momentary look of panic on his face. Throw out the old one? That hadn’t occurred to him.

Because here’s the thing. Hair brushing is a part of his morning routine. And not just hair brushing, but hair brushing with that particular brush. To most people, the act of hair brushing is the routine, but not the brush itself. The objects are interchangeable. But not to my child. Not to someone with autism. The brush itself is just as important as the act of brushing.

So I take a breath. I put the old brush down. Think about it, I say. Let me know tomorrow what you want to do with this brush.

He decides. He realizes keeping an old hairbrush is not necessary. But it’s still important to him. So he asks if I can cut off one bristle. To keep. As a memory of the old hairbrush.

I don’t laugh. I don’t tell him it’s silly. I respect his need. I cut off the bristle. He puts it in his treasure box, along side some smooth rocks, beads, sparkly decals, a Santa Claus charm from a classmate, a few other things meaningful to him.

He throws the old hairbrush away himself. He is able to move on, and accept the change.

The results of the Audioverse awards for 2022 are in!

Find the Full List of Winners here

Anders Pedersen won: Best Cover Art for an Existing Production:

Philip Thorne & Øystein Ulsberg Brager won: Best Writing & Best Vocal Direction of an Existing Production

Adam Raymonda & Fredrik Baden won: Best Environment Sound Design & Best Action Sound Design

Fredrik Baden won Best Composition in an Existing Production for "Lament of a Phoenix" and also won Best Music Direction for an Existing Production

Best Guest Performer in an Existing Production: Tim Meredith Zach Valenti

AND FINALLY:

The Amelia Project won Best Existing Audio Play Production!!!

Congrats also especially to @hellofromthehallowoods and @thekilda!

I posted about Palestine on social media for years with zero interaction. No one wanted to talk about it and it has always seemed too far removed for americans to give a shit about.

So again I just want to remind people, it's never been like this before (in the us). This movement has always been here, but they can no longer bury it.

The fact that protests and boycotts have been sustained for going-on 6months, that's not nothing. This should be evidence to you that we can sustain the momentum, we must, and use this momentum for radical changes within ourselves, our habits, and our education.

We have the rest of the world to catch up with.

Hey guys!! A bit late on this but the person who created the (good) lesbian pride flag is selling merch!! This is basically official lesbian merch!! The CEO of Lesbians deserves support! Show some support!!

My gameplay so far...

I am sick and tired of people saying the new Harry Potter game is "Just a video game" and that "You are being antisemitic for seeing Jewish people as goblins" (we fucking dont, but to you people dogwhistles dont exist, so)

So Im gonna fucking tell you how its NOT just a video game, and that dogwhistles are a thing that exist, and you need to start seeing them if you want to be an ally to Jewish people.

I think the most obvious thing to people is the use of a Shofar as a "Goblin Artifact." For those who dont know, Shofars are a Jewish religious instrument :)!!!!

Wow!!! That doesnt look good! What does that artifact look like to you...?

Aha!

You see that?

"Used for Jewish religious purposes."

Now, lets get into the less obvious things to you people (that SHOULD be obvious)

In the Harry Potter world, Goblins were depicted as bankers. In the movies, they were depicted with large, hooked noses and pointy ears, with sharp rat like teeth.

"But OP! Thats just what goblins are in fantasy! They are greedy and ugly!" Have you ever considered that old folklore and fairy tales could be antisemitic too? Antisemitism ran in Europe for CENTURIES, not just during WWII.

You know what else is an antisemitic jewish stereotype? Greedy for money, maybe bankers that rule things behind the scenes with big hooked noses, rat like looks, pointy ears and occasionally horns.

How are none of you seeing this.

Not only that, in one of the movies, inside the bank, a symbol that looks suspiciously close to the star of david is used.

Oh but yk..its just a game, I guess, according to y'all.

The game of course has other problems. Its world building is awful, the story is literally just a blood libel (which is also antisemitic), theres not enough content for the $60 its worth unlike other $60 games, and they legit named a trans women character fucking Sirona Ryan. Any money you give to this game will be given to JK Rowling because all of the programmers and developers already recieved their pay. Not only that, but their lead dev is just as awful if not moreso than JK Rowling.

"Its just a game! Look at the transgender people being killed in the streets!"

Maybe you'd be right if it werent for the fact Rowling literally has the status and money to fuck trans people over in the UK. And not only that, you are actively consuming antisemitic content and not caring for your jewish cousins around you because of your want for a nostalgia factor.

So no, Carol, its not just a game.

Buy it or pirate it if you want, but dont be surprised when transgender and jewish people alike dont trust you, because I certainly wont.

Happy 40th to the special-ist man, 7 and a half light years away!!

Today’s his big day guys! Nothing could go wrong on such a special day right? Be nice to the birthday boy :)