the queen of werewolves

New tin foil hat theory: the rise and propagation of minimalist home decor is meant to manage expectations for a desired culture of renters.

“The home is no longer seen as a space of personal expression or comfort, or as the backdrop of everyday life, but primarily as an investment and as an asset—meaning that enforcing one’s aesthetics is a financially detrimental decision. Those with the capital to become homeowners (already a diminishing segment of the public) conceive of their houses as being for selling before they even live a day in them.”

Hate hate rage bite kill

Can't wait to decorate the shit out of my house

Real talk, my family recently moved from Southern California to Washington State. The house we sold in SoCal had lots of beautiful, lively colors in each room; those colors were a huge part of what drew me to the house. I loved them.

We were forced to paint them all over that bland depression gray every house seems to be these days. I was kind of heartbroken. I felt like we’d torn the soul out of that house by leaving.

Sorryyy I was busy jumping into the arms of my super strong werewolf boyfriend </3

We really do live in a society lads

Society may produce un-traumatized autistic people.

They just can't get diagnosed. Because an autism diagnosis requires problems: Difficulty with communications, with managing emotions, with physical behavior constraints.

An autistic child raised by compassionate parents who don't mind that their kid won't meet their eyes to talk, who don't get upset at hand-twitches, who avoid clothes that the kid doesn't like, who help the kid understand their own emotions and how to recognize the emotions in the people around them ("see how his forehead is crinkled? That means he may be upset, or he may just be thinking hard, but either way, he's probably not happy")... may not have noticed that the kid is autistic.

There's a reason a lot of autism isn't recognized until school - because parents that just pay attention to their kids and adapt their communication to what the kid needs, may not set off any of the "problem indicators." And a compassionate school may manage to bypass them as well, especially for girls, who are less likely to have the "fidget" behaviors, and for whom "speak softly while not making eye contact" isn't usually considered a red flag.

...if the person's symptoms don't "affect quality of life and functioning," they don't get diagnosed. If their surrounding community is supportive, they may not have "difficulty communicating and interacting" - just a different style than most of the people around them. And their interests may be seen as "well, that's what they're interested in; it's cool that they have a hobby."

Autism is only officially labeled when it causes problems for neurotypicals in the autistic person's community.

Non-traumatized autistic people are just "a bit odd," and the medical industry doesn't recognize them.

"Ah...Amaterasu. Origin of all that is good and mother to us all."

Winner goes up against Alaska in the next round. View the full bracket here!

A VOTE FOR MARYLAND IS A VOTE FOR 🦀. YOU CANNOT LET THE CRAB STATE LOSE ON THE CRAB WEBSITE. THIS IS A CRIME.

THE U.P. IS PRETTIER THAN ALL OF MARYLAND.

AND OLD BAY IS OVERRATED.

how did you guys pick the two states my parents were born in this is deeply unsettling