Might be the photo, but it looks to me like top is vanilla cookie with choc-chip, while bottom is chocolate cookie with choc-chip, making it “double” chocolate.
Definitely could be clearer, but I don’t think they’re making the claim you think they are.
How about instead just abolish the monarchy…
Not disagreeing with your point about plastic based “vegan” leather, but if it’s something you’re interested in, some plant based leathers do exist, they use different leaves and fibres, fungus, and even cork (I have no personal experience with any and don’t know how good they are, or if they’re honest about not including any plastics, but I thought you or maybe someone else reading might like to know)…
Either way, your allergy sounds like a massive pain in the ass, you have my sympathy…
Here from /all, don’t own a 3D printer, but if I did, yes I absolutely would lol
Maybe change it up with some more modern/abstract/famous faces though, the Greek statue look would get old fast… But planters are so expensive for what they are, being able to print my own would really feed my failed plant addiction (I’m no good at actually keeping them alive but I can’t stop buying more) 😂
Thanks for the reminder…
(though I second them being a little creepy)
I love how they’ve given Ireland the most weight in the UK by far for some reason… 😂
Well said.
We’re also not a fucking monolith, and while I appreciate some autists would find it easier or more comfortable communicating with a robot, I find it anything from frustrating to enraging when I’m forced to (like customer service) and would never choose to communicate with one over a human, ever.
Sure, NT’s can be frustrating and enraging to deal with too, but at least when you get frustrated or enraged, they understand what frustration and rage are (even if not why you’re feeling them).
This definitely reeks of an attempt to get NT’s out of having to make any effort at inclusion.
(E: word)
Thanks for proving my point - the science (nor anything attached to reality, really) doesn’t matter to cruel and wilfully ignorant misogynists… ¯\(ツ)/¯
It never was about the science, and the science will never convince those who want to force births. It isn’t even just that the cruelty is the point, but it’s about conserving “traditional values” of women at home completely occupied with having and raising children and serving their husbands, not existing alongside them in the world, in service of the patriarchy which in turn serves capitalism (more kids = more workers, women at home doing all that unpaid work…).
This kind of research really ticks me off, not because, like you say, it’s obvious and they could have found out the results by asking any autistic person, I understand the need to provide some evidence or whatever, my issue is the conclusion is always that there’s something wrong with us, and that we need to be fixed or “paid heightened attention to”, when we’re not the problem - ableist society that excludes and/or abuses us is, and until “heightened attention” is paid to them, nothing will ever improve for us, which just goes to prove the research was never intended to understand us or improve our lives.
Alas, no van, but plenty of spots to hold lighter fluid and stolen flyers as I roll away lol
This is far more than mildly infuriating, this is actively putting peoples lives at risk, it’s enraging and quite scary, and why disabled and other vulnerable people are continuing to be more isolated than ever.
Fuck this person and the bullshit they spread. I rarely leave the house, but if I did and someone handed me something like this I’d grab the whole pile and set it on fire, casually roll over their feet with my wheelchair on my way, too (E: actually, scratch that, I wouldn’t want to get that close to the disease vector, even with my mask on).
I love that song, it was on one of the children’s songs compilation cassettes I used to listen to as a kid… It did come to mind when I was writing the description!
TIL, thanks!
(also good to know I described it correctly and they’re not meant to be fighting or anything lol)
I’m often 2 during a conversation (when my brain is too focused on trying to ignore everything else going on and listen), and then 1 for the rest of eternity after that, when it’s generally too late to do anything about it, but my brain is happy to repeat the conversation forever more… 🤦♀️
they don’t know as much as the primary school did
Or maybe they knew more? Because they were seeing you there as is, and they didn’t see these issues, nor did you, nor do they seem to interfere with your daily life, so perhaps the teachers in your primary school were just ableist assholes who didn’t care enough to learn about you beyond a possible difficulty you were having (or one they were having), which is perfectly normal for any kid that age, but especially ND kids, before they categorised you as not worth their time (I’m sorry they called you that).
In the grand scheme of things, no one ever in your life, unless you show them the document or this post, is likely to ever find out about that note from primary school. Even if there is a copy kept outside of the school, they wouldn’t keep stuff like that forever, and there’s definitely no “main file of your life” where this will be.
Maybe it’s worth seeing this as the traumatic past experience that it was, process that, learn from it, and accept yourself a little more. Those teachers had their own issues, or were just shitty people, definitely not worthy educators whose opinions you should take to heart. I know it hurts and has a lasting impact because I had teachers like that, and decades later I still remember some of their comments, but I don’t let it impact me anymore because I know their opinions of me are worthless because they had no idea who I was or what I was like, or what my actual struggles were, and they definitely couldn’t have predicted where I would have ended up in different points in my life.
Don’t let them define you.
While expecting and worrying about facing ableism from the system and society at large is a legitimate and valid concern, I think that in this case, if by this point you’ve not only been unaware of any learning difficulty, but also not treated for one, it’s not something that will show up in your records or be significant enough to make any difference. I think if you just leave it as what it is - a single remark made years ago that has had no impact on your life until you found out about it recently, it’s likely to never have any further impact on you. Though keep in mind that your support needs might change with time, and if it does become relevant, getting the help you need might overweigh the potential complications having any formal diagnosis on your record might bring.
I agree with your edit, that the perception of our own, others, and others’ of our so called intelligence can have real life impacts, but that doesn’t make it right that that’s the case, and we don’t have to play along within an artificial framework that is harmful to us if we don’t want to (I appreciate and mentioned before that in medical settings we might not have a choice, but I’m talking about how we think of ourselves, others, and the world around us in a more general sense). The more of us decline to participate or give it any weight, the less power the system has.
Bottom line - if you feel like you have an issue that you want to investigate further, or are struggling with certain things, go ahead and seek support. If you feel like you were doing perfectly fine before you found out about this note in a file, put it to the back of your mind and keep on living as you were, the likelihood of anyone but you ever finding out about it, unless you bring it up (and even then, unless you end up perusing diagnosis and support) is tiny.
E: I hope this isn’t coming across as dismissive of your concerns, I can understand where you’re coming from, I used to have similar concerns, but what helped me as I’ve grown older is the understanding that I don’t have to conform to a society that already generally rejects me whether I play by its rules or not, and so I started prioritising my own needs over its expectations.
That ghost fart made me cackle 😂
My best guess would be because the chocolate cookies don’t contain any chocolate, but rather just cocoa powder.