Feeling Called Out Today

I have a sinus infection right now. Someone put me out of my misery.

better world: chronic illness makes you immune to regular sickness

this world: chronic illness and regular sickness combine into a demon of misery

Instead of trying to replace an ableist and incorrect usage of intensive though (e.g "the intrusive thoughts won tonight") to mean impulsive behaviour with the term "impulsive thoughts" (which is clunky because it obviously still draws from intrusive thoughts and is similar enough for people to not notice or know the difference, is still ableist as this is also a medical term, and self-contradictory, as any impulsive thoughts are not necessarily harmful in a way that works for the meme), I suggest we start referring to it as The Impulse. Capital letters and all.

Arguments:

- draws on the popular internet slang expression of The Horrors (unspecific but commonly experienced life struggles of both psychological and material original), and is therefore not connected to the ableist misuse of instructive thoughts;

- additionally, implies the existence of universal human experience with The Impulse, in a similar way humans universally can experience The Horrors, and therefore inclusive of all;

- also implies the existence of The Impulse entity which, according to individual interpret, can be anything yet immediately relatable to other people;

- is literally just funnier than both intrusive thoughts and impulsive thoughts in that context;

- sounds ominous enough to use in ominous situations.

Example of use:

"bro let The Impulse win 💀"

"The Impulse won tonight (dyed my hair at 3 am)"

"The Impulse telling me to call my ex [insert reaction picture]"

"can't let The Impulse win this one"

You can also smack at ™ there, implying that The Impulse™ is well known enough to be trademarked and widely recognisable, which I think is cool.

Watching Stanzi Potenza tiktoks and getting pummeled by the line "if that's a hard pill to swallow, snort it instead" in a skit about mfing groundhog day. Adding that one to the list

Me having elderflower tea with a bit of honey

One of my ancestors from the 1600s: that's my favorite :D

Just got officially labelled as moderately to severely disabled. I'm in high school. It's been a rough several years of "You SHOULD be able to"

Shout out to the ten year old who just got diagnosed. Shout out to the housebound fourteen year old. Shout out to the eighteen year old who can’t go to the university they wanted. Shout out to the twenty two year old who can’t get a job. Shout out to the twenty six year old with a caretaker. Shout out to the thirty year old who can’t buy their own house.

Shout out to young disabled people. We exist.

Yes! If you have them often enough!

are chronic migraines considered a disability 👎

I accidentally pronounced Geiger counter as gayger counter, and I will now be referring to my gaydar as nothing else.

And it caused land disputes to. Bc there were islands that belonged to New Jersey, but the river belonged to New York. So when they made the islands bigger, they had to decide if it went to Jersey or NY.

Pokemon Generation 2 takes Manhattan

I was sexually abused by my best friend back when I was a little autistic kid. I was so much more vulnerable than any of my classmates because I was autistic. No one talks about things like this.

april is sexual assault awareness month, and i just wanted to hold space for all of the disabled people who have been taken advantage of and abused in that way. disabled people are statistically way more likely to be abused and that includes sexual abuse as well. along with being more likely to be sexually abused we are also more likely to not have the crimes against us reported. I think a lot of people forget about disabled people in conversations about sexual abuse and assault and especially the nuances of being disabled and being taken advantage of in that way and especially how it changes your perception of your body and your disability. I am a victim of sexual abuse and some of which was perpetrated because of my disability, and i don't see really anyone talking about how common it is, and just how fucked up it is. to others who have been in similar situations, you aren't alone, and there is no excuse for anyone to take advantage of anyone in that way.