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[dope ghost @azolotls]

I am Here to Eat All of the Pickles

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> puts book on droplist apps to keep an eye out for good deals
> looks into local shops that may have it in stock
> delay getting book for 2+ months
> buy it at barnes and nobles for full price because you forgot why you hadn't purchased it yet

[dope ghost @azolotls]

@birdbrainmd3 ayyo u got that in writing 👀 hit 'em with the forwarded previous email and ask whose gonna take responsibility for their mistake!

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@TheCafeBeret "don't feel this way about someone else outside of your minority group trying to speak about your experiences! that's not what they wanted!" isn't helpful to anyone and neither is implying that i didn't read through the thread before replying.

[dope ghost @azolotls]

okay but you do realize you are describing insecurity and not gender dysphoria lol

idk i feel like you could have googled the word "dysphoria" before making this lame-ass tweet

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@TheCafeBeret but seriously dude how would you feel if i came onto something like this and told you "actually that wasn't meant to belittle you" as though that was going to somehow change the fact

there are other ways to get cis people to understand trans issues without equating these things

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we wouldn't have a term for "misdiagnosis" if it wasn't for the fact that it can and often does happen

many of us need it on paper for accommodations and healthcare access; many of those who need it on paper *still* cannot access that support

america sucks shit, yall. chill.

[dope ghost @azolotls]

the #ActuallyAutistic tag began as a sort of battle cry for late diagnosed folks who had been misdiagnosed or looking for answers

but i worry sometimes that some people may use it as anti-self-dx which is uncomfy (no one i follow, and no one who follows me, to calorie)

[dope ghost @azolotls]

do i think it's important for autistic folks to have a professional who is familiar with the disorder and the relevant traumas? yes!

do i think diagnosis is easy, affordable, or regulated in any real way? no!

do i think psychiatrists inherently know more than us? no!

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@R3n4lbar in my personal experience, all it'll take is one person who *doesnt* do and say shit like this for them to realize they can be friends with someone who actually likes them

im willing to bet the friend is just more conscious about the nail biting around her now

[dope ghost @azolotls]

clumsiness? what the fuck do you expect someone to do about that? do you think people are clumsy because they don't know they are?? like what does this mean

maybe don't do this to people if you're not a parent in charge of teaching them not to pick their nose in public

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if something i'm doing isn't directly harming you please don't tell me it's annoying lol

a lot of these things are either necessary for self-regulation in autistic people or just. peoples personalities

id literally rather you just stop hanging out with me if you think that way!

[dope ghost @azolotls]

i talk loud and can't regulate that even though it was a pretty major part of the behavioral therapy i was put in 21 years ago as a child and it is still something that feels like a punch to the gut for people to point out even when they have the best intentions

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@R3n4lbar how many long term friends do you think they have other than the nail-biter because i know i wouldn't keep someone like that around

sometimes it's literally not your business if your friends have dandruff ???

the actual annoying behavior is thinking this isn't a THEM problem

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@R3n4lbar also every single thing they listed in the thread following are incredibly common stims

i would be so fucking hurt if someone told me that rubbing my hands or grinding my palms was annoying to them

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@R3n4lbar the expectation that someone else should change for you and you shouldn't change for them is deeply disturbing