In Austria, we call kittens at that age “Autodromkatzerl”, which translates to “bumper car kittens”, because of the way their tail sticks up. It’s not a really common word, but a very cute one, I think
this is a genuinely delightful bit of knowledge, thank you for sharing this!! omg
i think the worst thing to come out of this site are the ‘NAZIS ARE TERRIBLE. they WILL KILL ALL JEWS in COLD BLOOD, LET THEIR FAMILIES DIE IN FRONT OF THEM, and start the HOLOCAUST 2.0!! also reblog to make a jew feel safe.’ formatted type posts
ways to make a jew feel safe and comfortable:
-let them celebrate their holidays openly around you and encourage them to express themselves religiously. if they invite you over for a holiday, go!! they’re making an effort to let you learn more about them.
-consider any different diets they might be on (ex. kosher or even if it’s passover) when you have them over at your house. a little goes a long way with this one
-if christmas is around חנוכה that year, feel free to send them a חנוכה card!! it’s not really as big of a holiday for us but we do appreciate the effort put into making us feel included :)
-educate any of your friends that might make antisemitic jokes. even ‘grammar nazi’ jokes. standing up for jewish people goes further than when theyre just around. antisemitism isnt something that only exists when a jew is in the room.
-understand that, if they practice judaism, their beliefs arent like yours, and that that’s ok! a lot of people forget that not everyone is either a christian or an atheist whenever the topic of religion comes up. (but also remember not every jew practices or believes in judaism!!)
-if they tell you to warn them before you talk about nazis, do it. It’s really easy just to give someone a heads up before you talk about people who want them dead, especially if they’re openly jewish or a holocaust survivor descendent.
ways NOT to make a jew feel safe and comfortable:
“NAZIS are EVIL. they will KILL ALL THE JEWS. that’s just BAD. they will MURDER EVERY SINGLE JEWISH FAMILY. NO JEW IS SAFE. anyway reblog to make a jewish person feel safe and loved 🤗”
also if you can goyim reblog. and if you’re jewish and want to add on feel free!
hey by ‘if you are a goy reblog if you can’ i meant ‘i highly encourage you to reblog this because i have seen too many posts that make me and other jewish people very uncomfortable and they are, to be honest, entirely surface level and exhausting to see over and over again. not only that, but they are also annoying to us because they dont make us feel safe at all, and reblogging posts about how bad nazis are isnt actual activism or showing real, substantial support for jews. if youre serious about being there for your jewish siblings actually take part in their lives. make sure they’re comfortable. make sure you make casual antisemitists uncomfortable. dont just reblog posts about hating nazis, your posts dont do shit. supporting your jewish friends by even doing something as simple as what i listed above does have an affect of us. your posts about you hating nazis mean absolutely nothing unless you care for and acknowledge Actual Jewish People’s problems and challenges. otherwise, they’re surface level bullshit and do not contribute whatsoever to improve our safety.’ :) :) :)
I would add one more point because I see people on my dash do it a lot and I really genuinely love it:
When someone who isn’t Jewish says some bullshit about “Judeo-Christian,” or something where you’re pretty securely sure it’s wrong but you don’t know enough about Judaism to correct them, the following phrase:
“Maybe you should ask an actual Jewish person before you claim that.”
There are four or five goyim I follow who I’ve seen this from, and it always makes me feel like I am surrounded by people who actually have my back—they’re calling out antisemitism without adding more misinformation to the mix. (And 100%, you use this phrase, a Jew WILL be by shortly to confirm or correct what’s been said.)
imagine going through your tumblr experience only knowing komaeda as the fingers in his ass guy. imagine not knowing all the canon things komaeda as done. dude blew up his school to prevent a test from happening. tried to shoot a god. played russian roulette with 5 bullets. threatened to completely disintegrate an entire island. babysat a bunch of maniac kids for basically no reason. cut off his arm. is an absolute gay disaster
autism is extremely misunderstood — there are many successful autistic people who are brilliant and thriving, but their autism is ignored and erased. so, here’s something autistic people can use for positivity, and non-autistic people can use as a tool for understanding autism better
here’s a list of some famous autistic people:
dan aykroyd
satoshi tajiri (creator of pokemon)
dan harmon (creator of the show community)
adam young (owl city)
vincent d’onofrio
susan boyle
daryl hannah
temple grandin
hikari ōe (composer)
courtney love
stanley kubrick
and here are some famous historical people from before autism was studied, who are theorized to be autistic/have been posthumously diagnosed as autistic through their writings and the writings of others about them:
albert einstein
mozart
isaac newton
charles darwin
emily dickinson
nikola tesla
abraham lincoln
tom wiggins (most famous piano player of the 1800s and a blind former slave)
and here’s a list of some canonical autistic characters (autism is mentioned in the story and/or the writer or actor has confirmed that the character is autistic) that aren’t harmful or inaccurate portrayals:
abed nadir (community) — said repeatedly on the show and by the show’s creator dan harmon, who is also autistic
spencer reid (criminal minds) — said repeatedly in interviews by the actor and hinted at on the show later on
temperance brennan (bones) — said in interviews by the actress and the character was written to be autistic
rich purnell (the martian) — said by the author of the book
sonya cross (the bridge) — said repeatedly in interviews by the actress, and the show’s producers hired an autism expert (an autistic person) to help create this character
rebecca blithely (strange empire) — said repeatedly in interviews by the show’s creator; written to be autistic but takes place before autism was studied/named
alternate universe!astrid (fringe) — said in interviews by the actress
lisbeth salander (the millenium trilogy) — mentioned in the book
special mention: mike warren (graceland) — said on the show that he was diagnosed with ADHD as a child (autism is often misdiagnosed as ADHD and the two are very often comorbid), and he’s referred to as a “savant”
special mention: wilson fisk (daredevil) and robert goren (law and order criminal intent) — both played by autistic actor vincent d’onofrio and have autistic traits
(non-autistic people are welcomed and encouraged to reblog)
I know that I’ve reblogged this before, but do you know how fucking shook I was when I read this
This is such a good list and while I have no idea who many of the people on this list are, I love the posthumous diagnosis list.
Also I feel like it’s worth noting that when I was 12, I finally realized my social skills were nonexistent and set out to learn how to mimic a ✨✨Normal Person TM✨✨. A large part of how I did that was by watching all 10 (at the time) seasons of Bomes twice in one summer. I watched how people structured their dialogues in conversation, body language, facial expressions, how to form relationships, and a number of other things (plus. Yknow. A shit ton about skeletons.) I learned my social skills alongside Brennan and now I know she’s autistic too I think it’s more special (also funny as shit bc it does sorta explain why I’m still soooooo inept lmao)
Some of the best writing advice I ever got was if you’re stuck on a scene or a line, the problem is actually about 10 lines back and that’s saved me from writer’s block so many times.
I feel like I need an elaborate explanation
Often times, I find myself stuck on what a character should say next or what should happen in a scene to connect A to B or so on. When this happens, I fall into the trap of writing and rewriting the same few lines over and over, and becoming more and more dissatisfied every time until I give up.
But problem is almost never actually whatever line I’m trying to write at the moment; the issue is the stuff leading up to the line. Maybe there are structural issues with the set up, maybe I wrote a bit of dialogue that was out of character leading to a discussion that doesn’t make sense, maybe I’m missing a vital piece of exposition or expositing too much. It could be a lot of things, but the important part of the advice is to look back and be willing to consider changes to something earlier in the work (even if you’re really attached to like a piece of dialogue or a particular sentence or something) instead of trying to find a way to force out a scene that’s not working.
