jarandhel:

Realized I left one more thing out in my guide to troll spotting: consider their friends. People generally surround themselves with people who are like them or whom they admire. If someone surrounds themselves with trolls? Chances are they are a troll themselves. If someone frequently likes troll…

I have done this in the past, friending trolls and such. Actually, I felt it helped me examine my own beliefs, and sometimes I found the arguments they stirred up to be quality. Although on occasion I’ve found myself blocked or banned by default for this. I’ve also been accused of trolling more than once, for having a very different opinion from others, or trying to clarify some point here or there (playing Devil’s advocate from time to time. )

I’m pretty sure swanblood has me blocked right now.

thatorange:

These are from a 2010 skoooo project where I fought an army of eyeball balloons. The props don’t exist anymore because I threw them in a fire. 

So… you won or lost?

jarandhel:

chasingcaribou:

That is one instance.

Otherkin asking to be taken seriously, or for others to accommodate their needs, or to support them, is not as simple as asking society to accept barking/ growling.

Did you not read swanblood’s earlier post today, claiming that asking someone to…

I would really like to yell at people at work all the time, dress like a slob, etc… but guess what? Gotta alter my behavior. Deal.

bloodthirsty-discussions:

salfarro:

bloodthirsty-discussions:

Our submit and askboxes require food.

Y’all should space the posts more.

We would, but we get 1 or 2 submissions a day! (Also Mod K has no idea how to make the graphics)

If we start getting more than that, we will space them out, but we want to at least post 1 confession a day!

-Mod K

Oh, to me it seems like y’all ask for submissions after a dry spell then I see a bunch right in a row on the same day..

bloodthirsty-discussions:

Our submit and askboxes require food.

Y’all should space the posts more.

morbid-my-deer:

Deer carries the message of purity of purpose; of walking in the light to dispel shadows. Deer knows the work that it must do, and goes about that work with no fanfare and no need for personal glory or recognition.

Nothing can cause deer to change its path. There may…

Deer are the servants of the White Rider, and as such are trying to kill me.

susitar:

killingkawaii:

i’m highly offended nowadays when otherkin claim to have phantom limbs

because the kid i used to babysit, the boy who told me he wanted us to adopt him because his mom wasn’t around so much, the boy that I treated like a brother went into war and stepped on a…

I don’t see why there is resistance to using a different term. Otherkin are often confused by the term phantom limb and are connecting it with the same as a lost limb. Why not use a different term?

swanblood:

I feel that the DSM and WHO definitions are biased a lot because they probably were designed before the internet and have not updated to understand the influence that the internet has on the way we do social interaction.

If I didn’t have the internet, I would fit the definitions a lot more.

The draft of the latest DSM is online right now and open to public input.

arudem:

anarchyopteryx:

arudem:

“Who in the hell takes a knife to their wrist JUST for attention ?”

—

s-onic on how beings shouldn’t say other beings are cutting for “attention”.

You ever notice how people whine about these things being a “cry for help”? And then proceed…

I’ve seen people accuse others of cutting for attention, I have known of people who have cut for attention (they do exist, and often do not truly cut deeply), and I have known people accuse cutters of doing it for attention. But this is probably the first time I’ve seen someone confuse “cutting for attention” with “a cry for help”… maybe that’s why you’ve never seen help given.

Reading these mental health posts the past few days, I think the problem here is you have people with no experience with mental illness and disabilities confused about the prejudice and difficulties they face, but on the other hand there’re people here with mental illness who are really the higher functioning neurodiversity types who think their experiences are the end all be all, or at the very least don’t realize the impression they are giving to people not in the know.

swanblood:

t-e-m-p-o-dragon:

PLS WARN FOR TRYPOPHOBIA OH MY GOD

OH MYRTKGJLRSENJ

NOT EATING LUNCH TODAY NVRMND

[tw: discussion of trypophobia, dermatillomania]

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oh my gosh i didn’t even think i had trypophobia that bad (i have…