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@Arsenal were crowned PL champions for the first time in 22 years. This one is for the fans...those still with us, and those unable to see it.
πfor @OneFootball on what it means. Thank you to @TomCantonMedia and those kind enough to share in this. COYG.
onefootball.com/en/news/vindβ¦
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Entire country is on its arse, Minority groups are under attack by a new wave of Nazism, your Bills are going up 25%, but all you get, is wall to wall "Antisemitism" & how criticism of Israel is somehow worse than The genocide they're guilty of.
Aren't you all fucking tired?!
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Late-diagnosed autism is realising you spent years trying to fix parts of yourself that were never character flaws.
β I want accommodations. I also want to prove I donβt need them.
β I can recall every social mistake Iβve ever made. I still canβt predict the next one.
β I finally have language for how my brain works. Using that language still makes me feel exposed.
β I understand myself better now. My body still reacts like nothing has changed.
β I built entire systems to appear normal. Removing them feels more dangerous than keeping them.
β I can see the pattern in other people immediately. In myself, it took 28 years.
β I know Iβm not broken. Some days I still have to remind myself.
β I spent years thinking I was just bad at people. Turns out I was translating everything in real time.
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Someone pointed out that being neurodivergent sometimes means being right about something long before everyone else catches on.
Then, when the thing you predicted finally happens, so much time has passed that nobody remembers you ever said it in the first place.
You donβt get the satisfaction of being acknowledged, and you donβt even get to say, βI told you so,β because everyone has forgotten the original conversation.
Itβs unbelievably frustrating.
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If you're romantically interested in an autistic person, I cannot stress enough that you need to specifically tell them that in the most clear and unambiguous wording possible.
We are like shitty genies. Unless you tell us your exact wish in perfect detail, there's no telling what dumb shit we'll assume.
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We talk a lot about wanting people we can be ourselves around, but i think we should also ask ourselves whether people can be themselves around us. Can someone disagree with you without being punished for it? Can they tell you you've hurt them without having to comfort you afterwards? Emotional safety is something we look for, but it's also something we help create.
Life really is short, man. Two close friends of mine lost loved ones in the last seven days and itβs almost scary to think about the fact that so many of us are at that age now where loss becomes inevitable moving forward in the not-so-distant future. Just really, really sucks.
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My favourite ever Bond film. It's a masterpiece. The film score/ music, the stunts, the poker, the fact Daniel Craig comes in and brushes off the misogynistic Bond of pasts by being vulnerable, in love, human, principles etc. The story line. It's one of my top 5 confort movies π
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Repeat after me:
I am no longer tolerating inconsistency, mixed messages, or a lack of communication. If someone wants to be in my life, they need to be consistent, honest, and communicative. Anything less is no longer an option.
Have experienced this twice. No need for a third (once was enough). I donβt hate people who are avoidant. It always stems from deeper wounds typically. But their inability to see the harm and hold themselves accountable is why itβs not worth hoping theyβll change.
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Words that arenβt matched or arenβt backed up by actions fuck with my head so much. And yet. Here I am again. Even though I should know better.
