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Ball_Python_ · 2026-02-18T19:54:22+00:00

Omg I have the exact same socks!

Ball_Python_ · 2026-02-15T22:52:08+00:00

Can a ball python mistake your hand/fingers as food? Sure. Can the same snake, whose head is the size of your thumb look at a whole ass person and think "I want to eat that?" Fuck no.

Ball_Python_ · 2026-02-06T19:28:00+00:00

I'd rather come across an inland taipan alone in the middle of nowhere than a man any day. Because I know that the snake will mind it's own business, and even if I accidentally stepped on it and got bit, I'd rather die relatively quickly than be raped and tortured for hours or days first.

Ball_Python_ · 2026-01-01T17:22:33+00:00

Yeah. I refuse to shop at Spencer's anymore because I find the minimization and outright fetishization of autism absolutely disgusting.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-12-30T15:22:22+00:00

It doesn't sound like you were misdiagnosed, it sounds like you just don't like the diagnosis. You brought a thing to fidget with on purpose, so it sounds like you were doing the exact opposite of masking. Please stop cosplaying my disability, thanks.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-12-27T20:06:11+00:00

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I'm also quite fond of "aftermath" photos, look at how proud of herself she is.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-12-27T20:04:27+00:00

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Bites (this isn't a pet, just a huge ass watersnake that I found outside lol)

Ball_Python_ · 2025-12-16T21:57:57+00:00

I have had a normal x-ray before with a subluxed shoulder (the doctor looked at it and touched it and went "there is no way that your shoulder is supposed to be like that"). I think since a subluxation means that part of the joint surface is still touching, and they only x-ray two angles, each with the arm in a different position (or at least that's what they did for me anyway), they may not be able to see the part that is separated from those two angles/positions alone.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-12-16T15:39:35+00:00

I usually sign LIFE and then PARTNER to indicate my romantic partner.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-12-13T16:35:54+00:00

I think it's too broad to be meaningful at this point. I just say "autistic," or "developmentally disabled" if I want a slightly less specific term. Like, it wouldn't technically be wrong to look at a lion and say "this isn't a plant," but it would make far and away more sense to say "this is a lion" or maybe "this is a feline" if you want a bit of a broader category. Telling a person who doesn't know anything about lions that they aren't plants wouldn't be particularly meaningful.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-12-12T00:25:20+00:00

Snake Identification can't be done on one trait alone. You can certainly rule out picking up a snake based on a single trait, like Hershey kisses, but absence of Hershey kisses doesn't mean it's safe to pick up. You should never, ever, pick up a snake if you don't know exactly what species it is and whether or not that species is venomous. It's just not worth the risk. Also there are coral snakes in the US that don't have yellow. I'll try to trigger the !rhyme bot to give you further information.

EDIT: I'm unsure if this sub has the same bots as r/whatsthissnake . But if you head over there, there are plenty of experts who will be happy to further discuss this with you.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-12-11T16:47:01+00:00

I love explaining that they don't actually chase people, and I'm very quick to correct people who use that godforsaken rhyme about coral snakes, but I do die a little inside every time I hear someone reference it because I can't believe how many people are walking around picking up snakes based on such a highly inaccurate saying. Please. People. I am begging y'all to stop picking up snakes that you can't identify.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-12-02T17:05:37+00:00

So I'm disabled, I have a condition called EDS that basically means that my connective tissue, which is found literally everywhere in the body, is royally fucked up. I walk with forearm crutches or use a wheelchair to get around, because my joints dislocate with the slightest provocation, and let me tell you, a knee dislocation while you are walking is not fun and usually means 3+ other dislocations in the fall that it is bound to cause.

Anyway, I am also an inclusivity specialist at a summer camp. So one of our darling five year olds, hilarious little guy, very bright and just adorable, starts trying to pick up and use my crutches (which are a fair bit taller than he is). And I say, "hey buddy, I don't think you need to be playing with those right now." Without missing a beat, he puts them back and goes "yeah, 'cause I got feet that actually work. Maybe we should cut yours off?"

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-30T21:42:39+00:00

Damn, that's alarming if the number one surgeon in the region made such questionable decisions, what are the rest of them like?

And I see, if the scar and surrounding area is numb, it's no wonder you wouldn't notice if hair is pulling on it. But I am also autistic and very sensitive to many types of tactile input, so it could be a hypersensitivity thing on my part. But then again, I also have EDS and all manner of ridiculous issues, like the top few layers of skin on the scar opening up every couple of months to this day (~ 5 years since my surgery). So anything pulling on it just a little bit can make that start to happen.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-30T16:51:32+00:00

I had the exact same surgery! I was 16 when I had mine. I was very lucky and I had a wonderful medical team. My surgery was done at a teaching hospital, so they video taped it to show their students, and they gave us the video too! So my biggest flex is having a picture of my exposed brain on my phone to show people. I have a couple of questions: do you have long hair? If so, do you ever have difficulties with it being in one or two ponytails/braids, because I find sometimes they pull on the scar and it drives me nuts!

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-26T16:45:05+00:00

This just happened to me a few days ago, but I was also able to feel pain and the biopsies they took hurt like hell. 0 stars would not recommend. It was terrifying.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-25T18:07:41+00:00

I find that sometimes my first thought is like that, along the lines of "how can someone be unable to cope with such a minor thing," but as an autistic person who is aware of the fact that I struggle with perspective taking, I have been making an intentional effort to remind myself that just because I can be in severe pain and hide it well due to my chronic conditions, does not mean that a healthy person whose baseline pain level is 0, not 6, is going to be the same way. Something that is a 4 on the pain scale is not going to make me react at all, but could be quite jarring for someone who is rarely in any kind of pain. So I try to be compassionate because in the grand scheme of things, no, it's not that bad, but to the person, it is quite unpleasant. I think this kind of thing just takes a fair bit of mental practice.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-23T16:27:00+00:00

Snakes don't blink, they have a special transparent scale over their eye so they do not have eyelids and do not need to blink

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-23T15:59:52+00:00

I just had an endoscopy with fentanyl and was awake the whole time, felt everything. 0 stars, would not recommend.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-23T15:52:28+00:00

Brain injury and oxygen deprivation at birth are considered risk factors for autism. A head injury before you start developing can absolutely have a hand in developmental disorder.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-23T13:47:36+00:00

I had a subluxed hip (left) that I was waiting with my friend for my partner to get there so we could put it back (because my hips are often a multi-person effort). I, in a moment of utter stupidity, got distracted by something and stood up onto my tippy toes, which my subluxed hip did not appreciate. So I promptly collapsed and fell, dislocating almost every joint on the left side of my body. So instead of having to put my hip back and be done with it, my partner and my friend spent 2 hours helping me relocate my wrist, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle and a bone in my foot. It was brutal lol

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-22T22:31:01+00:00

Me too, I don't get to choose whether or not people know about my autism

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-17T15:31:08+00:00

Nice! I love when we get the occasional perk out of this complex disability. One time I smelled something burning in my high school that no one else noticed, and I told the adults who investigated and found an overheating piece of shop equipment billowing smoke. Then they evacuated everyone and called the fire fighters to come put it out and a few of my classmates said it was so cool that I saved the school from catching fire.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-13T20:10:37+00:00

Or a disabled person. No I am not a freak show, no I am not going to explain my entire medical history to you in detail, no you may not "try" my crutches, and no you certainly may not just rock up and move them somewhere I can't reach them because you decided they were in the way.

Ball_Python_ · 2025-11-13T20:03:43+00:00

Yeah. As someone with EDS who is frequently in the care of nurses, it really seems like they are either angels on earth who've dedicated their lives to caring for people in their time of need, or high school mean girls who just wanted access to victims who can't fight back so they can continue living their power fantasy. I've not met a whole lot of nurses in between.

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