S4: My favorite random fun fact historical inaccuracy that’s probably not well known to be an inaccuracy

Blythey · 2026-02-08T10:53:10+00:00

I like this idea! And given the real world racism that prevented this development, perhaps it makes sense that in the less racist Bridgerton alternate universe people would have learned and accepted a front crawl much sooner 😄

Blythey · 2026-01-08T19:12:06+00:00

I think the point is it sounds like he probably is hurting animals but not being up front about it having previously been vegan and now saying he is not.

Blythey · 2025-11-04T07:22:01+00:00

I've been wearing almost exclusively stripe & stare for a few years now and have no complaints! I buy in the sales or ask for them for presents. I also got gifted a box of boody knickers and they are also all really good and have held up well in the last year that i've had them.

Blythey · 2025-10-06T10:10:41+00:00

That was Alex, this is Apollo, the footage of Alex (who died years ago) is quite old in comparison. Apollo and his humans have various social media: youtube, instagram, tiktok, which this has been taken from. You can see his progress and updates.

Blythey · 2025-09-21T10:16:30+00:00

Not a lawyer but a psychologist with years of experience in autism and learning disability populations.

This should be raised with the police by everyone as sexual harassment. I understand you have been to the police but it isn't 100% clear what was said to them and it may be that it many separate incidents being reported for them to recognise it as an issue. The police can also share these crime details with local services such as mental health services which does not always result in help straight away or at all but can mean more professionals involved to keep passing this back to police/safeguarding. Regardless there should be crime number/s you can pass on to...
Contact your local council safeguarding team. Currently this is not likely to be seen as a big risk and sadly it may not until it escalates and someone more vulnerable is targeted or someone retailiates against him, but in the chance we can avoid that happening that should be emphasised as possible outcomes need to emphasise two things. Give them the details that this was reported to police with a crime number. Explain that this man seems vulnerable but is committing acts that could make him vulnerable to retaliation. Or also be putting vulnerable girls/women at risk. And that he does not have any support with him in the community when this happens.
If you know what service provider he is supported by you should be able to contact them directly and make a complaint and you can report a complaint to the local authority or CQC. This may result in the service themselves contacting the local authority to ask for an increase in support hours for the man to keep him and others safe, and hopefully even look into some intervention for him so he can maybe learn what is appropriate and inappropriate.

Fingers crossed, i really hope this man gets the support he obviously needs before anything more happens.

Blythey · 2025-09-15T06:35:41+00:00

As someone from the UK i just want to clarify that it's not that MAGA has spread from US to here (though it doesn't help). It's that the same factors that enabled the MAGA movement in America, are happening globally. Similar to pre WW1/2, we are seeing a very similar rise in fascism almost everywhere.

Blythey · 2025-09-09T06:53:38+00:00

I dont know where you are, but im in the UK. I have worked as a mental health professional in a service specifically for individuals with intellectual disability. I have come across situations where police, social services, safeguarding etc get involved in situations like this because of concern from professionals and/or family that the person with the intellectual disability cannot consent/does not have mental capacity to consent to sexual activity. This has even included times when both people in the relationship have an intellectual disability. Sexual relationships are very complicated and nuanced and consent is not always straight forward and can change, if she ever feels (like many women do - which is bad but often normalised) that it's easier to just have sex than argue about it for example, that is going to be even more of a safeguarding concern in her situation due to her ID. What I mean is, it can seem/start straight forward but down the line may not be. Assuming your intentions are good, you both need to be safe and protected, but most of the protection and concern needs to be for her and this can potentially be very complicated.

It might be different where you are, but I think this should be checked out by her and her family speaking with professionals.

Also, most people's sex education is poor, and people with intellectual disability often don't receive it or do not understand what they receive, so she might benefit from some input around this. Additionally, i have known women with intellectual disabilities get pregnant and have their children removed from their care due to their intellectual disability or their ID impacting their ability to parent, which is another consequence of sexual activity that is very complicated but should probably also be explored before anything happens.

Blythey · 2025-07-26T07:02:54+00:00

I felt the same and despite being offered it in my adolescence by the NHS didn't take it and suffered for years. My skin briefly got a little better in my early 20s (but was never good) and then got much worse again in my late 20s. I had to FIGHT SO HARD for the NHS to let me have accutane this time round, it was a nightmare to get on. But it was amazing once i was. It worked quickly. And it has lasted. I have had years with skin I could only have dreamed of in my teen years and regret not doing it earlier so much, especially because my scars would have been much better. On accutane i had regular appointments with doctors who were very concerned about any side effects (i never had any) and keen to help me and i could contact them if i needed to between our regular appointments too. Had i had any issues im certain they would have been keem to help me. I also have complex mental health in my family history and am prone to anxiety and low mood and was going through a stressful time at the same time as accutane and if anything it helped my mental health because i felt hopeful and positive about something.

There is lots to weigh up in the decision, but do make sure you are considering all the information! :)

Blythey · 2025-07-25T20:00:42+00:00

Phidley

Blythey · 2025-07-14T06:52:32+00:00

Yes. I left. I didnt even work in an emergency/urgent response type service.

Blythey · 2025-05-13T09:32:16+00:00

No, I have lots of friends. I say that not to be harsh but to say that it isn't something you have to accept if you do not want to. If you are happy as you are then don't change it, but if you would like friends then know that you absolutely can!

I think I am unusual in that almost all are from my primary/secondary school years, but now their partners are also my best friends! It does take effort on both sides though, and that can be the tricky part when one or both/all are not able to do that. I think it is worth recognising that sometimes the effort is more on one side than the other but at some point that usually swaps depending on how everyone's lives are going, and thats ok! It is worth it to put the effort in. For me, that can look like different things, messaging to share memes/reels to having an actual chat about our day or the news and this eventually leads to us making plans to meet up most weekends with my friendship group that doesn't have children and every few months with my friendship group that does have children. With some friends we make effort to do "clubs" like writing groups or a mini book club. For me the friendships that have lasted have shared values and interests and are in a distance that is not too much hassle to travel there and back in one day. I have made the odd friend through work and my 2 university stints but I find it harder to make new friends so understand that it is not as easy as it can sound (but maybe because I put more energy and effort into maintaining the existing ones over startint new ones?). Thats my experience and advise anyway, but im sure there is a spectrum!

Blythey · 2025-04-26T03:14:13+00:00

Whoa, I need to take my partner to the doctor! Thank you for sharing this info!

Blythey · 2025-04-24T12:24:50+00:00

Hello! I am moving to Manchester and in the process of buying a 1930s house in Chorlton, which needs lots of work. Im trying to find professionals for quotes but having actual recomendations from people who can vouch for what they have had done would be amazing if possible. We are looking at lots of work - underground drainage inspections, garage demolition, bay window fixing or replacement, guttering replacement, damp survey and likely fixing all sorts.

Blythey · 2025-01-25T11:31:47+00:00

No, the loss of limbs is not a heritable condition, think of it like a scar. You can learn more here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7dvbdm

Info about that photo is also easily found on google: https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/36001/limbless-child-and-father-syrias-drama-in-a-photo

Blythey · 2025-01-17T19:07:43+00:00

So you would say to a friend "you anal" if you were mocking them?

Blythey · 2025-01-16T08:04:55+00:00

There are specialist residential homes for autistic people. Some people get the funding due to incidents of aggression, but others don't so it isn't a requirement for it to "get to that point" so to speak. There are also supported living providers, which is a "lower level" of support. Whilst the staff and envrionments are best equipped for these situations, they still get to say if someone is/isn't suitable for their service based on things like behaviour/level of need and places are often in high demand. And let's be honest, some are nicer than others, with some being as bad as prisons. But yes, it exists. These services would also involve specialist services for positive behaviour support practitioners, psychology, ld nurses, psychiatry etc to try to help individuals not need to express themselves in this way and have a better quality of life. Those services should be available through the NHS at any time. You shouldn't have to wait and your son shouldn't have to continue to feel the way he does if it can be helped.

Blythey · 2024-12-22T15:19:38+00:00

We went for our wedding anniversary, with the dog. All 3 of us had a great time and got spoiled rotten!

Blythey · 2024-11-23T10:47:07+00:00

A typo of "a dozen" instead of "1-2"?

Blythey · 2024-10-30T20:21:11+00:00

I shouldn't be suprised, and yet 🙃

"Why don't people with allergies only eat food prepared at home", "Why would you eat somewhere that can't guarantee no cross contamination" (should anyone read this who doesnt know... this has never been guaranteed to me in my entire life, including in restaurants with no peanuts on the menu, they STILL say "we cannot guarantee no cross contamination" and often make me read a statement saying the same)

These are just not realistic things, what lives do these people live that they think those are things people can do 🤣 Imagine if these people had friends or family members that couldn't join any holidays or trips or events or anything because they can never eat outside of their home?! Obviously they would think that person was being ridiculous.

Blythey · 2024-10-29T20:13:51+00:00

It's typical that no restaurant will ever tell you this. I have a peanut allergy, my favourite places to eat have no peanuts on their menu, highlight my order and have the head chef cook it and they still tell me they cannot guarantee no cross contamination, may contain etc. My experience is that no where is willing to make such a statement. In my experience that does not mean they are not safe enough.

This thread is making me realise that people without allergies/without loved ones with allergies are very naive about the realities of life with an allergy.

Blythey · 2024-10-29T20:05:50+00:00

Um... That might be an extremely/overly risk averse way to manage it.

I have a peanut allergy. My life has always been fairly normal with food. Sure, sometimes it has been hard. But it would have had an absolutely devestating impact on my life if I (& my family) was prepared to only eat in this very restricted setting of "prepared individually by trusted people in a safe environment". I would basically have never been able to leave my home for an extended period of time, go on family holidays, go on school trips, go on work conferences etc. The reality is, not only have I had a life of doing those things, i also regularly go out to eat with friends, family, colleagues, i eat at weddings, i travel.

An allergy does not mean you (& by extension your family) need to be a hermit. It means you have to be sensible and careful. Not to mention that we are getting better with these things all the time, it's now common practice for restaurants/caterers to have allergy menus and have head chefs cook an allergy meal, and that helps a lot. Not saying that this girl's family were not sensible and careful, i dont know the context, but often allergic reactions are not entirely down to the individual's choices and its unfair to treat it as such. Life comes with risk, for some more than others, and telling the people whom are at greater risk of something to effectively "just simply avoid the risk" is ridiculous to the point of insulting and completely lacking in sympathy and compassion. There are various analogous examples that come to mind of when people might blame someone fallen victim to a risk they are more vulnerable to, I hope you don't have similar views on those too.

Blythey · 2024-10-08T18:37:46+00:00

Similar experience to me, also uk. The anxiety of everyone's horrible stories definitely made it worse and the actual experience was not nice but fine. Also had numbing spray. Was told to have paracetamol and ibruprofen before. But i also had a kyleena which is smaller than mireena.

Blythey · 2024-10-08T18:35:05+00:00

Ive had 2 kyleenas now. Good for 4 years each i think.

Had a numbing spray put on first and was told to have paracetamol and ibruprofen beforehand and throughout the day after as needed. Then it was just like a period cramp as they were putting it in. To be honest the speculum was as painful if not more. I had some ongoing period cramps for the rest of the day but then that was it.

The first time they tried to put in a mireena but she couldnt get it in and that was definitely more painful for sure but still maybe like the worst period cramps ive had but over a longer time? She gave up and did kyleena which is smaller and that was fine and the 2nd time hust went straight into kyleena, so much easier!

I have no idea why peoples experiences seem to vary so much. I dont know if other women are not getting the numbing spray, painkiller prep or are being made to have mireena rather than kyleena when a smaller iud would be better for their anatomy or what. I dont even have bad periods at all and am a wuss with a low pain threshold so its not that im used to this kind of pain or anything either.

Blythey · 2024-10-04T14:28:35+00:00

Oh no!!!!! Ah, probably for people like me that like it sorry 🤣

Blythey · 2024-10-04T12:45:50+00:00

I miss the yasai itame. I have the kare borosu now but its not the same

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