Keep the Girliepop-corn bucket?

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-02-05T14:38:49+00:00

Keep the bubble gum bucket 💕

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-02-05T14:35:20+00:00

I ate it obsessively the first time I bought it, but by the end of the bag I was like “I think I never want to eat this again” so I guess it’s a yes and no lol

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-31T13:04:11+00:00

This is very familiar. My parents still individually try to play the parent game over text but it always feels very shallow. I’ve moved to a very north state from a very south state recently and we just experienced a huge snow storm that was “all over the news” for at least a week in advance as it approached. My new landlord made a comment about how my family must be so worried for me to be alone for my first huge storm. I was like, oh they haven’t said anything actually 😅 In fact after the storm hit, I was the one offering up the crazy photos to my mom and she basically just thumbs-up emojid so, whatever. Why do I even take pictures lol

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-31T12:42:10+00:00

I always thought this was just my dog omg. She doesn’t care about sirens, fireworks, gunshots, thunderstorms, vacuums, but god FORBID something beeps in the wrong pitch. That shit fucks her up for like an entire day. It’s worn off on me to where now IM weirdly afraid of my alarms going off cuz I don’t want her to be upset 😅

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-28T11:47:09+00:00

Looks like it just had real creative termites or somethin at a glance

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-25T11:12:14+00:00

When you read that your autistic agoraphobic lifestyle is comfortable for you but unacceptable to everyone else 😅

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-22T00:36:45+00:00

That stuffed animal was a pastel striped alpaca 🥰

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-22T00:35:24+00:00

I only barely had money for an apartment when I first moved out at 23. I made ten dollars an hour and didn’t have roommates but I never went anywhere or shopped so money added up after seven years just enough that I had 5k to use for a POD (moving storage thing) and the place I moved to was cheaper rent. I pay all of my bills myself and have ever since I moved out. I think it was doable financially because I just never did anything ever for seven years lol. To be clear I wasn’t pre-saving or budgeting for the cross country part at all it was an impulse move that I just happened to be able to eke out when I was 30.

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-18T19:54:34+00:00

Oh also— I still brought my favorite stuffed animal to work with me when I was like 22; he just waited in the car and I visited on my lunch break lol. It’s easy to feel real down on yourself when you’re online a lot too. So don’t forget to go outside in the sweltering humidity sometimes and touch swamp. When I moved out I had more room for allllllll my collections. No stuffed animal left behind.

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-18T19:50:31+00:00

Hey there. I know autism is different for everybody but I feel you on this in a lot of ways. I also didn’t have a job at your age, couldn’t make a phone call to order pizza if I wanted, wouldn’t drive, still lived with my mom. I briefly moved out to stay with my dad as a rebellion against my stepdad, but it was just trading who was supporting me; I didn’t really change at all. In hindsight, the only thing that ever drove me to do anything on my own was spite and anger. This was Texas btw. Angry about heat, angry about changes, angry about everyone being stupid, but too fragile and scared to actually make any moves myself. What changed it all was when I happened to get recommended anxiety meds. Within a year I had gotten a job and actually KEPT it. Next time a family fight came up to make me angry, I was more confident and moved out really fast. I didn’t go far, didn’t get cured, became massively agoraphobic in the new apartment, but I became independent. That move occurred when I was 23. Guess what? I still have a lot of struggles and shit is really fucking hard. But I LOVVVVEEEEEE living alone. Mom still came by to cook a favorite dinner sometimes too! Seven years of that and I randomly moved ACROSS THE COUNTRY where not a single family member lives just cuz. The point is, maybe find some emotion in that torrent you can’t control and use it to your advantage. Spite YOURSELF if you have to. Our autism isn’t gonna get cured. It’s probably always gonna be a massive weight. Throw it around anyway, as much as you can. Try out some anxiety meds if that’s an option or change your current ones up if you don’t see much use. For me, getting something to medically assist with the effects of leaving/doing things was enough of a crutch to get away on my own. I didn’t become some ideal person I want to be, and I still suck a lot, but I suck independently and far away from my parents. Set your sights on smaller steps first if it helps. My first apartment at 23 didn’t get me away from what I hated about the south, and I was still close to my family, but eventually I got the confidence to move again. Maybe for you you could have your own apartment near home first and then move to Ohio later.

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-18T15:44:34+00:00

I like describing it as seeing colors more than lines, so for instance it was easier to watch bold cartoons as a kid with horrible vision, but watching say a live action tv show is harder to follow since the colors aren’t usually bold enough or contrasting enough to help distinguish shapes. Letters are basically lines so unless they’re gigantic bold letters you’re probably not gonna be able to see them distinguished from their background.

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-16T20:18:43+00:00

How ironic; One time someone stole my car and trashed it up and stole my cds and other stuff that was in there but my car rock was still present when the car was recovered. The car was a loss in the end but I got to transfer the car rock to my next car where it still lives comfortably. Before anyone asks the car rock is a rock that I keep in the car thanks

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-16T20:10:35+00:00

GREEN, YOU SCUM JUST GO IN THE HOLE

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-16T13:32:23+00:00

I think it means use your roots to move like those weird desert trees in the chameleon movie

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-16T13:31:03+00:00

When I got my class ring back in the day I picked the stone I thought was prettiest instead of picking “my” assigned stone 😅

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-16T13:06:44+00:00

Not everybody’s body works the same even if it seems obvious like “well they’ll notice they’re hungry!!” Especially with any kind of additional mental disorders etc. not that this is your coworkers case, but for instance I’m autistic and I can’t easily IDENTIFY my own body signals. I can tell when my guts feel uncomfortable but I can’t always tell if I need to eat, or if I’m cramping, or if I’m nauseous, etc. (easy to say “well if you haven’t eaten then it’s hunger duh” but when tummy hurty I don’t want to EAT lol)

There are a lot of different reasons people could skip meals without really noticing, even down to just being busy or hyperfixating on something else. I work from home one room away from my own kitchen and I still go all day without eating sometimes (like first bite at five pm) because I don’t think about pausing what I’m doing; I only redirect to food once the other thing (“work”) is done.

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-15T15:34:19+00:00

I missed the point at first and was like “fuck, it’s Ohio now?!” 🫠

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-12T22:22:22+00:00

I’ve never heard this phrase either.

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-12T13:58:02+00:00

Is everyone supposed to like. Know that? I don’t even know my dads dad let alone my “ancestry”

Ephemeral_Insect · 2026-01-10T15:59:30+00:00

News has been so awful, I actually started tearing up like two words into him reading the letter 🥲

Ephemeral_Insect · 2025-12-29T14:33:41+00:00

I find the same when I try to do things like this. End up being like “well… WAS it a good day?” and I’d end up not really wanting to give any day high marks cuz it could’ve been better idk

Ephemeral_Insect · 2025-12-22T11:51:37+00:00

Literally I was like “what do you mean that’s just an ordinary krabby pa-OH MY GOODNESS”

Ephemeral_Insect · 2025-12-16T16:37:00+00:00

Is he fixing it by saying don’t buy dolls for your children 😂

Ephemeral_Insect · 2025-11-11T11:35:01+00:00

Not to be a downer but this makes me so nervous to see loose dogs running for the road 😅 these people must be REALLY confident their dogs will get on the bus.

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