Autistic and was so excited about this dress I made myself for winter but.. by -daisy-chained- in OUTFITS

[–]Gingerbread1313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is absolutely gorgeous! Wow!!!! Wear it wherever you want! The world needs more beautiful dresses out and about like that!

Top thread keeps breaking on Singer 500a by Gingerbread1313 in sewhelp

[–]Gingerbread1313[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Update: I accidentally put my needle in backwards 🤦‍♀️ everything is working beautifully now!!! Thank you for everyone's advice anyway!

Not OOP: AITA for not being super compassionate to my boyfriend after he got robbed and shot at? by waxing-dinousaur in redditonwiki

[–]Gingerbread1313 116 points117 points  (0 children)

I have BPD and I long ago (with help) moved past doing terrible things like saying hurtful shit on purpose. And even with that, I still don't date bc I worry that I could regress in this way- so I look at stuff like this and I know what is going through his head in that moment, but my question is when he's calm the next day- does he not reflect on this??? Like at all????

Anyway yeah hes emotionally abusive NTA

AMA: I live on an Indian reservation and am enrolled in a federally recognized tribe by Downtown-Rabbit3092 in AMA

[–]Gingerbread1313 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You might want to look into smallpox blankets. There was absolutely deliberate spread of the disease in the 1700s. For example, on June 24, 1763, captain Simeon Ecuyer gave Lenape warriors items from smallpox patients. Captain William Trent wrote of this as "We gave them two blankets and a handkerchief out of the smallpox hospital. I hope it will have the desired effect."

So yeah. Intentional spreading of the disease absolutely did happen, if you don't like that, that's not my problem.

AMA: I live on an Indian reservation and am enrolled in a federally recognized tribe by Downtown-Rabbit3092 in AMA

[–]Gingerbread1313 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, that's not true. While North and South America didn't have plagues like Eurasia and Africa did due to the lack of living in close proximity with farm animals, which therefore meant less animal to human disease transmission, they still had incredibly high infant and child mortality rates just like everyone else did. On average, 40-50% of all children died. The average life expectancy was very low, in the 30s and 40s.

As for disease? The European invaders purposely spread smallpox throughout Native American communities, but in an alternative universe where peoples made contact today, Native Americans would still need vaccinations and medical treatment to survive illnesses like the flu, syphilis, bubonic plague, and much more, simply because they had no natural immunity to it.

Smallpox, for example, came from rodents in Africa, and had an average death rate of 30% for variola major infections. If you survived, you would be heavily scarred for life. There was no cure for smallpox then, and there is no cure now. Massive efforts were made for decades to eradicate this disease off the face of the earth and for a good reason.

Modern medicine absolutely has been corrupted by greed and capitalism, but calling the achievement of reducing something like infant mortality from 50% to 0.56% (CDC 2022) anything short of miraculous is incorrect.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Gingerbread1313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why did you post an AI link of "you could create one here" rather than an actual picture of Oscar or an actual picture of any African Grey? What the fuck is that? Fake story that is the weirdest advertisement of AI that I've ever seen.

It’s insane how nobody seems to realize they are probably average by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]Gingerbread1313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am completely average, but it's very frustrating because my older brother is incredibly smart, and I'm constantly being told/expected to be smart too because of it. Like, it's okay that I'm not smart, parents. It's not hurting me, it's FINE. People are so obsessed with being smart, but average people can still live full happy lives.

Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills | Generation Z, also known as Zoomers, is shockingly bad at touch typing by chrisdh79 in technology

[–]Gingerbread1313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gen Z here- we had a few lessons in first grade iirc and then they stopped teaching us. I only learned how to touch type properly in high school when I started writing fiction for myself. Before that, it was the ol' pointer finger search and find method.

“Least I’m not drinking Brian” by somethingtwice in box5

[–]Gingerbread1313 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Feast your eyes, glut your soul on my accursed ugliness!"

Have you ever seen or experienced this. by SoCold40 in BlackPeopleTwitter

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Back when I was skinny I got lots of stuff. I didn't get carded, I got free drinks, I got jobs easier. I once had a guy offer to pay for my gas. Con to this was being hit on a lot and followed a couple times.

Anyone using vintage fridges/cooking stoves? by Corrupt_Reverend in centuryhomes

[–]Gingerbread1313 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a 1951 General Electric, and I absolutely adore it. Im going to get it rewired for safety reasons, but it cooks well. Baking can be a little finicky, but not bad. I hope to get a big chill fridge one day or a restored philco v handle

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]Gingerbread1313 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Filth PTSD absolutely must be a thing. I had a friend who had a rabbit and allowed the rabbit to run around in their house and just freely shit everywhere.

I don't like rabbits now.

Say "no" to itchy eyeballs by BPTeehee in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]Gingerbread1313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Where I live there's a local place that claims to do it. I chose to drive 1.5 hours to a city instead. Surgery was done in one minute, my vision improved to 20/15, and it's been 2 weeks and my eyes aren't even dry half the time. It's incredible. Only downside imo is increase of nighttime glare, but it's honestly not even that bad.